April 18, 2017 - Toni Erdmann (2016)

Tuesday 7 p.m., April 18, 2017
Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 239

Director: Maren Ade
Origin: Germany | Austria | Switzerland | Romania
Language: German | English | Romanian
Running time: 162 minutes


Winfried doesn't see much of his working daughter Ines. He pays her a surprise visit in Bucharest, where she's busy as a corporate strategist. The geographical change doesn't help them to see more eye to eye. Practical joker Winfried annoys his daughter with corny pranks and jabs at her routine lifestyle of meetings and paperwork. Father and daughter reach an impasse, and Winfried agrees to go home to Germany. Enter Toni Erdmann: Winfried's flashy alter ego. Disguised in a tacky suit, weird wig and fake teeth, Toni barges into Ines' work circle, claiming to be her CEO's life coach. As Toni, Winfried doesn't hold back, and Ines meets the challenge. The harder they push, the closer they become. In all the madness, Ines begins to see that her eccentric father deserves a place in her life. Written by Official site

Watch the trailer on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0uwi5EPnpA

April 11, 2017 - The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

Tuesday 7 p.m., April 11, 2017
Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 239

Director: Juan José Campanella
Origin: Argentina | Spain
Language: Spanish
Running time: 129 min

In 1999, retired Argentinian federal justice agent Benjamín Espósito is writing a novel, using an old closed case as the source material. That case is the brutal rape and murder of Liliana Coloto. In addition to seeing the extreme grief of the victim's husband Ricardo Morales, Benjamín, his assistant Pablo Sandoval, and newly hired department chief Irene Menéndez-Hastings were personally affected by the case as Benjamín and Pablo tracked the killer, hence the reason why the unsatisfactory ending to the case has always bothered him. Despite the department already having two other suspects, Benjamín and Pablo ultimately were certain that a man named Isidoro Gómez is the real killer. Although he is aware that historical accuracy is not paramount for the novel, the process of revisiting the case is more an issue of closure for him. He tries to speak to the key players in the case, most specifically Irene, who still works in the justice department and who he has always been attracted to ...Written by Huggo

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April 4, 2017 - "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" (2006)

Tuesday 7 p.m., April 4, 2017
Forney Hall, Room B124

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Origin: Japan
Language: Japanese
Running time: 98 minutes


When a typical young high school girl discovers that she has the unique ability to traverse space and time, her efforts to use the power as a means of preserving the relationships she shares with her closest friends reveals the perpetually shifting nature of personal relationships in Digimon: The Movie director Mamoru Hosoda's warmhearted fantasy.

Watch the trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ULXRMvU7k

March 21, 2017 - A Single Man (2009)

Tuesday 7 p.m., March 21, 2017
Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 239


Director: Tom Ford
Origin: USA
Language: English | Spanish
Running time: 99 minutes


In Los Angeles 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim. George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley, a 48-year-old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future.

Watch the trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7sZh_wJyZo

• Rating: R (for some disturbing images and nudity/sexual content)

March 7, 2017 - "The Sacrifice" (1986)

Tuesday 7 p.m., March 7, 2017
Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 239


Director:  Andrei Tarkovsky
Origin: Sweden | UK | France
Language: Swedish | French | English
Running time: 149 minutes

The Sacrifice, director Andrei Tarkovsky's final film, begins in Bergmanesque fashion on a small, remote island, where friends and family gather for drama critic Alexander's (Erland Josephson) birthday celebration. The revelry is interrupted by a radio announcement: World War III has begun, and Mankind is only hours away from utter annihilation. Each of the guests reacts differently to the news: the most dramatic response is Alexander's, who promises God that he'll give up everything he holds dear--including his beloved 6-year-old son -- if war is averted. Allan Edwall, a local mailman with purported mystical powers, offers to intervene with the Creator on Josephson's behalf.

February 28, 2017 - About Elly (2009)

Tuesday 7 p.m., February 28, 2017
Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 239

Director: Asghar Farhadi

Origin:  Iran | France
Language: Persian | German
Running time: 119 minutes

A group of middle-class friends travel from Tehran to spend the weekend at the seaside. Sepideh invites Elly, who is her daughter's teacher, to travel with the three families in order to introduce her to their recently divorced friend Ahmad, now living in Germany. The next morning, the two women go shopping in the town and Elly says that she has to return to Tehran because her mother has been recently submitted to hospital for heart surgery, but Sepideh asks her to stay and hides her luggage. The children are playing in the sea and one mother asks Elly to watch them. Out of the blue, Sepideh's daughter calls to some men playing volleyball to rescue one of the children from the water. After rescuing the little boy they seek out Elly, questioning whether she has drowned or returned to Tehran. What has happened to Elly? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Watch the trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdqMICWhxuA

 

February 21, 2017 - Youth (2015)

Tuesday 7 p.m., February 21, 2017

Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry 104

Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Origin: Italy | France | UK | Switzerland
Language: English | Spanish | Swiss German
Running time: 124 minutes


Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. Written by Anonymous Love Revolver

 

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