October 16, 2019
LEFT LUGGAGE
DescriptionDescription Set in Antwerp, Belgium, in the early 70's Chaja, a young philosophy student, supports herself doing odd jobs while attending University. She has a complex relationship with her parents, both survivers of the concentration camps. Her mother denies the past completely and her father spends his time searching for two suitcases he buried before...
October 16, 2019
DETENTION
DescriptionDescription A seemingly stable and thoughtful teacher who hasn't been in a classroom in 25 years is called back as substitute teacher in a suburban high school. Having been in high school himself 30 years prior, it couldn't have changed that much. Or so he thinks. What he isn't ready for is the surreal world...
October 16, 2019
DOWN IN THE DELTA
DescriptionDescription Maya Angelou's feature-length directing debut opens in Chicago where Loretta, played by three-time Emmy Award winner Alfre Woodard, lives with her mother and two children. Unskilled and unable to make a living, Loretta falls into an alcohol-fueled tailspin. Loretta's mother, determined to pull her daughter and grandchildren out of harm's way, executes a risky...
October 16, 2019
THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS
DescriptionDescription A raw, clear-eyed melodrama about two young women and the fragile friendship they form. When 20-year old homeless backpacker Isa buoyantly enters the emotionally cool world of Marie, the two become reluctant friends, and Isa eventually moves into Marie's apartment as they begin to share more and more of their lives. As Marie involves...
October 16, 2019
THE LAST CONTRACT
DescriptionDescription In February of 1986, the controversial Swedish Prime Minster Olaf Palme was gunned down in downtown Stockholm. This taut and compelling thriller in the vein of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL follows Roger Nyman, a young police officer who is tracking a man wanted by Interpol for the murder of a black South African...
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....
