October 16, 2019
NO LOANS TODAY
DescriptionDescription Surprisingly intimate and non-judgmental, this document of life in the African-American community of South Central Los Angeles offers a revealing exploration of the unseen resilience of the people who live here, with the pawnshop as a metaphor for survival. Since the riots of the 1960's the pawnshop, or "fringe banks", have become a hub...
October 16, 2019
NO QUARTER
DescriptionDescription In an ever increasing world of absurdism and loathing, our hero Sisyphus battles against parking tickets, heavy traffic and an agoraphobic girlfriend. A bleak comedy about the existential dilemma of choosing insanity over suicide. Behind the blissful smile of life hides the insidious nightmare that is No Quarter. Festival screenings: Worldfest Houston - Finalist;...
October 16, 2019
THE NEON BIBLE
DescriptionDescription A moving story of a young boy growing up in a small 1940s Bible Belt town in America's Deep South. The film boasts a strong cast, including the extraordinary Gena Rowlands as Aunt Mae, who brings a dash of glamour and excitement to the small town; cult comedian Denis Leary as the boy's father;...
October 16, 2019
THE MOOR’S HEAD (DER KOPF DES MOHREN)
DescriptionDescription Georg, a physicist at a testing laboratory, finds himself face to face with the horrific image of one of the victims of a fatal toxic gas leak in a nearby chemical plant. He becomes obsessed with protecting his family from the certain upcoming environmental apocalypse. Sinking deeper into paranoia, fueled by the ubiquitous TV...
October 16, 2019
THE MONKEY KID
DescriptionDescription Based on the director's childhood experiences, this is a lyrical, rhythmic chronicle of the daily life of a child of intellectuals during China's Cultural Revolution. When her parents are sent to the countryside for "re-education," (in truth brainwashing) a nine year old girl remains in Beijing on her own. With a freedom unnaturally formed...
October 16, 2019
MISSION TO MOSCOW
DescriptionDescription M ission To Moscow tries to explain Soviet Russia to American audiences. Real-life U.S. Ambassador Davies (Walter Huston) talks up the lovable side of misunderstood mass murderer Joseph Stalin, while Mrs. Davies discovers Moscow's marvelous day care facilities.
October 16, 2019
MIRACLE ALLEY (ELL CALLEJON DE LOS MILAGROS)
DescriptionDescription We are proud to open the TRIBUTE CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN CINEMA with the film most honored this year by the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Adapted from a book by Egyptian Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz, the film's three stories take place in downtown Mexico City's Miracle Alley. The first story is that...
October 16, 2019
MICCONCEPTION
DescriptionDescription An ironic mother and daughter tale of lost dreams and sexual desires. Mary Roberts struggles with her mother and her conscience when confronted with life changing choices. Will the young cellist abandon her moral principles in pursuit of cherished dreams?
October 16, 2019
MEMOIRS OF A FRUSTRATED HEDONIST
DescriptionDescription Director Claas Danielson takes us on the inner and outer journey of a 78 year old art historian, to the realm of beauty and horror. Born into an impoverished Russian noble family in 1915, she found herself in flight in an age of revolution, Stalinist persecution, hunger and war, and found that the power...
October 16, 2019
MEDEA
DescriptionDescription Created for Danish television in 1988, Medea is an updated version of the classic Greek drama about the jealousy and deep sorrow of an abandoned wife and mother and the hatred that ensues. Lars von Trier (Elements of Crime, Zentropa) uses the silvery-grey North Sea marshes and a less defined Nordic past as a...
