October 16, 2019
JOHNNY SUEDE
DescriptionDescription A gently ironic fantasy about a dreamy young man who adopts the name Johnny Suede and sets out to be a pop star, using Ricky Nelson as his model. Sporting a pompadour and flashy costumes, he is innocence incarnate, viewing life through the soulful ballads his idol used to sing. Employing Bunuelesque dream sequences...
October 16, 2019
SOLITAIRE
DescriptionDescription Francis Damberger has combined lost hopes, shattered dreams and colorful characters to create an intimate, touching dramatic comedy. The film focuses on the reunion of three childhood friends at a remote, ramshackle cafe in a small town. Burt is the meek postmaster who pines after Maggie, the embittered truck-stop cafe owner. When the obnoxious...
October 16, 2019
SHOOT TO KILL (DISPAREN A MATAR)
DescriptionDescription Documentary filmmaker Carlos Azpurua directed this ambitious suspense thriller which current political events in Venezuela make particularly relevant. As the police sweep a poor neighborhood in an attempt to lower crime, things get out of hand and an innocent man is murdered while his mother watches helplessly. When the official version describes him as...
October 16, 2019
SOCIAL SUICIDE
DescriptionDescription Social Suicide is an offbeat satirical comedy that takes a humorous look at the California debutante scene and the rituals surrounding "coming of age" in high society. Debutante Kim decides to take handsome Latino Tom Garcia tci the ball instead of her preppie, society-approved date Scott. Her snobby mother develops elaborate schemes to separate...
October 16, 2019
JERICO
DescriptionDescription This majestic revisionist portrayal of the Spanish conquest of the New World has a pro-Indian stance reminiscent of Dances With Wolves and Black Robe. The story chronicles the experiences of Friar Santiago, a missionary who accompanies Spanish conquistadors to South America. When he confronts the greed and cannibalism of the "civilized" Spaniards, he sheds...
October 16, 2019
SHANGHAI JIAQIMY AMERICAN GRANDSON (SHANGHAI JIAQI)
DescriptionDescription Director Ann Hui brings her well-defined characters to life through intimate, sensitive observations of their personal rituals, eccentricities, hopes and fears. In My American Grandson, she lovingly portrays Ku, a slightly eccentric widower who leads a quiet life in Shanghai. When his spoiled American grandson visits, Ku tries desperately to please him, but for...
October 16, 2019
SHOOT FOR THE CONTENTS
DescriptionDescription Trinh T Minh-ha's Shoot for the Contents, whose title plays on the meanings of an ancient Chinese guessing game, is an excursion into the maze of allegorical storytelling in China. Weaving points of view of both insiders and outsiders from dillerent realms of social and artistic activities, the film ponders questions of politics and...
