BEST IN SHOW – PG13


The owners (and handlers) of five show dogs head for the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. A film crew interviews them as they prepare for the trip, arrive at Philly’s Taft Hotel, and compete. From Florida come the Flecks: she keeps running into old lovers. A wordless ancient in a wheelchair and his buxom trophy wife who may have a thing for the dog’s handler own the two-time defending best in show, a poodle. From the piney woods of N.C. comes a fella who wants to be a ventriloquist. High-strung DINKs feud loudly in front of their Weimaraner. Two outré gay men from Tribeca round out the profiled owners. The dog show brings out the essence of the humans. Who will be best in show? Written by

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS – R

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In 2012, New Zealand’s most well-known documentarians, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi teamed up to follow a group of Wellington-based Vampires. Yes, actual vampires. Real ones.

The resulting film is a raw, unflinching look at the lives of the undead community, and no stone is left unturned; from hunting victims and draining them of their blood to more mundane activities like paying rent and keeping the house tidy. What We Do in the Shadows documents their struggles, fears, hopes and dreams, and asks the question – if your heart has turned cold and dead, are you actually dead? Obviously you are, but like, are you really really dead? Like really dead?