Tuesday,
September 27
7:00 pm
Vahlkamp Theater
view trailer
(from New Yorker Films; downloads SLOWLY)
Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Unrated; 124 minutes; 2004
Jula and French with English subtitles
Starring: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré, and Dominique Zeïda
“. . . to skip Moolaadé would be to miss an opportunity to experience the embracing, affirming, world-changing potential of humanist cinema at its finest.”
-A. O. Scott, New York Times
CONVO: film
and discussion
Tuesday,
October 4
7:00 pm
Vahlkamp Theater
view clips
(in German)
view trailer
(in French)
Directed by Fatih Akin
Rated R; 121 minutes; 2004
German, Turkish, and English with English subtitles
Starring: Birol Ünel and Sibel Kekilli
“Impeccably made, uncompromising in its implacable vision of the deranging power of love, sex and controlled substances, this savage and staggering film knows how to take our breath away. It's a French New Wave romance flying dangerously high on speed, a bleak and bittersweet love story willing to go to extreme emotional places you wouldn't think it could reach, a cross-cultural drama by a filmmaker who has inside-out knowledge of both sides of the divide.”
-Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Tuesday,
October 11
7:00 pm
Vahlkamp Theater
view trailer
(at MyMovies.net)
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Rated R; 106 minutes; 2001
Swedish with English subtitles
Starring: Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, and Gustav Hammarsten
“ Together . . . doesn't reduce its characters to flower-wearing, peace-sign-flashing cliches—or try to expose their politics as empty, adolescent rhetoric. Moodysson avoids those pitfalls and offers a gentle, sprightly satire that pokes fun at these trendy communards but emphasizes their humanity and fallibility.”
-Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday,
October 18
7:00 pm
Vahlkamp Theater
view trailer
(at official site)
Directed by Zacharias Kunuk
Rated R; 172 minutes; 2000
Inuktitut with English subtitles
Starring: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, and Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
“ The Fast Runner accomplishes something rare: It creates a world so faithfully and so fully that audiences will feel they've been thoroughly immersed. When films succeed on this level, watching them is not only a pleasure but a privilege. ”
- Ann Hornaday, Washington Post