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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): 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): 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): Das Leben der Anderen/ The Lives of Others (2006) [Reviews] Jul : Cristian Mungiu (Romania): 4 Luni 3 Saptamani si 2 Zile/ 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) [Reviews] Fatih Akin (Germany): Auf der Anderen Seite/ The Edge of Heaven (2008) [Reviews] Fatih Akin (Germany): Gegen die Wand/ Head On (2004) [Reviews] Jun ?: Pedro Almodovar (Spain): Matador (1986) [Reviews] or Pedro Almodovar (Spain): La Ley del Deseo (1986) [Reviews] |
Nominated for future evenings
Abderrahmane Sissako (Mali): Waiting for Happiness (2002) Aki Kaurismaki (Finland): The Man Without a Past (2002) Alexander Sokurov (Russia): Alexandra (2007) Alexandre Sokurov (Russia): Mother and Son/ Mat i Syn (1997) Alexandre Sokurov (Russia): Otets I Syn/ Father and Son (2003) Andrej Tarkovsky (Russia): Nostalghia (1983) Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand): Sang Sattawat/ Syndromes and a Century (2006) Ari Folman (Israel): Waltz with Bashir (2008) Arnaud Desplechin (France): Rois et Reine/ Kings and Queen Arturo Ripstein (Mexico): La Mujer del Puerto/ The Woman of the Port (1991) Arturo Ripstein (Mexico): La Reina de la Noche/ Queen of the Night (1994) Bae Yong-Kyun (Korea): Why Has Bodhi Dharma Left For The East (1989) Bela Tarr (Hungary): Panelkapcsolat/ Prefab People (1982) Bela Tarr (Hungary): Werckmeister Harmoniak/ Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) Bela Tarr (Hungary): Satantango/ Satan's Tango (1994) [Reviews] Benoit Jacquot (France): A Toute de Suite (2005) Bong Joon-Ho (Korea): Gwoemul/ The Host (2007) Carlos Reygadas (Mexico): Luz Silenciosa/ Silent Light (2007) Chantal Akerman (Belgium): Nuit et Jour (1991) Chen Kaige (China): Ba Wang Bie Ji/ Farewell my Concubine (1993) Chen Kaige (China): Huang Tudi/ Yellow Earth (1984) Chen Kaige (China): King of Children (1987) Chen Kaige (China): Life on a String (1989) Chen Kaige (China): The Big Parade (1986) Christian Petzold (Germany): Die Innere Sicherheit/ The State I Am In (2000) Christian Petzold (Germany): Gespenster/ Ghosts (2005) Christian Petzold (Germany): Wolfsburg (2002) Christian Volckman (France): Renaissance (2006) Claire Denis (France): The Intruder (2005) Cristi Puiu (Romania): Moartea Domnului Lazarescu/ The Death of Mr Lazarescu (2006) Daniel Sanchez Arevalo (Spain): Azul Oscuro Casi Negro (2006) Edward Yang (China): A Confucian Confusion (1995) Edward Yang (China): Gling Jie Shaonian Sha Ren Shijian/ A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Edward Yang (China): Mahjong (1996) Emir Kusturica (Serbia): Underground (1995) Garin Nugroho (Indonesia): Opera Jawa (2006) Hong Sang-soo (Korea): The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996) Hong Sang-soo (Korea): Yeojaneun Namjaeui Miraeda/ Woman is the Future of Man (2004) Hong Sang-soo: Oh Soojung/ Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000) Hong Sang-soo: The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) Istvan Szabo (Hungary): Hanussen (1988) Istvan Szabo (Hungary): Tuzolto Utca 25 (1973) Jacques Audiard (France): De Battre Mon Cour S'Est Arrete'/ The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) Jacques Rivette (France): Duchess of Langeais (2007) Johnny To: Hak Sewui (2005) Jose-Luis Cuerda (Spain): Amanece que no es Poco (1988) Kim Ki-duk (Korea): Time (2007) Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland): Bleu (1993) Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland): Rouge (1994) Lars von Trier (Denmark): Riget/ Kingdom (1995) Lucrecia Martel (Argentina): La Nina Santa/ The Holy Girl (2004) Majid Majidi (Iran): Beed-e Majnoon/ The Willow Tree (2005) Majid Majidi: Children of Heaven (1997) Manuel de Oliveira (Portugal): Francisca (1981) Manuel de Oliveira (Portugal): Nao/ Non (1990) Manuel de Oliveira (Portugal): Vale Abramo (1993) Marco Tullio Giordana (Italy): La Meglio Gioventu'/ The Best of Youth (2003) Michael Haneke (Austria): Cache` (2005) Michael Haneke (Austria): Der Siebente Kontinent/ The Seventh Continent (1989) Michael Haneke (Austria): Le Temps du Loup/ Time of the Wolf (2003) Mike Leigh (Britain): Naked (1993) Mike Leigh (Britain): Vera Drake (2004) Peter Greenaway (Britain): Drowning by numbers (1988) Peter Greenaway (Britain): The Cook The Thief His Wife And Her Lover (1990) Peter Greenaway (Britain): A Zed And Two Noughts (1989). [Reviews] Raul Ruiz (Chile): Les Trois Couronnes du Matelot/ Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983) Ruiz Satoshi Kon: Paprika (2007) Takeshi Kitano: Hana-bi (1999) Theo Angelopoulos (Greece): O Megalexandros (1980) Theo Angelopoulos (Greece): The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991) Theo Angelopoulos (Greece): The Weeping Meadow (2005) Theo Angelopulos (Greece): To Vlemma tou Odyssea/ Ulysses' Gaze (1995) Tsai Ming-Liang (China): Aiqing Wansui/ Vive l'Amour (1994) Tsai Ming-liang (China): Rebels of the Neon God (1993) Tsui Hark (China): Peking Opera Blues (1986) Tsui Hark (China): Shangai Blues (1984) Wisit Sasanatieng (Thailand): Fah Talai Jone/ Tears of the Black Tiger (2007) Wong Kar-wai (China): 2046 (2004) Wong Kar-wai (China): Ashes of Time (1994) Wong Kar-wai (China): Days of Being Wild (1991) Zhang Yimou (China): Hong Gaoliang/ Red Sorghum (1987) Zhang Yimou (China): Ju Dou (1989) |
Can i nominate a film for future viewing?.
The idea is to watch films by directors that 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 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 an international award, 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 are basing your nomination on how much the local distributor is spending on publicizing that film). 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. I strongly recommend that, before nominating a film, you check NOT the marketing that the local distributor has done but the reviews published in reliable publications. 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. |