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?

BIRDCAGE INN (PARAN DEEMUN)

DescriptionDescription A visceral, engaging contemplation of the universal themes of acceptance and belonging, Kim Ki-Duk's evocative and touching film explores the relationship of two young women to each other and to those around them. Jin-Ah and Hye-Mi are the same age and live under the same roof, but that is where their similarities ostensibly end....

BLACK SABBATH (I TRE VOLTI DELLA PAURA)

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...

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...

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES

DescriptionDescription John Irving's adaptation of his own best selling novel, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, is realized by celebrated filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom. Homer Wells begins his life journey as a child without parents who is raised and mentored by his orphanage's doctor, a man named Larch. Theirs was an extraordinary bond. Larch taught Homer everything about...

CITIZEN KANE

DescriptionDescription Voted the number one film of all time in "AFl's l 00 Years ... I 00 Movies," CITIZEN KANE was written and directed by boy wonder Orson Welles, at the age of 27. At the center of this intricate film lies the true story of a man who conquered many, but dies alone. The...

THE BICYCLE THIEF (LADRI DI BICICLETTE)

DescriptionDescription This film is the quintessential example of Italian Neo Realism. With Fascism gone and Italy battered by poverty, neo-realists dealt with issues of poverty because they felt it was one of their country's most important social issues. A film that shows in postwar Italy, even schlepping movie posters looks good to a jobless man,...

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