Carson Lund’s lyrical film goes inside the last game played on a ballfield that’s about to be bulldozed in a small New ...

(Music Box Films via AP) I earlier called Lund’s film an ode ... In the annals of baseball movies, “Eephus” doesn’t belong in the Hall of Fame with “Bull Durham” or “A League of Their Own.” The ...

especially for the ragamuffin men who regularly gather at Soldiers Field to participate in an adult recreational baseball league that’s nearing its end. A standout at last year’s Cannes and New York ...

Now, the Music Box is presenting its first-ever baseball film series, eight movies in all, with some enticing guests with stories to tell, and a few intriguing wrinkles in the lineup to ensure ...

An eephus pitch is one of baseball’s many pieces of niche ephemera. It’s a weird trick throw that’s barely ever glimpsed in the professional game—an arcing lob of the ball, traveling at half the speed ...

It’s a sport, so you’re exerting yourself, but the meditative qualities of baseball really started to stand out to me. The qualities you see in the film.” For Lund, filmmaking has always ...

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