October 16, 2019
AN AMBIGUOUS REPORT ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD
DescriptionDescription This exquisitely crafted surreal fairy tale for adults by renowned Czech director Juraj Jakubisko takes place in a small village lost in the mountains, somewhere at the end of the world, and offers the fateful story of two sinful lovers in which the prophecy of Nostradamus is fulfilled. A bitter parable of mankind at...
October 16, 2019
ARTEMISIA
DescriptionDescription Ravishingly beautiful, this sumptuous romance takes place in seventeenth century Italy, and tells the tale of 17 year old Artemisia, who defies the conventions of her time and pursues her passion for painting. When she meets an arrogant artist who offers to give her lessons, she soon learns that the body is no longer...
October 16, 2019
AFTERGLOW
DescriptionDescription Set in the city of Montreal, Alan Rudolph's AFTERGLOW is a romantic comedy-drama that paints a wry comic portrait of two modern marriages drifting toward the rocks. Lucky (Nick Nolte) is a contractor whose business owes its success to his skill at repair and to his amorous attentions to the lonely women who hire...
October 16, 2019
WIVES III
DescriptionDescription If Wives was a youthful debate and Wives: Ten Years Later quiet rebellion, Wives Ill is wise and joyful affirmation. This ode to three spirited friends of over twenty years opens on a surprise birthday party for Kaja on board a streetcar in Oslo. In philosophical celebration of a new life era, Kaja, an...
October 16, 2019
THE WAITING ROOM (DE WACHTKAMER)
DescriptionDescription A man waits with others at a train station, taking advantage of his wife's trip to the coffee counter to make eyes at the passing women. A beauty in blue returns his challenging looks, and by the time his wife returns, he has experienced some unexpected lessons under the watchful eyes of his fellow...
October 16, 2019
WHO KILLED PIXOTE? (QUEM MATOU PIXOTE?)
DescriptionDescription This film is based on actual facts. It tells the story of Fe?nando Ramos da Silva, a boy from the slums who, at the age of 11, became famous as the star of Hector Babenco's film Pixote, an international public and critical success. His short-lived success as an actor led Fernando to confuse his...
October 16, 2019
THE USUAL CHILDREN
DescriptionDescription A couple's romantic evening is shattered by the squabbling of their two children. In an attempt at mediation, the father proceeds to tell a story, only to be sucked into the fantasy world which he and his children are now creating together. Scoop proclaims that his sister, Helo, is dead; she lives on as...
October 16, 2019
VAMPIRA: ABOUT SEX, DEATH AND TAXES
DescriptionDescription Vampira, a.k.a. Mailo Nurmi, is a part of the almost lost history of popular culture. Presenter of the KABC TV station midnight horror films, Vampira exuded a combination of death and erotica that struck deep into the subconscious of the uptight '50's. Mailo Nurmi eventually lost the commercial rights of the character she created...
October 16, 2019
THE VISITOR
DescriptionDescription A voyeuristic stranger spends the evening with a woman in her home. She assumes that it is her husband making all the noise in the kitchen ....
October 16, 2019
UNDERTAKER
DescriptionDescription A filmic interpretation of a poem written and performed by Patricia Smith, this film confronts the issue of violence amongst young men in America.
