A comedic road trip love story and music documentary following the band Pavements open July 11 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
Ending their runs July 10 are "The Life of Chuck" and "Tatami."
From comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti, "Sunlight" is a darkly funny love story between a man and a woman. In New Mexico, Roy, a dysfunctional radio host, is pulled from the noose by Monkey-clad Jane, who is escaping a controlling relationship with her dead mum’s toyboy husband. Together they dig up the grave of Roy’s terrible dad to retrieve the watch they hope will fund a new life built on a shaky dream. This is beauty and the beast in reverse. Love grows between Roy and Jane, who finds a ballsy new voice from within the fur but feels she can’t come out until she is truly loved.
"Sunlight" is not rated and is showing through July 24.
An examination of the iconic 90s indie band, "Pavements" appears to be just another music documentary, until it doesn’t. A prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual hybrid, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation.
"Pavements" is not rated and is playing through July 17.
For more information on films, including showtimes and ticket availability, visit the Ross' website.
