October 16, 2019
KILLING JOE
DescriptionDescription In 1963, thirteen-year-old Joe Fergal Kennedy is a daydreaming Londoner. Fascinated by JFK, the new American president with whom he shares his initials, Joe imagines that he too may some day change the world. But his reveries are interrupted by the arrival of his older brother, Doug, and his striking girlfriend, Jackie, to whom...
October 16, 2019
IN THE REGION OF ICE
DescriptionDescription Based on a Joyce Carol Oates short story, this film explores the relationship between a brilliant but disturbed college student and the nun who is his English Literature teacher. Although she tries to help him alter his self-destructive ways, she is ultimately unable to change the course of their lives.
October 16, 2019
JOHN
DescriptionDescription A men's room attendant faces a possible forced retirement after twenty years of service at the upscale Matteos Restaurant when the owner's son takes over the family business. With his livelihood at stake, the employee works up the courage one night to confront his new boss.
October 16, 2019
JONAH & THE WAIL
DescriptionDescription At age 90, retired trumpet player Jonah Jones looks back on his prolific career and life as lived through the evolution of this American art form known as Jazz.
October 16, 2019
IN THE REGION OF ICE
DescriptionDescription Based on a Joyce Carol Oates short story, this film explores the relationship between a brilliant but disturbed college student and the nun who is his English Literature teacher. Although she tries to help him alter his self-destructive ways, she is ultimately unable to change the course of their lives.
October 16, 2019
JOHN
DescriptionDescription A men's room attendant faces a possible forced retirement after twenty years of service at the upscale Matteos Restaurant when the owner's son takes over the family business. With his livelihood at stake, the employee works up the courage one night to confront his new boss.
October 16, 2019
HOMEBOYS AT THE BEACH (LE CIEL, LES OISEAUX ET… TA MÈRE!)
DescriptionDescription A smash at the French box office this year, the auspicious first film from 22-yeor-old Djomel Bensoloh strikes a nonchalant, comic tone in its exploration of friendship and adolescence. Four childhood buddies from the Paris projects fake a documentary for a high school journalism contest. Their bogus video, praised for its "honesty, sensitivity and...
October 16, 2019
HOMELAND
DescriptionDescription A young gang member, deported to his native El Salvador, must make difficult choices to survive.
October 16, 2019
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...
October 16, 2019
HAREM SUARE
DescriptionDescription Yildiz Palace, Istanbul, 1904. Outside, the revolution growls. Inside, a story-teller to the Sultan's harem tells us that "within these walls, three things are essential: love, power and fear." While the Sultan dreams his way through private operas, the machinations of passion and ambition provoke unorthodox allegiances and vicious betrayals among the members of...
