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| FILM TITLE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY/GENRE | LANGUAGE | SYNOPSIS | MINUTES |
| 35 Up | Michael Apted | British Documentary | English | The latest in a series of documentaries which began in 1963, when Britain's World In Action program interviewed a group of seven-year old children for a feature called 7-up. Every seven years, Michael Apted has returned to record the lives of these 14 people, tracing their ambitions, successes, failures, and even madness. | 123 |
| 8 1/2 | Federico Fellini | Italian Comedy/Drama | Italian w/english subtitles | Arguably the most influential picture of the last quarter of a century, Fellini follows a movie director who, unable to find inspiration to begin a new production, retreats to the safety of his personal fantasies. | 138 |
| 400 Blows, The | François Truffaut | French Drama | French w/english subtitles | Truffaut's first feature film follows 13 year-old Antoine as he turns to a life of small-time crime to escape the neglect he receives at home from his parents. | 99 |
| Anne Frank Remembered | Jon Blair | US Documentary | English | Narrated by Kenneth Branagh and Glenn Close, this film features vintage newsreels, photographs, and a rare home movie to look beyond the celebrated pages of Anne's diary. | 117 |
| Antonia's Line | Marleen Gorris | Dutch Drama/Comedy | Dutch w/english subtitles | A remarkable portrait of a post-WWII family and a community, of mothers and daughters, and of one indomitable woman. | 102 |
| Bicycle Thief, The | Vittorio De Sica | Italian Drama | Italian w/english subtitles | A world classic and indisputable masterpiece about an Italian workman who finds a job, only to have the bicycle he needs for work stolen. | 90 |
| Bread and Chocolate | Franco Brusati | Italian Comedy | Italian w/english subtitles | An uproarious comedy about an Italian immigrant working odd jobs in prosperous Switzerland and trying desperately to fit in. | 109 |
| Camille Claudel | Bruno Nuytten | French Drama | French w/english subtitles | A historically accurate depiction of one of the most important collaborations in the history of modern art, between legendary sculptor Rodin and creative prodigy Camille Claudel. | 159 |
| Celebration, The | Thomas Vinterberg | Danish Drama | Danish w/english subtitles | It's Helge Klingenfildt's much anticipated sixtieth birthday party, but no one is ready for the bombshell about to be delivered by his oldest son, Christian, a dark family secret that contributed to his twin sister's recent suicide. | 106 |
| Celeste | Percy Adlon | German Drama | German w/english subtitles | Marcel Proust, the celebrated author, is seen through the eyes of young Céleste Albaret who for nine years before the writer's death was his cook, companion, secretary, friend, and surrogate mother. | 107 |
| Children of Nature | Fridrik Thor Fridriksson | Icelandic Drama | Icelandic w/english subtitles | Explores the seductive idea that, for those near the end of life, a state of grace can be achieved through a reunion with nature. | 85 |
| Cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italian Comedy/Drama | Italian w/english subtitles | The story of a lifelong affair with the movies, Cinema Paradiso follows a young boy in a small Italian village as he grows up, moves away, and returns to a beautiful discovery. | 121 |
| City of Lost Children, The | Jeunet & Caro | French Drama | French w/english subtitles | A gutsy little girl and a sentimental strongman join hearts and hands to save a small boy's dreams from a madman's master plan. | 112 |
| Colmillo Blanco | Randal Kleiser | US Children's Drama | Spanish | The Jack London story, White Fand, about life on the Alaskan frontier. Dubbed in Spanish. | 109 |
| Cries and Whispers | Ingmar Bergman | Swedish Drama | Swedish w/english subtitles | A complex and harrowing drama of four women's search for spiritual peace in a world that seems to offer only disorder and despair. | 95 |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Gerard Depardieu | French Drama | French w/english subtitles | Amidst the majesty of 17th Century France, gallant Cyrano admires the beautiful Roxanne from afar. Gerard Depardieu recreates one of literature's most riveting characters. | 138 |
| Das Boot | Wolfgang Petersen | German Drama | German w/english subtitles | A German war story set in autumn 1941, in which German sailors aboard U-96 enter the war against Britain. They seek adventure, respect and heroism. | 209 |
| Diabolique | Henri-Georges | French Mystery/Thriller | French w/english subtitles | Set in a boys' school run by a sadistic headmaster, the film presents a sinister world where the kindest character is reduced to murder. | 117 |
| Europa Europa | Agnieszka Holland | Drama | Russian and German w/english subtitles | In the midst WWII Europe, Solly, a resourceful Jewish teen, narrowly escapes capture by Nazis and is forced to run for his life. Separated from his family, Solly vows to survive - even if it means donning a German uniform and posing as a Nazi soldier. | 121 |
| Far Away, So Close | Wim Wenders | Drama | English | When an angel dares to cross the line, he stumbles into post cold war Berlin and finds himself engaged in deadly combat to protect the mortals he loves. | 146 |
| Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants | David Devine | US Biography | English | The story of astronomer Galileo's quest for scientific truth at the dawn of the 17th century. | 56 |
| Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The | Vittorio De Sica | Italian Drama | Italian w/english subtitles | Amid the ravages of WWII, the Finzi-Continis, a cultured Jewish family, languish in aristocratic splendor in Ferrara, Italy, as Fascism gradually descends upon their world. | 94 |
| Greeks; Crucible of Civilization, The | Cassian Harrison | US Documentary | English | The series recounts the rise, glory, demise and legacy of the empire that marked the dawn of Western civilization. The story is told through the lives of heroes of ancient Greece. | 165 |
| Hunger | Henning Carlsen | Danish Drama | Danish w/english subtitles | In 1890 Oslo, a starving young writer who has come to the big city struggles to survive winter on his own stubborn terms. His destitution is mistaken for fashionable bohemianism. | 115 |
| In Our Own Hands: The Hidden Story of the Jewish Brigade in WWII | Chuck Olin | Documentary | English | In the final weeks of WWI the only all-Jewish fighting unit in the war - goes into combat against the Nazis and comes away victorious. Follow their story from WWII to the Israel Defense Forces. | 85 |
| Indochine | Regis Wargnier | French Drama | French w/english subtitles | A sensual story of unbridled passion set against the violence of the bloody Communist uprising in colonial Vietnam, starring Catherine Deneuve. | 156 |
| Insomnia | Erik Skjoldbjaerg | Norwegian Drama/Thriller | Norwegian w/english subtitles | A chilly, brooding thriller, as psychologically complex as it is suspenseful. After making a fatal error in his investigation and attempting to cover it up, a detective finds himself implicated in the crime. | 97 |
| Jew, The | Jom Tob Azulay | Portuguese Drama | Portuguese w/english subtitles | In 18th Century Portugal, Antonio da Silva, a talented and popular writer with a reputation comparable to Moliere, is accused of heresy, of secretly being a Jew. A story of the Inquisition. | 85 |
| Joan of Arc: Virgin Warrior | Bram Roos | US Biography | English | Peasant, warrior, martyr, saint. Ride to battle with the 15th century farm girl who would lead an army, crown a king and forge a place as one of history's most extraordinary figures. An A&E Biography. | 50 |
| Jules and Jim | François Truffaut | French Drama | French w/english subtitles | The ultimate ménage-à-trois, and one of the most poetic films of the French New Wave, tells the story of a friendship between two artists and their mutual love for the same woman. | 105 |
| King Arthur: His Life and Legends | Sue Hayes | US Biography | English | A wondrous look at the adventure, the romance and the bravery that have fueled imaginations for over a thousand years - the stirring legend of King Arthur. | 50 |
| La Dolce Vita | Federico Fellini | Italian Drama | Italian w/english subtitles | This international blockbuster follows the descent of a notorious gossip columnist into the decadent world of Rome's pampered rich. | 178 |
| Lawrence of Arabia | David Lean | US Drama | English | The heroic true-life odyssey of T.E. Lawrence, the famed British officer assigned to Arabia during WWI. | 238 |
| Life is Beautiful | Roberto Benigni | Italian Drama/Comedy | Italian w/english subtitles | A charming waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and created a beautiful life for his young family. But then that life is threatened by WWII and Guido must rely on those very same strengths to save his beloved wife and son from an unthinkable fate. | 116 |
| Ludwig | Luchino Visconti | Italian Drama | Italian w/english subtitles | The story of Bavaria's last king, Ludwig II, the moody, introverted and dreamy young man, and how he became a victim of obscure circumstances which were attributed to his own madness. | 231 |
| Ma Vie en Rose | Alan Berliner | French Drama | French w/english subtitles | Six-year-old Ludovic believes he was meant to be a little girl and that the mistake will soon be corrected. But where he expects the miraculous, he finds only rejection, isolation, and guilt - as the intense reactions of family, friends, and neighbors strip away his innocence. | 89 |
| Man Bites Dog | Remy Belvaux | French Drama/Thriller | French w/english subtitles | A movie about a charming, poetry-reciting, philosophizing homicidal maniac whose actions are recorded by a film crew. Simultaneously repelled and fascinated, the filmmakers in this spoof of "reality TV" find themselves drawn into the hitman's murderous activities. | 96 |
| Michelangelo: the Artist | Adam Friedman & | US Biography | English | Biography of Michelangelo which examines his life and legacy to probe the very soul of the artist. An A&E Biography. | 50 |
| My Left Foot | Jim Sheridan | Drama | English | Based on Christy Brown's true life story, a man who triumphs over impossible odds to achieve greatness, My Left Foot is the most acclaimed film of 1990. | 103 |
| My Life as a Dog | Lasse Hallström | Swedish Drama | Swedish w/english subtitles | A precious gem that shows an honest depiction of the often confusing nature of childhood. Shipped off to live with his uncle for the summer, 12 year old Ingmar finds unexpected adventures with the help of the town's warmhearted eccentrics. | 101 |
| Night and Fog | Alain Resnais | French Documentary | French w/english subtitles | Hailed as one of the world's greatest documentaries, this is the definitive film on Nazi concentration camps and a devastating record of man's inhumanity to man. | 30 |
| Open City | Roberto Rossellini | Italian Drama | Italian w/english subtitles | An impoverished mother-to-be and a parish priest have their loyalties tested by the sinister German forces that occupy their homeland during WWII. Filmed on the streets of Rome in the first weeks post-WWII. | 105 |
| Ridicule | Patrice Leconte | French Drama | French w/english subtitles | In a desperate quest to save his hometown, a young man quickly learns that a sharp wit is the key to open any door in the Versailles court of Louis XVI. | 103 |
| Run Lola Run | Frank Griebe | German Thriller | German w/english subtitles | The internationally acclaimed sensation about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to change the course of their lives. | 81 |
| Seventh Seal, The | Ingmar Bergman | Swedish Drama | Swedish w/english subtitles | Considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all time, this is a mesmerizing, moving tale set in medieval Europe, portraying the cruelty, terror, charity, and lustiness that coexisted. | 96 |
| Stella | Michael Cacoyannis | Greek Drama | Greek w/english subtitles | The First Greek film to achieve international recognition, the film follows Stella, a fiery singer with an insatiable appetite for men. | 92 |
| Toy Story | US Animated Film | English | The classic story dubbed in Spanish. | 81 | |
| Triumph of the Will | Leni Riefenstahl's | German Documentary | German w/english subtitles | A shamelessly biased, unabashedly subjective rendering of the infamous 1934 Nuremberg rallies of the Nazi party. | 122 |
| Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | French Musical/Drama | French w/english subtitles | The digitally restored version of this ageless fairy-tale of doomed love, starring Catherine Deneuve. | 91 |
| Waking Ned Devine | Ian Bannen | British Comedy | English | Comedy about the death of Ned Devine from shock after winning the lottery. Two friends discover the body and agree Ned would want them to benefit from his good luck. | 91 |
| Wild Strawberries | Ingmar Bergman | Swedish Drama | Swedish w/english subtitles | Eternal questions of loneliness, aging, and mortality confronted with a warmth and humanity not often found in Bergman's austere world. A visually rich and dramatic film. | 90 |
| William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama | Rebecca Jones | US Biography | English | Using film excerpts, dramatic readings and location footage, this biography pieces together the clues of Shakespeare's identity and provides a glimpse into his life. | 50 |
| Wings of Desire | Wim Wenders | German Drama | English and German w/english subtitles | Based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, this enchanting film about the joy of life follows a lonely angel who roams the streets of Berlin providing comfort to mortals in need. | 128 |
| Wizard of Oz, The | Victor Fleming | US Comedy/Drama | Spanish | The classic story dubbed in Spanish. | 103 |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Pedro Almodovar | Spanish Comedy | Spanish w/english subtitles | High atop one of Spain's poshest penthouses, three women have come to the end of their mental ropes. | 89 |