October 16, 2019
TROUBLED PARADISE
DescriptionDescription Troubled Paradise takes us to a Hawaii that few tourists will ever see. This beautifully filmed documentary sensitively examines the social and political problems lacing Hawaii's indigenous population through interviews with an incredibly diverse cross-section of the island's inhabitants. At the same time, we get to experience the richness of Hawaiian culture through some...
October 16, 2019
TO LIV(E)
DescriptionDescription Actress Liv Ullman's 1900 visit to Hong Kong, in which she condemned the deportation of 51 Vietnamese refugees from the colony, has inspired this first feature film by critic/author Evans Chan. The film is structured around a series of imaginary letters to Ms. Ullman, and examines the apprehensive mood of postTienanmen Square Massacre Hong...
October 16, 2019
THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW
DescriptionDescription Paul Warner's In the Name of The Father tells of the relationship between a war-weary medieval knight and the young boy he takes captive The lusciously filmed Rosemary is Dan Halperin's homage to the Edward Hopper painting "Nighthawks" in this tale of love and loneliness. Robert Manganelli brings a hearing audience into a deaf...
October 16, 2019
THEY HAVE WALKED ON THE MOON
DescriptionDescription Four shorts from a special collection showcasing original works from new Quebec screenwriters. In The Visitor, a terrified woman spends the night in her closet listening to an intruder whose uncanny behavior indicates that he belongs there. When a baby mysteriously appears at the door of a childless Hasidic couple in Moise, they can't...
October 16, 2019
TAMPOPO
DescriptionDescription Juzo ltami, with Tom Garvin's help, has become the most popular Japanese director in America since Kurosawa. ltami's first two films, The Funeral and Tampopo, had their Los Angeles premieres at the first AFI Fest in 1987. Tampopo is probably the funniest comedy ever made about food, complete with instructions on how to make...
