As Tears Go By (Wong gok ka moon) by Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong, 1988, 94 min.). As gritty as any 1980s Hong Kong gangster film, As Tears Go By heralds one of the most auspicious directorial debuts in international cinema. Wong Kar-wais visually tough and romantic debut feature deftly smuggles the directors now celebrated genius into an incendiary street opera of the John Woo mold. Already stretched to breaking in a loyalty tug-of-war among triad bosses and his loose cannon partner, Wah (Andy Lau of Fulltime Killer and Days of Being Wild) finds himself saddled with his beautiful, ailing cousin, Ngor. As an escalating test of wills explodes into bloodshed, and a mob turncoat instigates a ruthless police crackdown, Wahs growing fascination with Ngor becomes his last chance for escape from a violent past and a dubious future. Balancing realism with brazen romanticism, As Tears Go By offers a tantalizing glimpse into the nascent brilliance of the most influentia
showing through saturday
Repertory Series: Disturbed Suburbs
JUNO at 9:30
(2007) dir Jason Reitman w/Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney [96 min]
Quirky 16-year-old Juno (Page) finds herself pregnant after a one-time encounter with her best friend Paulie Bleeker (Cera). After initially choosing to have an abortion, Juno changes her mind and instead finds a wanting family in the Pennysaver to whom to give her unborn child to. Vanessa (Garner) and Mark (Bateman) Loring are the picture of normal, Vanessa especially contrasting with Juno’s sharp wit and pragmatic personality. As her belly grows so do her relationships with Paulie and the Lorings, revealing that things in suburbia are not always the way that they seem. Forget the Oscar hype and the backlash, this cleverly written film featuring one of our favorite young actresses and a great supporting cast (especially Simmons and Janney as Juno’s parents) is a well-crafted gem.
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final showing
Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight by Murray Lerner (1970, 85 min.). Filmed at 2:00 am on August 30, 1970, in front of 600,000 people, Listening To You is a record of one of the finest concerts given by The Who during, arguably, their most dynamic and creative period. For the first fifty minutes, The Who blast through the mixed bag that comprised their then current set, including versions of I Can't Explain, Young Man Blues, and Magic Bus, as well as lesser-known songs like Heaven and Hell and Water.
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"MONGOL is quality escapism: an exotic saga that compels, moves and envelops us with its grand and captivating story." - Claudia Pulg, USA Today
"I don't know the Mongolian word for panache, but MONGOL's got plenty of it." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
"Quite grand, quite exotic, David Lean-style epic." - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
MONGOL illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan. Based on leading scholarly accounts, the film delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, MONGOL paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him
showing through sep 28
"As the summer heats up, let Frozen River wash over you; let its bracing drama and the intensity of its acting restore your spirits as well as your faith in American independent film." - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"Melissa Leo is startlingly good...You feel like you're watching a life, not a performance." - Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
FROZEN RIVER is the story of Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo), an upstate New York trailer mom who is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that straddles the US-Canadian border. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler
showing through aug 28
Off the Couch Presentation Tues, Sept 9 @ 7:00 with discussion leader RACHEL SEIDEL, MD
In Woody Allen' latest, two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist (Javier Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penelope Cruz). Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results are both hilarious and harrowing.
dir. Woody Allen, w/ Bardem, Cruz, Johansson, and Hall
showing through aug 28
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