The Book of Stars New York Premiere USA - 110 minutes. Saturday, July 21 at 7:00 pm Directed by Michael Miner. A poignant film about two orphaned sisters, Penny (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Mary (Jena Malone) - the first jaded and the latter optimistic, struggling to support themselves and to come to terms with the fact that Mary has rapidly deteriorating cystic fibrosis; simultaneously uplifting and heart wrenching. Superbly directed with moving and tender performances by Masterson (Fried Green Tomatoes, Benny and Joon) and Malone (For Love of the Game, Stepmom). Preceded by the short film Bullet in the Brain Long Island Premiere USA - 15 minutes. Directed by David Von Ancken. Produced by CJ Follini and Beth Von Ancken. Based on a short story by Tobias Wolff, this meditation on the interplay between memory and life follows Anders (Tom Noonan), a writing teacher whose passion for words proves his fatal flaw ... and provides his final recollection.