October 16, 2019
LEGS
DescriptionDescription Over one hundred pairs of legs ranging from 6 months to 97 years are surveyed in this telling montage of the human body.
October 16, 2019
LITTLE FUGITIVE
DescriptionDescription Widely regarded as one of the most influential and enjoyable films of American independent cinema, this is an utterly charming fable that poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood. When a seven year old boy is tricked into believing he killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New...
October 16, 2019
MARQUISE
DescriptionDescription Set against the backdrop of the court of King Louis XIV at Versailles, this is a magnificent piece of filmmakmg- luxuriously romantic and beautiful. A ravishingly beautiful but poverty stricken young dancer marnes a famous actor in Moliere's drama troupe, and is soon mtroduced to the King. Now the Marquise du Pare, she 1s...
October 16, 2019
LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY (O SERTÃO DAS MEMÓRIAS)
DescriptionDescription "Araujo's debut feature crystallizes the raw materials of his native Sertao (Brazil's drought-ndden northeast) into an allegory so riveting it resembles cinema verite made by an all-seeing god. In the film's mythic present, (a) heroic pair manage to evade the nefarious 'dragon' and reach the promised land ... (the film) etches a spiritual x-ray...
October 16, 2019
MANDRAGORA
DescriptionDescription A tragic and moving drama about runaway children on the streets of Prague. When a small town teenage boy can no longer stand the pressures from his father and his school obligations, he leaves for Prague. Helpless and lonely, he becomes an immediate target for the local pimps who easily drive him into the...
October 16, 2019
THE KEY
DescriptionDescription Sensual, controversial, decadent, yet oddly funny, this is a story of an aging professor's (SHALL WE DANCE's Akira Emoto) perverted desire towards his sexually suppressed young wife. Seeking stimulation to his fading potency, he keeps a detailed diary of his sexual life with her, hoping she will open the drawer and read it, while...
October 16, 2019
KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
DescriptionDescription Martin has a brain tumor and Rudi is suffering from bone cancer. Their diagnoses: nearly dead. But Rudi has never seen the ocean, so the two steal a baby blue Mercedes and escape from the hospital. With two goofy gangsters, the cops and death on their tail, the two manage to live more intensely,...
October 16, 2019
MANDALA
DescriptionDescription brings to audiences the best in contemporary clay animated films of the last 20 years. This landmark collection celebrates the I 00th anniversary of stop motion filmmaking, the earliest form of animation. Produced one frame at a time, and sometimes taking years to complete, these articulated visions in clay offer a sensory experience for...
October 16, 2019
KEEP COOL (YOU HUA HAO HAO SHUO)
DescriptionDescription This controversial entry was selected for the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and then pulled from competition by the Chinese government. In a marked departure in both style and substance, Zhang (RAISE THE RED LANTERN, STORY OF QIU JU) has created a modern comedy set in contemporary Beijing. A bookseller pines with...
October 16, 2019
LOVERBOY
DescriptionDescription A small gang of urchins living in a condemned building jealously destroy a budding romance between two of their elders.
