South Korea’s submission to the Oscars in Best International Feature category. Dazzlingly shot and edited, Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave is a police procedural of uncommonly nuanced psychological depth and sensitivity. Taking its cue from Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo in its examination of neurotic romantic obsession, Park’s brilliantly cast film features Tang Wei (the costar of […]
Also showing Oct 24 Winner of the 2022 Golden Bear, the highest award at the Berlin International Film Festival, Carla Simón’s Alcarràs is a rich, poignant tale about the impact of industrial development on agriculture (a Catalan peach farm in Spain) and a close-knit family’s fragility and love for a cherished place. Filled with remarkable […]
Also at 8:30pm. Capacity is limited so be sure to book early. Come on a journey! Gather at the Atrium and follow the dancers on a mysterious journey down inside the building to a surprise location for a short film screening. Part film screening and part immersive art installation, Kintsugi Angel is a boundary breaking […]
Also at 7:30pm. Capacity is limited so be sure to book early. Come on a journey! Gather at the Atrium and follow the dancers on a mysterious journey down inside the building to a surprise location for a short film screening. Part film screening and part immersive art installation, Kintsugi Angel is a boundary breaking […]
This program was curated by Angelo Madsen Minax. Read John Killacky’s piece in VTDigger about Angelo Madsen Minax and our program HERE MEDICINE AND MAGIC, by TJ Cuthand | 2021 | Canada | 5 mins Stories of Nêhiyaw medicine and Scottish Folk Magic, and the way colonization affected their practice. THE CAPACITY FOR ADEQUATE ANGER, […]
A 95 minute program of 7 films from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival shorts program. Goodbye Jerome! (Au revoir Jérôme!) Directors: Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, Chloé Farr | France Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful […]
Bristles: When the most beautiful brush in the jar suddenly dries out, he does everything he can to save his beautiful bristles to be able to paint again. Kenya’s Symphony: Kenya, a bold five-year old girl, is reluctantly dragged to a symphony by her mother. Through the power of the orchestra, the young girl’s passion […]
Also showing October 26 In this bleakly funny debut feature, Egyptian filmmaker Omar El Zohairy eviscerates the three-pronged stupidity of capitalism, patriarchy, and bureaucracy. An embattled wife and mother (Demyana Nassar) must fend for herself and her children when her husband (Samy Bassouny) disappears under bizarre and surreal circumstances. Poverty plagues her every turn, and […]
Also playing virtually all day Oct 24-28 For nearly 90 minutes straight, the camera never stops rolling. It bounces from conversation to conversation, traverses sidewalks and subways, hops aboard motorcycles and bicycles, settles at esplanades and park benches. In one continuous shot, Roaring ’20s ping-pongs through the streets of Paris just as the city heaves […]
Also showing Oct 28 A timely, lucid, and galvanizing film, this reportage from across the Texas landscape finds its hero in an unusually relatable politician, while keeping everything framed within the larger history of this reproductive rights struggle. In 2013, women shared real stories to help Texas State Senator Wendy Davis filibuster in defense of […]
Also showing in-theater Oct 28, and virtually all day Oct 29-31. Are crows ever white? Of course not. Crows Are White borrows its title from a story about a Buddhist monk who was taught never to question his teachers, even when they said things that were objectively wrong. Ahmed Nahseen, a fresh new voice in […]
Deprived of a proper release in 1984, Michael Roemer’s domestic drama of women in trouble is only now getting the audience it deserves. Following his belatedly lauded Nothing But a Man (1964) and The Plot Against Harry (1971), Vengeance Is Mine further cements Roemer’s reputation as a consistently incisive and sharp-elbowed observer of the American […]
Also showing virtually all day Oct 24-30 As a response to the growing BDS movement, 33 states across the US recently passed legislation barring citizens from engaging in any form of boycott relating to the foreign country of Israel. In light of these laws, three brave individuals, with much risk to their livelihoods, are fighting […]
Also showing in-theater, with Q&A Oct 23 Please note the virtual ticket for this film is only viewable in New England. As a response to the growing BDS movement, 33 states across the US recently passed legislation barring citizens from engaging in any form of boycott relating to the foreign country of Israel. In light […]
Also playing in-theater Oct 23, followed by Zoom Q&A with the producer Please note the virtual ticket for this film is only viewable in the U.S. & Canada. For nearly 90 minutes straight, the camera never stops rolling. It bounces from conversation to conversation, traverses sidewalks and subways, hops aboard motorcycles and bicycles, settles at […]
Also showing Friday, Oct 28, and virtually all day Oct 29-31 Best Environmental Feature at BendFilm and a Special Jury Prize at Cinema on the Bayou. Rodney Stotts is one of just a few certified African-American falconers in the US. In this surprising and incisive portrait of a remarkable man, we see Rodney overcome his […]
Also showing Oct 27 Based on a novel by the Czech investigative journalist Petra Procházková, My Sunny Maad sensitively portrays the complex environment of Kabul in the second decade of the 21st century. Herra (voiced by Zuzana Stivínová), a young Czech woman, falls in love with Afghani Nazir (Hynek Cermák) while studying in Prague. Moving […]
Also showing Oct 22 Winner of the 2022 Golden Bear, the highest award at the Berlin International Film Festival, Carla Simón’s Alcarràs is a rich, poignant tale about the impact of industrial development on agriculture (a Catalan peach farm in Spain) and a close-knit family’s fragility and love for a cherished place. Filled with remarkable […]
The narrator of A Night of Knowing Nothing casts a nocturnal spell. She reads aloud from love letters supposedly found in a cupboard at the Film & Television Institute of India. Beneath her words, university students dance the night away. In an uncanny blend of fact and fiction, Payal Kapadia’s debut feature, and the winner […]
Also showing Oct 29 in-theater, and virtually all day Oct 30-Nov 1 Lebanon’s submission to the 2023 Academy Awards. Soraya (Nadine Labaki) and Walid (Saleh Bakri) put their political activism in the rear-view mirror a long time ago. They escaped the insalubrious air of Beirut for a green mountainside where they can farm and raise […]