October 16, 2019
ODD LITTLE MAN (DA JETRAFF JESES… UED SPRETTERT)
DescriptionDescription Based on the book THE WORLD OF MY CHILDHOOD by Norway's beloved jazz poet Odd Borretzen, ODD UTILE MAN takes us back to the years when Borretzen was a child. The film is at once thoughtful, darkly funny, and penetratingly astute about that oftdepicted moment in time when one develops a raw awareness of...
October 16, 2019
ME & ISAAC NEWTON
DescriptionDescription Michael Apted's latest documentary is an exhilarating journey to the center of the lives of seven brilliant scientists, exploring the personal and spiritual underpinnings of their intellectual quests. This captivating, accessible film covers the spectrum of sciences, from theoretical physicist Michio Kaku's search for the equation for "the theory of everything," or string theory;...
October 16, 2019
THE MISSION
DescriptionDescription Taut and atmospheric, Johnnie To's instant Hong Kong neo-classic, THE MISSION, shows that To Kei-Fung is one of the "few Hong Kong filmmakers who can deliver the goods-and this is one of his best. A respected crime boss is almost murdered. Five bodyguards are recruited to protect him and his family. A simple "mission;"...
October 16, 2019
MAN OVER THE HILL
DescriptionDescription Animation as a whole is in the midst of a real renaissance right now, like a smack in the head-or a body blow, as is evident in the opening short PUMP-ACTION, where balloon animals meet RESERVOIR DOGS. On the more traditional side comes the suburban teen comedy PROUD FAMILY which inlvolves a young girl...
October 16, 2019
MAZE
DescriptionDescription Actor Rob Morrow makes a remarkable directorial feature debut with this alternately subtle and painfully realistic love story, in which he stars as Lyle Maze, a sensitive and charming sculptor afflicted with Tourette Syndrome. Isolated by his own fear and other people's misconceptions about his condition, Lyle has resigned himself to never finding true...
October 16, 2019
LOVE’S A BITCH (AMORES PERROS)
DescriptionDescription Winner of the International Critics' Week Grand Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, LOVE'S A BITCH is the innovative and moving first feature from director Aleiandro Gonzalez lnarritu. Octavio, Daniel, and El Chivo are three disparate men who represent a cross-section of Latin class and culture, and whose lives literally collide in a...
October 16, 2019
LOYALTIES
DescriptionDescription What if the past unexpectedly collided with the present? What if history began unfolding itself in an unpredictable manner? Two women face these questions and discover that their relationship extends further back in the past than they had previously imagined. Carmelita Robertson is an African Nova Scotian who meets Dr. Ruth Holmes Whitehead, a...
October 16, 2019
LAPUTA: THE CASTLE IN THE SKY
DescriptionDescription Hayao Miyazaki (PRINCESS MONONOKE) borrowed the name of the floating island in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels for this film about a "flying Treasure Island." The story takes place at the end of the 19th century in an alternate universe, where flying technology is more advanced a la Jules Verne. A girl named Sheela holds...
October 16, 2019
LITTLE CHEUNG (XILU XIANG)
DescriptionDescription Director Fruit Chan is perhaps Hong Kong's best hope for a new cinema to overcome the doldrums of the past few years. A true independent with insider experience, his third film is an amazing and intensely entertaining gem. Hong Kong is a crazy, bustling city, with an image of ultra-consumerist modernity. At its heart...
October 16, 2019
JAZZ EPISODE 4: THE TRUE WELCOME
DescriptionDescription Master documentarian Ken Burns brings us a sneak peek at his third and final epic documentary, rounding out an American trilogy which includes the award-winning films BASEBALL and CIVIL WAR. The fourth episode of this much-anticipated 19-part series explores the American landscape divided by war, segregated by race and united through jazz. With many...
