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Switzerland, 2004, 94 min.
Taut political thriller. Alex is an activist bent on disrupting the world’s financial infrastructure with a computer virus. He wakes up after a traffic accident not knowing if he put his plan into action or not, sifting through factual and fictitious memories while gripped by the desire to know the truth. …
95 min.
Youngsters of all ages find that growing up is harder than it looks. …
USA, 2005, 100 min.
Suck at relationships? Recovering addict? Gay, former-goth? In this over-the-top raunchy romantic comedy, Adam, a 30-something gay man, becomes reacquainted with one of his most unsuccessful one-night stands—without either of them realizing they’ve met before. Scene-stealers Parker Posey and ex-SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE dervish Chris Kattan add to this good-time farce. Director Craig Chester schedu …
USA, 2005, 95 min.
A sobering exploration of the plight of unjustly convicted men released from prison (sometimes after decades) by newly allowed DNA evidence, and their struggle to reintegrate into a wary society. The interview subjects infuse this moving documentary with a tightly controlled, always genuine sense of outrage. Director Jessica Sanders scheduled to attend …
Italy, 2004, 89 min.
When the timid night watchman from Turin’s Museum of Cinema rescues a sexy fast food worker from her angry boss and the police, he’s forced to choose between his cinematic icons and a real-life romance. Meanwhile, she’s sorting through a troubled relationship with her criminal boyfriend. A charming celebration of love and cinema. …
USA, 2004, 10 min.
A touching ghost story about a deceased grandmother returning to comfort her husband, and amuse her grandchildren. …
Hungary, 2004, 119 min.
A stranger on a bicycle roams the empty countryside looking for a house that he's supposed to inherit. He arrives in a small town on the same day a 15-year-old girl has been found murdered. This psycho thriller about the psychology of sin is enhanced by an Arvo Pärt score. Director Attila Janisch scheduled to attend both screenings …
Ireland, 2004, 3 min.
While feeding in a field, a cow listens to some distressing news over the radio. …
USA, 2004, 5 min.
A little girl challenges her mother to pick: if only she or her brother could live, who would her mom choose? Director Rebecca Ormond scheduled to attend …
Brazil, 2004, 102 min.
Themes of violence, race and class are explored through two childhood friends over the course of 50 years of Brazilian history. Each has taken his own path: one to become a senator, the other a drug lord. Their paths converge again when they end up in the same prison. …
Germany, 2004, 88 min.
Low self-esteem and substance abuse lead young Maria, librarian by day, into the seamy world of one-night pickups in the local nightclub scene. She starts to date a genuinely nice guy, but quickly backslides into her old ways when he leaves town for a week. …
Japan, 2004, 92 min.
Bored high-school senior Chikako signs a contract with three men to be their collective lover for exactly one year. When one of them is hospitalized with a stab wound, emotion seeps into the house where their liaisons take place, in this manga-based study of male impotence, both literal and figuratively. …
USA, 2004, 65 min.
Singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley had a tremendous impact on artists and fans across the globe, despite only completing one full-length album before his death at age 30. AMAZING GRACE explores the phenomenon of Jeff Buckley, unearthing great performance footage and talking with fellow musicians, friends, family, and fans about his life and legacy. …
USA, 2005, 88 min.
Three college graduates have only days left in Spain, and they make the most of it at bullfights, in bars and running with the bulls. Then Chris (Joshua Jackson) meets a quintessential Spanish beauty, and must decide if time with her is more important than his impending corporate career. Direct …
Troubled by reality? Try escaping into these slices of unfettered imagination. …
Italy, 2004, 86 min.
Meditation on the nature of mature love, beautifully filmed. Matteo and Emma struggle to keep their marriage alive in the face of oppressive work schedules. When Matteo is caught up in a freak accident—the indirect result of a sexual assault on Emma—reality and fantasy become inextricably entangled. …
France, 2003, 110 min.
Daniel Auteuil stars as Antoine, an unlucky restaurant manager who just can’t say no. After stopping a suicide attempt, he’s made to feel guilty about it and decides to set things right by helping the man find the beguilingly beautiful woman over whom he wanted to end it all. …
France, 2005, 52 min.
An intimate portrait of the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat, as seen through the eyes of his genial brother, Dr Fathi Arafat. The movie looks back on their intertwined lives and finds insights into the history of their common homeland. …
USA, 2004, 4 min.
When a businessman startles passers-by with this question, the answers may surprise you. …
USA, 2005, 92 min.
“A family goes into a talent manager’s office…” There is a joke so filthy, gross and politically incorrect that comedians only tell it backstage, not on-stage, and have since the days of vaudeville. Now one hundred superstar comedians, everyone from Chris Rock to Robin Williams, share that dirty, offensive joke with you. Director Paul Provenza scheduled to attend …
Two elderly ladies go out for an elegant evening and prove they can still really cut loose. …
USA, 2004, 82 min.
Blessed with a subversive wit, Ron English takes his art to the billboards of America, replacing existing advertisements with his own political and pop-cultural parodies. Despite his illegal activities, English has become a highly successful artist whose studio work is eagerly sought and has been exhibited worldwide. Director Pedro Carvajal scheduled to attend May 27 screening …
Estonia, 2004, 88 min.
Fascinating study in 24 vignettes. Attaining fame some 25 years ago, the deeply Orthodox Pärt spent 13 years in exile from his native Estonia. He has survived to see his mystical, highly spiritual music, formerly banned, now praised the world over and plundered by filmmakers from Tom Tykwer to Gus Van Sant. …
Sweden, 2004, 130 min.
After a heart attack, a famous conductor decides to leave his stressful career and the big city. In a small village in northern Sweden, he’s persuaded to coach the church choir. Meanwhile, three local women help him to discover the real passion behind great music. Features an inspired score and splendid ensemble acting. …
USA, 2004, 6 min.
A series of figure studies affecting the look of seriously distorted charcoal drawings combine to reflect on various cycles, both global and personal. Director John Preus scheduled to attend …
USA, 2004, 14 min.
A discarded doll's head catches a bored girl's eye and soon leads to a secret hideaway in the studio of a reclusive artist. …
Argentina, 2004, 145 min.
Frank Capra’s spirit lives on in this romantic comedy from the director of the hit Argentinean film SON OF THE BRIDE. The film wowed audiences at the most recent Montreal Film Festival and follows a ragtag group of lively Argentines who keep the spirit of their social club alive against the backdrop of the country’s economic collapse. AVELLANEDA’S MOON is a film about human solidarity and the …
Ireland, 2004, 12 min.
Born with his head facing the wrong way, Cúilín Dualach is the object of ridicule from all but his loving mother… until the day he discovers his own unique talent. …
France, 2004, 82 min.
In 2010 a wall is built around a Paris suburb that contains a rather nasty criminal element. Kingpin Taha rules all that’s inside, but makes the mistake of kidnapping the sister of imprisoned local hero Leito. With nothing to lose, Leito teams up with an undercover cop to take Taha down. This high-octane actioner plays like a futuristic GRAND THEFT AUTO. …
Spain, 2004, 80 min.
This groundbreaking documentary uncovers the forgotten history surrounding Franco's concentration camps and prisons, created to deal with the Republican resistance fighters from the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Exploring a subject that has long been taboo in Spain, BARS IN THE MEMORY revisits stories of camp survivors forced to rebuild a country devastated by war and isolated from the world. …
Netherlands, 2005, 75 min.
The real people and events that inspired the 1975 Al Pacino film DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Film clips, archival news footage, plus interviews with hostages, police officers, and FBI agents capture the chaotic 14 hour standoff. However, it’s Stokman's recorded phone conversations with threatening, delusional convicted felon John Wojtowicz that make this documentary. …
France, 2005, 107 min.
A cocky, gutsy take on the anguishing contradictions of polar opposite worlds. This remake of James Toback’s 1978 cult classic FINGERS tells the story of Tom, a French urbanite caught between the criminal underworld of his father and his late mother's wish for him to become a concert pianist. …
Norway, 2004, 126 min.
Compelling emigration epic tells of a young man ostracized in Vietnam because of his mixed heritage who decides to find the American G.I. father he never knew. Along the way he must escape a Malaysian refugee camp, make a dangerous ocean crossing, and survive a job in a New York restaurant. Act …
USA, 2004, 99 min.
Folk troubadour Townes Van Zandt is considered one of the world’s greatest songwriters. While he never achieved commercial success, his music has influenced generations of folk, country, and rock artists. This loving portrait of the southern song-poet tells the bittersweet story of his life and pursuit of the perfect tune. Director Margaret Brown scheduled to attend both screenings …
Canada, 2004, 72 min.
In support of opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling, President Bush sarcastically challenged opponents to “go see how beautiful that land really is." Two newlyweds take him up on that, following the spring migration of the caribou to prove the remarkable beauty of the threatened life and landscape. Speaker: Northwest Wilderness Society …
USA, 2004, 18 min.
With the help of her roommate, a young paraplegic woman ventures into the New Orleans' nightlife in an effort to explore her sexuality. …
Slovenia, 2004, 90 min.
A 30-year-old dancer is having a mid-life crisis, and the stalker she thought was a pervert turns out to be a rare bird. What starts out as obsession turns into something real in a film full of whimsical humor, intelligent dialogue and an affectionate handling of characters. …
USA, 2004, 19 min.
Since her husband's death, Helen has been slowly drifting from eccentric to crazy--riding on garbage trucks, bathing in public fountains ... "if lost please return me to my sister and brother-in-law." Director Kim Levin scheduled to attend …
USA, 2005, 20 min.
When an unconventional gynecologist discovers that a patient’s nether region contains an endless arctic wasteland, he packs his parka and snowshoes and hits the talk show circuit. Starring Selma Blair and Elias Koteas. …
Canada, 2004, 9 min.
Two formerly angelic conspirators plot to bring about the end of the world in this pitch black comedy. …
Netherlands, 2004, 79 min.
A precocious 13-year-old (the wonderful Elske Rotteveel) must face up to some unusually sharp growing pangs, including the potential institutionalization of her disabled brother and, more pressingly, an increasing level of hazing at school. This pitch-perfect coming of age saga, suitable for everyone, is commendable for its lack of sap. …
Turkey, 2004, 101 min.
Teenager Recep and his friend Mehmet, saddled with daytime jobs, fantasize about becoming film directors. Is this dream, like Recep’s longing for the haughty Nihal, as unrealistic as making boats out of watermelon rinds? Charming, colorful first feature is an ode to the director’s childhood in the late ’60s. …
Argentina, 2004, 96 min.
Considerably more than just a Patagonian shaggy dog story. Set in the remote landscape of southern Argentina, this life-affirming, comic road movie turns on the relationship between a 52-year-old out-of-work mechanic and his unlikely animal companion as they travel towards a promising new career in the world of dog shows. …
USA, 2004, 15 min.
Tired of always being overlooked, Calvin has a wildly unexpected response to the news of his neighbor’s criminal past. …
Ireland, 2004, 6 min.
While mother is away at bible study, Lindbergh's step-father decides to take the boy out for a night he'll never forget. Don't tell your mother, she wouldn't understand. …
A prizewinning bottle cap travels back and forth between a pack of ruthless schemers as they fight over the jackpot waiting for its final owner. …
Vietnam, 2005, 114 min.
A gorgeous young woman endures the wrath of her strict family and fellow villagers when she becomes pregnant out of wedlock and refuses to name the father. 17 years later, her son strives to learn the truth about his birth and the mystery surrounding the disappearance of his long-missing mother. Director Doan Minh Phuong scheduled to attend June 12 screening …
Finland, 2003, 80 min.
Tender, dogme-style film tells a story of two brothers who lead completely different lives. Joni, the youngest, is terminally ill and living in Estonia, making the most of the time he has left. Sami is successful and wants to bring his younger brother back to Finland for treatment. …
Denmark, 2004, 113 min.
The idyllic life of a happily married couple is torn asunder when husband Michael, working with the U.N., is presumed dead after an attack in Afghanistan. In the aftermath, wife Susanne grows close to his unconventional brother Jannik, leading to unanticipated complications when Michael returns home months later. Directed by Emerging Master Susanne Bier. …
A meat-eating housewife finds relief from her empty marriage to a vegetarian by visiting the supermarket butcher. Featuring music by The Scorpions (really!). …
