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...
October 16, 2019
BEYOND THE CLOUDS (PAR DELÀ LES NUAGES)
DescriptionDescription Antonioni looks at love in four short stories based on his writings, diaries and short story collection entitled "Bowling Alley on the Tiber." In the first, a young man is so in love with a girl that he cannot decide to sacrifice his desire to pleasure. In the second, the director is fascinated by...
October 16, 2019
THE FIRST 100 YEARS: A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN MOVIES
DescriptionDescription Using his brilliant touch, compilation whiz Chuck Workman (Precious Images) has created a superb feature on the first century of the cinema. Produced for HBO in association with the AFI, this dazzling tribute is full to the brim with over 800 film clips which depict the history of American film and its effect on...
October 16, 2019
FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALKS
DescriptionDescription In the 1930's, millions of depression era theatergoers were transported to distant, exotic locations by means of these 35mm shorts, among the earliest examples of three strip Technicolor. Included with features, newsreels and cartoons, these ten minute films were a relaxing escape to far off lands of intriguing beauty and remarkable cultures: Rio de...
October 16, 2019
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER)
DescriptionDescription An epic fairy tale for adults set in the 16th Century from award winning director Jos Stelling ( The Pointsman), this is a dreamlike visual retelling of the poetic fable of the sailor doomed to roam the seven seas on an eerie, flying ship. The illegitimate son of the legendary Dutchman learns the story...
October 16, 2019
FRESH BAIT (L’ APPAT)
DescriptionDescription Bertrand Tavernier (L627, Round Midnight) has based this horrific crime drama on the true case of two seemingly ordinary young men and a girl who committed cold-blooded murder to steal enough money to open a chain of boutiques in America. In the girl's statement to the police, she calmly explains that all she did...
October 16, 2019
BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
DescriptionDescription One of Europe's leading directors tells a story as fragile and transparent as the light of Hong Kong made of silences, expectations and sorrow. An old freighter belonging to a company that has gone out of business drops anchor off Hong Kong. The crew aboard has to wait a week or month to get...
October 16, 2019
FAMILY PORTRAIT
DescriptionDescription An intriguing, somewhat quirky and often painful look at the estranged relationship between an adult brother and sister. Returning to their childhood home to attend to their dying mother, Jane and Johnny Janacek discover some buried truths about their mother and one another. They come to terms with their dysfunctional upbringing in a disturbing...
October 16, 2019
FAREWELL USSR, FILM I, PERSONAL
DescriptionDescription A beautiful and haunting experimental documentary directed by Alexander Rodnyansky, using old and new film footage on unusual stock to present poetic fragments of Babyj Jar and Jewish life in present Russia. Ukraine, 1992, 60 min. Preceded by Sarajevo Film Festival Film, by Johan van der Keuken, Holland, 1993, 14 min.
