October 16, 2019
THE WANDERERS
DescriptionDescription Adapted From Richard Price's novel, THE WANDERERS is a coming-of-age story about five members of an ItalianAmerican street gang in the Bronx in 1963. A soundtrack of classic doo-wop establishes the time and place, but it's a time that is about to change, and a place that is about to disappear. Set on the...
October 16, 2019
THE WHITE DAWN
DescriptionDescription In the waning days of the 19th century, three shipwrecked whalers (Timothy Bottoms, Warren Oates and Louis Gossett Jr.) are rescued by a band of Eskimos in the Canadian Arctic. James Houston's novel was filmed entirely on location with a supporting cast of local Eskimos. THE WHITE DAWN is both an epic adventure story...
October 16, 2019
VERY MEAN MEN
DescriptionDescription In this quirky dork comedy from the director of KISS ME GUIDO, a bartender (Matthew Modine) tries to frighten a tip out of a cheap drunk (Academy-Award-winner Mortin Landau) by spinning a crazy tale about two notorious families who go to war over a waitress being stiffed her tip. In pitting the Italian volley...
October 16, 2019
WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH (ESPERANDO AL MESIAS)
DescriptionDescription Soon after his Bar-Mitzvah, Daniel Burman "realized that being proud of my roots didn't mean being convinced about my destiny. And so I began looking for my Messiah." The result is this provocative meditation on parallel universes coexisting in the modern city. WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH contrasts the identity crises of two men in...
October 16, 2019
WALKING ON THE WILD SIDE
DescriptionDescription Leave it to the Europeans to help us understand matters of the heart. This captivating program of shorts range from romantic to poignant, passionate to funny, and from sweet to just plain offbeat. In the charming ENCHANTED, a boy, a girl, a doll and the mischievous mind of a child set a young man...
October 16, 2019
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
DescriptionDescription Named by Movieline as one of the l 00 best movies ever made, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING is a remarkable ada.ptation of the seemingly unadaptable novel by Milan Kundera. Working with Ingmar Bergman's favorite cinematographer, Sven Nykvist, Kaufman paints the mutable love triangle of Czech brain surgeon Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis), his mistress Sabina...
October 16, 2019
UNDESIRABLES
DescriptionDescription Follows the lives of four runaway youths and their abusive families in today's Russia.
October 16, 2019
TOTAL LOSS
DescriptionDescription When Dana Nechushtan saw a stage performance of TOTAL LOSS, she knew this story "in which action, emotion and hard circumstances predominate" had to be her directorial debut. En route to a party on New Year's Eve, housemates Rainier, Duca and Jeroen suddenly find themselves seconds away from smashing into a roadblock. The crisis...
October 16, 2019
TSATSIKI, MORSAN OCH POLISEN (TSATSIKI, MUM AND THE POLICEMAN)
DescriptionDescription A rare film that adds insight and wisdom to the oft-told story of growing up, TSATSIKI, MUM AND THE POLICEMAN distinguishes itself from myriad other coming-of-age films through director Ella Lemhagen's impeccable timing and the remarkable charisma of young leading actor Samuel Haus. The film centers on eight-year old Tsatsiki, whose mother is a...
October 16, 2019
TERMINAL RITE (RITO TERMINAL)
DescriptionDescription In the tradition of magical realism, TERMINAL RITE explores the fascinating and enigmatic encounter between two worlds that are always naturally together, but which modern man chooses for comfort to hold apart. After leaving the native community where he has been documenting local rituals, a photographer has several strange experiences: his photos are mysteriously...
