The Souvenir

The Souvenir, a talk-heavy new drama from British writer-director Joanna Hogg, centers on Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne, daughter of Tilda Swinton), a twenty-something film student who wants to make a movie about a teenage boy who lives in the working-class port town of Sunderland. After she meets Anthony (Tom Burke), a man who says he works at the "foreign office," Julie begins spending more time talking about the movie than actually writing it or figuring out how to make it on the small budget that her school has allocated for it. The film shows tonight at 8:15 at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Tickets cost $10, or $7 for Cinematheque members and students. (Niesel)