October 16, 2019
LAND AND FREEDOM
DescriptionDescription Land and Freedom is a wonderful, dismayed epic, and the finest film that Englishman Ken Loach has made, a movie worthy of George Orwell and Homage to Cataloma. A young Communist from Liverpool goes off to Spain on his own to join the revolutionary militia. He sees battle- captured with brilliant, nervy exactness-as well...
October 16, 2019
BRANWEN
DescriptionDescription This compelling, contemporary film is set in Wales and Northern Ireland, where nationalism is a burning issue that can divide families over conflicting political ideals. Branwen is a passionate Welsh nationalist and her determination is strengthened when she meets a young man from Belfast Against the wishes of her soldier brother Branwen marries the...
October 16, 2019
HOTEL PARADISE
DescriptionDescription An attractive woman in her best years emerges from a dreadful hangover in the bridal suite of a luxury hotel. To her surprise, she finds herself handcuffed to a naked man in bed next to her. Worse-this is her wedding day, and the morning is slipping away fast. Worst of all-the man next to...
October 16, 2019
I MARRIED A COMMUNIST
DescriptionDescription Also released as Women On Pier 13. A Communist agent blackmails a shipping executive trying to hide a radical thirties past. Moody, noir-ish, and paranoid-not a bad thriller in its own· "right."
October 16, 2019
JLG BY JLG: DECEMBER SELF-PORTRAIT
DescriptionDescription In one of his most accessible films, Jean-Luc Godard makes philosophical and reflective observations on the worlds of cinema, language and art. At his lakeside home in Switzerland, Godard is a delightful mixture of King Lear and his detective character from Alphaville. Unafraid of lapsing into comedy and a sort of Marx Brothers-inspired lunacy,...
October 16, 2019
THE JOKE (ZERT)
DescriptionDescription Ironies abound-upbeat songs of the revolution overlap labor camp scenes, transistorized rod drowns out a folk band-as Josef Somr ( Closely Watched Trains) returns to his home town 15 years after being sent to the slammer for a "Long Live Trotsky!" postcard to his girlfriend. His mission-revenge on the squealer via seduction of his...
October 16, 2019
A KISS TO THIS LAND (UN BESO A ESTA TIERRA)
DescriptionDescription This wonderful film, the only documentary in this section, follows the lives of seven Jews who emigrated to Mexico from Europe and the Middle East in the first two decades of this century. Narrated by these individuals from the perspective of their old age, the film follows their trials and tribulations as each tries...
October 16, 2019
BIG JIM MCLAIN
DescriptionDescription The Duke smashes a Communist spy ring infiltrating labor unions on the Honolulu waterfront. One of the few movies that, even during the McCarthy period, favorably portrayed the House Un-American Activities Committee.
October 16, 2019
HEAD
DescriptionDescription Written by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson (prior to their Five Easy Pieces hit), this psychedelic trip finds the mad mod TV rock group the Monkees (hey, hey) dissing themselves and the· industry a la A Hard Day's Night. Reviewed in Daily Variety as "A mind blowing collage of mixed media, a free-for-all freakout...
October 16, 2019
HEDD WYN
DescriptionDescription Beautifully crafted and epic in scale, this moving film depicts the life of World War I Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, whose passionate ambition to win his country's prime literary honor was the driving force in his life. The handsome, romantic son of a farmer is posted to war torn France, where he finally finishes...
