Don't miss the 10th annual Oxford Film Festival: films at Malco Oxford Studio and panels at the Lyric Oxford.
Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch (Griffin Dunne) takes his begrudging teenage kids – Zoe and Jack – on a road trip to a conference in hopes of putting his career back on track. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes AWOL on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. 104 min. Also screens: Sunday 5:00 p.m. (S2)
Spotlight Film #2: This Is Martin Bonner. Directed by Chad Hartigan. Fifty-something Martin Bonner (Paul Eenhorn) leaves his old life behind and relocates to Reno, where he finds work helping released prisoners transition to life on the outside, while trying his hand at speed dating and passing time as a soccer referee on weekends. Meanwhile, Travis Holloway (Richmond Arquette) has just been released from prison after serving 12 years. Surprising both of them, Travis and Martin form an unlikely friendship that offers them reciprocal support and understanding. Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT (January 2013).
