GUTS (LEF)

DescriptionDescription Aspiring writer/actor Olivier longs to live like Alain Delon, a tough-guy hero of French cinema. Unfortunately, Olivier is a coward - which becomes painfully obvious when he sees a young woman being pushed around and does nothing to help her. Coincidentally, Olivier meets the same intriguing woman, Marielle, days later. As he finds himself...

ERASERHEAD

DescriptionDescription Kick off the Halloween weekend with our all-night Halloween Movie Rave- -Thon! On Friday night the Vogue Theatre will host five classic horror, sci-fi and cult films. Most will include live accompaniment, as guest DJs from Berlin DJ Traveler & DJ Neucleus and notorious L.A. DJs Carlos Nino & Tony Watson spin a web...

EXILES IN NEW YORK

DescriptionDescription Juan, a refugee from Guatemala, arrives in New York ready to live the American Dream. However, he soon meets the last bastion of American idealism - liberals - and finds that America is much more confusing than he had ever imagined. Torn culturally between the old world and the new, financially between the practical...

FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES (AUS DEM LEBEN DER MARIONETTEN)

DescriptionDescription AFl's presentation of the new print of this little-seen film from master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman is cause for celebration. This rare gem has its first LA screening in almost two decades, making it a unique opportunity to view one of his most controversial films, made during the director's exile in Germany. FROM THE LIFE...

GEMINI (SOSEIJI)

DescriptionDescription Distinguished by the extraordinary visuals for which he is justifiably celebrated, the latest film from director Shinya Tsukamoto is an atmospheric, eerie exploration of identity, destiny and circumstance. Dr. Yukio Daitokuji seems to have it all in 1910 Tokyo. He runs a very successful surgery and is happily married to Rin, his beautiful and...

DREAMING OF JOSEPH LEES

DescriptionDescription Sensuous Eva longs for the adventurous and worldly Joseph Lees, whom she has known all her life. When he retreats from society after a terrible accident, Eva withdraws into her own charged memories of him. Then the simple but romantically-inclined Harry begins to court her. Unwilling to marry a man she doesn't love, Eva...

THE DUKE

DescriptionDescription A small boy has a special relationship with his grandfather, whom he truly believes is John Wayne. Saddle up and hold tight as 'The Duke' rides again!

EAST IS EAST

DescriptionDescription Damien O'Donnell's directorial debut tells the often hilarious and poignant story of two cultures colliding within one family. George Khan is the father of seven free-spirited children. He wants the best for them, which means raising them in his traditional Pakistani culture. Unfortunately for George, the reality is that his family is growing up...

THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN

DescriptionDescription From acclaimed director Chen Kaige comes a sprawling epic in the tradition of David Lean. In the third century BC, megalomaniac King Ying Zheng is obsessed with unifying all of China and becoming its first emperor. To this end, he embarks upon an unparalleled reign of terror and brutality against all who stand between...

EXILES IN NEW YORK

DescriptionDescription Juan, a refugee from Guatemala, arrives in New York ready to live the American Dream. However, he soon meets the last bastion of American idealism - liberals - and finds that America is much more confusing than he had ever imagined. Torn culturally between the old world and the new, financially between the practical...

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