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February 13 – 18 MUSTANG Academy Award Nominee: Foreign Language Film Dir: Deniz Gamze Ergüven / 2015 / France, Germany, Turkey, Qatar / Turkish w/ English subtitles / 97 min / DCP In the Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee MUSTANG, young sisters rebel in the midst of patriarchal society. On the last day of school […]
February 20 – 25 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: LIVE ACTION Dir: various / 2016 / 85 min / DCP In the 2016 class of live action Oscar nominated shorts: A group of nuns are tested when unexpected visitors crash their vow of silence; a military interpreter in Afghanistan is forced to go beyond the call of […]
February 26 – March 3 Post-film Q&A on Thursday, March 3rd at 6:30pm w/ Leslie Shore PhD SPOTLIGHT ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST PICTURE AND BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Dir: Tom McCarthy / 2015 / US / 128 min / DCP SPOTLIGHT tells the riveting true story of the Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city […]
February 27 – March 3 CHI-RAQ Dir: Spike Lee / 2015 / US / 127 min / DCP Bold, colorful, and incendiary, CHI-RAQ is Spike Lee’s return to form as an unapologetic social commentator. Set in a contemporary Chicago, the story involves a group of women fed up with the incessant killing in their town. […]
March 5 – 10 SON OF SAUL Academy Award Winner: Foreign Language Film Dir: László Nemes / 2015 / Hungary, US, France, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Hungarian, Yiddish, German, Russian, Polish w/ English subtitles / 107 min / DCP Auschwitz, 1944. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish […]
March 5 – 10 THE BIG SHORT ACADEMY AWARD WINNER: BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Dir: Adam McKay / 2015 / US / 130 min / DCP In THE BIG SHORT, the 2007 housing crisis and subsequent financial meltdown are played for laughs. The action revolves around a small group of savvy insiders who spy impending doom […]
March 11 – 17 BROOKLYN Academy Award Nominee: Best Picture, Lead Actress, Screenplay Dir: John Crowley / 2015 / Ireland, UK, Canada / 111 min / DCP BROOKLYN tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis […]
March 12 – 17 ANOMALISA Academy Award Nominee: Animated Feature Film Dir: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman / 2015 / US / 90 min / DCP In this uniquely cerebral and touching film, a man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary. ANOMALISA marks another brilliant and utterly distinctive highlight […]
March 18 – 24 CAROL Academy Award Nominee: Lead Actress, Supporting Actress, Screenplay, Cinematography Dir: Todd Haynes / 2015 / UK, US / 118 min / DCP Based on the Patricia Highsmith novel The Price of Salt, CAROL follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s […]
March 19 – 24 Post-film Q&A on Saturday, March 19 at 6:30pm w/ Leslie Shore, PhD, Miyazaki Scholar / Lecturer ONLY YESTERDAY Dir: Isao Takahata / 1991 / Japan / 118 min / DCP ONLY YESTERDAY is a mature, adult-oriented Anime from Studio Ghibli alum Isao Takahata. Taeko (voiced by Daisy Ridley) is a 27-year-old […]