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Film Festival Showings

The Taste of Things

April 21, 2024 - May 9, 2024

Show Dates

Thu, May. 9 - 12:00P

The Taste of Things - An Opening Night Movie
Rated: PG-13; 135 minutes; in French with subtitles; Directed by: Anh Hung Tran
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger
Starring Juliette Binoche and Winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, The Taste of Things follows cook Eugenie and her boss Dodin who grow fond of one another over 20 years of working together. Their passionate romance gives rise to dishes that impress even the world's most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with  Eugenie's reluctance to commit, he begins to cook for her in hopes that it will change her mind and solidify their relationship.
 

Driving Madeleine

April 24, 2024 - May 9, 2024

Show Dates

Thu, May. 9 - 7:15P

Driving Madeleine -- An Opening Night Movie
not rated; 91 minutes; in French with subtitles; Directed by: Christian Carion
Starring: Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz
Driving Madeleine follows 92-year-old Madeleine who calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will  be living. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine's life. Through the streets of Paris, her extraordinary past is revealed. They don't know it yet, but they will forge a friendship during this drive that will change their lives forever.
 

American Fiction

April 23, 2024 - May 9, 2024

Show Dates

Thu, May. 9 - 2:30P

Rated: R ; 117; minutes in English; Directed by: Cord Jefferson
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz
Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, American Fiction is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture's obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as a frustrated novelist whose fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish "Black" book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

The Crime is Mine

April 22, 2024 - May 9, 2024

Show Dates

Thu, May. 9 - 12:00P

not rated ; 102 minutes; in French, Spanish with subtitles; Directed by: François Ozon
Starring: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marder, Isabelle Huppert
The Crime is Mine follows Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress in 1930s Paris who is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend Pauline, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins for Madeleine, until the truth slowly unravels about what really happened and who is truly guilty.
 

Perfect Days

April 21, 2024 - May 9, 2024

Show Dates

Thu, May. 9 - 2:30P

Rated: PG; 124 minutes; in Japanese, English; Directed by: Wim Wenders
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano
Nominated for Best International eature at the Academy Awards, Perfect Days is a deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us. Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music, books and  photography. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past and how he came to live this simple yet fully immersive life. 

The Zone of Interest

April 20, 2024 - May 9, 2024

Show Dates

Thu, May. 9 - 5:00P

Rated: PG-13; 105 minutes; in German, Polish, Yiddish with subtitles; Directed by: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus
Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Zone of Interest follows the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig who strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden right next to the concentration camp. Zone of Interest examines the horrific atrocities through the lens of the very people complicit, and the juxtaposition of the mundane nature of their existence and the tragedy just beyond the walls. 

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