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
THE QUIET AMERICAN
DescriptionDescription Surface appearances are deceptive, and nowhere is this truer than in Phillip Noyce's evocative adaptation of Graham Greene's The Quiet American. Set during the French war in Indochina in the early 1950s, THE QUIET AMERICAN matches Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser in a battle of moral, political and existential dimensions. Caine plays Thomas Fowler,...
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...
October 16, 2019
RESPIRO
DescriptionDescription Shot on the sun-drenched Sicilian island of Lampedusa, RESPIRO does a superb job of capturing the everyday rhythms of a small fishing village and the tensions that threaten to tear apart a lively local family. The ocean is the backdrop of this story of love and jealousy. The local fishermen eke out a meager...
October 16, 2019
PROFILES IN SCIENCE
DescriptionDescription PROFILES IN SCIENCE will enlighten you about the life of the fictional Dr. Chung, on unsung pioneer of time-lapse photography.
October 16, 2019
PROM NIGHT IN KANSAS CITY
DescriptionDescription The only memory filmmaker Hali Lee retains about her high school prom is the hangover she had the next day. In her search to find the real reason why this quintessential American ritual still endures, Lee, along with co-director Peter von Ziegesar, headed home to Kansas City to hang out with today's teens as...
October 16, 2019
ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE
DescriptionDescription From acclaimed documentarians D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus (MONTEREY POP, STARTUP.COM, DON'T LOOK BACK, ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS) comes a rocking documentary about the rhythm and blues performers who were the backbone of Stax Records and the Motown sound. These are the musicians who survived and kept on working: Wilson...
