October 16, 2019
LOVE LIZA
DescriptionDescription Winner of the 2002 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance, LOVE LIZA is a taut, witty, disparate character study fueled by the arresting performance of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Wilson Joel's (Hoffman) wife has committed suicide, leaving him alone to cope with his loss. Although his mother-in-law (Kathy Bates) tries to help, Wilson is numb,...
October 16, 2019
LOVE THE HARD WAY
DescriptionDescription The fine line between love and obsession is completely blurred in Peter Sehr's sharp, bitter pill of a love story that more than merits its title, shattering such quaint romantic notions as "opposites attract." Claire is an Ivy League good girl with a plan. Jack is a non-committal hustler with too many plans. Their...
October 16, 2019
LEFT-HANDED
DescriptionDescription In LEFT-HANDED, a left-handed boy is forced to cope in a right-handed world.
October 16, 2019
LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
DescriptionDescription LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS playfully explores the ironic and sometimes absurd views that surround the reproductive rights of women in the US.
October 16, 2019
THE ITALIAN JOB
DescriptionDescription One of the all-time great heist movies, THE ITALIAN JOB is also one of the least-known, although this perhaps may change with the release of the remake next year starring Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton and Charlize Theron. Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) has an ingenious plan to steal a huge cache of gold being shipped...
October 16, 2019
JIMMY SCOTT: IF YOU ONLY KNEW
DescriptionDescription Best known for his impossibly high singing voice, enigmatic jazz legend Jimmy Scott has been called by The New York Times "the most unjustly ignored American singer of the 20th century." Scott is the rare comeback kid who achieved rediscovery without ever achieving initial success. While in his teens, Scott hoofed himself around the...
October 16, 2019
JOURNEY MAN
DescriptionDescription JOURNEY MAN is a simple story of a stowaway from Sierra Leone who arrives in a Welsh town at Christmas.
October 16, 2019
THE IPCRESS FILE
DescriptionDescription Len Deighton's reluctant anti-hero Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) burst onto the spy-crazed film world of the 1960s. Unlike James Bond, however, here was a British spy with a working-class accent and horn-rimmed glasses who really didn't want to be a spy in the first place. In THE IPCRESS FILE, Palmer's beat is a cold,...
October 16, 2019
IRANIAN SPREAD (SOFREH IRANI)
DescriptionDescription With IRANIAN SPREAD, veteran producer/ director Kianoosh Ayyari alchemizes a simple tale-the journey of a fake banknote into a powerful meditation on morality and Iranian culture. Ayyari's eighth feature follows the fate of a counterfeit 1,000 tomans note, as it moves across a divergent landscape of locales, relationships and social classes. As the bill...
October 16, 2019
THE INHERITANCE
DescriptionDescription Its easy to see why THE INHERITANCE was such a hit at the Brazilian box office. Daniel Filho's vibrant comedy about four vastly different women reunited by the death of their mother perfectly captures the confounding dynamics and unique bond that exist between sisters. Upon her mother's death, sensible middle sibling Selma gathers her...
