Little, Big, and Far
by Jem Cohen. 2024, Austria/USA, 121 min.
Filmmaker Jem Cohen in person.
Austrian astronomer Karl is at a crossroads in his life and work. He finds his physicist wife growing distant and his job being reshaped by environmental crises as thoughts about science, fascism, and his grandson’s future spin above his head. After attending a conference in Greece, Karl decides not to return home and heads for a small island in hopes of finding a dark enough sky to reconnect with the stars. Abandoned at a remote mountain trail, he ascends and waits for darkness to fall.
“Magical. Captures all the glories of the universe.” — Dustin Chang, Screen Anarchy
“Wondrous, expansive. A reminder to seize solitude amid the bustle of everyday existence, to be quiet and still, to look up and consider the universe.” — Isaac Feldberg, RogerEbert.com
Members of the Amateur Astronomers Association will be at the Arverne Cinema with telescopes for stargazing, weather permitting.
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