Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood), the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long-awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of the expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: “Play one wrong note and you die.”
Dominique Benicheti’s Cousin Jules enjoyed acclaim at festivals after its completion in 1973 but never got distribution, even in its home country of France. Nearly lost to the annals of cinema, the film was rescued after the director’s 2011 death.
Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel star in this delightful comedy set in Germany during World War II in which the village madman is pressured by the town’s leaders to take responsibility for a crime he did not commit.
Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood), the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long-awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of the expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: “Play one wrong note and you die.” April 11 & 12 – Last Chance!
Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel star in this delightful comedy set in Germany during World War II in which the village madman is pressured by the town’s leaders to take responsibility for a crime he did not commit.
Shirley Knight began her acting career 50 years ago as an ingenue acting opposite Paul Newman. In Redwood Highway she gives a luminous performance as a woman who journeys 80 miles on foot to the coast of Oregon to see the ocean for the first time in 45 years and attend her granddaughter’s wedding as an unexpected guest.
Package bombs are left on the doorsteps of prominent politicians and businessmen in the summer of 1919. Last Chance! Fri and Sat @ 8:15
April 25- 26 at 7pm – Two Nights Only! Franek and Jozek Kalina, sons of a poor farmer, are brothers from a small village in Poland. Franek immigrated to the United States in the 80’s, and cut all ties with his family. Only when Jozek’s wife arrives in the US, without explanation, does Franek finally return to his homeland. Franek discovers that Jozek has been ostracized from the community. Friday’s showing will be introduced by Jacek Zakowski. one of Poland’s leading journalists.
May 2 -17 A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts the erotic adventures of her life and her journey of self-discovery. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Slater, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgard, Uma Thurman and Willem Dafoe star in Lars von Trier’s two-part epic about gender roles, authoritarianism, religion, obsessive behavior, and lust.
Shirley Knight began her acting career 50 years ago as an ingenue acting opposite Paul Newman. In Redwood Highway she gives a luminous performance as a woman who journeys 80 miles on foot to the coast of Oregon to see the ocean for the first time in 45 years and attend her granddaughter’s wedding as an unexpected guest.
May 21 at 7pm at the Back Door. A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts the erotic adventures of her life and her journey of self-discovery. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Slater, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgard, Uma Thurman and Willem Dafoe star in Lars von Trier’s two-part epic about gender roles, authoritarianism, religion, obsessive behavior, and lust.
May 17-June 1 Sweet Dreams is the story of the first ice cream shop in Rwanda and the remarkable group of female drummers who are creating their own future. The film interweaves intimate, inspiring stories with joyous and powerful music to present a moving portrait of a country in transition. Co-sponsored by the Lotus Word Music and Arts Festival and the Chocolate Moose
A long-married British couple, revisit Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their relationship in this emotionally rich romantic comedy. NY Times Critics’ Pick!
The spirits of 1980s genre maestros like John Carpenter, Walter Hill and William Lustig hover strongly over Jim Mickle’s Cold in July, a smart, compellingly nuanced piece of Texas pulp fiction that was a hit at this year’s Sundance Festival.
An effervescent comedy of political manners directed by septuagenarian filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier. Long-time Ryderistas might remember Tavernier’s ‘Round Midnight and his Academy Award-winning Coup De Torchon.
Jesse Eisenberg stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s novel about a timid, isolated man who’s overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams
In central Nepal, cable cars travel up and down the breathtaking mountain landscape, transporting pilgrims to an ancient temple. “You could hardly ask for a more beautiful vision of souls in transit.” – Time Out, New York
French filmmaker Eric Rohmer’s 1995 romantic comedy has never been released in the States – until now. And it shows the legendary writer/director at his effervescent best.
On the isolated coast of Veracruz, 17 year-old Sebastian takes over running his uncle’s small and cozy rent-by-the hour motel. There he meets Miranda, a regular customer who comes to the motel to meet a lover.
Winner of six 2013 German Film Academy Awards, including Outstanding Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay … Jan Ole Gerster’s wry and vibrant feature debut A Coffee in Berlin, paints a day in the life of Niko, a twenty-something college dropout going nowhere fast. Niko lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day,…
Naïve, innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her aunt Wanda (Agneta Kulesza), a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider.
Bring a blanket. Bring a snack. Bring the dog. An elderly widower tries to achieve his life-long dream of visiting South America by tying thousands of balloons to his home in “Up” on Friday, August 29th.
Tonight at 7pm at Bear’s Place is your last chance to see Roman Polanski’s mischievous meditation on sex, gender and desire is “a sharp, sexy comedy performed by two superb and superbly in-tune actors.” –Slate Check out the remodeled Back Room at Bear’s – tonight’s screening is free.
Free Screening tonight at Bear’s at 7pm. Mitra Farahani’s lyrical documentary explores the enigma of provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called “Persian Picasso,” whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, Mohasses abandoned the country over 30 years ago for a simple, secluded life in Italy.
September 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28
A young wannabe musician finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender), a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head. “Strikingly original. A TERRIFIC and SUBLIME EXPERIENCE. Mandatory watching for the adventurous viewer.” – The Playlist