October 16, 2019
THE LAST DAYS OF MAY
DescriptionDescription An engaging and original film about a divorced mother, Pat and her loving and protective relationship with her mentally ill daughter, May. May was once a brilliant mathematics major in college when something inside of her snapped, bringing about her hospitalization. The film begins after May's release, living with her mother, swallowing her medications...
October 16, 2019
DANCEMAKER
DescriptionDescription Paul Taylor has been hailed as "the world's greatest living choreographer," having created a stunning body of dance work over the last forty years. When the curtain opens on the Paul Taylor Dance Company, audiences see a troupe of dancers soaring through the works of this formidable genius. But behind the scenes lies a...
October 16, 2019
DANCING AT LUGHNASA
DescriptionDescription It makes sense that, with its exceptionally strong sense of place, Brian Friel's popular, award-winning stage play would translate beautifully to the screen. Pat O'Connor's adaptation of "Dancing at Lughnasa" brings the play's pre-war Ireland to life, creating a lovely musical and almost mythical region on the verge of cataclysmic change. The film is...
October 16, 2019
DEAD LEAVES
DescriptionDescription DEAD LEAVES is a dark, poetic meditation on suicide, selfmutilation and the romantic themes of melancholy, mortality, eternal love and loss. The story's doomed hero Joey (played by Israeli actor Haim Abramski) saves the body of his deceased lover, the beautiful Laura (introducing Canadian top model Elisabeth Gondek) and escapes on a self-destructive voyage...
October 16, 2019
JUGOFILM
DescriptionDescription Many films have brought home the tragedy of war by focusing on the plight of those fighting on the front lines. Young Milan and his family have managed to avoid the holocaust consuming those trapped in Yugoslavia, but they are concerned for the safety of Milan's grandmother, who still dwells in the war-torn country....
October 16, 2019
KEEP IN A DRY PLACE AND AWAY FROM CHILDREN
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....
October 16, 2019
THE CRITIC
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....
October 16, 2019
CUSP
DescriptionDescription After surviving a stalker's attack, Marie, a neophyte artist, finds herself and her art transformed, but at what price .. .???
October 16, 2019
INTERNET LOVE
DescriptionDescription A transcontinental love story that follows electronic pen pals in Los Angeles and Germany who start getting amorous, INTERNET LOVE is as much about the dehumanizing effect of computers as it is about the questionable authenticity of any idealized relationships. When the heartsick Laura gets too frustrated in Germany dating Daniel through her keyboard,...
October 16, 2019
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC
DescriptionDescription After celebrating a buddy's birthday at a strip bar, Alan, thinking he's helping a stranded motorist, picks up the wrong girl at the wrong time on the wrong stretch of Hollywood Boulevard and ends up busted by the cops a la Hugh Grant. Now, a week later, Alan's wife Laura has kicked him out...
