CONCORD FILM SOCIETY SCHEDULE: Fall 2016 October 20-22 The Great Match (La Gran Final)

August 25-27 The Headless Woman Adventurous story of three soccer fans, unknown to one another, living in the farthest-flung corners of the planet who are determined to watch the 2002 TV A bourgeois woman is driving alone on a dirt road, becomes distracted broadcast of the World Cup final. Mix in a family of Mongolian nomads, a and runs over something. Everything returns to normal until a camel caravan, and a group of Indios for a spectacularly filmed global comedy. gruesome discovery is made. Director Lucrecia Martel 2008, 87 min. Gerardo Olivares, 2006, 88 min.

September 8-10 Mother October 27-29 Onibaba

A gruesome murder, detectives anxious to make an arrest, a mentally After being forcefully inducted as a soldier in 14th century Japan, his wife and challenged man, and a fiercely protective mother combines into a mother remain living in a swamp. They kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. Mistrust arises when her daughter-in-law begins to wear a facial beautifully crafted murder mystery. Director Bong Joon-ho 2009, 128 mask she has taken from a slain samurai. Atmospheric horror in this cult min. classic from director Kaneto Shindô, 1965, 103 min.

September 15-16 Twilight of the Ice Nymphs November 3-5 Les Biches

Released after years of incarceration, Peter Glahn is now returning to his Frédérique is a rich and beautiful woman who picks up a female street artist mythical home where the sun never sets. This tale of delirium and unrequited called "Why". They go to her villa in Saint Tropez, which is inhabited by a love is set in the mystical land of Mandragora, a sensual dream world. Director couple of odd gay men. Both women fall for the local architect Paul Thomas. Guy Maddin 1997, 91 min. The result is a menage à trois beset by jealousy, madness and, ultimately, murder. A Hitchcock-style thrilled from Claude Chabrol, 1968, 100 min. September 22-24 Destiny November 10-12 Fudoh Fantasy inspired by childhood dream of writer/director Fritz Lang of a young man abducted by Death on the eve of his marriage. Death offers his bride to be Nihilistic gangster mayhem you’ll not soon forget. The elders of the Yakuza an opportunity to spare his life but she fails and chooses to die also. With its crime family are “losing their heads” as the younger generation takes their many magical and haunting images, Destiny still possesses real power to place. Lead by Yakuza son, Riki, who bears a deep hatred for his father, the impress the imagination. 1921, silent, 99 min. new generation forms their own criminal organization. Takashi Miike, 1996, 98 min. Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Blade Runner December 1-3 Good for Nothing Set in Los Angeles in the futuristic year 2019, ex-cop turned “Blade Runner” Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), comes across an android replicant who evokes Imagine a Kiwi spaghetti western filtered through the offbeat sensibilities of human emotion. Deckard’s true hatred toward artificial intelligence makes him early Sam Raimi (30 Days of Night) or the Coen brothers (Raising Arizona). question his own identity, including what's human and what's not. Directed by You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you may even snort!! Mike Wallis (Lord of the Rings) Ridley Scott (Hannibal). 1978, 130 min. 2011, 92 min.

October 13-15 Los Olvidados

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, and the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others in this celebrated film from legendary director, Luis Bunuel. 1950, 90 min.