October 16, 2019
THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER
DescriptionContactDescription David Robert Milchell's fealure film debut reminds us of a time when sleepovers, bike rides and Ouija board hijinks were the now-or-never crucial moments of our existence. Set against a backdrop of the mile roads, neighborhood blocks, lakes and abandoned factories that make up metro Detroit, this captivatingly sun-kissed story follows four young people...
October 16, 2019
NORWEGIAN NINJA
DescriptionDescription In 1984, Norway was stunned by the arrest of charismatic Norwegian diplomat Arne Treholt, who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and sent to prison for 20 years Bui Treholt wasn't a spy. He was a ninja . NORWEGIAN NINJA colorfully re-imagines Treholt as the head of a secret force...
October 16, 2019
MON ONCLE
DescriptionDescription Exquisite, extreme, French '50s with the big heart and humor of Jacques Tati. - David Lynch Jocques Tati's suspicion of automated modern life is never so apparent as in his film MON ONCLE . Monsieur Hulot lets loose in this delightful satire complete with exaggerated set design and outlandish costumes (in particular one coot...
October 16, 2019
MORGEN
DescriptionDescription Nelu is a low-abiding citizen in his Romanian-Hungarian border lawn . He works as a supermarket security guard and spends his off hours fishing. Nelu 's reputation and respect for authority ore challenged when he runs into on illegal Turkish man, Behran. Harmless, wet and hungry, Behran awakens Nelu 's fundamental decency and Nelu...
October 16, 2019
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
DescriptionDescription Voiced and written by SNL alum Jenny Slate, this short about a shell look the Internet by storm.
October 16, 2019
MARY LAST SEEN
DescriptionDescription A young woman embarks on a rood trip with her boyfriend to a place he promises will be beautiful and peaceful.
October 16, 2019
MADE IN DAGENHAM
DescriptionContactDescription In the 1960s, the Dagenham factory was one of the largest assembly plants in Europe. Alongside 55,000 men, 187 women worked as machinists stitching car seats. Despite their highly specialized work, the women were classified as unskilled workers and paid only a fraction of what the men earned. In 1968, the feisty women decided...
October 16, 2019
LOVE & OTHER DRUGS
DescriptionDescription AFI is honored to host the world premiere of AFI Conservatory graduate Edward Zwick's LOVE & OTHER DRUGS. Adapted from Jamie Reidy's scathing memoir, "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman," the film is at once a winning romantic comedy and a potent send-up of an out-of-control industry. Anne Hathaway plays Maggie, an...
October 16, 2019
LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH
DescriptionDescription Provost is port scientist and port magician, generating a grotesque visual poetry of hypnotic beauty and macabre consequences.
October 16, 2019
LOLITA
DescriptionContactDescription Staggeringly great performances, direction, writing and mood. - David Lynch Stanley Kubrick's early adaptation of Nabokov's famous novel - wherein a middle-aged professor becomes sexually obsessed with a pubescent girl - was mode during a time of intense British censorship, but remains provocative, funny and chilling in equal measure Unlike Kubrick's later sweepingly monumental...
