October 16, 2019
MAN ON THE TRAIN (L’HOMME DU TRAIN)
DescriptionDescription Simplicity in art is often only discovered after a lifetime of work. In this superbly imagined and deeply moving film, Patrice Leconte strips away artifice and extraneous detail to focus on two unlikely men. MAN ON THE TRAIN features two of France's most famous entertainers-Jean Rochefort and singer-actor Johnny Hollyday-providing them both with a...
October 16, 2019
MANITOU’S SHOE (DER SCHUH DES MANITU)
DescriptionDescription Move over BLAZING SADDLES and make room for this English dubbed German box office record-breaking madcap Western spoof that holds nothing sacred. In order to buy a saloon for his tribe, Apache Chief Abahachi takes out a loan from a Shoshone lender. As it turns out, the real estate agent is actually a really...
October 16, 2019
A MAP OF THE HEART (DER FELSEN)
DescriptionDescription Who would think that the most difficult place in the world to run away from your problems would be an island in the Mediterranean Sea? Writer/director Dominik Graf explores Corsica, along with the possibilities of digital video, in this tale of good-byes, bad decisions and obsession. Katrin agrees to a final farewell trip with...
October 16, 2019
A LUCKY DAY (UNA DIA DE SUERTE)
DescriptionDescription With a staunch disregard for normal narrative form, Sandra Gugliotta's documentary background infuses her debut feature film A LUCKY DAY with an electric melding of genres. A forceful tale of illusive passion, 25-year-old Elsa lives in Buenos Aires, a city of unrest, unemployment and poverty. She struggles to make ends meet with temp work...
October 16, 2019
LUCKY MAN
DescriptionDescription Are the stakes too high in LUCKY MAN, for a lifetime loser who attempts to play out the perfect poker hand?
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...
