October 16, 2019
BLACK HARVEST (SORT HOST)
DescriptionDescription A haunting epic drama about the tragedies, passions, and losses of a wealthy Danish family. Set in Denmark's countryside at the turn of the century, this is a dark tale about a tyrannical patriarch whose black-hearted desires sweep him, his wife, and his four daughters towards a bitter and tragic end. While his submissive...
October 16, 2019
BLOOD FOR DRACULA
DescriptionDescription In this delightful mixture of gore, myth, and sex set in Italy, Udo Kier plays a youngish Dracula who lives on virgin blood. When he preys on a family with four pretty daughters, Dracula gets his comeuppance. "A respectful, yet mocking handling of the vampire legend with some graceful love scenes and some harrowing...
October 16, 2019
A CLASS TO REMEMBER (GAKKO)
DescriptionDescription Frederic Cassidy's Kissing Time is a reverential and referential tribute to silent films, made in the tradition of 1920s cinema. Bloods on the Moon is a textured examination of a father forced to decide which to believe, his instinct or his love for his son. Elizabeth's fiance has left her for another in Shoe...
October 16, 2019
THE CLOUD DOOR
DescriptionDescription Indian director Mani Kaul's (The Fool, Siddheshwan) The Cloud Door tells of a young man's love for a beautiful princess and his attempts to consummate his feelings with the help of a talking parrot-the princess' pet.
October 16, 2019
DANCING (DANSEN)
DescriptionDescription Jan Troell's poetic study of dancing combines a breathtaking array of images-the spontaneous expression of young people dancing at the subway, flamenco dancers, and excerpts from Isadora Duncan's work. Dancing is Troell's vision of dance as an artistic language between men and women and different cultures, social classes, and generations. Shown with II Capitano.
October 16, 2019
THE DARK SIDE OF THE HEART (EL LADO OSCURO DEL CORAZON)
DescriptionDescription From the director of Man Facing Southeast comes a magnificent parable about one man's battle against the forces of conformity. Oliverio is a handsome, defiant young poet whose search for the perfect woman leads him to Ana, a no-nonsense prostitute who admits that "a guy who likes poetry can't be all bad" but charges...
October 16, 2019
THE BEGINNING AND THE END (PRINCIPIO Y FIN)
DescriptionDescription Based on the novel by 1988 Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz, Arturo Ripstein's monumental work is at once breathtakingly dramatic and heartbreakingly mundane. After the death of its patriarch, the Botero family is left forsaken. Widow Ignacia sends her three eldest children off to work and puts all of her hopes in Gabriel, her...
October 16, 2019
BENDERS
DescriptionDescription In Benders, Franny, an alcoholic, falls desperately for Jack, a crisis hotline operator and recovering addict. This truly human tale touchingly portrays two lost people who struggle together to overcome alcoholism and loneliness. In Starbaby, a star-struck waif adrift in Hollywood is taken in by celebrity-hounds, falls for Luke Perry, and hangs out with...
October 16, 2019
THE CHILE CON CARNE CLUB
DescriptionDescription Dora Was Dysfunctional is a sweetly comic tale about a quirky young woman searching for love. When her boyfriend leaves her, she finds comfort in the Ukrainian love rituals recommended by her immigrant grandmother. Eugene, aka Helicopter, acts as manager for his friend Malik, prepping him for try-outs for the USC basketball team. Helicopter...
October 16, 2019
ANDY WARHOL’S FRANKENSTEIN (FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN)
DescriptionDescription A mad scientist, married to his sister, spends his time kidnapping, cutting up, and sewing together young people in order to create a perfect male and female specimen. A vision of a new generation of almost catatonic youth-sexually indiscriminate, interchangeable in their parts ... a highly original and perversely fascinating movie.-Paul Zimmerman, Newsweek.
