October 16, 2019
GERI’S GAME
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
GOD SAID, HA!
DescriptionDescription Filmed before a live audience, GOD SAID HA! brings SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE alum Julia Sweeney's critically-acclaimed stage production (that had its world debut in San Francisco) to the screen. Shortly after Sweeney moves into her dream Hollywood bungalow or, as she likes to call it, her "symbol of independence," her life begins to spin...
October 16, 2019
THE LESSER EVIL
DescriptionDescription Twenty-two years is a long time. Almost long enough for the Father Ivan Williams, Officer Frank O'Brien, attorney George Masseli, and mild-mannered businessman Derek Eastman to forget the darkest secret of their past. Almost. On a cold afternoon twenty-two years ago, the four friends sat at the edge of a quarry in their hometown,...
October 16, 2019
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA È BELLA)
DescriptionDescription LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (La Vitae Bella) is a Chaplinesque fable about the power of imagination set against the stark reality of World War II Europe. The film combines satire, physical comedy, social commentary and a touch of the surreal into a uniquely moving story of love. Italy 1938: Guido is in love with Dora...
October 16, 2019
THE LITTLE GIRL WHO FELL FROM A TREE
DescriptionDescription SINGLE WHITE FEMALE meets FATAL ATIRACTION in this exciting psycho-thriller set in Berlin. A troubled young couple unable to have children find their lives infiltrated by a seductive young woman who moves into the adjacent flat. Flashes of a little girl's past reveal an abusive father, a magnificent tree, and the little girl hiding...
October 16, 2019
FAMILY ATTRACTION
DescriptionDescription The last "nuclear family" in America is an endangered species, held in captivity at The National Zoo.
October 16, 2019
FIRE-EATER
DescriptionDescription Twin girls, abandoned by their mother, are raised by their grandmother who calls them Vladimir and llyich after her hero Lenin. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and her Communist teaching ends with her sudden death, and at the age of eight the girls find themselves in an orphanage. There they create...
October 16, 2019
FREE ENTERPRISE
DescriptionDescription SWINGERS and DINER meet MY FAVORITE YEAR in this quirky romantic comedy about two lifelong film fanatics struggling with turning 30 who meet their idol, William Shatner, and discover he's even more screwed up than they are. Wrestling with the mutual dilemmas of work and women, they realize Shatner is no "Captain Kirk''. .....
October 16, 2019
FUR
DescriptionDescription Guided by the forces of the Coney Island freak show, young Rose stiches her grisly fabric of freedom.
October 16, 2019
LATE LAST NIGHT
DescriptionDescription One of the brightest dark comedies to emerge this year, LATE LAST NIGHT is that rare mix of sharp wit and quirky charm wrapped around an infernal all-night bender worthy of Dante -Scorsese's AFTER HOURS re-imagined for L.A. When Dan breaks up with his wife Jill he gets thrown out of his own house...
