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USA – 1965 – 97 MIN – BLACK & WHITE - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY EMILE DE ANTONIO
The great demagogue, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, at bay before the establishment. Lawyer Welch: "Have you at long last, sir, no sense of decency?" Silence and the end of a meteoric career.
USA – 2008 – 73 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ARNER GLIMCHER
Produced by Martin Scorsese and Robert Greenhut and directed by Arne Glimcher, PICASSO AND BRAQUE GO TO THE MOVIES is a cinematic tour through the effects of the technological revolution, specifically the invention of aviation, the creation of cinema and their interdependent influence on artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. With narration by Scorsese, and interviews with art scholars and artists including Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel and Eric Fischl, the film looks at the collision between film and art at the turn of the 20th Century and helps us to realize cinema's continuing influence on the art of our time.
USA – 2007 – 97 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY NEIL ORTENBERG & DANIEL O'CONNOR
OBSCENE is the definitive film biography of Barney Rosset, the influential publisher of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review. He acquired the then fledgling Grove Press in 1951 and soon embarked on a tumultuous career of publishing and political engagement that continues to inspire today's defenders of free expression. Not only was he the first American publisher of acclaimed authors Samuel Beckett, Kenzaburo Oe, Tom Stoppard, Che Guevara, and Malcolm X, but he also battled the government in the highest courts to overrule the obscenity ban on groundbreaking works of fiction such as Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer and Naked Lunch. Ultimately he won and altered the course of history, but not without first enduring lawsuits, death-threats, grenade attacks, government surveillance, and the occupation of his premises by enraged feminists.
CANADA – 2005 – 96 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY PABLO ARAVENA
A documentary exploration of graffiti-based visual art as a world culture. The filmmaker profiles the art form in nine countries including USA, Canada, France, Holland, Germany, England, Spain, Japan and Brazil.
USA – 2012 – 88 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ERIC WALTER
For the first time in 35 years, child eyewitness Daniel Lutz recounts his version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family in 1975. His parents story of their 28 days in the allegedly possessed house on Ocean Avenue went on to inspire a best-selling novel and subsequent film series that have both captivated and frustrated the public since their release.
USA – 2010 – 73 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY WENDY KEYS
For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and the enduring I ♥ NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos, and brand identities, to his celebrated prints, drawings, posters and paintings, the documentary offers audiences a much richer appreciation for one of the great modern renaissance men.
CANADA – 2010 – 76 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY TONY COLE
Think of a ukulele and you probably imagine grass skirts, slide guitar and kitchy lyrics, but far from being just a Hawaiian novelty instrument, the uke has a rich history and has profoundly affected music around the world.
USA – 2004 – 141 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY JOE BERLINGER & BRUCE SINOFSKY
A documentary crew follow the heavy metal band, Metallica, for the better part of 2001-2003, a time of tension and release for the rock band, as they recorded their album St. Anger, fought bitterly, and sought the counsel of their on-call shrink. A documentary that follows in the footsteps of classics like GIMME SHELTER and DON'T LOOK BACK.
CANADA – 2009 – 86 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ADAM C. REID
A renowned Jungian analyst, author and teacher, best known for her groundbreaking work on feminine psychology and addiction. Books include ADDICTION TO PERFECTION, THE OWL WAS A BAKER'S DAUGHTER, BONE: DYING INTO LIFE, THE PREGNANT VIRGIN, and DANCING IN THE FLAMES.
UNITED KINGDOM / INDIA – 2011 – 118 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ORIYA & ENGLISH
A FILM BY GEMMA ATWAL
Gemma Atwal's dynamic epic follows four-year-old Budhia, rescued from poverty by Biranchi Das, a larger- than-life judo coach and operator of an orphanage for slum children in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. When Budhia displays an uncommon talent for long- distance running, Biranchi nurtures his gift, heralding him as a folk hero for the impoverished masses, and maybe even for India itself. But after golden child Budhia breaks down during a world-record 65 kilometer run at the age of four, public opinion begins to turn on the guru and his disciple, and soon the two are swept up in a maelstrom of media controversy and political scandal.
UNITED KINGDOM – 2012 – 125 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY JULIEN TEMPLE
LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON is legendary director Julien Temple’s (Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten) epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown. From musicians, writers and artists to dangerous thinkers, political radicals and, above all, ordinary people, this is the story of London’s immigrants, its bohemians and how together they changed the city forever.
USA – 2006 – 95 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY MARY JORDON
USA – 1968 – 103 MIN – BLACK & WHITE - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY EMILE DE ANTONIO
From French colonialism and rickshaws to the Vietnamese victory at Dien Bien Phu. And then, the origins and nature of the U.S. commitment from the end of WWII through the offensive of 1968. History, death, battle, ideas as only film can do it, a conspicuous example.
UNITED KINGDOM / USA – 2013 – 75 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY TOMAS LEACH
UNITED KINGDOM / USA – 1989 – 86 MIN – COLOUR / BLACK & WHITE - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY EMILE DE ANTONIO
Pursued by the FBI since childhood, de Antonio reflects on his life as a radical filmmaker documenting art and politics during the cold war years.
UNITED KINGDOM / SPAIN / GERMANY / USA – 2010 – 78 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY CARLOS CARCAS AND NORBERTO LÓPEZ AMADO
HOW MUCH DOES YOUR BUILDING WEIGH MR. FOSTER? traces the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design.
ICELAND / DENMARK – 2012 – 62 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ICELANDIC & DANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY INGIBJÖRG BIRGISDÓTTIR, ORRI JONSSON & KRISTÍN BJÖRK KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR
At the tender age of 70 she started recording and releasing her own music straight from her living room. 7 years later she had 59 albums to her name with more than 600 song; an eccentric myriad of catch compositions mixing in her pets' purrs and coos, found toys, kitchen percussion and casio keyboards.
USA – 2010 – 85 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY SCOTT CROCKER
Set in a murky swamp overrun with birders, scientists, and reporters, GHOST BIRD explores the limits of certainty, the seductive power of hope, and how one phantom woodpecker changed a sleepy Southern town forever.
USA – 2011 – 60 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY BILLY MARTIN
FEATURING MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD
Taking a look into the minds and lives of the band, drummer/percussionist Billy Martin directed the first feature film in the band's history.
AUSTRIA / BELGIUM / FRANCE / GERMANY – 2004 – 107 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH, RUSSIAN & SWAHILI
A FILM BY HUBERT SAUPER
A devastating and extremely topical award-winning documentary. DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE is a shocking look at how globalization has caused a country to condemn the majority of its starving population to slavery, prostitution and drug addiction while every day over-fed Europeans dine off of its vast stocks of Nile Perch. Compulsory viewing for anyone enjoying the privileges of the Western lifestyle.
