Joe on Film: This May Be The Last Time

This May Be The Last Time

Writer/director and Holdenville native Sterlin Harjo follows up his feature-length Sundance winner, “Barking Water,” with his latest award-winning documentary, “This May Be The Last Time.” The film is a chronicle of the mysterious disappearance of Harjo’s grandfather in the early ’60s, interwoven with an exploration of Native American hymns that might have descended from farther away than anyone could have ever dreamed. A haunting, personal work, Harjo’s film leads us down paths mostly untrodden in contemporary cinema. Opens at the Circle Cinema 11/14

Interstellar

The big screen’s P.T. Barnum, Christopher Nolan (“Inception”) indulges his sci-fi whimsy again with this sprawling galactic epic. Matthew MacConaughey plays a widower and astro-engineer who, after the discovery of wormholes that can transcend the gulfs of deep space, must come to grips with leaving his daughter behind to go on a mission to save a dying earth and all humanity. No big. The trailers are awe-inspiring and the reviews from early screenings have been good, though not great. Anne Hathaway, John Lithgow, Michael Caine and Jessica Chastain co-star. Opens everywhere 11/7

Birdman

Michael Keaton and Edward Norton star in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s (“Bitiful”) mind-bending left turn of a film (mainly because it doesn’t look to be suicidally depressing) about a washed up actor (Keaton) who can’t escape the shadow of his superhero past. In an attempt to reboot his career, he writes, stars, and directs a stage version of a Raymond Carver short story, with co-star Norton. The two butt heads and weirdly enough (for Iñárritu), comedy seems to ensue. The word on this one is white hot, and Keaton and Norton look like they are having a blast. A must see. Co-starring Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts and Emma Stone. Opens at the Circle Cinema 11/7

Dumb and Dumber To

It’s been twenty years, but Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are back in perhaps their most iconic roles. And honestly, I’m kind of stoked. Sure, it seems like a recipe for disaster, going back to the well after so long (and the Farrelly Bros. haven’t been funny since “Stuck on You”) but the trailer got a few honest laughs out of me, which gives me a little hope that this might pay off. Co-starring Laurie Holden and Kathleen Turner. Opens everywhere 11/14