August 27THE WHITE RIBBON Drama, Austria/Germany/France/Italy (2009) 144min. Rated R, German/Italian/PolishControversy-courting director Michael Haneke (Caché) earned the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2009 for this arresting drama set just before World War I. In a small German village, a number of unexplained accidents beset the school-children and their parents. Though they at first appear coincidental, it begins to seem that they are not, in fact, accidents at all.

September 10THE SEVENTH CROSSDrama, USA (1944) 110min. Not Rated, EnglishIn Germany in 1936, seven men escape from a Nazi concentration camp. One of them, George Heisler, runs a gamut of terrible trials in his attempt to flee the land, and he sees the men who broke out with him killed or captured, one by one, until only he is left. Although people

are capable of evil, all men possess an instinct for good that cannot be destroyed. Starring Spencer Tracy, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, and Agnes Moorehead.September 24PARIS, TEXASDrama, W.Germany/France/USA (1984) 145min. Rated R, EnglishParis, Texas, follows mysterious, nearly mute drifter Travis (Harry Dean Stanton), rescued in the des-ert after four years by his brother Walt (Dean Stockwell), and brought to L.A. to reconnect with his young son, whom he takes on a road trip to reclaim what was lost four years ago. Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and one of the most ac-claimed films of the 80s, this is a simple, honest story of forgiveness and

family bonds.October 8I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!Romance, UK (1947) 91min. Not Rated, English/Scottish GaelicYoung middle-class Englishwoman Joan Webster is determined to have the finer things in life, and to that end she plans to marry Sr. Robert Bellinger, a wealthy, middle-aged industrialist whom she does not love.

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En route to the Scottish island where her future husband resides, Joan is stranded on the nearby Isle of Mull by inclement weather. There for the first time in her life Miss Webster begins to live with her heart as well as her head. This simple story line is developed with considerable imagina-tion, wit and emotional insight into a thoroughly enjoyable and exhilarat-ing romantic experience. October 22BURMA VJDocumentary, Multiple countries (2009) 84min. Not Rated, Burmese/EnglishBurma, 2007. Amidst public protests by Buddhist monks, a small group of independent video journalists, equipped only with mobile phones and digital cam-eras, risked torture and imprison-ment to expose to the world the horrors of Burma’s military regime. Gathered here in this award-winning documentary by Anders Østergaard from footage smuggled out of the country, Østergaard assembles a larger narrative of oppression and censorship and a testament to the power of free speech.

November 5SUMMER HOURSFamily Drama, France (2008) 103min. Not Rated, FrenchThree siblings living on differ-ent continents must reunite and decide what is to be done with their late mother’s estate and art collection in Olivier Assayas’s thoughtful, Chekhovian family drama. From this simple story,

Assayas creates an exquisitely nuanced film about the material of global-ized modern living. Naturalistic and unsentimental, Summer Hours is that rare film that pays respect to fam-ily by treating it with honesty. November 19SULLIVAN’S TRAVELSComedy, USA (1942) 90min. Not Rated, EnglishHollywood director John Sullivan (Joel McCrea), tired of churning out lightweight comedies, decides to make O Brother, Where Art Thou—a serious, socially respon-sible film about human suffering. After his producers point out that he knows nothing of hardship, he hits the road as a hobo. He finds the lovely Veronica Lake—and more trouble than he ever dreamed of. This masterpiece by Preston Sturges is perhaps the finest movie-about-a-movie ever made.

December 3MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROWDrama, USA (1937) 91min. Not Rated, EnglishMake Way for Tomorrow is one of the great unsung Hollywood masterpieces, an enor-mously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi star as an elderly couple who must move in with their grown children after the bank takes their home, yet end up separated and subject to their offspring’s selfish whims. So powerful, Orson Welles called it, “the saddest film ever made... it would bring tears from a stone.”

December 17BRIGHT STARRomantic Drama, UK/Australia/France (2009) 119min. Rated PG, English/FrenchLondon, 1818: a secret love affair be-gins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. Initially at odds, they are drawn together by the illness of Keats’ younger brother, and soon become intensely and helplessly absorbed in each other. Together they ride

a wave of romantic obsession that deepens as their troubles mount. Only Keats’ illness proves insurmountable.January 7THE COVEDocumentary, USA (2009) 92min. Rated PG-13, English/JapaneseAcademy Award® Winner for Best Documentary of 2009, The Cove follows an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers as they embark on a covert mission to penetrate a remote and hidden cove in Taiji, Japan, shining a light on a dark and deadly secret. Utilizing state-of-the-art techniques, including hidden microphones and cameras in fake rocks, the team uncovers how this small seaside village serves as a horrifying microcosm of massive ecological crimes happening worldwide. ___________________________________________________________

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