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“The best gay film of the year! With hues ofWeekend and Call Me by Your Name, Lucio Castro’s Critics Pick! “Astonishing, maddening, brilliant, hilarious, obstinate, and altogether “Creepy for how mundanely uncreepy it plays its scenario, Little Joe is an existential horror poignant and sexy romance will break your heart and mend it all at once.”—INDIEWIRE unmissable.”—David Ehrlich, INDIEWIRE movie about our inability to understand our own complicated emotions.”—A.A. Dowd, AV CLUB “An erotic, emotional imagining of a Grindr hookup as memory palace.” “Breathtaking…Newcomer [Tom Mercier] quite literally throws himself into scenes of “A richly enigmatic fantasia! The narrative is balanced precariously but pleasingly between —Keith Uhlich, explosive energy.”—Jay Weissberg, VARIETY the fantastic and the real, between the analytical and the evocative, between the seriously “An absolutely hypnotic romance.”—SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES The audacious and provocative dramatic comedy SYNONYMS stars newcomer Tom Mercier as Yoav, a young Israeli ex-soldier who has just moved philosophical and the darkly comic.”—SIGHT & SOUND In his alluring debut feature, writer/director Lucio Castro offers both a sun-soaked European travelogue and an epic, decades-spanning romance. to Paris with great expectations that France will save him from what he sees as the madness of his country. Things don’t get off to a great start Emily Beecham won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her masterful portrayal of Alice, a single mother and dedicated senior When Ocho (Juan Barberini), a 30-something Argentine poet on vacation in Barcelona, spots Javi (Ramón Pujol), a Spaniard from Berlin, from as he discovers that the flat he’s supposed to stay in is completely empty. And while taking a bath there, his belongings are stolen. Naked, he plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a very special crimson flower, remarkable not only the balcony of his Airbnb, the attraction is subtle but persistent. After a missed connection on the beach, a third chance encounter escalates to a is befriended by a French hippie couple Emile (Quentin Dolmaire, MY GOLDEN DAYS) and Caroline (Louise Chevilotte). Not deterred easily and for its beauty and pleasing aroma but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly in a seemingly random hookup. But are these two merely beautiful strangers in a foreign city or are they part of each other’s histories—and maybe desperate to erase his origins, Yoav refuses to speak Hebrew, relying on a French dictionary as his constant companion. Mercier is amazing, friendly voice, this plant makes its owner happy. Everyone will want one. Her corporation is poised to make a killing with it when they launch it even their destinies? Castro deliberately unfolds mystery after mystery, leading the audience on a journey of discovery as the two leading men throwing himself fearlessly into the role with a high degree of physicality, giving a hypnotic performance as the deeply alienated Yoav, whose in the marketplace, once testing is completed. Against company policy, Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son Joe (Kit Connor), and discover themselves and each other. With sumptuous lensing of a Barcelona summertime and tangible chemistry between the actors, END OF attempts to find himself awaken past demons while opening up an existential abyss. Inspired by the real life experiences of writer/director they christen it ‘Little Joe.’ But as their plant grows, so too does Alice’s suspicion that her new creation may not be as harmless as its nickname THE CENTURY is a love story that echoes across time. Winner of Best Film at the Buenos Aires Film Festival and Best First Film at the Frameline: San Nadav Lapid (THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, POLICEMAN). Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. suggests. Subtly sinister and increasingly creepy, enhanced by creative sound design, LITTLE JOE is one of the most imaginative horror/suspense Francisco LGBTQ Film Festival. (Argentina, 2019) (France//Germany, 2019) films seen in a long time.Ben Whishaw and Kerry Fox co-star. Directed and co-written by Jessica Hausner. (Austria/UK/Germany, 2019) cinemaguild.com/theatrical/endofthecentury.html kinolorber.com/film/synonyms magnoliapictures.com Film|Neu 2019 White Snake 63 Up THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 — SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 • FOUR DAYS STARTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 • ONE WEEK STARTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 • ONE WEEK

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“Enchanting...One of the most beautiful animated features I’ve ever seen.” “63 Up is the most important British film of our lifetime!” —Mike McGranaghan, THE AISLE SEAT —David Thomson, Film Critic & Historian HHHHH! “A beautiful work of art. With sumptuous backgrounds, impressive vistas and “If this is the final chapter, as Apted suggests it could be, it’s a worthy cap to one of the beautiful character designs, it looks nothing short of gorgeous.” boldest experiments in world cinema.”—Chris Willman, VARIETY —Chris Perkins, ANIMATION FOR ADULTS Legendary filmmaker Michael Apted (COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER), an Emmy nominee, DGA winner, and BAFTA-winning director, returns with the This delightful and spectacular tale is filled with magic, thrills, moments of humor, and a sweet romance. It’s a visually stunning new take latest installment of his groundbreaking documentary series, unmatched in the history of cinema for its astonishing and revelatory longevity. The on a classic legend, from Light Chaser Animation, one of China’s premiere animation studios. One day a young woman named Blanca original 7 UP was broadcast in 1964 as a one-off “World in Action” Special inspired by the Jesuit saying, “Give me the child until he is seven, and I is saved by Xuan, a poor snake catcher from a nearby village. She has lost her memory, but learns she has magical powers. Together they will give you the man,” and featured 14 British children talking about their hopes and dreams for the future. Subsequent visits every seven years go on a journey to discover her real identity, developing deeper feelings for one another along the way. Blanca endows Xuan’s dog Doudou over six decades have documented the group as they grew up, became adults and entered middle-age, dealing with everything life has thrown with the ability to talk, which horrifies Doudou hilariously. But as they learn more about Blanca’s past, they uncover a darker plot of at them in between. How have their lives reflected (or not) those earliest influences and the social class in which they were raised? Now, as the supernatural forces vying for power, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. WHITE SNAKE presents a sumptuous tale of trickster group reaches late adulthood, 63 UP is back to discover what they are doing—exploring retirement, facing mortality and reflecting on what the demons, deadly mythical beasts, assassins, wuxia action, and the promise of eternal love. Directed by Amp Wong and Zhao Ji. (China, 2019) Note: Early matinee screenings will be in English. All other shows will be in Mandarin with English subtitles. project has meant to them. It’s a not-to-be-missed new chapter in a fascinating saga. (UK, 2019) gkids.com/films/white-snake 63upfilm.com Waves A Hidden Life NOVEMBER 8, 2019 – JANUARY 2020 COMING SOON COMING SOON E STREET FILMCALENDAR Emily Beecham in Jessica Hausner’s LITTLE JOE

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