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All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace

The BBC essay filmmaker behind 2007’s The Power of Nightmares is back with a new three-part work on mankind’s dependency on computer technology. Compulsive viewing.

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Almanac of Fall

Four apartment-dwellers scheme against a rich elderly woman and each other, in a key work that bridges Tarr’s early social realism and later stylistic brio.

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Almayer’s Folly

Chantal Akerman updates the first novel by Joseph Conrad from the late 1890s to the 1950s, and uses it as a springboard for an examination of the bankruptcy of colonialism through the struggle between a European father and Malaysian mother for possession of their daughter.

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Alps

In the latest warped and absurdly funny exploration of unnatural doings from the director of Dogtooth, a secret society consisting of four members offers a unique service: the recently bereaved can hire them for a few hours a week to act as surrogates for deceased loved ones, in order to help them adjust to their loss.

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Altered States

Fearless scientist William Hurt plumbs the unborn soul of mankind through psychedelic freak-outs in a sensory-deprivation tank. In memory of Ken Russell, who died in November.

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American Gangster

An honest cop (Russell Crowe) works to take down the thriving heroin empire of gangster Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) in Scott’s sprawling, African-American companion piece to The Godfather.

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Americano

In person: Mathieu Demy and Chiara Mastroianni!

When thirty-something Martin (played by actor-writer-director Mathieu Demy) travels from Paris to Los Angeles to settle his estranged mother’s estate, the journey dredges up long-submerged emotions...and unexpected revelations about a woman he hardly knew. 

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Among Wolves

Based on a true story, a boy is sold by his impoverished family to work with a goat herder in the mountains of Cordoba. When the goat herder dies, 7-year-old Marcos is left to raise himself.

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An American in Paris

Minnelli’s beloved musical comedy boasts a George Gershwin score that includes such iconic songs as "I Got Rhythm," and "'S Wonderful," and dances choreographed by Gene Kelly. All ages.

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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

Director in person for Q&A at both screenings!

Frank, funny, and bracingly contemporary, visual artist Terence Nance gleefully bends the cinematic rules for his personal meditation on love in the new millennium with his film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty. Passages of live action sequences and direct-to-camera interviews are accented with a wide variety of animation styles as Nance analyzes his amorous history as well as his current circumstances.

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Angels of the Universe

In person: Friðrik Thór Friðriksson!

Friðriksson’s finest film strikes a delicate balance between the pain, suffering and even horror of mental illness in its portrait of a diagnosed schizophrenic adjusting to life in a psychiatric hospital.

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Annalisa

Director Pippo Mezzapesa in person!

The languid summer days of three directionless teenagers in the Apulia region of Italy are brilliantly rendered on Pippa Mezzapesa’s powerful feature debut.

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Army of Shadows

Jean-Pierre Melville’s magnificent drama of the French Resistance was denied a U.S.  release until 2006, when it was belatedly hailed as a masterpiece. Co-starring Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret.

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Artists and Models

Dean Martin is a struggling artist who takes advantage of his sleep-talking roommate Jerry Lewis’ vivid dreams to launch a successful comic book series in this wild farce from former Looney Tunes director Tashlin. Ages 7+.

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Bacalar

12-year-olds Santiago and Mariana discover a dangerous group of animal traffickers operating in their area and set out to save the wolves in this children’s film festival favorite.

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Beautiful City

A paroled thief and the sister of a death-row inmate navigate a complex gauntlet of legal and emotional red tape as they try to garner clemency for the condemned man in this powerful, brilliantly acted morality play. NOT ON DVD.

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Better Mus’ Come

Passion, politics and poverty collide as this stunning love story unfolds against a backdrop of political turmoil. Set in 1970's Jamaica, Better Mus' Come is based on a violent moment in history when rival gangs were enlisted by warring political factions to disrupt the democratic process, and bloodshed was unleashed in the streets of Jamaica.

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Between Mountain and Shore

The first Icelandic sound feature is this charming tale of star-crossed lovers shot against the stunning backgrounds of central Iceland. Starring Gunnar Eyjólfsson, later one of the country’s most popular actors.

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Bidder 70

Filmmakers Beth and George Gage in person at all three screenings!

The story of Tim DeChristopher, who derailed the Bush Administration’s federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oil and Gas lease auction, effectively safeguarding thousands of acres of Utah land and putting himself at risk for a prison sentence.

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Billy Liar

Tom Courtney and Julie Christie shot to international stardom as a feckless aspiring writer and one of his myriad lady loves in Schlesinger's dazzling comic fantasy.

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