October 16, 2019
‘TIS THE SEASON
DescriptionDescription On Christmas morning, a teenager attempts to videotape a suicide message as circumstances conspire against him.
October 16, 2019
TRANSFORMER
DescriptionDescription One of the most playfully profound filmmakers working today, Lars Von Trier has always delighted in wallowing in the profane while tricking his viewers into a transcendence of vision. Stig Bjorkman, longtime Danish film critic and author, here spends an hour examining the career of Denmark's most notorious director. Using scenes from all of...
October 16, 2019
TRIPLE EXPOSURE
DescriptionDescription Sexual obsession and blind passion drive three characters to their ultimate destiny in this moody F ilmN oir.
October 16, 2019
STONEBROOK
DescriptionDescription STONEBROOK is the story of a young man caught between the underworld and his integrity as he struggles to advance in life. Erik leaves his farm roots behind for Stonebrook, an elite private university. His finances in shambles, Erik is lured by his mysterious roommate into the fast-cash world of con games, but his...
October 16, 2019
THE STOREKEEPER
DescriptionDescription After suf fering a series o f burglaries, and elderly storekeeper finally takes the law into his own hands with tragic consequences.
October 16, 2019
SUSAN’S PLAN
DescriptionDescription One of this year's most anticipated screenings is the World Premiere of John Landis' first independent feature film in over 20 years. SUSAN'S PLAN is about a woman who conspires with her lover to murder her ex-husband for his substantial life insurance policy, but gets tangled in a disastrous and comical web of deceit....
October 16, 2019
SWEETY BARRETT
DescriptionDescription This gently affecting and beautifully directed first film is full of surprises. Sweety Barrett is a big, strong, simple man. When the film begins, he has lost his job at a circus and finds himself in a mean-spirited, corrupt little port town whose chief industry is smuggling "poteen," the lethal potato whiskey of legend....
October 16, 2019
THE SWINDLE
DescriptionDescription Betty and Victor, a rather ill-matched couple, tour unobtrusively around France in their motor-home, earning their living as petty con artists, until one day they find themselves involved in an international money scam which takes them far from France to the West Indies and finally to Switzerland. Working as a team, Betty seduces businessmen,...
October 16, 2019
THE TERRORIST
DescriptionDescription Second only to Hollywood in terms of production volume and box office, India's film industry almost never taps into American markets, resulting in a veritable gold mine of movies that generally remain undiscovered in the United States. Among the few breakouts this year is THE TERRORIST, writer/director Santosh Siva n's sleek, uncompromising story of...
October 16, 2019
THE SMELL OF HORROR
DescriptionDescription Chris Padilla, who presented last year's popular FEATS OF CLAY for AFI Fest, hosts a high caliber program of the latest imaginative, bold efforts pushing the envelope in animation. This series includes several films that make for perfect viewing during the Halloween season plus the rarely seen otherworldly animations of Ian Emes and more....
