October 16, 2019
MONSTER
DescriptionDescription Charlize Theron stars in MONSTER, a shockingly moving film that burrows deep beneath the tabloid sized headline stories on Aileen Wuornos, the man-hating-and murdering-serial killer executed last year in Florida. Director Patty Jenkins unearths a love story in the midst of the horrors and pathologies of two misfits: Wuornos, a drifter prostitute who kills...
October 16, 2019
NICOTINA
DescriptionDescription NICOTINA is a flawlessly executed, highly stylized romp from sophomore Mexican director Hugo Rodriguez. Combining and contrasting black comedy, suspense and diamond heist plot twists, NICOTINA takes place in real time. The story starts at 9:17 p.m. in Mexico City and ends at 10:50 p.m. The strange cast of characters' lives plays out simultaneously,...
October 16, 2019
THE MIRACLE OF BERN
DescriptionDescription Principally following a young boy named Mattias, this masterful period piece intertwines an ensemble of stories around the surprise German victory in the 1954 World Cup that helped revive the spirits of those who suffered during WWII. Taking a paternal role, maverick soccer star Helmut "The Boss" Rqhn picks Mattias for his bag boy,...
October 16, 2019
MONSIEUR IBRAHIM (MONSIEUR IBRAHIM ET LES FLEURS DU CORAN)
DescriptionDescription Based upon Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's novel, MONSIEUR IBRAHIM beautifully depicts Paris in the early 1960s as a place filled with the vibrant promise of social change. Watching this new world go by from his dim apartment is adolescent Momo (Pierre Boulanger}, who lives with his father in the city's red light district. Abandoned years before...
October 16, 2019
MACKENNA’S GOLD
DescriptionDescription Marshall MacKenna (Gregory Peck) is entrusted with a map that leads to a legendary Valley of Gold. Once word gets out, MacKenna finds himself the subject of considerable interest to a great many people, most notably the Mexican outlaw Colorado, portrayed by Omar Sharif in one of his most intimidating roles.
October 16, 2019
THE MAN OF THE YEAR (O HOMEN DO ANO)
DescriptionDescription A simple haircut triggers a bloody chain of events in Jose Henrique Fonseca's spellbinding feature debut. After challenging him to a modern-day duel, Maiquel, a lost and unsure loner, kills Suel, a criminal everyone loves to hate. Fearing reprisals and prison, Maiquel prepares to flee, until an outpouring of thanks and adulation from neighbors...
October 16, 2019
A LITTLE BIT OF FREEDOM (KLEINE FREIHEIT)
DescriptionDescription Memories can cast long shadows that cross international boundaries. Trying to make new lives for themselves in Germany, two young refugees are confronted by ugly reminders of their past. Teenaged Baran works diligently at a fast-food restaurant in Hamburg while keeping one eye out for the police. Having fled Kurdistan after the disappearance of...
October 16, 2019
LIVE FOREVER
DescriptionDescription "It was just madness," says Oasis' Noel Gallagher from the comfort of his leather throne. He's waxing pompous about the mid-'90s, those glory years when he and his friends (and enemies) orchestrated the British takeover of rock. In the wake of Thatcherism, American chart domination and all-things Cobain, the capricious, melodic UK pop scene...
October 16, 2019
THE M WORD
DescriptionDescription THE M WORD is the story of two ambitious executives who decide to negotiate a future together.
October 16, 2019
KOPS (KOPPS)
DescriptionDescription From the creator of the award-winning JALLA JALLA comes a sweet, quirky comedy that takes place in a small town in Sweden where there hasn't been a single crime in over 10 years. When the tightly knit local police force hears that their station is being closed down and the officers transferred elsewhere, they...
