Oftentimes it plays out like a condensed season of television, a format for which it might actually have been better suited, with its long, subtly rendered character arcs and ensemble cast. Only the Brave is meandering and picaresque, sometimes to its own detriment. Cue a predictable yet comforting redemption arc, from McDonough’s fast friendship with hazer turned roommate Chris (Taylor Kitsch) to the surrogate father he finds in Marsh, who we come to learn may not be that different from him. Meanwhile, young addict Brendan McDonough (Miles Teller) stumbles his way into fathering a child, and suddenly feeling the urge to step up and be responsible for her, arrives at the department looking for work. The film opens with them still uncertified and frustrated at their inability to stave off yet another fire. Led by their supervisor Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin), they became local heroes, but if you don’t know their story I’d advise against Googling it, or the GQ article the film is based on. Only the Brave is based on the true story of Prescott, Arizona’s Granite Mountain Hotshots, the first ever municipal fire crew to be certified as Hotshots (that is, the class of firefighter that deals on the ground with wildfires). Review safety protocols before your visit.Miles Teller on His New Movie, Superhero Franchises, and Being Likable (or Not)

Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. Tickets: $15 / $11 senior and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / Free or discounted for MoMI members ($11 classic).

The precarity of blue-collar work is brought to life in these individual stories, with radio and television clips transmitting local news and providing the political and economic context for their predicament. Four teenagers in the small industrial city of Wollongong are affected by the economic recession and the slashing of jobs, which especially took a toll on women. With Tina Waller, Kevin Bugden, Lorraine Palamara, David Horridge.

Kokkinos is one of the great chroniclers of working-class migrant stories in Australia, and her mid-length film powerfully conveys the raw sexuality and dreams of artistic expression in these rebellious best friends.ĭir. Two Greek-Australian schoolgirls dream of escaping their suburban lives, while contending with boredom, sexism, and troubled home lives. With Elena Mandalis, Dora Kaskanis, Maude Davey.

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