“Pop Aye” opens Sept. 8 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
This film is an offbeat road movie with a touch of the surreal, featuring a close relationship between an over-the-hill architect and his long-lost elephant.
A successful Bangkok architect in the midst of a midlife crisis is reunited with an elephant he knew growing up. The two embark on a road trip to the man’s childhood home in the peaceful Thai countryside. Along the way, they meet a colorful cast of characters that includes a pair of nonplussed local police officers, a forlorn transgender sex worker and a mysteriously wise drifter.
Kirsten Tan’s “Pop Aye” is showing at the Ross through Sept. 24.
“Brigsby Bear” continues to play at the Ross.
Super fan James is obsessed with a goofy kids’ show to the point of religiosity in “Brigsby Bear.”
A young adult, who is still living at home, James has grown up with this fantasy series and the program has grown with him — getting more complex over the years. Upon learning the series has been cancelled, he adopts the old adage that the show must go on.
Family members and authority figures fret over James’ fixation, but by becoming Brigsby Bear’s new creator instead of just a viewer in the dark, he finally accesses all the meaningful connections his life has lacked.
“Brigsby Bear,” which plays through Sept. 14, is rated PG-13.
For more information on films showing at the Ross, including show times, click here or call 402-472-5353.
