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
TABOO (GOHATTO)
DescriptionDescription Codes of honor, sexuality and loyalty are challenged and entangled in this highly-charged drama from cutting-edge director Nagisa Oshima, best-known as one of the founders of the 1960s Japanese New Wave. In 1 865 Kyoto, Commander lsami Kondo and his lieutenant, Toshio Hikikata, supervise a match at the training hall of the Shinsen-gumi militia...
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...
October 16, 2019
A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES
DescriptionDescription Winner of the Camera d'Or at Cannes 2000, this first feature by Kurdish director Bohman Ghobadi (former assistant to Abbas Kiarostami) demonstrates the profound moral force and crystalline storytelling that we have come to recognize in Iranian cinema. 25 million Kurds are living in a semi-permanent war zone at the intersections of Turkey, Syria,...
October 16, 2019
SUZHOU RIVER (SUZHOU HE)
DescriptionDescription Suzhou River runs through the heart of Shanghai, carrying with it all the filth, excesses and stories the city has to offer. Follow it and you will see many things, even catching glimpses of things that have never been. We see Suzhou through the eyes of a freelance videographer. He falls for Mei Mei,...
October 16, 2019
SYNCHRONICITY
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
STREET LOVE
DescriptionDescription Daring and highly dramatic in both form and subject, STREET LOVE combines elements of both traditional narrative filmmaking and documentary to tell the story of a remarkable Mexico City prostitute. As she explains in a series of interviews in her home, Rosa was kidnapped as a child and forced into prostitution by several corrupt...
