After a flu-mandated week off, NewScreen bounced back with this final installment in Ulrich Seidl’s Hope trillogy, a tender story of a pedophilic romance between a middle age doctor, and a 13 year old girl at a summer “fat camp”. In the words of Mike D’Angelo (The A.V. Club), “[Paridise: Hope] is the most tender, nuanced, and deeply felt picture Seidl has ever made. What’s more, there’s no need to have seen the other two films, as Hope works beautifully all by its lonesome.”

A great NewScreen choice, if I do say so myself. Plus… herring and Borodinsky bread!