Because Italians have a way with food — and film “Mid-August Lunch”:
Maria & Tommaso Maglione Italian Filmmaker Award recipient Gianni Di Gregorio has made a film about aging that is charming and unsentimental. The director, a screenwriter and the lead, Di Gregorio plays Gianni. Already responsible for the care of his aging mother, Gianni is saddled with three more aging mamas during the Feast of the Assumption.
Playing: The Landmark at Greenwood Village, 8:30 p.m.
Because good directors’ wrestling with the personal is fascinating
“William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe”: Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler take on their titan father’s complicated legacy. The lawyer famously defended the Chicago Seven and members of the American Indian Movement. He helmed the ACLU during the late ’60s and into the ’70s.
Playing: Starz FilmCenter, 4 and 7:15 p.m.
Because true indie spirit lives on
“Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench”: Damien Chazelle’s promising debut — shot in black and white — is a little bit Cassavetes, a little bit song and dance.
Playing: Starz FilmCenter, 4:30 and 6:45 p.m.
