( ( ( Opening This Week - Friday 3/15 ) ) )
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In this acclaimed film, which won top directing and acting prizes at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Matteo Garrone presents a "reverse shot" of the immigration experience while unfurling an epic, cinematographically magnificent odyssey from West Africa to Italy. The story is told through the mind’s eye and experiences of two Senegalese teenagers, Seydou & his cousin Moussa, living in Dakar, who yearn for a brighter future in Europe. Yet between their dreams and reality lies a treacherous journey through a labyrinth of checkpoints, the scorched Saharan desert, a fetid North African prison and the vast waters of the Mediterranean where thousands have died packed inside vessels barely fit for passage. (In Wolof & French, with English subtitles)
NR | 2h 1m
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/io_capitano
Nominated for the Panorama Audience Award at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE tells the story of Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch), a dedicated sports and math teacher, as she starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Caught between her ideals & the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her, all the while showing how quickly even tight-knit communities can destabalize. (In German with English subtitles) PG-13 | 1h 34m
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_teachers_lounge
( ( ( Continuing This Week ) ) )
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This surreal, truly original and visually gorgeous dark comedy is up for mutliple Oscars & has already won multiple awards & accolades, including a Golden Lion, two Golden Globes - Best Motion Picture & Best Actress, and being named one of the ten best films of 2023 by the American Film Institute & the National Board of Review. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos & written by Tony McNamara, the film, based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray, tells the story of Bell Baxter (Emma Stone), a young woman living in a Steam Punk version of Victorian era London who, after being resurrected post-suicide by a brilliant but unorthodox scientist (Willem Dafoe), runs off with a debauched lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) on an odyssey of self-discovery & sexual liberation. R | 2h 21m
This Jonathan Glazer film, with multiple Oscar nominations, follows the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a beautiful house and garden right next to the Auschwitz death camp. By dispassionately examining the surreally ordinary existence of people complicit in horrific crimes, The Zone of Interest forces us to take a look at the mundanity behind an unforgivable brutality. (German with English subtitles)
PG-13 | 1h 46m
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_zone_of_interest
( ( ( MARCH/APRIL Special Events ) ) )
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FIGURES
Screening Event
Thursday, March 28, 7pm
Matej and Zuzana Dolinay have many passions, but topping the list are venomous snakes and educating people. Combining the two into a single mission, this driving force has taken them across the globe in search of our planet’s rarest snake species, documenting these findings and sharing the results on their successful YouTube Channel, Living Zoology.
Their next adventure takes them to the remote jungles along the west coast of Africa, in the country of Togo. Here, they hope to make a documentary film about the “Western Green Mamba”, one of the most venomous snakes in the world. Out of the four mamba species spread out
across Africa, this is the only one that has eluded the lens of the Living Zoology team.
As their educational expedition unfolds, a surprising similarity emerges, the ironic parallels between working with deadly snakes, and the tenets of living in a healthy relationship. These “Figures” progress throughout the film and romantically capture our zoologists, echoing the love they have for capturing snakes.
“Figures” is a heartfelt adventure that is gripping for the wildlife enthusiast and romantics alike. It is a film set in remote and unusual parts of the world and yet, its message is relatable to everyone. Even
those with a terrible phobia of snakes will be set at ease and comeaway with a big smile on their face. At its core, this film is a real life, behind the scenes look into how professional wildlife filmmakers get the job done. Through thick and thin, giving you a true, authentic experience for how it is actually like traveling across the planet to document deadly venomous snakes. NR | 1h 22m
Website: www.figuresfilm.com
INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday, April 3 & 4, 2024
The 2024 International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) in North America begins March 7 at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, the capital of the Navajo (Diné) Nation. The "Turtle Island" marathon tour of this worldwide unique film festival on all nuclear topics and radioactive dangers includes more than 10 cities in 9 states, including a 2-day stop in Spokane, WA at Magic Lantern on Main!
For 13 years, the International Uranium Film Festval (IUFF) has presented cutting edge films on nuclear issues around the world, including Brazil, Germany, India, Canada and United States.
Founded in 2010 by the Brazilian social scientist Márcia Gomes de Oliveira and the German environmental journalist Norbert G. Suchanek, the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) is dedicated to all nuclear topics and the entire nuclear fuel chain, from uranium mining to nuclear waste, from nuclear war to nuclear accidents.
The 2024 International Film Fesitval in Spokane is sponsered by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, (WPSR), and, over the course of two days, will include the six films & 2 panel discussions. Ticketing and more detailed program information to come.
https://uraniumfilmfestival.org
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