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Clockwatchers
Fri, Mar 18 | 7:30pm | TMT
Set in a painfully beige office against a constant cacophony of ringing phones, Jill Sprecher’s debut feature Clockwatchers is about a group of temp workers whose bond is strained by capitalism's daily grind when ob- jects in the workplace start to go missing. The workers—played by off-beat comic all- stars Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, and Alanna Ubach—navigate the small indignities of “office culture,” which Sprecher’s script (cowritten by her sister Karen) skewers incisively.
DIRECTOR: Jill Sprecher.
CAST: Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach. 1998. 96 min. USA. Color. English. 35mm.
Thirteen Conversations about One Thing
Sat, Mar 19 | 7:30pm | TMT
Thirteen Conversations about One Thing was written before Sprecher’s debut but took years to finally get made due to funding. Once again working with her sister, Sprecher penned a script constructed in 13 vignettes, set around seemingly unconnected people in New York. A lawyer (Matthew McConaughey), a professor (John Turturro), a house cleaner (Clea DuVall), and a mid-level manager (Alan Arkin) go about their daily lives, and through happenstance both cruel and kind, find connective tissues forming between them.
DIRECTOR: Jill Sprecher.
CAST: Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro, Clea DuVall, Alan Arkin. 2002. 102 min. USA. Color. English. 35mm.
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