March 24 e-newsletter from the MSP Film Society

March 24 e-newsletter from the MSP Film Society:

March 24, 2020

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Our heartfelt thanks to you for participating in MSPIFF39 Redefined. We did it for you. We can't do it without you. This week, we move back to our Virtual Cinema presentations, which directly benefit MSP Film during this time of social distancing. Virtual Cinema is not part of MSPIFF39 Redefined.   All MSP Film Society staff will be on leave from May 24-31.

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

Now Playing Featuring extensive interviews with Diana Kennedy and famed chefs José Andrés, Rick Bayless, Gabriela Camara and Alice Waters, Diana Kennedy provides an intimate look at the leading expert on Mexican cuisine. The author of nine acclaimed cookbooks and a two-time James Beard Award winner, Diana is called the “Julia Child of Mexico”, but the feisty cook prefers “The Mick Jagger of Mexican Cuisine."

Military Wives

Now Playing Military Wives centers on a group of women from different backgrounds whose partners are away serving in Afghanistan. Faced with their loved ones’ absences, they come together to form the very first military wives choir, helping each other through some of life’s most difficult moments, and quickly find themselves on an international stage. Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) directs Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan in this feel-good crowd-pleaser inspired by true events.

The Painter and the Thief

Now Playing Desperate for answers about the theft of her 2 paintings, a Czech artist seeks out and befriends the career criminal who stole them. After inviting her thief to sit for a portrait, the two form an improbable relationship and an inextricable bond that will forever link these lonely souls.

Papicha

Available to Watch May 29 Algeria, 1990s. Nedjma (Lyna Khoudri starring in Wes Anderson’s upcoming The French Dispatch), an 18 year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War to keep her from experiencing a normal life and going out at night with her friend Wassila.