Made in Hong Kong is a powerful film about a disenfranchised youth navigating through life in Hong Kong just before the Handover, shot with passion and fury from leftover film reels. This explosive energy runs through Fruit Chan’s independent classic, an essential exploration of a generation (and a nation) struggling through an identity crisis. As […]
March 2oth screening with filmmaker Denis Côté in attendance Set on carrying out her task with dedication, a woman is obsessed with watching over anonymous interiors and occupying them. Both a custodian of the premises and a ghostly presence, she becomes an echo of how we relate to time, solitude and the melancholy of forsaken […]
In collaboration with Cinemania Alex and Noémie, both in their thirties, want a child. But their plans are upset when Alex’s mother, Suzanne, starts acting unpredictably due to a neurodegenerative disorder. To speak of semantic dementia with neither fatalism nor despondency is the challenge in this first Belgium feature film, presented at the Namur French […]
35th Anniversary of Max Films Specials screening with producer Roger Frappier in attendance Bibiane, 25, is successful but finds her life lacks purpose. Following several unfortunate events, she gets drunk and hits a man with her car. She can’t recall anything but soon learns she is to blame for his death. Just as she is […]
January 19th screening presented in Dolby ATMOS Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
New 4K Restoration Edward Yang’s penultimate film is an acerbic, sprawling tragicomedy, a poison love letter to Taipei as a rising cosmopolis of big money, big dreams, and big cons. Once more focusing on directionless youth, Yang depicts the four immature toughs who share an apartment and, frequently, the same women. Led by the amoral […]
In the oceanside village of Iyi, the revered Mama Efe (Rita Edochie) acts as an intermediary between the people and the all-powerful water deity Mami Wata. But when a young boy is lost to a virus, Efe’s devoted daughter Zinwe (Uzoamaka Aniunoh) and skeptical protégé Prisca (Evelyne Ily Juhen) warn Efe about unrest among the […]
Jean-Gab and Manu are two sympathetic and somewhat idiotic losers want to make money and quickly. What could be more intelligent than relying on a giant fly to train them to steal for them? Recalling the comic duets like that of Lloyd and Harry in Dumb and Dumber, Mandibules remains a film as only Dupieux […]
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. *Nominated for the Best Animated Film Academy Award (2023)
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet’s capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret […]