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Investigative Post’s “At Issue” series has selected some fitting news-media-focused films to present and discuss at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Coming up at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 is George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck.”
The Oscar-nominated, black-and-white stunner about the battle between legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joe McCarthy is an insightful study of the power of TV news. After the screening, Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney and Lee Coppola, retired dean of the School of Journalism at St. Bonaventure University, will discuss how much has changed — and how much has not — since the days of Murrow.
For more info, visit investigativepost.org/events.
Also at the Burchfield Penney this week is a discussion of “The American Side,” a feature recently shot in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Director and co-writer Jenna Rinker and co-writer and star Greg Sturh will show clips from the film, which tells the story of a present-day discovery about the ever-fascinating Nikola Tesla.
The event runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 6.
Tesla might have enjoyed the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, which runs from Nov. 7 to 13 in the Dipson Eastern Hills Mall Cinema. The fest is focused on sci-fi, fantasy, horror andaction flicks and showcases 19 features, 33 shorts, 12 music videos and more.
For the complete schedule, visit www.uffalodreamsfilmfest.com.
At 7 p.m. Nov. 6, the Ukrainian-American Civic Center (205 Military Road) presents “Cinema of Civil Protest: Babylon ’13 Ukraine.” This collection of short films documents the Euromaidan protests in Kiev, the annexation of Crimea, and separatism in Eastern Ukraine.
The free screening will feature a talk with filmmaker Yuri Gruzinov. For details, see facebook.com/ukiclub.
Lastly, one of the most striking concert films in years, “Björk: Biophilia Live,” screens at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Screening Room cinema Cafe (3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst). This immersive, gorgeously-shot film documents the Icelandic icon’s 2013 London concert stop on her “Biophilia” album tour.
“Biophilia Live” is co-directed by Nick Fenton and Peter Strickland — note the name of the latter, as he directed one of the finest films at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, a psycho-sexual comic fantasy called “The Duke of Burgundy” — and features memorable performances of several Björk classics. (“Possibly Maybe” is particularly perfect.)
For a taste of the film, visit biophiliathefilm.com.