Show Dates and Film Titles

 

March 19 The Edukators

(Germany 2005) 129 minutes

Three young anti-globalization activists inadvertently kidnap a wealthy businessman in this award-winning German thriller. "This year's most articulate statement on film about the current disillusion with politics among young people everywhere in the Western world." (Andrew Sarris, New York Observer)

 

April 2 Kings and Queen

(France 2005) 150 minutes

Expertly mixes comedy, tragedy and melodrama to tell the emotionally gripping story of the intersecting lives of two former lovers. "A welter of narrative complication and piercing drama shot through with a rich vein of absurdist humor." (Manohla Dargis, New York Times)

 

April 9 Junebug

(USA 2005) 107 minutes

A successful urban art dealer travels to rural North Carolina with her new husband, where she meets his family, suspicious of the couple and their cosmopolitan ways, except for their naive (and very pregnant) sister-in-law Ashley (Oscar-nominated Amy Adams). "You may find yourself caught entrancingly off guard by the conflicting shades of love, suspicion, tradition, and mystery that infuse this tale of lost innocence, deep roots, and what it means to come from the world of the South." (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly)

April 16 Crimson Gold

(Iran 2004) 97 minutes

This psychological drama tells the story of an ordinary pizza deliveryman and his journey navigating the dark injustices of Teheran. "An incisive portrait of one man's quiet rage at, and heartbreakingly violent response to, social inequality." (Nicholas Schager, Nick Schager Film Project)

 

April 23 Untold Scandal

(Korea 2003) 124 minutes

The erotic intrigue, deception, and sexual cruelty of Les Liaisons Dangereuses made manifest in the rigid formalities of Korea 's 18th Century Chosun Dynasty. "A gorgeous setting and ferociously charming cast add unexpected depths to this scalding saga of manipulation." (Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall)

 

April 30 In the Realms of the Unreal: The Mysterious Art and Life of Henry Darger

(USA 2004) 82 minutes

Explores the fascinating mind of a reclusive, obsessive man who spent much of his life working on a 15,000-page illustrated book about the ultimate battle of good versus evil. "An astonishingly complex, striking original portrait of an artist whose deeply personal art, intended for no one but God and himself, demands to be treated on its own terms." (Ken Fox, TV Guide)

 

 

May 7 Autumn Spring

(Czechoslovakia 2003) 97 minutes

A terminal prankster is faced with his own looming death and an ungrateful son who wants to whisk his parents off to the old folks' home -- his wit won't quit as he vies to live until he dies. "Without resorting to schmaltz or sticky pathos, director Vladimir Michalek fashions an allegory about aging, friendship and love that equals the best American movies on those tricky subjects, from Cocoon to On Golden Pond ." (Bill Gallo, Dallas Observer)

 

 

May 14 Lost Embrace

(Argentina 2005) 100 minutes

This intimate, affectionate coming-of-age story centers on Ariel, a recent college dropout with hopes of escaping a career behind the counter of his mother's lingerie store in a Buenos Aires shopping mall. "A precociously wise meditation on the crazy quilt of modern identity in general, and Jewish identity in particular." (Ella Taylor , L.A. Weekly)

 

 

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