8-19 (Fri) 21:30-23:00 Sweet and Lowdown

8-20 (Sat) 21:30-23:20 Whiplash

Sweet and Lowdown

Director: Woody Allen

Starring: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Woody Allen

Genre: Comedy / Drama / Music

Country: USA

Runtime: 95 min.

A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. We follow Ray's life: bouts of getting drunk, his bizarre hobbies of shooting rats and watching passing trains, his dreams of fame and fortune, his strange obsession with the better-known guitarist Django Reinhardt, and of course, playing his beautiful music

Whiplash

Director: Damien Chazelle

Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist

Genre: Drama / Music

Country: USA

Runtime: 107 min.

A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students. The two form an odd relationship as the student wants to achieve greatness, and the professor pushes him.

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