October 16, 2019
THE SMITH FAMILY
DescriptionDescription Kim and Steve Smith of Salt Lake City, Utah, are seemingly the picture-perfect Morman couple. Proud parents of two bright and loving teenagers, active in the Morman community and absolutely devoted to each other and their family, the Smiths seem nearly flawless. But, on their ninth wedding anniversary, Steve reveals his sexual affairs with...
October 16, 2019
THE SLAUGHTER RULE
DescriptionDescription Capturing the stark landscape of a rural Montana winter in Cinemascope and smoldering performances by Ryan Gosling and David Morse, THE SLAUGHTER RULE is an astute, harsh meditation on the interminglings of growing up, identity and sense of place. Set in a rugged rural town in Montana, Roy (Gosling) is cut from his high...
October 16, 2019
SLEEPING ROUGH (TUSSENLAND)
DescriptionDescription One of the winners of the 2002 Rotterdam Film Festival, filmmaker Eugenie Jansen's SLEEPING ROUGH is a rich story that cuts to the heart of friendship between two disparate individuals. Jakob, an 80-year-old moody widower and veteran of the Dutch East Indies war, is estranged from his only daughter Majok, a young Sudanese illegal...
October 16, 2019
SHATTERED GLASS (SCHERBENTANZ)
DescriptionDescription The destructive nature of family secrets and the redemptive power of the truth, however painful, are at the heart of this taut family drama. Resentful and disillusioned, underachieving younger son Jesko just wants to be left alone to die from leukemia. At his father's insistence, however, Jesko reluctantly returns home under the pretense of...
October 16, 2019
SHOUJYO: AN ADOLESCENT
DescriptionDescription One of Japan's most popular actors, Eiji Okudo's directorial debut is a beautiful, erotic fable. The film portrays a Japan more complex and dysfunctional than what is often displayed on American movie screens. Tomokawa, played by Okuda, is a middle-aged cop who travels his beat by bicycle in an urban residential neighborhood outside Tokyo....
October 16, 2019
SAMSARA
DescriptionDescription Set in the majestic landscape of the Himalayas and shot in glorious Cinemascope, Samsara-which means "the world we live in"-tells an epic tale of a spiritual quest. Ta shi (Shawn Ku) is a brilliant young Buddhist monk who is just completing three years of solitary meditation in a remote hermitage. Despite a life devoted...
October 16, 2019
SHAOLIN SOCCER (SIU LAM JUK KAU)
DescriptionDescription A huge hit in Asia, Stephen Chow's SHAOLIN SOCCER is an unusual and visually exciting combination of soccer and kung fu. Hilarious and action-packed visual effects magically transport the game to another level. Complete with tongue-in-cheek musical numbers and a love story subplot reminiscent of Indian Bollywood, SHAOLIN SOCCER scores with both slapstick humor...
October 16, 2019
THE ROUTINE
DescriptionDescription We conclude with ROUTINE, a moving depiction of the daily life of a single mother and her daughter in a world gone wrong.
October 16, 2019
THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS
DescriptionDescription Glenn Close, delivering a typically stalwart performance, heads a fine ensemble cast that also includes Dermot Mulroney, Moira Kelly, Mary Kay Place, Patricia Clarkson and Joshua Jackson. Director Rose Troche's suburbia, based on a series of stories by AM. Homes is neither sinister nor subversive rather, it's comfortable, polite and stiflingly small. Troche utilizes...
October 16, 2019
RABBIT-PROOF FENCE
DescriptionDescription Over the past several years, Australia has been taking measures-on both governmental and social levels-to address the agony of the "Stolen Generation" of aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families. Director Phillip Noyce's RABBIT-PROOF FENCE is based on the true story of three girls, aged 14, 10 and eight, who fled a state-run dormitory...
