![]() ![]() ![]() But the stranglehold that “king coal” - a totemic name that Sheldon gives to coal mining as a business - has had over the region is only a few hundred years old. There are rocks in those hills that were formed more than a billion years ago, and the coal nestled inside them is the residue of the Earth slowly digesting plants that lived long before the first Homo sapiens. As director Elaine McMillion Sheldon points out in the voiceover narration of her new documentary “King Coal,” the New River is ironically named, given that it’s the second-oldest river in the world. The Appalachian Mountains are beyond ancient. “King Coal” (directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon) Plus: Read IndieWire’s interview with filmmaker Maite Alberdi. “The Eternal Memory” (directed by Maite Alberdi) “Between Two Worlds” (directed by Emmanuel Carrère) “Aporia” Courtesy Well Go USA Entertainment Plus: Read IndieWire’s 2021 interview with star Judy Greer on her work in the new “Halloween” trilogy. She is left to care for their 11-year-old daughter Riley (“This Is Us” alum Faithe Herman), with the pre-teen acting out at school and Sophie feeling helpless… so helpless, in fact, that she is open to the idea of testing a sketchy-looking so-called time machine that her husband’s friend Jabir (Payman Maadi, played with over-the-top Tommy Wiseau inflections) built. Greer stars in the film as Sophie, a widowed single mother who lost her scientist husband Malcolm (Edi Gathegi) in a drunk driving accident. Yet, somehow, the time travel logic of 2004’s comedy “13 Going on 30” makes more sense than the kind at hand in “Aporia,” the latest Greer vehicle that attempts to marry scraps from Greer’s recent haunting performance as a grieving mother in recent festival premiere “Eric LaRue” and repurposes her masterful tears into a bland sci-fi drama that asks too many unanswered questions about morality, mortality, and the price of happiness. Judy Greer’s iconic career has spanned from “13 Going on 30” to the revamped “Halloween” franchise, proving the actress can delicately balance comedy, horror, and even a certain flavor of signature detachment onscreen. ![]() Week of August 7 – August 13 New Films in Theaters Each film is now available in a theater near you or in the comfort of your own home (or, in some cases, both, the convenience of it all). ![]()
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