Apr
19
2:00 PM14:00
Apr
24
2:00 PM14:00
Apr
26
2:00 PM14:00
L’Avventura - Antonioni
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The Foundations of European Cinema part 2 – Soma Adult School
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In Michelangelo Antonioni's classic of Italian cinema, two lovely young women, Claudia (Monica Vitti) and Anna (Léa Massari), join the latter's lover, Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti), on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, an extensive search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from the guilt and tension brought about by the looming mystery.
Apr
30
7:00 PM19:00
May
3
2:00 PM14:00
Empire of Passion - Oshima
As part of our series Master of Japanese Cinema
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Hauntings occur after a Japanese peasant woman (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) conspires with her young lover (Tatsuya Fuji) to kill her older husband.
May
17
2:00 PM14:00
Contempt - Godard
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The Foundations of European Cinema part 2 – Soma Adult School
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A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance) is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter (Michel Piccoli) to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife (Brigitte Bardot).
May
21
6:00 PM18:00
A Separation
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When Nader (Payman Maadi), a bank employee, refuses to leave Tehran, his wife, Simin (Leila Hatami) sues for divorce in the hope that she can make a better life for their young daughter abroad. Needing someone to care for his senile father while he's at work, Nader hires Razieh (Sareh Bayat), a married woman whose chador hides her pregnancy. One day, after becoming angry with Razieh, Nader shoves her, and she has a miscarriage, leading Razieh's husband to take Nader to court.
Jun
14
2:00 PM14:00
After Life - Kore-Eda
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In this acclaimed Japanese film, a group of people who have recently died find themselves in a limbo realm resembling a relatively mundane building. Counselors, including Takashi (Arata) and Shiori (Erika Oda), are on hand to help new arrivals pick one memory from their lives to bring with them into eternity. Once the memories are chosen, the staff makes a short film representing each one, and the films make up a collage of thoughtful cinematic moments.
Jun
21
2:00 PM14:00
Jun
28
2:00 PM14:00
Death in Venice - Visconti
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The Foundations of European Cinema part 2 – Soma Adult School
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Haunting adaptation of Thomas Mann's classic about a composer, paralysed by ennui and repressed emotion, who discovers a last vestige of beauty and emotion during a visit to Venice at the turn of the century. Believing himself lost to the muse, he becomes obsessed by a beautiful young boy holidaying with his mother in the city.
Apr
12
2:00 PM14:00
The Life of Oharu -Mizoguchi
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In feudal Japan, Oharu (Kinuyo Tanaka), the daughter of royal samurai Shinzaemon (Ichiro Sugai), secretly has a passionate romance with Katsunosuke (Toshirô Mifune), a man with a meager social standing. When the couple is found out, the law comes down hard on this breach of class: Katsunosuke is put to death and Oharu and her family are banished from the kingdom. Destitute and disgraced, Shinzaemon sells Oharu into prostitution, and she spends years searching for love.
Apr
9
6:00 PM18:00
Taste of Cherry
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A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student (Mir Hossein Noori), asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.
Apr
5
2:00 PM14:00
Wild Strawberries Bergman
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The Foundations of European Cinema part 2 – Soma Adult School
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Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg (Victor Sjöström) travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne (Ingrid Thulin), in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara (Bibi Andersson), a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Mar
29
2:00 PM14:00
La Strada - Fellini
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The Foundations of European Cinema part 2 – Soma Adult School
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When Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina), a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus 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 she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto (Richard Basehart), the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Mar
25
7:15 PM19:15
Mar
22
2:00 PM14:00
Tokyo Story - Ozu
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The elderly Shukishi (Chishu Ryu) and his wife, Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama), take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi (Sô Yamamura), a doctor, and their daughter, Shige (Haruko Sugimura), a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko (Setsuko Hara), the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
Mar
8
2:00 PM14:00
Cinema Paradiso. 1-25-2026
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Young Salvatore Di Vita (Salvatore Cascio) discovers the perfect escape from life in his war-torn Sicilian village: the Cinema Paradiso movie house, where projectionist Alfredo (Philippe Noiret) instills in the boy a deep love of films. When Salvatore grows up, falls in love with a beautiful local girl (Agnese Nano) and takes over as the Paradiso's projectionist, Alfredo must convince Salvatore to leave his small town and pursue his passion for filmmaking.
Mar
5
6:00 PM18:00
The Children of Heaven
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When young Ali (Amir Farrokh Hashemian) accidentally loses the only pair of shoes his little sister Zahra (Bahare Seddiqi) owns, the siblings attempt to hide the bad news from their poverty-stricken father (Mohammad Amir Naji) and ill mother (Fereshte Sarabandi). They devise a scheme to share Ali's own pair of worn sneakers until they can find a new pair of shoes for Zahra. This documentary-like film was shot on location in some of Tehran's poorest areas.
Feb
15
2:00 PM14:00
Ikiru dir. Kurosawa
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A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Jan
29
7:00 PM19:00
Creation Until The End - Bernard Réquichot
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Jan
11
2:00 PM14:00
Dec
21
2:00 PM14:00
Dec
7
2:00 PM14:00
No Bears (2022)
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Nov
16
2:00 PM14:00
Nov
2
2:00 PM14:00
Oct
19
2:00 PM14:00
Oct
5
2:00 PM14:00
Sep
28
2:00 PM14:00
Sep
17
1:00 PM13:00
The Eight Mountains (2022)
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Join us for a special screening of The Eight Mountains (2022), a masterpiece by legendary Belgian directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch. This landmark film will be introduced by Gerard Amsellem, followed by a Q&A discussion.
Sep
14
2:00 PM14:00
Jun
29
2:00 PM14:00
The Kid with a Bike (Belgium)
A stirring story of hope and human connection by the Dardenne brothers.
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Understanding & Appreciating World Cinema
All screenings begin at 2:00 PM | SOPAC Theater 5
Jun
25
6:00 PM18:00
Jun
22
2:00 PM14:00
Jun
12
6:00 PM18:00
Jun
8
2:00 PM14:00
Jun
1
2:30 PM14:30
HIVE - Blerta Basholli 2021 - Albania
Note that this event has been rescheduled to June 1.
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May
22
6:00 PM18:00
May
18
2:00 PM14:00
May
4
2:30 PM14:30
A SEPARATION - Asghar Farhadi - 2011 Iran
This showing, previously scheduled for March 30 has been postponed to May 4. Please join us on May 4. If you did not buy the package through the Maplewood school, you can still buy a ticket the day of the screening for $20 (cash, check, PayPal, or Venmo). There will be a special presentation at 2:00 PM for the people who purchased the package through the Maplewood School.
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Individual tickets will also be sold on the day of the screening for 20 dollars cash, check, PayPal, or Venmo. Students who present ID will get a $10 discount.
May
4
2:30 PM14:30
POSTPONED TBD - CLOSE - Lukas Dhont 2023 - Belgium
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