Edward Yang’s second feature is a mournful anatomy of a city caught between the past and the present. Made in collaboration with Yang’s fellow New Taiwan Cinema master Hou Hsiao-hsien, who cowrote the screenplay and helped finance the project, Taipei Story chronicles the growing estrangement between a washed-up baseball player (Hou, in a rare on-screen […]
New 4K Restoration A sleeper hit at the time of its release, Jeong Jae-eun’s perceptive debut TAKE CARE OF MY CAT chronicles the lives of five graduating friends whose bonds begin to fracture as they contend with their share of squashed dreams and unequal opportunities. Director Jeong sets the lives of her protagonists (among them […]
Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux is the 4K restoration (including the replacement of a long-lost scene) of the 1988 cult classic about blistering lust and seething envy during a 19th-century epidemic ravaging Gimli, a small Icelandic-Canadian fishing village on the shores on Lake Winnipeg. This feature presentation will be preceded by a new 4K […]
A creepy mortician, Mr. Simms (Clarence Williams III), attempts to scare teenage drug dealer Stack (Joe Torry) and his friends straight by telling them four horrifying stories. One is about a guilt-riddled cop (Anthony Griffith) who goes crazy after ignoring his corrupt partner (Michael Massee). He also tells of a meek schoolboy (Brandon Hammond) with […]
It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn’t been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them […]
From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world. *Best Actress (Cate Blanchett) – Venice Film Festival 2022 *Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture (2023)
Blurring the line between narrative and non-fiction, Uyarak and her eldest sister Saqpinak, embark on a difficult healing journey after a traumatic event that reminds them of the importance of community, culture, and family. Tautuktavuk (What We See) explores issues of domestic violence and substance abuse from the perspective of two Inuit women.
PETITS MODERNES PROGRAMMING – FREE ADMITTANCE FOR CHIDLREN UNDER 12 La tendre histoire de Cendrillon Pingouin (Janet Perlman, 1981, 10 min) My Favorite Things that I love (Janet Perlman, 1994, 4 min) Ici par ici (Diane Obomsawin, 2006, 10 min) Dîner intime (Janet Perlman, 1996, 7 min) Distances (Diane Obomsawin, 2002, 9 min) Sorry Film […]
After cracking skulls and souls with the supernatural one-two punch of SUSPIRIA and INFERNO, Dario Argento went back to basics with TENEBRE—a brilliant Giallo and one of the filmmaker’s most assured achievements. The story follows a famous horror novelist who, while promoting his latest book in Rome, finds himself at odds with a black-gloved lunatic […]
Terrestrial Verses follows everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities, from school teachers to bureaucrats. These stirring vignettes, humorous and affecting, capture the spirit and determination of people amidst adversity, offering a nuanced portrait of a complex society. *Un […]