October 16, 2019
THE DESERT WITHIN (DESIERTO ADENTRO)
DescriptionDescription Rodrigo Pio sets this compelling moral and spiritual fable during one of Mexico's bloodiest periods . In the late 1920 s, the revolutionary socialist government attempted to outlaw the Catholic Church, making the performance of religious rituals illegal and punishable by death . Elias, a devout peasant hoping to help his wife while she...
October 16, 2019
DIVIZIONZ
DescriptionDescription The Ugandan visual arts collective Yes! That's Us. takes on filmmaking, blasting the screen with sure-footed confidence. In this compelling tale of friendship and ambition, Kapo , Bona, Kanyankole and Mulokole are four aspiring musicians who have been offered a performance slot at a pub in the city that is starting open-mic sessions. Kapo...
October 16, 2019
DEFIANCE
DescriptionDescription Based an an extraordinary true story, and directed by AFI alum Edward Zwick, this epic tale of family, honor, vengeance and salvation in World War II begins in 194 1. The Jews of Eastern Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death, three brothers take refuge in the dense surrounding...
October 16, 2019
A DAY AT THE BEACH
DescriptionDescription An animated look at the complexity of modern love.
October 16, 2019
DEADGIRL
DescriptionDescription This unexpectedly challenging film tangles the archetypal male coming-of-age narrative with the mechanics of paracinema . Using familiar visual tropes of a slasher-zombie-voyeur-horror flick, co-directors Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel make literal the terrifying hyperbolic metaphors of adolescent anxiety. Thus, the story begins under the guise of a film that we have seen countless...
October 16, 2019
CRY ME A RIVER (HESHANG DE AIQUING)
DescriptionDescription Jia Zhangke stages this exquisite film=poem over the romantic canals of the historic city of Suzhou during a 10-year reunion of university friends. They used to be poets or writers; now they discuss investment banking. One of them, the editor of a doomed literary magazine, had written, "The end of our generation does not...
October 16, 2019
A CHRISTMAS TALE
DescriptionDescription During a bittersweet holiday season, three generations of the Vuillard family gather at their home for what may be the last time. The matriarch, Junon (Catherine Deneuve), has a rare genetic condition. Her adult children, Henri (Mathieu Amalric), Elizabeth (Anne Consigny) and Ivan (Melvil Poupaud), and their wives and girlfriends are all at each...
