October 16, 2019
TALK TO HER (HABLE CON ELLA)
DescriptionDescription From Academy Award®-winning writer/director Pedro Almodovar (MATADOR, WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER) comes TALK TO HER, a tender film about madness. Two strangers, Benigno (Dario Grandinetti) and Marco (Leonor Watling), sit together in an audience, watching an emotional experimental dance performance to the music of Henry Purcell's...
October 16, 2019
TATTOO
DescriptionDescription TATTOOis a rich, suspenseful murder mystery that slithers from the trendy German rave scene into more ominous territory. With cinematic fervor, the film combines mesmerizing and unflinching imagery with all-too-human characters to tell a gripping psychological drama. After graduating from the police academy, Marc Schrader's (August Diehl) hopes of securing a cushy desk job...
October 16, 2019
SUV TAGGERS
DescriptionDescription And finally, two committed environmentalists take action in SUV TAGGERS by placing bumper stickers on vehicles in the parking lots of California malls.
October 16, 2019
SWEET SIXTEEN
DescriptionDescription Fearless British director Ken Loach (BREAD AND ROSES, MY NAME IS JOE, LADYBIRD LADYBIRD, RIFF RAFF, KES) returns in fine form with SWEET SlXTEEN, starkly beautiful and naturalistic work which breathes real life into its gritty characters SWEET SIXTEEN is set in the Greenock and Inverclyde areas of Glasgow, where unemployment, drugs, poverty and...
October 16, 2019
SPIDER
DescriptionDescription David Cronenberg (CRASH, NAKED LUNCH, DEAD RINGERS, THE FLY) has developed a reputation for his distinctive, memorable films. SPIDER's unique tone and pace are driven by the hypnotic, unforgettable performances of Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson and Gabriel Byrne. The details of life are acute to Spider (Fiennes), who is in a constant struggle to...
October 16, 2019
SUPPLEMENT (SUPLEMENT)
DescriptionDescription Krzysztof Zanussi's previous film, LIFE AS A FATAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE, won the grand prize at the Moscow Film Festival and was Poland's entry for the Foreign Language Film Oscar. Half sequel and half companion piece to that film, SUPPLEMENT focuses on frustrated medical student Filip and his pragmatic girlfriend, Hanka. Torn between a...
October 16, 2019
SNAKESKIN
DescriptionDescription Gillian Ashurst's brazen portrait of contemporary teenage angst is an homage to the great American Western. Separated by a century and a couple of continents, SNAKESKIN is part cowboy mythology, part THELMA & LOUISE and part EASY RIDER. Two Kiwi kids, Alice and Johnny, are looking for a fast trip out of mundane suburbia....
October 16, 2019
SOLITUDE
DescriptionDescription Louis and Hilary are as far from average as any middle-class Phoenix siblings can get. Louis is brilliant but suicidal. Hilary is seductive but falling apart. The "fun and games" escalate when Hilary tips the delicate balance of their relationship by arriving home with a new girlfriend. With an unwitting guest in their apartment,...
October 16, 2019
SMALL VOICES (MGA MUNTIN TINIG)
DescriptionDescription For many, the best of Filipino cinema is defined by its resolute devotion to exposing the country's problems. With SMALL VOICES director Gil M. Portes opts for a decidedly more optimistic stance, albeit one tempered by a realistic outlook. The film follows Melinda (Alessandra de Rossi), who arrives at a remote province to replace...
