Film
Clara’s Ghost
- 9:15PM
Families don’t get much more poisonous than the one at the center of this pitch-black, disturbingly funny nightmare comedy. Casting her own family as the gruesome clan in question, Bridey Elliott chronicles one epic night of debauchery in the Reynolds household as monstrously superficial daughters Julie and Riley (former SNL cast member Abby Elliott & the filmmaker)—former child stars à la Mary-Kate and Ashley—return home to Connecticut to celebrate their dog’s birthday with ham actor father Ted (comedian Chris Elliott) and harried mother Clara (Paula Niedert Elliott). As the vodka flows, things go from scathingly hilarious to increasingly unsettling—especially when Clara begins communing with a spirit. Something like Cassavetes’ A Woman Under the Influence played as an unsparing cringe comedy, Clara’s Ghost heralds the arrival of Bridey Elliott as a bold new directorial voice.
Q&A with Bridey Elliott and Chris Elliott
Multi-film discount (BAM Rose Cinemas screenings only)
3 or more films: 20% off your purchase
6 or more films: 30% off your purchase
Joaquin Phoenix stars in Gus Van Sant’s irreverent tale of addiction and redemption.
A poetic, illuminating look at the hidden labor that goes into cleaning your clothes.
A chilling found-footage deep dive into the internet-fueled mass hysteria of Morgellons disease.