Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) is on a mission to bring back playboy Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) back to his home in San Fransisco. Philippe, however, has other plans as he galivants through Italy. He invites Tom on a boating trip with himself and Marge (Marie Laforêt), his girlfriend, but as Philippe’s antics grow more and…
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Polyester
Francine Fishpaw (Harris Glen Milstead as Divine) would have you believe she is a quintessential housewife to an upstanding, Chrisitan family in the suburbs of Baltimore. The illusion fades, however, when her husband, Elmer (David Samson), goes against the wishes of the community and continues to screen pornographic films at his cinema, her daughter Lu-Lu…
Petite Maman
After the passing of her grandmother, a young girl, Nelly (Joséphine Sanz), assists her parents in cleaning out the matriarch’s old home. Full of grief, Nelly’s mother (Nina Meurisse) leaves her childhood home to be packed up by her husband (Stéphane Varupenne). Nelly grows bored in packing up the house and goes outside to play…
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
In 1901, on a small ranch in Texas, Gregorio Cortez (Edward James Olmos) shoots and kills Sherrif Morris (Timothy Scott) during an altercation at Cortez’s ranch. On the run, Cortez rides for miles across the barren land, seeking refuge and shelter as he evades the growing gang of Texas Rangers that seek to bring him…
The Worst Person in the World
Julie (Renate Reinsve) is a young woman who feels stuck as she drifts through life trying to find out who she wants to be. Through multiple relationships, jobs, and friendships, she slowly begins to find her path, but it does not come easy. She has to leave some people behind her in order to grow,…
Broadcast News
It is the 1980’s. Things are moving fast in America and faster still in the American newsrooms. Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) is a mile-a-minute producer who is determined to make the news important, no matter how small the story. A frequent collaborator and brilliant writer of hers at the network is Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks), but their relationship…
Walkabout
After being abandoned by their father (John Meillon), two siblings (Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg) are left to survive on their own in the Australian wilderness. With their few resources quickly depleted and death imminent, their paths cross with a young Aboriginal boy (David Gulpilil) on his titular Walkabout, a ritual journey for the boys of…
Drive My Car
Yūsuke (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is an acclaimed theatre actor who is married to Oto (Reika Kirishima), an accomplished screenwriter. Their relationship is fraught with tragedy having lost a young daughter to pneumonia, and to escape the troubles of his home life, Yūsuke often goes for drives to clear his mind – a hobby that is jeopardized…
Fanny and Alexander
In 1982, Ingmar Bergman released a sprawling reflection on his life, Fanny and Alexander. Intended to be his swan song, the five-part, 320-minute film examines the European cinema master through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander (Bertil Guve) as he experiences the triumphs and tragedies of growing up while also informing students of the director’s works about what helped to shape the…
The Marquee Topic 