You voted and here we go! These two films out of 10 possible titles that have never before shown at The Brattle were chosen by our audience to screen on Leap Day 2024.
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Thursday, February 29 • 6:30pm
2006 • dir Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris w/Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin • 101 min • DCP
This good-natured, anarchic comedy and Sundance darling follows a gently dysfunctional family as they embark on a last-ditch road trip to deliver 7-year-old Olive (Breslin) to be a finalist in the “Little Miss Sunshine” beauty pageant.
PERFECT BLUE
Thursday, February 29 • 9:00pm
1997 • dir Satoshi Kon • 81 min • DCP • in Japanese with English subtitles
The mind-bending, Hitchcockian feature debut from legendary anime auteur Satoshi Kon (Paprika) follows Mima, a young woman who abandons her fame as a pop idol to become an actress. As Mima tries to establish a new path in her life, she suddenly finds herself at the center of a series of murders and questioning her own sanity as her world seems to unravel around her.