Monday Night Film Series presents SHOWING UP-FR

Event date(s): October 09, 2023
Time(s): 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Category: Fredericton
Location: Fredericton

The Monday Night Film Series presents SHOWING UP on Monday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Tilley Hall, room 102.

Lizzy (Michelle Williams) is a sculptor in Portland preparing to open a new show. While she is doing well, her fellow artist - and inattentive landlord, Jo (Hong Chau) - always seems to be doing better. It’s a tense relationship alight with the quiet buzz of competition. And to top it off, Lizzy’s hot water isn’t working in her apartment, no matter how much she begs Jo to fix it.

As Lizzy tries to balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, she feels as though things would be easier if she were only able to have a clear sense of direction. Thinking that everyone else has life figured out, she trips over the lesson that can be the hardest to learn - that everyone goes at their own pace.

Michelle Williams brilliantly embodies Lizzy in this quiet and complex look at the life of a working artist that shows both the joys of the creative life alongside the feelings of being left behind, and of isolation, inadequacy, and resentment. Director Kelly Reichardt is an inspired filmmaker, capturing the vibe of an artist community while also adding a dreamy and moody quality to the film.

“This beautifully acted, expertly modulated film is a work of such enveloping gentleness that even the worst crises are simply absorbed into the fabric of life and work. While the ending might have been corny in a less subtle director’s hands, here it’s quietly restorative. We don’t deserve Kelly Reichardt.”

–David Rooney,

The Hollywood Reporter

This year, 30 limited release, independent foreign & Canadian films will be shown. Admission is $10/film, but a yearly film society membership reduces admission cost to $7/film. The series is open to all. Memberships are available at Tilley 102 every Monday night.

For further info, contact NB Film Co-op at:

Phone: (506) 455-1632 

Email: info@nbfilmcoop.com

Website: https://www.nbfilmcoop.com/monday-night-film-series

The NB Film Co-op in partnership with the UNB Faculty of Arts and the Toronto Film Festival presents the series.

Building: Tilley Hall

Room Number: Room 102