Bijou Film

Sunday, April 15

5:45 pm

Tuesday, April 17

7:00 pm

Wednesday, April 18

7:00 pm

Thursday, April 19

9:15 pm

Directed by Emily Yoshida, Hiram Chan and Jeff Mizushima
Starring Emily Yoshida, Dave Horwitz and Anthony Kuan
75 min, blu-ray

Sponsored by Bijou Cinema and the Asian Pacific American Cultural Center

Come watch SALAD DAYS and celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

SALAD DAYS is a comedic love triangle told through three interconnected stories. Caitlin (Emily Yoshida) is in the midst of a quarter-life crisis. She has created “Condor Hero,” a profile to communicate with a secret Internet crush. Now she must decide whether or not they should meet in person. A devastating car wreck forces Alex (Dave Horwitz) to reexamine his lifestyle and salvage his past relationships, including reconciling with a lost love: his ex-girlfriend Caitlin. Anthony (Anthony Kuan), a misunderstood computer nerd, has the chance to meet the girl of his dreams–a geeky-cute video artist who he pines after on a social networking site. But finding an internet connection in order to contact her proves more difficult than he ever imagined. SALAD DAYS offers a funny and unique perspective on the identities people create to protect themselves from the frustration and heartbreak of relationships in the real
world.

“At its heart SALAD DAYS is a film about love, but—like a well-curated Twitter feed–it touches upon several themes, including the uncertainty of youth, the intrinsically voyeuristic nature of social media, and (of course) the complexity of human relationships.” -Joseph Albert, CAAM

Trailer: http://saladdaysfilm.com/

Sunday, April 15

3:00 pm

Tuesday, April 17

9:00 pm

Wednesday, April 18

9:00 pm

Thursday, April 19

6:45 pm

Directed by Justin Kurzel
Starring Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway and Craig Coyne
120 min, blu-ray

Based on horrifying crimes discovered in Snowtown, Australia in 1999, THE SNOWTOWN MURDERS is Justin Kurzel’s directorial debut, a stark journey into a brutal subculture of suspicion, addiction and violence. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes’ Critics Week, the film follows Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris), a mother raising her three boys in a poor suburb. After her latest boyfriend displays pedophilic tendencies, she takes up with a new man, hoping for security but instead welcoming an even more vicious predator into her home. John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) is the moral compass of a self-appointed neighborhood watch who, fueled by cigarettes and beer, cast judgments on those living around them. Bunting enlists his crew in acts of sadistic vigilantism on those he considers deviants, and in the process takes Elizabeth’s son Jamie (Lucas Pittaway) under his wing. THE SNOWTOWN MURDERS is an uncompromising film focused on the relationship between vulnerable teenager and a father figure who is revealed to be the worst kind of bully.

“Profoundly disturbing.” -Scott Foundas, Film Comment

Trailer: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/snowtown