CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT World Cinema

Screening to be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Tyler Taormina.

In the third film from audaciously original filmmaker Tyler Taormina (HAM ON RYE), with fellow Omnes Collective filmmaker Carson Lund (EEPHUS) returning as cinematographer, CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLERS POINT is a captivating, nostalgic reverie of an Italian American family returning to their Long Island hometown for Christmas Eve. A tremendous ensemble cast makes up this extended multi-generational family, featuring Francesca Scorsese, Maria Dizzia, Ben Shenkman and Elsie Fisher, along with a delightful duo of bumbling local police officers in Michael Cera and Gregg Turkington. Over the course of the evening, personalities converge, tensions arise and rules are broken. This cornucopia of sensory delights lingers in pop-tunes, rich colors and varied textures and perspectives, recalling the bittersweet melancholy of returning home for the holidays, seeing loved ones age and time pass in sporadic bursts. –Malin Kan