Episode 30 - Miss Stevens

Published: Sept. 16, 2016, 5:22 p.m.

Episode 30 of One Week Only! Our key film this week is "Miss Stevens," a low-key comedy about a 29-year-old High School teacher chaperoning 3 students at a weekend Drama competition. Lily Rabe is terrific as the quiet, socially-awkward but thoughtful teacher, and her performance won her Best Actress at this year's SXSW Film Festival. Directed & Co-Written by Julia Hart, the film is now in theatres & coming soon to VOD, from The Orchard. For our "Not Yet in Theatres" segment this week, we interview director Paul Taylor about his film "Driftwood," a dialogue-free thriller about a mysterious woman who is rescued and/or kidnapped by an older man for unknown reasons. The film won the Narrative Feature Jury Award at this year's Slamdance Film Festival, and it screens on September 18th at the Arclight Hollywood as part of the Slamdance Cinema Club. Find the complete Slamdance Cinema Club schedule online at www.arclightcinemas.com/news/ArcLight-Presents-Slamdance-Cinema-Club. We also review the fake documentary "Operation Avalanche" about faking the moon landing, by Matt Johnson (The Dirties); the psychological thriller "The Good Neighbor" starring James Caan, by Kasra Farahani; and the stirring ecological documentary "When Two Worlds Collide" about the indigenous people of Peru's fight to preserve the Rainforest, by Heidi Brandenburg & Mathew Orzel. Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.imcompetech.com