Roadie
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Director Michael Cuesta will participate in a Skype Q&A following the 7:00 pm show on Friday, February 24.
Director Michael Cuesta will participate in a Skype Q&A following the 7:00 pm show on Friday, February 24.
FIRST RUN PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT In Michael Cuesta’s moving character study, middle-aged Jimmy Testagross heads home to Queens after being fired from his roadie job with Blue Öyster Cult. Having lived a nomadic life on tour for most of the past 26 years has rendered him ill-equipped to deal with his present circumstances – his lonely, aging mother; his over-inquisitive friends from the past; or his own diminished future. With great performances by Ron Eldard as the over-the-hill title character, Bobby Cannavale as a boorish high-school acquaintance, and Lois Smith as his addled but hyper-critical mom, Roadie also features a nifty soundtrack featuring Bob Dylan, The Ramones, and several BÖC classics.
“[Cuesta] captures the outer-outer-boroughness of New York City like nobody else.”
–Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
“A perfectly attuned character study of [a] rock relic and his middle-aged sorrows.” —NY Post
“Roadie soars as a gently comic drama about living the dream—or trying to. 4 stars.” —Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
"ONE OF THE YEAR’S TEN BEST. Watching it again, I loved it even more. Rare is the film that refuses to judge its flawed characters. Rare is the film that has so much heart. From soundtrack to setting, every detail feels real, as if the Cuestas have known these characters all their lives." —Elizabeth Weitzman, NY Daily News
"Gritty, honest and uncategorizable--a showcase for the outsized acting talents of Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale and Jill Hennessy. Eldard gives a valiant performance and Hennessy, who seems to get better with each film, seems the perfect embodiment of the beauty who never left the neighborhood, and should have." —John Anderson, Variety
USA 2011, 95 min. Written by Gerald Cuesta, Michael Cuesta. Photographed by Andrew Lilien. With Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy. Magnolia Pictures.
Tickets $9 for SFFS members, $11 general, $10 senior/student/disabled. Box office open online at sffs.org and in person at SF Film Society Cinema.
 | Read the San Francisco Chronicle review |
“[Cuesta] captures the outer-outer-boroughness of New York City like nobody else.”
–Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
“A perfectly attuned character study of [a] rock relic and his middle-aged sorrows.” —NY Post
“Roadie soars as a gently comic drama about living the dream—or trying to. 4 stars.” —Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
"ONE OF THE YEAR’S TEN BEST. Watching it again, I loved it even more. Rare is the film that refuses to judge its flawed characters. Rare is the film that has so much heart. From soundtrack to setting, every detail feels real, as if the Cuestas have known these characters all their lives." —Elizabeth Weitzman, NY Daily News
"Gritty, honest and uncategorizable--a showcase for the outsized acting talents of Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale and Jill Hennessy. Eldard gives a valiant performance and Hennessy, who seems to get better with each film, seems the perfect embodiment of the beauty who never left the neighborhood, and should have." —John Anderson, Variety
USA 2011, 95 min. Written by Gerald Cuesta, Michael Cuesta. Photographed by Andrew Lilien. With Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy. Magnolia Pictures.
Tickets $9 for SFFS members, $11 general, $10 senior/student/disabled. Box office open online at sffs.org and in person at SF Film Society Cinema.
February 24-29
Showtimes 2:30, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
Showtimes 2:30, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15
SF Film Society Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)