October 16, 2019
NOH MASK MURDERS
DescriptionDescription Renowned Japanese director Kon Ichikawa brings us an entertaining whodunit which cunningly mixes contemporary and traditional Japanese concerns. The film's complicated plot centers around two strange murders which occur hundreds of miles apart, but the connection between them leads us into the lives of a bickering family and a complex maze of blackmail, more...
October 16, 2019
THE GREAT KIDNAPPING (DAIYUKAI)
DescriptionDescription Kihachi Okamoto has constructed an uproariously funny, inventive and charming comedy that effortlessly transcends language barriers. The Great Kidnapping tell? the story of a wealthy family matriarch who helps three ex-cons'pull off a kidnapping with herself as the victim. The seemingly sweet, well-respected widow makes a wily criminal as she easily controls the bumbling,...
October 16, 2019
NATIVES
DescriptionDescription Refugees is a powerful portrait of Salvadoran refugees in the U.S., most of whom are ordinary working class people forced to flee their country. Natives, an unusual documentary with an eye toward the absurd, shows another view of this human tragedy by following middle class, mostly white Americans involved in the San Diego anti-immigration...
October 16, 2019
THE NEON CEILING
DescriptionDescription Lee Grant won an Emmy for her convincing performance as a runaway wife, fleeing middle-class boredom with her teenage daughter, who finds herself in a truck-stop diner in the California desert. Gig Young plays the gruff, reclusive proprietor of the joint, living in a fantasy world that is a creative work of art.
October 16, 2019
MY GRANDPA IS A VAMPIRE
DescriptionDescription Moonrise tells the humorous and often suspenseful story of Lonny, a young boy who has an unusual summer vacation in New Zealand. Lonny stays with his grandfather (played by Al Lewis, best known for his role as Grandpa Munster on The Munsters), and he and his friend Kanziara begin to suspect that the eccentric...
October 16, 2019
MY SONS (MUSUKO)
DescriptionDescription Director Yoji Yamada, best known for his wildly popular Tora-san series, has crafted an insightful portrait of the complex relations between a father and his children. A widower, Akio, is lonely and resentful that his children moved from their small-town home to Tokyo in search of independence. When his children return for a visit,...
October 16, 2019
THE GOOD FASCIST
DescriptionDescription The explosive subject matter of director Helena Nogueira's latest offering is certain to shock and disturb audiences, as her films have in the past. The Good Fascist deals with the repercussions of the 1974 civil war in Mozambique, following the intersecting stories of two men: Filipe, a white fascist whose terrorist acts involve him...
