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THURSDAY, JULY 29
FOCUS FEATURES
STILLWATER
FILM: 7:00 PM (PDT) | Q&A: 9:20 PM (PDT)
An unemployed oil worker in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Bill Baker (Matt Damon) learns that his estranged daughter Allison (Abigail Breslin) has been arrested and charged with murder in France. Eager to prove his worth and regain his daughter's trust, Bill rushes to Marseille. When he takes legal matters into his own hands, he goes up against language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated and unfamiliar legal system. A French woman, Virginie (Camille Cottin), and her eight-year-old daughter Maya, come to his assistance but as the pressure mounts, Bill must decide just how far he's willing to go.
Q&A immediately following screening with award-winning writer and director Tom McCarthy
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TOM MCCARTHY | Director, Writer, Producer
McCarthy is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker—a prolific writer, director, actor and producer. His film Spotlight, won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for six Academy Awards in total including one for McCarthy for Best Director. McCarthy also received a Directors Guild of America nomination and two Golden Globe nominations for Spotlight; and he won the BAFTA award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as a Writer’s Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.
McCarthy’s directorial works include The Visitor, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for star Richard Jenkins; Win Win starring Paul Giamatti; and his acclaimed first feature The Station Agent, starring Michelle Williams, for which he received a BAFTA award for Best Original Screenplay. McCarthy co-wrote the animated feature Up, for which he received his first of three Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay. He is the executive producer of Netflix’s hit series 13 Reasons Why, and co-wrote and directed the film Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, a project for Disney+.
As an actor, McCarthy has appeared in such films as Flags of Our Fathers, Syriana, Good Night, and Good Luck, Meet the Parents and in the final season of HBO’s critically acclaimed series The Wire.
PETE HAMMOND | Host of the KCET Cinema Series
Pete is currently the Chief Film Critic for Deadline Hollywood. For the past 9 years he has also been Awards Editor and Columnist for Deadline where he covers the Oscar and Emmy Seasons. He came to Deadline from the Los Angeles Times where he covered the awards seasons for The Envelope and LA Times.com. He is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent awards season analysts for film and television.
MICHELE GARZA | Producer of the KCET Cinema Series
Michele Garza is Senior Director of Special Events for KCET and PBS SoCal, both content channels of the Public Media Group of Southern California. She is the founder and producer of the KCET Cinema Series and the Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival, and has more than 20 years of experience in public media.
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GET INVOLVED!
The Virtual KCET Cinema Series is made possible by ticket sales, membership passes, and sponsorships. To discuss sponsorship opportunities by individuals, businesses or charitable foundations, please contact Michele Garza, series producer, at mgarza@pmgsocal.org. The Virtual KCET Cinema Series is presented by Mitzi Ash Blahd and the MaddocksBrown Foundation. To learn more about the KCET Cinema Series, or to register to attend the upcoming film screenings, please visit kcet.org/cinemaseries. Join the conversation on social media using #KCETCinemaSeries.
THURSDAY, JULY 29
FOCUS FEATURES
STILLWATER
FILM: 7:00 PM (PDT) | Q&A: 9:20 PM (PDT)
An unemployed oil worker in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Bill Baker (Matt Damon) learns that his estranged daughter Allison (Abigail Breslin) has been arrested and charged with murder in France. Eager to prove his worth and regain his daughter's trust, Bill rushes to Marseille. When he takes legal matters into his own hands, he goes up against language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated and unfamiliar legal system. A French woman, Virginie (Camille Cottin), and her eight-year-old daughter Maya, come to his assistance but as the pressure mounts, Bill must decide just how far he's willing to go.
Q&A immediately following screening with award-winning writer and director Tom McCarthy
__________________________________________________________________________
TOM MCCARTHY | Director, Writer, Producer
McCarthy is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker—a prolific writer, director, actor and producer. His film Spotlight, won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for six Academy Awards in total including one for McCarthy for Best Director. McCarthy also received a Directors Guild of America nomination and two Golden Globe nominations for Spotlight; and he won the BAFTA award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as a Writer’s Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.
McCarthy’s directorial works include The Visitor, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for star Richard Jenkins; Win Win starring Paul Giamatti; and his acclaimed first feature The Station Agent, starring Michelle Williams, for which he received a BAFTA award for Best Original Screenplay. McCarthy co-wrote the animated feature Up, for which he received his first of three Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay. He is the executive producer of Netflix’s hit series 13 Reasons Why, and co-wrote and directed the film Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, a project for Disney+.
As an actor, McCarthy has appeared in such films as Flags of Our Fathers, Syriana, Good Night, and Good Luck, Meet the Parents and in the final season of HBO’s critically acclaimed series The Wire.
PETE HAMMOND | Host of the KCET Cinema Series
Pete is currently the Chief Film Critic for Deadline Hollywood. For the past 9 years he has also been Awards Editor and Columnist for Deadline where he covers the Oscar and Emmy Seasons. He came to Deadline from the Los Angeles Times where he covered the awards seasons for The Envelope and LA Times.com. He is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent awards season analysts for film and television.
MICHELE GARZA | Producer of the KCET Cinema Series
Michele Garza is Senior Director of Special Events for KCET and PBS SoCal, both content channels of the Public Media Group of Southern California. She is the founder and producer of the KCET Cinema Series and the Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival, and has more than 20 years of experience in public media.
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GET INVOLVED!
The Virtual KCET Cinema Series is made possible by ticket sales, membership passes, and sponsorships. To discuss sponsorship opportunities by individuals, businesses or charitable foundations, please contact Michele Garza, series producer, at mgarza@pmgsocal.org. The Virtual KCET Cinema Series is presented by Mitzi Ash Blahd and the MaddocksBrown Foundation. To learn more about the KCET Cinema Series, or to register to attend the upcoming film screenings, please visit kcet.org/cinemaseries. Join the conversation on social media using #KCETCinemaSeries.