Ruckus October 7, 2022

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Film combines stories into compelling drama

By RACHEL HERGETT FOR THE CHRONICLE

While not autobiographical, “The Year of the Dog” draws pieces of story directly from Bozeman filmmaker Rob Grabow’s life.

His character, Matt, has buried much of the pain of his father’s death at the bottom of a bottle. He’s going through the world alone, lashing out at those who try to get too close, who might make him feel something. His mother has refused to see him until he has gone 30 days without drinking. And

it has now been 15 years. But with his mother in hospice care, now is Matt’s last chance.

“I’ll stay sober for 30 days so that I can see my mom before she dies,” Matt, fresh from jail, tells his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor. The sponsor, Fred (Bozeman actor Michael Spears, “Reservation Dogs,” “Dances with Wolves”), offers Matt a cabin on his property — a place to stay away from temptation.

Grabow is a Bozeman filmmaker who wrote, produced and co-directed “The Year of the Dog,” which is in a limited pre-release around Montana before it officially premieres at the

Chelsea Film Festival. Grabow is not an alcoholic. That piece of the story comes from those around him in the years his mother spent as a drug and alcohol counselor.

In one scene, Fred tries to warn Matt away from keeping a husky mix he found on the property. To do it, Fred tells the story of a man who was triggered by simply being asked to help in the garden. He walked out of the garden, straight across a river that was up to his neck and took a bus for an hour simply to have a drink.

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Fred (Michael Spears) in a screenshot from “Year of the Dog.”

Celtic Quintet

@ 6pm

from Ireland, Scotland and places beyond. Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive, Bozeman. knealh49@gmail com

Harlequin Trio Concert at Reynolds Recital Hall

7:30pm / $10

Harlequin Trio will perform a concert in Reynolds Recital Hall

Friday, October 7, 2022, at 7:30

Tickets available at the door; $10 general admission and $5 for students Howard Hall, Bozeman. gyoung@montana.edu, 406-9945753

Stand-Up with Aaron Woodall

8pm / $17-$20

Our Stand Up Friday night this week is headlined by Aaron Woodall As seen on FOX, Hulu, and VidAngel! Last Best Comedy, 321 East Main Street, Bozeman. info@lastbestcomedy com, 406570-7766

Hocus Pocus Dino Nite!

@ 6pm

Take a Date Night and bring your Little One in for Big Fun! 1928 N 22nd Ave, 1928 North 22nd Av enue, Bozeman. dinodropinboze man@gmail com, 406-624-6150

Kate & The AlleyKats (Manhattan Legion Club Afternoon Dance)

@ 1pm / $10

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Gina & the Wild�re

7pm

music while you soak! Featur‐ing the local cover rock group

& the Wild�re” Bozeman Hot Springs, 81123 Gallatin Road, Bozeman. adam@bhsprings com, 406-586-6492

Jacob Rountree and the Somethings Live in Bozmeman

@ 6pm

MAP Brewing Company, 510 Manley Rd, Bozeman

Thu 10/13

Cottonwood Hills Invitational

@ 12am

Oct 13th Oct 12th 8955 River Rd, Bozeman

Harvest Market |

Yellow‐stone Alliance Adven‐tures | Oct. 8, 2022

11am

25+ vendors and enjoy fall activities & foods in a beautiful moun tain setting! Pumpkin patch, hay ride, climbing wall, live music, and more! Lunch available for purchase. Funds camp scholarships! Yellowstone Alliance Adventures, 13707 Cottonwood Canyon Road, Bozeman hsheely@yaacamp.org, 406-763-4727

Bone Dry Comedy Hour Open Mic

@ 8pm

Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy

Our weekly open mic is a sup portive place to start your com edy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene. Last Best Comedy, 321 East Main Street, Bozeman. info@ lastbestcomedy com, 406-5707766

Keith Scott Blues

@ 5pm

Bridger Brewing, 1609 S 11th Ave, Bozeman

Ballot Initiatives Forum

@ 6pm

Join us for a ballot initiatives fo rum This is a non-partisan forum open to the public. Bozeman Pub lic Safety Center | Police Depart ment, 901 North Rouse Avenue, Bozeman. bboyson@boze man.net, 406-582-2410

How Highways and Wildlife Intersect: History of Wildlife Crossing in Montana

@ 6pm

OLLI at MSU is partnering with the Belgrade Com‐munity Library to host a talk entitled “How High ways and Wildlife Inter‐sect: History of Wildlife Crossing in Montana” at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13. Belgrade Com‐munity Library, 106 North Broadway, Belgrade. olli@ montana.edu, 406-9946550

Greater Impact Community Bene�t Event @ 6:30pm / $35

Join us for an adults only event (21+) We will serve appetizers and alcohol free drinks and mocktails, while we share the vision of Greater Impact The Commons, 1794 East Baxter Lane, Bozeman. staci@greaterimpact.us, 406865-0991

AMEN TO THAT TOUR @ 7pm

The Commons, 1794 E Baxter Ln, Bozeman

Zach Aaron @ 8:30pm Bozeman Taproom, 101 N Rouse Ave, Bozeman

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OLLI at MSU

Friday Forum: Crisis!

How Low Rental Inventory and High Rents Impact Us

Part 2

12pm / Free

OLLI at MSU Friday Forum: Crisis! How Low Rental Inventory and High Rents Impact Us

Osher Lifelong Learn ing Institute at Montana State University will pre‐sent "Crisis! How Low Rental Inventory and High Rents Impact Us All, Part

Part 2

the second event of a two-part Friday Forum. Bozeman olli@mon tana.edu, 406-994-6550

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Night Without a Bed

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Many Daughters of Afong Moy” by Jamie Ford, $28

Night and Its Moon” by Piper Cj, $18.99

7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, $16.99

Golden Enclaves” by Naomi Novik, $28

Glad My Mom Died” by Jennette McCurdy,

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“Dog the Bounty Hunter”

Duane Chapman is the “Dog” of this unscripted series that follows him and his wife Beth, his family and associates as they pursue and capture fugitives in Hawaii and his home state of Colorado. The series aired for nine seasons on A&E Network, the first of which streams here.

“Gene Simmons Family Jewels”

This unscripted series that followed the home life of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons with his wife, actress Shannon Tweed, and their two children, Nick and Sophie, drew solid ratings for A&E Network during its 2006-13 run, but took some criticism for showing events that did not actually occur. The first two rounds stream here.

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Two mother/daughter duos must deal with their grief and their complicated feelings for each other when the person who ties them together dies in this 2019 drama from Aisling Chin-Yee in her feature film directorial debut. Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse, Abigail Pniowsky and Jodi Balfour head the cast.

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OF ‘ALASKA DAILY’ ON ABC

“Alaska Daily” brings you back to television in a period when you seem to be doing more work there, especially in limited series. Was that the plan for you?

go where the good stories are, just like a journalist. I follow great stories with great parts, and if I want to tell them, it doesn’t matter where they’re told ... just that they get told. I’m really grateful to the people who give these stories homes, and I keep trying to honor that.

Did you know the movie work of “Alaska Daily” creator and executive producer Tom McCarthy, who won an Oscar for co-writing “Spotlight,” before signing up for the series?

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“Luxe Listings Sydney”

Elite agents Gavin Rubinstein, D’Leanne Lewis, Simon Cohen and Monika

Tu return for the third season of this unscripted series that finds a tight Sydney real estate market getting even tighter with highly competitive auctions leaving the agents dueling for some of the most coveted properties in the world.

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Spike Lee wrote, produced and directed this 1998 sports drama that stars Denzel Washington as a convicted murder who is released on parole for a week to convince his basketball phenom son (NBA star Ray Allen) to play for the governor’s alma mater in exchange for a reduced prison sentence. Milla Jovovich, John Turturro and Rosario Dawson also star.

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“A Private Affair”

From Spain comes this crime thriller series about an upper-class girl with a detective’s soul who sets out to catch the serial killer who has been terrorizing her town with the help of her butler. Aura Garrido, Jean Reno, Angela Molina and Alex Garcia head the cast. (ORIGINAL)

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Peter Jackson directed this epic-sized 2012 start to a three-film prequel. Martin Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins, swept into a quest by dwarves to help reclaim their turf. The tale also marks Bilbo’s first meeting with Gollum, played again by Andy Serkis. Other “Lord of the Rings” returnees include Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Ian Holm.

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tasty tv

BY GEORGE DICKIE

‘Easy-Bake Battle’ champions quick and easy cuisine

Let’s just get this out of the way up front.

There were no light bulbs used to cook the comestibles on Netflix’s “Easy-Bake Battle” nor does the venerable Hasbro toy appliance make an appearance – at least not in the form that we know it.

No, the title of the culinary competition series that begins streaming its eight half hour episodes on Wednesday, Oct. 12, refers to, as the show’s release explains, cuisine “inspired by Hasbro’s iconic Easy-Bake Oven.” Translation: simple, easy, delicious meals one can make in little time and with a little outside-the-box thinking.

So expect to pick up plenty of clever kitchen hacks or shortcuts from accomplished home cooks as they vie in two rounds of competition for the chance to win $25,000 in each episode and the

$100,000 grand prize at the end of the season.

The series comes from eOne, the production company owned by Hasbro, and features a whole lot of baking – and not the type of baking one might think.

“I don’t mean like cake baking,” explains executive producer Daniel Calin. “This show does both savory and sweet cooking, which I think differentiates it from a lot of the other shows you’ll see on platform and elsewhere. But in the second round, the oven that they use to bake very cleverly in, it aesthetically represents the classic Easy-Bake Oven; it’ll be reminiscent of it.”

So there is a wall oven in the shape of the Easy-Bake Oven here. It has no special capabilities and again, no light bulbs, just an average oven in which contestants will cook their pasta, steak, seafood and dessert dishes, which are

then judged by host Antoni Porowski and rotating guest judges including Kristen Kish and Jacques Torres.

And that’s where the hacks come in. If nothing else, viewers will come away with a few shortcuts and tricks that surely will make their time in the kitchen easier and more productive, just as it did for the home cooks here.

“There’s a whole world of people on YouTube and TikTok and Instagram who had started championing like an easy way of cooking that is like hack-driven and still gets you to delicious meals,” Calin says.

“These folks are like really busy people like you and I who have complicated lives and kids and a lot of demands coming their way. So in the kitchen they’ve had to figure out how to cook more efficiently without compromising the quality of their food, so they come to the competition with their shortcuts.”

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“Derry Girls”

The British comedy returns for its third and final season with hope in the Northern Ireland air that the Troubles will soon be in everyone’s past. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said of the Derry girls as the high school hardships of Erin and her friends show no signs of letting up. Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell star. (ORIGINAL)

“Movie: The Curse of Bridge Hollow”

Jeff Wadlow (“Truth or Dare,” “Fantasy Island”) directed this fantasy comedy that stars Marlon Wayans and Priah Ferguson as a man and his teenage daughter who are forced to save their town when an ancient spirit causes Halloween decorations to come to life and wreak havoc. Kelly Rowland, Lauren Lapkus and Dave Sheridan also star. (ORIGINAL)

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“Gorongosa: Paradise Reborn”

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“Firebuds” (Available now)

From Disney Channel comes this animated action series that follows a boy and his toy fire truck in a fantasy world where talking vehicles live, work and play and team up with their friends to help their community. Declan Whaley, Vivian Vencer, Jecobi Swain and Terrence Little Gardenhigh head the voice cast.

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“Africa’s Eden” was the apt nickname for Gorongosa National Park until years of bitter war turned the region into something more akin to hell on Earth. Happily, though, the park is currently the focus of one of the most ambitious wildlife restoration efforts in history. This visually stunning nature documentary chronicles Gorongosa’s inspiring story.

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Derek Hough, Kym Johnson, Cheryl Burke and Brandon Armstrong host this hourlong special that looks back on 30 seasons of the unscripted ABC competition series and counts down 20 of the most memorable dances — ranging from winning performances and iconic opening numbers to Emmy-winning dances and unforgettable celebrity mishaps.

“Dickie V” (Available now)

From ESPN Films comes this 80-minute documentary that chronicles the life and career of legendary college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale and his devotion to fighting cancer, a disease he was diagnosed with in 2021. Among interviewees are Magic Johnson, Mike Krzyzewski, Charles Barkley, John Calipari, Robin Roberts, Chris Berman and Mike Tirico.

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BY JAY BOBBIN

‘Philadelphia’ meant much to Tom Hanks

In 1993, some subjects still hadn’t gotten widely into the mainstream of major-studio movies ... one of the reasons “Philadelphia,” now streaming on Hulu, was such a milestone. Director Jonathan Demme’s drama also marked a career breakthrough for Tom Hanks, who largely had done lighter fare before taking the role of an AIDS-afflicted attorney who sues his former firm, believing his firing to be linked to his homosexuality.

Hanks earned the first of two consecutive Oscars for his work here (the second being for “Forrest Gump”). Denzel Washington also is excellent as another lawyer who changes from opponent to ally in taking the Hanks character’s case, which he turns down initially. Other superb cast members include Joanne Woodward as Hanks’ mother, Antonio Banderas as his partner and Jason Robards as the law-firm chief.

more retro rewinds

“The Addams Family” (MeTV, Sunday, Oct. 9): You’d have to figure Halloween would have a deeper meaning to this clan than most others, and a marathon of episodes from the 1960s sitcom inspired by Charles Addams’ cartoons proves that to be the fact. As an example, after a neighbor tells young Wednesday (Lisa Loring) that witches don’t exist, Morticia and Grandmama (Carolyn Jones and Blossom Rock, aka Marie Blake) both set out to prove otherwise.

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While only a story on film, this is a scene that plays in Grabow’s head. He remembers looking out the window and watching a man do exactly that.

Despite Fred’s warnings, in “The Year of the Dog,” the husky gets to stay. He is jokingly named “You Pick,” which eventually becomes “Yup’ik,” one of the tribes indigine ous to the area around Holy Cross, Alaska, where Grabow spent part of his youth. In training for a dog-sled ding-adjacent event where dogs try to pull the most weight, building a relationship with Yup’ik helps Matt open up to those around him and overcome some of his demons.

For viewers, “The Year of the Dog,” may hit close to home not just because it was filmed in familiar locations around Bozeman and Livingston, but because it directly speaks to overcoming that inner turmoil.

Grabow called the film “a heart-warming journey of for giveness, finding purpose, being vulnerable, making connections,

and ultimately healing,” in a release. Over the phone, he says art can provide valuable reminders of our own journeys.

Before his father dies, a young Matt is begrudgingly helping him rebuild a porch. They finish, and his father, played by Aaron Finley

(a New York actor who grew up in Bozeman), is called in to work. But before he leaves, he reminds his son “we don’t leave things broken.”

“That’s kind of the thesis of the film,” Grabow said. “If we make mistakes or we don’t hit it quite right, there is always a chance to

keep doing it and eventually we will find our way through.”

Grabow’s life was filled with other struggles. He tells of his young childhood in a mostly Indigenous village in rural Alaska, where his single mother was a teacher. When he broke his pelvis sledding at age 6 and had to spend a month in the hospital, hundreds of miles from home, he was left alone. And when he watched something scary on TV and tried to call collect, his mother couldn’t afford to answer.

But when he speaks of his life, Grabow also speaks of community and of the lessons he learned. He speaks of his mother’s best friend, a petite Aleute woman who always stood up for him. Or how the three boys who beat him up on his first day in the village because he was white became his best friends. Grabow said his mother used the incident as a lesson, telling him to remember the moment because for most of his life, he will be in the majority.

These people and others appear in stories peppered throughout “The Year of the Dog,” told by attendees at Alcoholics Anonymous

meetings or in guidance from Matt’s sponsor. Some are reflections, others direct retellings. But for Grabow, each is deserving of respect.

“In making any kind of art of trying to tell stories that are about people that matter to you and our lives, you want to do them justice,” Grabow said.

But did he succeed?

“I don’t know if I’m ultimately the one who gets to decide that,” Grabow said. “It’s determined by how people receive it and how they relate to the film. I did the best I could to tell a story that was informed by my own life. I’m so proud of so many aspects of the film.”

“The Year of the Dog” is screening at Empire Twin Cinemas in Livingston until Oct. 13, as part of a special run of previews across Montana and Idaho hosted by the Polson-based film distribution company Nova Vento Entertainment and the film’s Montana-based producers. It premieres on Oct. 15 at the Chelsea Film Festival in New York City. For more information visit https://www.theyearofthedog movie.com/screenings.

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Matt (Rob Grabow) and Yup’ik in a screenshot from “Year of the Dog.”

BY GEORGE DICKIE

BY GEORGE DICKIE

Healthy again, Saquon Barkley spearheads Giants’ attack

It’s been three seasons since Saquon Barkley last played with confidence. And if his Week 1 showing is any indication, it’s well justified.

Indeed, the New York Giants’ star running back had a tough row to hoe in 2020 and 2021 after bursting onto the NFL scene in 2018 with a franchise rookie record 1,307 yards in 2018 and following that up with a 1,003-yard season in 2019.

But in Week 2 of 2020, the Giants’ 2018 first round pick out of Penn State grabbed the back of his knee after being hauled down on a running play and was immediately carted off the field. The diagnosis – a torn ACL, the type of injury no runner wants.

He missed the remainder of that year and returned in 2021 a mere shell of himself. Not confident in the repaired knee and also hampered by an ankle injury, Barkley ran for only 563 yards in 13 games before being placed in the NFL’s COVID-19 protocol.

But in training camp of 2022, he showed up a different player. He ran hard and with confidence, thus catching the attention of his teammates and coaches. So when he ran for 164 yards and a touchdown, and caught six passes for 30 yards in the G-Men’s 21-20 comeback win over the Titans in the season opener, no one around the team was surprised.

“He ran hard like he has all camp,” Giants head coach Brian Daboll said.

“He brought it straight to the game field,” added wide receiver Sterling Shepard. “I’m happy and so proud of him because he’s been working his a... off.”

Certainly he’s a key part of the New York attack and that will be on display the morning of Sunday, Oct. 9, when Barkley and the Giants clash with the Green Bay Packers at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a game airing on NFL Network.

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