GERMANY – 2005 – 97 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY MARKUS HEIDINGSFELDER & MIN TESCH
Rarely has an architect caused as much sensation outside of the architecture community as Rem Koolhaas. His outstanding creations such as the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, the Seattle Library, the Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto, and the Guggenheim Heritage Museum in Las Vegas are working examples of the Dutchman's visionary theories about architecture and urban society.
JAPAN – 2004 – 100 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY YOICHI SAI
"If you see only one Japanese seeing-eye-dog movie this year, let it be QUILL. The opening scenes present a bounty of puppies so unbearably cute, they'll elicit a chorus of coos from even the stoniest audience. The movie's hero is a Labrador named Quill who undergoes the most demanding training regimen seen on screen since the 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Smart, diligent and charming, he wins the affection of his stern trainer, Tawada (Kippei Shiina), and his grumpy blind handler (Kaoru Kobayashi). Audiences are just as unlikely to resist him in Yoichi Sai's simply rendered and indisputably sweet film." —Jason Anderson, EYE Magazine
USA – 2005 – 104 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY MARCOS SIEGA
A sophomore in an exclusive private school in Beverly Hills, Kimberly is preoccupied with the passions raised by her world: chasing fame, boys, and success without regard for the consequences.
USA – 1991 – 85 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY TODD HAYNES
The second feature directed by Haynes — the Oscar-nominated filmmaker of Far from Heaven, I’m Not There and the upcoming HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce — this groundbreaking American Indie was the most fervently debated film of the 1990s and a trailblazing landmark of queer cinema. A work of immense visual invention, Haynes’ spectacular follow-up to his legendary SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY is audacious, disturbing and thrillingly cinematic.
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.
JAPAN – 2004 – 141 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY HIROKAZU KOREEDA
Four siblings live happily with their mother in a small apartment in Toyko. The children all have different fathers. They have never been to school. The very existence of three of them has been hidden from the landlord. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a note, asking her 12-year old boy to look after the others. And so begins the children's odyssey, a journey nobody knows.
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 – 79 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY TODD ROHAL
Determined to honor his father’s scouting legacy and mount one last comeback for his dwindling troop, Assistant Scoutmaster Randy Stevens (Patton Oswalt) pays a visit to his business-minded brother Kirk (Johnny Knoxville), who is throwing a television-themed slumber party for his newly adopted 10-year-old son at his McMansion. Randy pressures the boys to secretly ditch the party and join him on a weekend scout trip. Pursued by Kirk and his security guard (Rob Riggle), the adventure lands the boys in trouble at every turn, pits them against angry parents and park rangers, yet ultimately turns the group of sheltered kids into a troop to be reckoned with.
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 – 2011 – 94 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ELGIN JAMES
15 year-old Lily (Juno Temple) and her best friend Alison (Kay Panabaker) live on the shores of the Salton Sea among rundown trailers parks, rotting household items, drained pools and decaying streets. What was once an oasis for the wealthy and famous has become a near ghost town, leaving its residents fighting for breath in the deep end. Lily feels eternally claustrophobic and rebellious, living with her manic, single mother (Leslie Mann), clinging to hope for something more exciting than visits with her young and already washed up Aunt (Kate Bosworth).
USA – 2011 – 115 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY CHRISTOPHER MUNCH
After swearing off relationships, a fiercely individualistic artist named Sarah (Lily Rabe, daughter of the late Jill Clayburgh) takes to the woods with the dual goals of surveying a stream and finding herself. As she ventures deeper into the wilds of southwestern Oregon, a series of strange incidents lead her to suspect that she isn’t alone, after all.
SWEDEN / NORWAY – 2013 – 126 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY JAN TROELL
A remarkable drama set against Sweden's tumultuous political world during the Second World War, Jan Troell’s THE LAST SENTENCE is based on the life of Torgny Segerstedt, a leading Swedish journalist of the 20th century. The film chronicles Segerstedt’s extraordinary one-man battle against both Nazism and his own country’s policy of appeasement to Hitler.
