October 16, 2019
THE LAST DAYS OF SHISHMAREF
DescriptionDescription While politicians, scientists and environmentalists debate the effects of global warming , an lnupiaq Eskimo community in northwest Alaska, just under the Arctic Circle , faces the real-world consequences of climate change every day. The ice beneath the small Alaskan village of Shishmaref, on the island of Sarichef, is melting. Homes are falling into...
October 16, 2019
KISSES
DescriptionDescription On Christmas Day, Dylan (Shane Curry) a sullen, asthmatic 11-year-old boy living in a filthy slum in Dublin flees his father's drunken violence. Along for the adventure is fellow 11-year-old Kylie (Kelly O'Neill), the bold, determined girl who lives next door The two hope to find Dylan's older brother, who ran away from home...
October 16, 2019
L’ AIMEE
DescriptionDescription Two lesser-known works by the master of contemporary French cinema showcase Desplechin's versatility and explore themes of family and transition: his award-winning debut LA VIE DES MORTS tells the story of a reunion built on a tragedy, and the documentary L'AIMEE reconstructs his own family's past.
October 16, 2019
KASSIM THE DREAM
DescriptionDescription Kassim "The Dream" Ouma is a complex character. He's the 2004 IBF Junior Middleweight champion of the world, a father, o young man who hasn't seen his mother since he was a teen and a former Ugandan child soldier who was abducted by a rebel army at the age of six. Kassim brings this...
October 16, 2019
KINGS AND QUEEN
DescriptionDescription When single, working mother Devos discovers her father is gravely ill, she receives little support from her ex-boyfriend, a capricious, tax-dodging violinist (Cesar winner Amalric) recently committed to a mental health institution, where he improvises hip-hop choreography and verbally spars with his drug-addled lawyer and placid hospital supervisor Catherine Deneuve. Desplechin's outsize tragicomedy sticks...
October 16, 2019
JUST ACT NORMAL
DescriptionDescription Four episodes track a man's gradual descent into disorientation.
October 16, 2019
KANIZSA HILL
DescriptionDescription After being shot, a head and a body learn to exist independently from one another while seeking reunification.
October 16, 2019
JERRYCAN
DescriptionDescription Five bored kids with nothing to do decide to blow something up. A round of rock-paper-scissors seals Nathan's fate.
October 16, 2019
JOLANDA 23
DescriptionDescription There is a logical explanation for what these men are doing in this field, just wait and see.
October 16, 2019
THE JUCHE IDEA
DescriptionDescription The third in a troika of hilariously serious looks at communism, Jim Finn's newest triumph firmly establishes the director as the funniest simp/dupe since Zero Mostel. This time Finn takes dead aim at the official North Korean ideology Juche, reveling in the absurd results of the regime's attempts to turn directors into doctrinaires (Juche's...
