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During these movie nights we show one masterpiece by each of the
greatest modern foreign masters of cinema.
The location is the Peninsula (Bay Area, California, USA, America, Earth). If you are interested in attending, please contact me.
Oct 3: Manuel de Oliveira (Portugal): Viagem ao Principio do Mundo/ Journey to the Beginning of the World (1997) [Reviews] Oct 10: Mani Ratman (India): Nayakam (1987) Oct 17: Jia Zhang-Ke (China, 1970): Sanxia Haoren/ Still Life (2006) [Reviews] Oct 24: Emmanuel Carrere (France): La Moustache (2006) [Reviews] Oct 31: Tsai Ming-Liang (Taiwan): What Time Is It There? (2001) [Reviews] Nov 8: Michael Haneke (Austria): Code Unbekannt/ Cone Inconnu/ Code Unknown (2001) [Reviews] Nov 22: Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland): Dekalog/ Decalogue I & VII (1988) [Reviews] Dec 13: Michael Haneke (Austria): Funny Games (1997) [Reviews] Dec 24: Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland): Dekalog/ Decalogue I & II (1988) [Reviews] Jan 2: Theo Angelopoulos (Greece): Eternity and a Day (1998) [Reviews] Jan 18: Hou Hsiao-Hsien (China, 1947): Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge/ The Flight of the Red Balloon (2007) [Reviews] Jan 25: Peter Greenaway (Britain): The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) [Reviews] Feb 1: Herzog (Germany): Fitzcarraldo [Reviews] Mar 8: Antonioni (Italy): L'Avventura [Reviews] Mar 23: Chen Kaige (China): Ji-ng Ke-ci Qin Wang/ The Emperor and the Assassin (1989) [Reviews] Jun 19: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany, 1973): Das Leben der Anderen/ The Lives of Others (2006) [Reviews] Jul : Cristian Mungiu (Romania, 1968): 4 Luni 3 Saptamani si 2 Zile/ 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) [Reviews] Sep: Fatih Akin (Germany): Auf der Anderen Seite/ The Edge of Heaven (2008) [Reviews] Oct: Fatih Akin (Germany): Gegen die Wand/ Head On (2004) [Reviews] Dec 20, 2009: Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania): Heremakono/ Waiting for Happiness (2002) [Reviews] Feb 20, 2010: Aki Kaurismaki (Finland, 1957): Mies Vailla Menneisyytta/ The Man Without a Past (2002) [Reviews] Feb 28, 2010: Pedro Almodovar (Spain): Matador (1986) [Reviews] Mar 7, 2010: Arnaud Desplechin (France): Rois et Reine/ Kings and Queen (2002) [Reviews] |
Nominated for future evenings
Ken Loach: The Angel's Share (2011) Matteo Garrone: Reality (2011) Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad, 1961): Daratt/ Dry Season (2006) Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad, 1961): The Screaming Man (2010) Cristi Puiu (Romania, 1967): Aurora (2010) Cristi Puiu (Romania, 1967): Moartea Domnului Lazarescu/ The Death of Mr Lazarescu (2006) Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand, 1970): Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand, 1970): Sang Sattawat/ Syndromes and a Century (2006) Alexander Sokurov (Russia, 1951): Alexandra (2007) Alexandre Sokurov (Russia, 1951): Mother and Son/ Mat i Syn (1997) Alexandre Sokurov (Russia, 1951): Otets I Syn/ Father and Son (2003) Alexandr Sokurov: Faust (2011) Aki Kaurismaki: Le Havre (2011) Ari Folman (Israel, 1962): Waltz with Bashir (2008) Bae Yong-Kyun (Korea, 1951): Why Has Bodhi Dharma Left For The East (1989) Lee Chang-dong (Korea, 1954): Poetry (2009) Lee Chang-dong (Korea, 1954): Secret Sunshine (2007) Bela Tarr (Hungary, 1955): Panelkapcsolat/ Prefab People (1982) Bela Tarr (Hungary, 1955): Werckmeister Harmoniak/ Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) Bela Tarr (Hungary, 1955): Satantango/ Satan's Tango (1994) [Reviews] Bela Tarr: The Turin Horse (2011) Na Hong-jin (South Korea): The Yellow Sea (2011) Bong Joon-Ho (Korea, 1969): Gwoemul/ The Host (2007) Bong Joon-Ho (Korea, 1969): Mother (2009) Carlos Reygadas (Mexico, 1971): Luz Silenciosa/ Silent Light (2007) Carlos Reygadas: Post Tenebras Lux (2011) Chen Kaige (China, 1952): Ba Wang Bie Ji/ Farewell my Concubine (1993) Chen Kaige (China, 1952): Huang Tudi/ Yellow Earth (1984) Chen Kaige (China, 1952): King of Children (1987) Chen Kaige (China, 1952): Life on a String (1989) Chen Kaige (China, 1952): The Big Parade (1986) Christian Petzold (Germany, 1960): Die Innere Sicherheit/ The State I Am In (2000) Christian Petzold (Germany, 1960): Gespenster/ Ghosts (2005) Christian Petzold (Germany, 1960): Wolfsburg (2002) Christian Volckman (France): Renaissance (2006) Daniel Sanchez Arevalo (Spain, 1970): Azul Oscuro Casi Negro (2006) Emir Kusturica (Serbia, 1954): Underground (1995) Majid Majidi (Iran, 1959): The Color of Paradise (1999) Majid Majidi (Iran, 1959): Beed-e Majnoon/ The Willow Tree (2005) Majid Majidi (Iran, 1959): Children of Heaven (1997) Garin Nugroho (Indonesia, 1961): Opera Jawa (2006) Hong Sang-soo (Korea, 1960): The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996) Hong Sang-soo (Korea, 1960): Yeojaneun Namjaeui Miraeda/ Woman is the Future of Man (2004) Hong Sang-soo (Korea, 1960): Oh Soojung/ Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000) Hong Sang-soo (Korea, 1960): The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) Jacques Audiard (France, 1952): De Battre Mon Cour S'Est Arrete'/ The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) Jafar Panahi (Iran, 1960): White Balloon (1995) Jafar Panahi (Iran, 1960): This Is Not a Film (2011) Johnny To (China, 1955): Hak Sewui (2005) Julian Schnabel (France, 1951): Le Scaphandre et le Papillon/ The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Kim Ki-duk (Korea, 1960): Time (2007) Lars von Trier (Denmark, 1956): Riget/ Kingdom (1995) Lars Von Trier: Melancholia (2011) Steve McQueen (Britain): Shame (2011) Lucrecia Martel (Argentina, 1966): La Nina Santa/ The Holy Girl (2004) Lucrecia Martel (Argentina, 1966): La Mujer Sin Cabeza/ Headless Woman (2007) Henrik Ruben Genz (Denmark, 1959): En som Hodder/ Someone Like Hodder (2003) Satoshi Kon (Japan, 1963): Paprika (2007) Tsai Ming-Liang (Taiwan, 1957): Aiqing Wansui/ Vive l'Amour (1994) Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan, 1957): Rebels of the Neon God (1993) Wisit Sasanatieng (Thailand, 1963): Fah Talai Jone/ Tears of the Black Tiger (2007) Wong Kar-wai (China, 1958): 2046 (2004) Wong Kar-wai (China, 1958): Ashes of Time (1994) Wong Kar-wai (China, 1958): Days of Being Wild (1991) Zhang Yimou (China, 1951): Hong Gaoliang/ Red Sorghum (1987) Zhang Yimou (China, 1951): Ju Dou (1989) Arnaud Desplechin (France, 1960): TBA Jia Zhang-Ke (China, 1970): TBA Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany, 1973): TBA Cristian Mungiu (Romania, 1968): TBA Cristian Mungiu: Beyond the Hills (2011) Fatih Akin (Germany, 1973): TBA Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania, 1961): TBA Aki Kaurismaki (Finland, 1957): TBA Older generation:
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Can i nominate a film for future viewing?.
The idea is to watch foreign films by directors who have won prestigious international awards. If you don't know who made the film that you would like to nominate, most likely it does not qualify. If you do know her/his name, then you may first want to check her/his biography. But if you have to check her/his biography, that's another bad sign. We would prefer if you worked backwards: think of a director who has won international awards, and then nominate one of her/his best films (regardless of how popular it is among your coworkers, neighbors, etc). Generally speaking, we are skeptic of recent films. If a film is good, it will still be good ten years from now. Given that you probably haven't seen many of the films made over the last ten years, why would you want to watch a recent film and not the dozens that you missed over the last ten years? Most likely because you are influenced not by the quality of that film but by the buzz (i.e., you may be basing your nomination on how much the local distributor spent on publicizing that film in your area). The worst reference: "my cousin's girlfriend's coworker's housemate says that it's a good film" :-) Films made in the USA are relatively easy to catch in movie theaters, so they are very low priority, no matter how good. We recommend that, before nominating a film, you check NOT the marketing that the local distributor has done but the reviews published in reliable publications. It is a bad idea to nominate a film from your home country. You are very welcome to assign priorities to the films that have already been nominated and are listed on this page. We try to alternate nationalities, but otherwise the order is based on what is available for rental. Mostly, they are listed alphabetically. Nominations are accepted only from people who have attended several of these evenings. |