This is the new film by Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro). At the age of 26, Karl Marx embarks with his wife Jenny on the road to exile. In 1844 Paris they meet young Friedrich Engels, a rebellious rich kid writing about the poor conditions of the working class.
Loving Vincent is a mystery based on the life and shadowy death of Vincent Van Gogh. This is a true labor of love. Every frame was hand-painted over in oil paint in the style of Van Gogh.
Western follows a group of German construction workers installing a hydroelectric plant in remote rural Bulgaria. The foreign land awakens the men’s sense of adventure, but tensions mount when, Meinhard, the strong, silent and newcomer to the group, starts mixing with the local villagers. The two sides speak different languages and share a troubled history. Can they learn to trust each other…
“In 1946, my great-grandfather murdered a black man named Bill Spann and got away with it.” So begins Travis Wilkerson’s critically acclaimed documentary, which takes us on a journey through the American South to uncover the truth behind a long-ago crime and the societal mores that allowed it to happen.
A young woman falls in love with her psychoanalyst and moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover has a secret identity. Double Lover is Double Lover is a deliriously uninhibited thriller directed by French filmmaker Francois Ozon.
Tall traces the experiments of the early skyscraper architects, especially Louis Sullivan, the Chicago architect (and mentor of Frank Lloyd Wright) who pioneered a new skyscraper form. “Tall is a profoundly beautiful film. You leave the theater with an awakened intellect and wide-open eyes.” – The New York Times
Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart and John Malkovich star in Time Regained, Chilean filmmaker Raoul Ruiz’s adaptation Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time.
A mischievous eight-year-old Jewish boy must hide his identity in French filmmaker Claude Berri’s autobiographical coming-of-age film.
In the 1930s, actress Hedy Lamarr was considered the world’s most beautiful woman. Never taken seriously, she was dismissed as “just another pretty face.” But during WWII she worked on top secret US military projects.
On Sat, June 9th we are hosting three films at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater celebrating the lives of women whose accomplishments may not have been fully appreciated during their lifetimes.
A single woman, seemingly stuck in a drab, meaningless life in Tokyo, is convinced by her niece to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named “Lucy.”
When young Antoine goes to a summer writing workshop, well-respected novelist Olivia is assigned to help him with his project. Antoine’s provocative, aggressive behavior intrigues Olivia, who finds herself drawn to him.
A filmmaker prone to hallucinations receives a visit from his wife who had disappeared 20 years before and was presumed dead.
France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the 8-year-old Jeannette, looks after her sheep in the village of Domremy. One day, she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the suffering caused by the English and is ready to take up arms for the salvation of souls and the liberation of the Kingdom of France.
Lucretia Martel’s portrait of a colonial magistrate in 18th-century South America who longs to be elsewhere. A CINEMATIC MARVEL! –The New York Times
Nathalie Baye stars in this story of resilience unfolding in France against the backdrop of World War I. The women of the Paridier farm must grapple with the workload while the men, including two sons, are off at the front.
Based on her own adolescent experiences, Sadaf Foroughi’s Ava is a gripping debut about a young girl’s coming-of-age in a strict, traditional society.
This off-kilter comedy was enormously popular in the late-60s and is still one of the era’s most fondly remembered cult classics. A satirical look at the absurdities of war, fifty years after its original release it has been re-issued in a gorgeous new 4K restoration.
Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale). “IRRESISTIBLE! I keep finding myself wanting to compare it to 1964’s “Dr. Strangelove,” which, as any movie buff will tell you, is exceptionally high praise. In this case, it’s also warranted.” -The New Orleans Times-Picayune
Heart of a Dog is multimedia performance artist Laurie Anderson’s brave and stirring tribute to her dog, Lolabelle. It’s a deeply personal, transfixing film. One of the most moving and provocative films you’ll see this year. -New York Magazine
Juliette Binoche stars in the new film by French filmmaker Claire Denis about a Parisian painter and the men who drift into and out of her life. “Claire Denis and her writing partner, the novelist and playwright Christine Angot, have woven A SUBLIME COMEDY of sexual indecision.” –The Wrap
A German baker and an Israeli widow share loss and pastries in The Cakemaker. “Critics Pick! Sad and sweet, and with a rare lyricism, The Cakemaker believes in a love that neither nationality, sexual orientation nor religious belief can deter.” -The NY Times
Ethan Hawke stars in Paul Schrader’s extraordinary examination of faith. Reverend Ernst Toller is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction
An impressionable, shaggy-haired young cinephile moves to Paris and immerses himself in a bohemian world of artists and intellectuals — a bittersweet ode to the heady days of student life that evokes the films of the French New Wave.
Friday, Sept 14 at dusk at Twin Lakes Sports Park Our summer series of free outdoor movie screenings continues with The Natural. Robert Redford stars as the iconic baseball player, Roy Hobbs, in Barry Levinson’s 1984 adaptation of the novel by Bernard Malamud. The supporting cast includes Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Wilford Brimley, Kim Basinger […]