October 16, 2019
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY
DescriptionDescription A FOOL AND HIS MONEY is the first American film with an all African American cast-a "lost" film, found by Californian David Navone and given to AFI to preserve. A vaudeville-style comedy, A FOOL AND HIS MONEY stars cakewalk king William Russell as Sam, who loves Lindy, although she-prefers wealthier Bill. However, when Sam...
October 16, 2019
GEBIRTIG
DescriptionDescription "Once the world capital of anti-Semitism, Vienna has become the capital of forgetting." So sings Jewish cabaret artist Danny Demont of his hometown in 1987 during the Waldheim affair. Halfway around the world in New York City, composer Hermann Gebirtig has forsaken his childhood home and fled his concentration camp past in order to...
October 16, 2019
EVERYDAY SOMETHING
DescriptionDescription EVERYDAY SOMETHING uses newspaper clippings to bring to light the strange reality of our daily existence.
October 16, 2019
FAMILY
DescriptionDescription Sami Saif was eight years old when his father fled the constraints of family life, leaving Sami and his brother, Thomas, to their incompetent, alcoholic mother. Twenty years later, following two tragedies that have made his family even smaller, Sarni decides he must locate his father and the rest of his unknown family. He...
October 16, 2019
FITS & STARTS
DescriptionDescription In FITS AND STARTS, we observe two people who communicate in a unique and amusing style.
October 16, 2019
EVENHAND
DescriptionDescription "You wanna help people? You arrest them. That's what you do, you're a cop." Those are the words of wisdom Officer Ted Morning offers new partner Officer Rob Francis during his first week on the job in San Lovisa, Texas. Equal parts cocky high school quarterback and rugged cowboy, Morning (Bill Sage) finds joy...
October 16, 2019
EVERY STEWARDESS GOES TO HEAVEN (TODAS LAS AZAFATAS VAN AL CIELO)
DescriptionDescription Director Daniel Burman's deeply satisfying E VERY STEWARDESS GOES TO HEAVEN is a rousing confirmation that Argentinean independent filmmaking is alive and well, championing a new style of filmmaking incorporating strong narratives and complex visual styles. This is the story of a woman who is trying not to fall from heaven and a man...
October 16, 2019
EAT, SLEEP, NO WOMAN (ESSEN, SCHLAFEN, KEINE FRAUEN)
DescriptionDescription As American Cruise missiles begin raining down upon Taliban targets, their impact is felt far beyond Afghanistan's borders. Throughout he world, people notice subtle shifts in their daily lives. In Pakistan, a billboard painter for a local movie theater worries that attendance will drop because everyone is watching television. In the Amazon, two prospectors...
October 16, 2019
EDUCATING RITA
DescriptionDescription Rita (Julie Walters) is a married, working-class hairdresser with a sharp wit. She is 26 and doesn't want a baby. Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) is a disillusioned university professor of literature. His marriage has failed, his girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without...
October 16, 2019
DON’T TEMPT ME (SIN NOTICIAS DE DIOS)
DescriptionDescription In this very imaginative comedy by Agustin Díaz Yanes, feisty bad girl Penelope Cruz and sexy angel Victorial Abril are instruments in a battle between Heaven and Hell to rule the world. Angel Lola (Victoria Abril), a nightclub singer in her spare time, is sent to Earth to save the soul of a boxer,...
