October 16, 2019
OCULARIST
DescriptionDescription In OCULARIST, an ocular prosthetician's hauntingly sight less prosthetic eyes transform faces, outlooks and lives.
October 16, 2019
THE OLD WOMAN (LA VIEJA DE LA BOLSA)
DescriptionDescription Starting the program, a man meets a strange old woman while crossing the street in THE OLD WOMAN.
October 16, 2019
OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE (SE TIL VENSTRE, DER ER EN SVENSKER)
DescriptionDescription Do we choose love or does love choose us? This spirited yet bittersweet romantic comedy makes an awfully strong case for the latter, with wonderful writing and vibrant performances from a game ensemble cast. Forty-eight hours before her wedding, Katrine is a typically harried bride-to-be. There are the place cards to calligraphy for her...
October 16, 2019
NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW
DescriptionDescription Award-winning short filmmaker (and son of avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs) Azazel Jacobs makes his feature directorial debut, with a story about self-discovery and constantly changing observations within the poetic landscape of the New York indie film world. Lamont steps outside of life's continual surveillance and becomes the omnipotent viewer (along with the audience), commenting...
October 16, 2019
NOI ALBINOI
DescriptionDescription Presenting a close up view of a strange teenage boy in a remote Icelandic village, Dagur Kari's stunning debut feature has garnered numerous awards worldwide for its masterful fusion of dry comedy, coming-of-age angst and earth shattering myth. Noi lives with his grandmother, doesn't do his homework, has a fort in the basement and...
October 16, 2019
MONSTER
DescriptionDescription Charlize Theron stars in MONSTER, a shockingly moving film that burrows deep beneath the tabloid sized headline stories on Aileen Wuornos, the man-hating-and murdering-serial killer executed last year in Florida. Director Patty Jenkins unearths a love story in the midst of the horrors and pathologies of two misfits: Wuornos, a drifter prostitute who kills...
October 16, 2019
NICOTINA
DescriptionDescription NICOTINA is a flawlessly executed, highly stylized romp from sophomore Mexican director Hugo Rodriguez. Combining and contrasting black comedy, suspense and diamond heist plot twists, NICOTINA takes place in real time. The story starts at 9:17 p.m. in Mexico City and ends at 10:50 p.m. The strange cast of characters' lives plays out simultaneously,...
October 16, 2019
THE MIRACLE OF BERN
DescriptionDescription Principally following a young boy named Mattias, this masterful period piece intertwines an ensemble of stories around the surprise German victory in the 1954 World Cup that helped revive the spirits of those who suffered during WWII. Taking a paternal role, maverick soccer star Helmut "The Boss" Rqhn picks Mattias for his bag boy,...
October 16, 2019
MONSIEUR IBRAHIM (MONSIEUR IBRAHIM ET LES FLEURS DU CORAN)
DescriptionDescription Based upon Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's novel, MONSIEUR IBRAHIM beautifully depicts Paris in the early 1960s as a place filled with the vibrant promise of social change. Watching this new world go by from his dim apartment is adolescent Momo (Pierre Boulanger}, who lives with his father in the city's red light district. Abandoned years before...
October 16, 2019
MACKENNA’S GOLD
DescriptionDescription Marshall MacKenna (Gregory Peck) is entrusted with a map that leads to a legendary Valley of Gold. Once word gets out, MacKenna finds himself the subject of considerable interest to a great many people, most notably the Mexican outlaw Colorado, portrayed by Omar Sharif in one of his most intimidating roles.
