Film Group screenings
Set in 1889, the film depicts a romance between a cook and the gourmet she works for. The character of the gourmet she works for is based on Dodin-Bouffant, created by Swiss author Marcel Rouff in his 1924 novel La Vie et la passion de Dodin – Bouffant gourmet (The Passionate Epìcure). Dir Tràn Anh […]
Master thief Corey (Alain Delon) is fresh out of prison. But instead of toeing the line of law-abiding freedom, he finds his steps leading back to the shadowy world of crime, crossing paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic ex-cop. As the unlikely trio plots a heist against impossible odds, their trail is pursued […]
When Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) a naïve young woman is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish strongman Zampanò (Anthony Quinn) to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband’s coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when […]
Insurance man Walter Neff schemes the perfect murder with the beautiful wife of one of his clients, kill her husband and make off with the insurance money. But Walter’s colleague- a shrewd insurance investigator has a feeling that not all is as it seems with the widow’s claim. Dir: Billy Wilder: USA 1944 (107 mins)
This documentary follows with unprecedented access to one of the most secretive cabals in the world, a group of Talib leaders in their first year back in power in Afghanistan. The director captures something of the plight of the ordinary people of Kabul, a distant afterthought for these war-obsessed men consumed by the thrill of […]
A US Army platoon, captured by Communists during the Korean War, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug and hypnosis-induced “brainwashing”. The aftermath transforms one of the captors, decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor, into an operational assassin with a mission, and with a domineering mother who has intentions to […]
Just out of jail, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of accomplices, a happy-go-lucky collective of grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up. Dir: Alice Rohrwacher: Italy/France/Switzerland 2024 (130 mins)
Paris 1942. Robert Klein (Alain Delon) cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews, facing discrimination because of laws edicted by the French government are desperate to sell valuable works of art, and it is easy for him […]