CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH (SEISHUN ZANKOKU MONOGATARI)

DescriptionDescription Japan's own REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, this film tells the story of two young lovers and their fight against the world of 1960 Japan. This internationally and critically-acclaimed film made a daring statement about the disillusionment that took place in Japan following World War II, from a director considered by many film scholars and...

CURSE OF THE DEMON

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...

BOBBY G. CAN’T SWIM

DescriptionDescription Bobby Grace is a low-level drug dealer living a hand-to-mouth existence with his prostitute girlfriend in New York's infamous Hell's Kitchen. When some out-of-town rich kids want to score a kilo, Bobby G. sees the chance to make some real money. But after setting up a deal with a local heavy, he bungles the...

BRINGING OUT THE DEAD

DescriptionDescription Over a span of some fifty years, Elmer Bernstein has proven to be one of our most prolific and versatile screen composers, producing sweeping scores and memorable themes that have become icons of the art form. Bernstein originally planned to be a concert pianist, but radio scores done during World War 11 for the...

BRONX CHEERS

DescriptionDescription After WWII ends, returning veteran Danny is befriended by Logs Laganegra, a former World Heavyweight contender reduced to throwing fights for easy money. Although Logs tries lo help Danny fulfill his songwriting ambitions, Logs' uncontrollable temper inevitably leads to disaster. Struggling to free himself of Logs' negative influence, Danny finally learns to assert his...

THE CALL OF THE OBOE (O TOQUE DO OBOÉ)

DescriptionDescription A fable about life and death that celebrates rebirth through art, THE CALL OF THE OBOE is the story of a fatally ill Brazilian musician who chooses a forsaken village as his final resting place. Following an impromptu musical performance in the town square, the owner of an abandoned local cinema invites him to...

THE CONVERSATION

DescriptionDescription A psychologically brutal thriller that challenges every cerebral pulse point, this classic suspense film is on a level with Hitchcock and the great noir of the past. An engrossing film that some call perfect, THE CONVERSATION paints a chilling portrait of a chaotic and sinister universe. The story follows a surveillance expert who starts...

COSY DENS (PELÍSKY)

DescriptionDescription Living in the same two-story villa in 1967 Prague, Mr. Sebek and Mr. Kraus claim opposite sides of the political fence. Mr. Sebek, a straightforward army officer, has a teenage son and supports the socialist establishment. Mr. Kraus is a former resistance fighter, a staunch anticommunist, and the father of a teenage daughter. Even...

CRIMSON WINGS

DescriptionDescription In the struggle to cope with the sudden death of his wife and model, a painter faces the question - Is the present moment a dream or reality?

THE BLUE SUMMER

DescriptionDescription Shot picture-postcard style in the gorgeous Welsh Marches, THE BLUE SUMMER is a provocative experimental feature documentary about a writer's ill-fated attempt to understand his lover and her art via an increasingly tormented contemplation of the media, contemporary art, digitalization, and the countryside. The film opens as an off-screen narrator describes how he discovered...

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