October 16, 2019
PELE FOREVER (PELE ETERNO)
DescriptionDescription In another time, athletes played for family or for country or, yes, for the love of the game. In another time, fans cheered wildly for their team and applauded greatness in an opponent's efforts. And, in that time, a man widely regarded as the greatest soccer player of all time roused entire stadiums of...
October 16, 2019
NO GRAY TWILIGHT
DescriptionDescription A cinematic meditation on the ritualized preparations of several young cowboys as they get ready for their rough stock events at an America rodeo, NO GRAY TWILIGHT was inspired by the city symphony films of the early 20th century, the backstage paintings of Degas and the Americana portrait photography of Avedon, Strand, Arbus and...
October 16, 2019
ON THE OTHER SIDE (AL OTRO LADO)
DescriptionDescription Writer/director Gustavo Loza's visually stimulating, hauntingly timely film punctures the surface of immigration with a distinctive and unconventional storytelling style. Three countries, three cultures, three different realities serve as background for the stories of three children (a Mexican boy, a Cuban boy and a Moroccan girl) who share the same loss-the absence of a...
October 16, 2019
MUTUAL APPRECIATION
DescriptionDescription After his first feature film FUNNY HA HA, Andrew Bujalski won the IFP's 2004 "Someone to Watch" Spirit Award and Filmmaker magazine selected him as one of the "New Faces of Indie Film." With a nod to Linklater and Warhol, Bujalski's second feature is a lo-fi, black and white, comically laid back film that...
October 16, 2019
NEXT DOOR (NABOER)
DescriptionDescription Norwegian writer/director Pal Sletaune (JUNK MAIL) cites Alfred Hitchcock as his greatest influence, and this gripping and involving psychosexual tale would no doubt please the master of suspense. Breaking up is hard to do as John finds out when he's dumped by his already on-to-the-next-guy girlfriend Ingrid. Meek and vulnerable, John is set upon...
October 16, 2019
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MY VERY BEST YEARS
DescriptionDescription THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MY VERY BEST YEARS is a thoughtful, evocative portrayal of friendship, love, longing and the static nature of life sometimes. Combining the powers of observance and understatement, director Martin Boulocq is able to render an emotional tale of three friends who struggle to find meaning in their lives. Berto is...
October 16, 2019
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
DescriptionDescription Acclaimed British director Stephen Frears (MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDERETTE, THE GRIFTERS, HIGH FIDELITY, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS) is undoubtedly at the top of his game in MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, based on the true story of Laura Henderson, one of the most prominent and eccentric figures in pre-WW II London society, and founder of the historic Windmill...
October 16, 2019
MEMORY OF THE SEA (RECUERDO DEL MAR)
DescriptionDescription As a young boy's eyes take in the ocean for the very first time, the rest of the world seemingly falls away.
October 16, 2019
MERRY CHRSTMAS (JOYEUX NOËL)
DescriptionDescription Writer/director Christian Carion (THE GIRL FROM PARIS) has fashioned a truly pan-European, multi-lingual triumph in MERRY CHRISTMAS, an exquisite re-telling of a wartime tale that has become legendary as a symbol of how shared humanity trumps duty-even in the face of high treason. War broke out in the lull of summer 1914, pulling millions...
October 16, 2019
MARY
DescriptionDescription A holy messenger with modern day implications visits a young girl.
