October 16, 2019
THE WAY HOME (JIBURO)
DescriptionDescription Told with a grace and beauty reminiscent of Ozu, THE WAY HOME reminds us that sometimes the only way to find your home is to leave it. Sang Woo, a six-year-old city slicker, visits his grandmother in a rural mountain village. Far from his beloved world of city lights, Choco Pies, video games and...
October 16, 2019
UNPRECEDENTED: THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (THE 2004 CAMPAIGN EDITION)
DescriptionDescription In the two years since the 2000 elections, events both staggering and banal have hazed the nation's memories of mayhem when Al Gore and George W. Bush waged their second war for the presidency. As a result, the political drama that should have never been forgotten has already slipped away from American consciousness. Joan...
October 16, 2019
VAYA CON DIOS
DescriptionDescription "Losing your religion" takes on a special meaning in Zoltan Spirandelli's hilarious coupling of the sacred and the profane. Winner of four Bavarian Film Awards, including Best New Director, Best Actor and Best Acting, VAYA CON DIOS follows the rite of passage of three monks, as they leave their monastery for the first time,...
October 16, 2019
TRAPPEDINFREEDOM
DescriptionDescription The program opens with TRAPPEDINFREEDOM where a man is set free as he loses his mind.
October 16, 2019
TV DREAM HOMES: THE DRAWINGS OF MARK BENNETT
DescriptionDescription TV DREAM HOMES: THE DRAWINGS OF MARK BENNETT, a short profile of artist and cultural phenomenon Mark Bennett, who gained fame for his intricate drawings of '60s television sitcom homes.
October 16, 2019
THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
DescriptionDescription Spike has only been out of prison for four hours when everything goes wrong. Best friends Spike and Heaton must rethink their weekend plans after their van runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere. Now, instead of holing up inside a comfortable pub, they find themselves racing across the English countryside tailed...
October 16, 2019
THREE LOVES (DIE FRAU NACH DER MAN SICH SEHNT)
DescriptionDescription In this melodrama, Marlene Dietrich plays her first full-blown femme fatale-a sinister seductress who sets the wheels of her own demise in motion when she claims her next victim aboard a speeding passenger train. THREE LOVES, shot in Berlin, is Curtis Bernhardt's last silent movie and the first leading role for Dietrich. "Marlene Dietrich...
October 16, 2019
TO STAY ALIVE (BEMANI)
DescriptionDescription Director Dariush Mehrjoui paints a vivid portrait of a society and culture rarely seen in the West. Within its framework, he creates a world filled with beauty and loss, love and death. Bemani's world is thrown into upheaval when, against her wishes, her family forces her to marry an older, wealthier man. Bemani dreams...
October 16, 2019
TEMPO
DescriptionDescription In TEMPO, we learn that inventive methods are sometimes necessary for daily life-timing is everything.
October 16, 2019
TESTIMONY: THE MARIA GUARDADO STORY
DescriptionDescription Director Randy Vasquez was immediately impressed when he met Maria Guardado at a political meeting in 1997. Drawn to her spirit and ideas, he started documenting her protests in and around Los Angeles. A patient woman with the stubborn, admirable idealism of a dozen student activists, Guardado is a familiar sight at the Los...
