Events Calendar · October 2023
Opening Night at The Mill Valley Film Festival
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2023
Time: 9:00 pm in various theaters
Phone: 877-874.-6833
Celebrating 46 years of film in Marin County from October 5th through October 15th! The internationally renowned Mill Valley Film Festival offers a high-profile, prestigious, non-competitive environment perfect for celebrating the best in independent and world cinema. MVFF (the oldest fall film festival in California) remains committed to celebrating film and filmmakers and offering the highest resources and production elements possible, whatever challenges the world throws our way. We are approaching 2023 with the same commitment to quality and openness to opportunity as we plan for our showcase of new cinema at MVFF46.
Opening Night is especially a night you don't want to miss with the premiere opening of Day of the Fight: MVFF returns to its roots as a heavyweight champion of independent filmmaking with the North American premiere of renowned actor Jack Huston’s (Kill Your Darlings, American Hustle) extraordinary writing/directing debut. With a loving nod to Stanley Kubrick’s 1951 documentary of the same name, Huston (of famed lineage: Walter, John, Anjelica et al) flips the script on the boxing-film genre with this exquisitely composed, delicate, and understated portrait of a complicated man coming to grips with his past. Replacing violence and brutality with tenderness and sensitivity, Huston’s deft, musical approach to the material is revelatory. Featuring stunning performances from Michael Pitt as former middleweight champ Mikey Flannigan, Nicolette Robinson as his estranged lover, Ron Perlman as his coach, and an unforgettable Joe Pesci as Mikey’s wordless and ailing dad, Day of the Fight pulls no punches whatsoever with its aesthetic beauty and a deeply felt emotional resonance. Truly a knock-out. – KD Davis
Additional Location or Other Information
Cine Arts Sequoia Theater in Mill Valley / Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael / The Lark Theater in Larkspur / BAMPFA in Berkeley / Century Theater-Larkspur Landing / The Roxie in San Francisco
