Year of the Devil Wild Bees

This double bill features the Czech This is Spinal Tap, Year of the Devil, and Wild Bees, a comedic love story and bittersweet portrayal of life in the countryside.
Second feature start time: 8:40 pm. Year of the Devil features a folk music star, a band of funeral musicians, and a Dutch filmmaker who join forces and stumble toward individual enlightenment on a magical musical adventure. It's often called the Czech This is Spinal Tap. (Petr Zelenka, 2002; 88 mins.) Set in a small impoverished country village, Wild Bees is a biting comedy about an idealistic young forest worker who pines for the salesgirl at the local grocery store while she endures an empty relationship with her boyfriend, a "Billie Jean"-era Michael Jackson wannabe. The film recalls the Czech New Wave of the 1960s in its bittersweet portrayal of life in the countryside.(Bohdan Slama, 2001; 94 mins.)