October 16, 2019
UNHOOK THE STARS
DescriptionDescription Rowlands plays Mildred, a financially secure widow whose husband has left her a comfortable suburban house that she now shares with her rebellious teenage daughter, Ann Mary Margaret. After yet another loud argument with her mother, Ann Mary takes off with her boyfriend, leaving Mildred alone in the oversize house. But unexpected company arrives...
October 16, 2019
UBISTVO S PREDUMISLAJAJEM (PREMEDITATED MURDER)
DescriptionDescription Premeditated Murder contrasts a recent love story ( 1992) with a past romance (1944), both doomed by the inhumanity of Yugoslav politics. While Builka takes photos of anti-war sit-ins and demos at the university for a with-it young publisher, she stumbles across Bogdan, a soldier on leave from the front with a broken leg....
October 16, 2019
UNDERGROUND
DescriptionDescription "This is supposed to be a very personal view of my country's history in recent times," says Emir Kusturica, "an attempt ... [to] offer a clearer notion of the situation in this chaotic part of the world, which has been twisted out of recognition by a media fed on malicious propaganda." Encompassing a span...
October 16, 2019
TUMULT
DescriptionDescription Shot almost entirely in Los Angeles, Tumult is set during the abortive 1960 attempt by imperial guards to overthrow Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie. The fictional tale follows the life of Yoseph, an aristrocatturned- revolutionary who secretly masterminds the coup d'etat. Yoseph is a graduate of an American university. Frustrated by the autocratic government of...
October 16, 2019
TWO CRIMES (DOS CRIMENES)
DescriptionDescription Accused of a crime he did not commit, young Marcos Gonzalez leaves Mexico City to hide out with his wealthy Uncle Ramon in the small town of Muerdago. There, he becomes involved with his adventure-seeking cousin-in-law, Amalia, and her daughter, Lucero. Marcos' passionate and impulsive ways soon prove a threat to the rigid social...
October 16, 2019
A TRAM IN MOSCOW (UN TRAMWAY A MOSCOU)
DescriptionDescription A lovely autumn day in Moscow as line A tram makes its last journey. This journey, which runs through the old city, is no longer making money and is about to be closed. The old tramway is like a touring theater. During the trip, we discover a whole gallery of characters, of travelers for...
October 16, 2019
TROUBLE IN THE IMAGE
DescriptionDescription Trouble In the Image is a deceptively loosekn it collage of non-sequitur imagery, dizzying optical tricks, absurdist iuxtapositions, and surreal syntheses which unfolds in its 38 minutes into a bittersweet and hilarious subversion of both the capitalist system and narrative conventions. -Peter Keough, The Boston Phoenix
October 16, 2019
TO SPEAK THE UNSPEAKABLE: THE MESSAGE OF ELIE WIESEL (DIRE L’INDICIBLE: LA QUETE D’ELIE WIESEL)
DescriptionDescription "In his own lifetime, Elie Wiesel has become a symbol. His name cannot be dissociated from 20th Century Jewish Destiny and the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. He is their living conscience .... " Thus states Judit Elek of a most extraordinary teacher, writer and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This...
October 16, 2019
TO THE ENDS OF TIME
DescriptionDescription An epic fantasy adventure for the whole family with inventions and weaponry straight out of a Leonardo Do Vinci sketchbook, the film takes us where man's greatest enemy-time-is conquered by his most potent force-love. When a powerhungry sorceress steals a device which allows her to bend time to her will, she unleashes forces that...
October 16, 2019
TEMPTATION (POKUSZENIE)
DescriptionDescription In her first major role, young actress Magdalena Cielecka shines as Anna, a Catholic nun imprisoned for "fomenting sedition" who's set free after agreeing to collaborate with the authorities. It's the winter of 1953, the darkest period of Stalinism, and her assignment is to get incriminating info on a well-known dissident priest being held...
