Jafar Panahi is the veteran Iranian auteur who continues to get arrested and imprisoned, endure film-making bans and defy the law, and still perseveres in making remarkable and courageous movies. His latest, winner of this year’s Palme D’Or at Cannes, is a blackly comic story informed by his own experiences with imprisonment. It’s a politically-charged…
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Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight – MONDAY Nov 17
Told from the rose-colored glasses of an inquisitive child’s perspective, this would never work without a very strong child actor to anchor it. The story is presented on the platter of childhood innocence, ignorance, and wonder with an astonishingly talented first-time child actor. As adults watching the film, it’s easy to pinpoint the racist dynamics that stress the…
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DJ Ahmet – Dec 3
This is a humorous, music-soaked, stylish debut with an extraordinary first-time cast. The beautiful landscape cinematography set in a remote North Macedonian village will immerse you in young D J Ahmet’s world. At the same time, it’s grounded in the realities of life in patriarchal societies where there’s little space for men to engage with their…
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Fallen Leaves
Fallen Leaves takes place in a very personalized version of Helsinki, which may be familiar to admirers of Aki Kaurismäki, the Finnish director’s hilariously deadpan and also humanistic tragicomedies. Ansa (Alma Pöysti,) and Holappa (Jussi Vatanen) spend their waking hours in drab workplaces, pubs with stone-faced patrons, and sparsely decorated homes where a radio is…
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Full Time (A Plein Temps)
Wednesday, September 20, 4 PM and 7 PM A film by French Canadian Eric Gravel director it portrays motherhood frazzle as a gripping thriller. Julie (Laure Calamy), is a divorced mum of two who’s feeling the grind: work, kids, mortgage debt, crappy ex. She works an exhausting job as head maid at a luxury Parisian…
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Eight Mountains
Wednesday September 27 at 4 PM and 7 PM Co-winner of the Jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival, The Eight Mountains portrays the ebb and flow of a decades-long friendship set in the Italian alps and offers a visually stunning landscape to Paolo Cognetti’s 2016 novel. The peaks, hills and vistas are akin to…
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Blue Jean
Wednesday, October 4 4 PM and 7 PM Blue Jean is a powerful examination of the importance of community in the fight for equality. It is England, 1988 -- Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a gym teacher to live a double life. The arrival…
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