Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 26, 12:15 p.m., Eau Claire
These days, hipster malaise is so prevalent that it’s become its own genre of film. That’s why it’s such a pleasant surprise that Some Days Are Better Than Others is able to move past cliché and miraculously breathe life into a storyline that’s been played out so many times before.
Using picturesque Portland, Ore. as the backdrop, director Matt McCormick takes Atom Egoyan’s penchant for blending tenuously linked characters and infuses it with delicate charm to tell the story of a disenfranchised college grad, a heartbroken reality TV hopeful and a sensitive thrift store worker. A deceptively simple film dealing with a wealth of complex emotions, it also combines indie cinema and indie rock in an understated (and unexpected) way. Buoyed by Greg Schmitt’s luminous cinematography, a shimmering score by Eluvium’s Matthew Cooper and surprising non-musical performances by James Mercer of The Shins and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater Kinney, Some Days are Better than Others is a reminder of why you started liking indie films in the first place.
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