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Moolaade - April 11 - 7 pm
Directed by Ousmane Sembene. Starring Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Helene Diarra. 2004. In Jula and French with English subtitles. 124 minutes.
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Kadosh - April 18 - 7 pm
Directed by Amos Gitai. Starring Yael Abecassis, Meital Marda. 1999. In Hebrew with English subtitles. 117 minutes.
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Osama-April 25 - 7 pm
Directed by Siddiq Barmak. Starring Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaita Sahar. 2003. In Pashtu with English subtitles. 82 minutes.
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Black Robe-May 2 - 7 pm
Directed by Bruce Beresford. Starring Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg. 1991. In English. 101 minutes.
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The Apostle-May 9 - 7 pm
Directed by Robert Duvall. Starring Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton. 1997. In English. 134 minutes.
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The Secret Life of Words-May 16 - 7 pm
Directed by Isabel Coixet. Starring Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie. 2005. In English. 115 minutes.
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Turtles Can Fly-May 23 - 7 pm
Directed by Bahman Ghobadi. Starring Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif. 2004. In Kurdish with English subtitles. 95 minutes.
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In America-May 30 - 7 pm
Directed by Jim Sheridan. Starring Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton. 2002. In English. 103 minutes.
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Hotel Rwanda-June 6 - 7 pm
Directed by Terry George. Starring Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo. 2005. In English. 122 minutes.
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Suggestions for Film Programming
Please let us know your suggestions for future film series at The Parrish.
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| 2007 Film Series Discussion Forum |
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Spring Series: Five Cultures Introduction
I used two criteria to select the films for this series: excellence and diversity. Each film is thematically-universal but culturally specific. Each is excellent by its own unique set of standards, and the standards--the cinematic valules-- are somewhat different for each. I hope you enjoy the series and contribute to this discussion forum. John Turnbull, Moderator
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Brothers - April 13
Denmark, 2005, Danish with English subtitles, R, 113 min
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Delwende - April 20
Burkina Faso, 2005, in French with English subtitles, NR, 90 min
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Factotum - April 27
USA/Norway, 2005, in English, R, 94 min
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Free Zone - May 4
Israel/France, 2005, in English, NR, 90 min
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Nobody Knows - May 11
Japan, 2004, in Japanese with English subtitles, PG-13, 141 min
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Sun May 13, 2007 11:38 am wingfieldcr  |
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Summer Series: Classics From Janus Films
In the 1950s and 1960s, when movies by Bergman, Truffaut, Fellini and Kurosawa first premiered on American screens, they were presented by a company whose memorable logo—a coin bearing the face of the Roman god Janus—quickly became synonymous with the best in foreign cinema. Today, those films still rank among the greatest ever made. We’re celebrating fifty years of Janus films with a wide selection of titles from their extraordinary collection.
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Wild Strawberries - August 3
Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957, NR 91 minutes
Cast: Victor Sjöstrom, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand
The film that catapulted Ingmar Berman to the forefront of world cinema, Wild Strawberries is an extraordinary portrait of an old professor (played, indelibly, by the great director Victor Sjöstrom) looking back at his life. Though the film has served as an inspiration for countless movies, it remains as fresh and modern as the day it came out. "The driving force in Wild Strawberries is...a desperate attempt to justify myself to mythologically oversized parents," says Bergman. "It wasn't until many years later that my mother and father were transformed into human beings of normal proportions."
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Beauty and the Beast -- August 17
(France, 1946, in French with subtitles) NR 96 minutes
Directed by Jean Cocteau
Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day
Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) is a landmark feat of cinematic fantasy in which master filmmaker Jean Cocteau conjures spectacular visions of enchantment, desire and death that have never been equaled. This adaptation of Leprince de Beaumont's immortal tale features Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais (under layers of glorious make-up) as the wild but gentle-hearted beast.
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:22 pm crazyanderison  |
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Rashomon -- August 24
(Japan, 1950, in Japanese with subtitles) NR 88 minutes
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Michiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura
Perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice, Rashomon introduced director Akira Kurosawa and Japanese cinema to the world. Set in 11th-century Japan, the film reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife. Kurosawa’s visionary approach would have enormous influence as he bequeathed to world cinema the striking narrative device of multiple, conflicting flashbacks of a key event.
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Viridiana -- August 31
(Mexico/Spain, 1961, in Spanish with subtitles) NR 90 minutes
Directed by Luis Bunuel.
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal
After 30 years in Mexican exile, Luis Buñuel triumphantly (and perversely) returned to Spanish filmmaking with this irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet. In Viridiana, a novice nun (Sylvia Pinal) does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, Viridiana is as audacious today as ever.
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La Strada -- September 7
(Italy, 1954, in Italian with subtitles) NR 108 minutes
Directed by Federico Fellini
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart
La Strada tells the story of Gelsomina, a young girl sold by her impoverished mother to carnival strong man Zampanò. Physically and emotionally cruel, Zampanò trains Gelsomina as his sidekick. Despite his fits of rage and violence, she retains a child-like optimism. In a small town they encounter The Fool, a a high-wire artist who teaches Gelsomina that there might be more to life than her servitude to Zampanò. According to film critic Roger Ebert, “La Strada is the first film that can be called entirely ‘Felliniesque.’”
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