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NOVEMBER 10-20,2005
CINEMA ST. LOUIS PRESENTS THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL ST.LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 14TH ANNUAL ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 10-20, 2005
2:15 p.m. The Art and Crimes of 7 p.m. Breakfast on Pluto (135) Thursday, November 10 Ron English (82) 9:45 p.m. Tony Takitani (75) The Jewel Box 4:15 p.m. Music is My Life, Politics is My Tivoli Theatre 3 CONTENTS 7 p.m. Tribute to Cedric the Entertainer Mistress with donnie betts (110) 5:15 p.m. 39 Pounds of Love (72) (90) 7 p.m. Sisters in Law (104) 7 p.m. Niceland (95) 9 p.m. Shorts program 2 9:15 p.m. Joint Security Area (110) Friday, November 11 “Rapid Eye Movement: Webster University 3 Tivoli Theatre 1 Experimental Shorts” (104) 8 p.m. Abdul Loves Cleopatra St. Louis International 7 p.m. The Matador (97) Webster University with Brian Hohlfeld (113) with Richard Shepard 8 p.m. Goodnight, We Love You Film Festival Schedule 9:15 p.m. The Sisters (113) with “Secret” (107) Friday, November 18 Tivoli Theatre 2 Tivoli Theatre 1 7:30 p.m. Fuse (105) Monday, November 14 5 p.m. Sequins (89) 10 p.m. Shorts program 1 Tivoli Theatre 1 7:15 p.m. Brick (117) “Birds and Bees” (97) 4 5 p.m. Johanna (83) 9:45 p.m. The Judgment (110) Tivoli Theatre 3 7 p.m. Bombón – El Perro (97) Tivoli Theatre 2 General Information 7:15 p.m. Ballet Russes (118) 9:15 p.m. Fuse (105) 5 p.m. Tony Takitani (75) 9:45 p.m. Stress, Orgasms, and Salvation Tivoli Theatre 2 7 p.m. Little Jerusalem (96) Tickets/Passes with Carlos Riccelli, Bruna 5:15 p.m. After Midnight (89) 9 p.m. Iron Island (90) Lombardi and Kim Riccelli (90) 7:15 p.m. Ticket to Jerusalem (85) Tivoli Theatre 3 Saturday, November 12 9:30 p.m. Mango Yellow (103) 5:45 p.m. The Grace Lee Project (68) Tivoli Theatre 3 7:30 p.m. Back to Bosnia with Sabina 4 Tivoli Theatre 1 5 p.m. Stan Kann: The Happiest Man in Vajraca and Alison Hanson (75) 12:15 p.m. Guarded Secrets (90) the World with Mike Steinberg 9:45 p.m. Shorts program 4 Festival Special Events 2:30 p.m. Johanna (83) with Stranger: Bernie Worrell “Relationshorts” (91) 4:30 p.m. Go West (96) with Samir Smajic on Earth (106 ) Webster University 7 p.m. Gimme Kudos (95) 7:30 p.m. American Goth 8 p.m. As-Is: A Downsized Life 9:15 p.m. The President’s Last Bang (102) with Ryan Rhea (86) with Maryanne Galvin (70) 6 Tivoli Theatre 2 9:45 p.m. St. Louis Filmmakers 12:30 p.m. Buffalo Boy (102) Showcase Shorts (153) Saturday, November 19 Cinema for Students (K-12) 2:45 p.m. Vishwa Thulasi (114) Tivoli Theatre 1 5:15 p.m. Shadow Kill (92) Tuesday, November 15 Noon How to Conquer America in 7:30 p.m. Whisky (94) Tivoli Theatre 1 One Night (96) 9:45 p.m. Mango Yellow (103) 4:45 p.m. Vishwa Thulasi (114) 2:15 p.m. A Wonderful Night in Split (100) 6 Tivoli Theatre 3 7:15 p.m. Women’s Prison (106) 4:30 p.m. Cape of Good Hope (107) 10 a.m. Riverboat Dreams (free screening 9:45 p.m. Bombón – El Perro (97) 7 p.m. Transamerica Countries of Origin of a work-in-progress) Tivoli Theatre 2 with Duncan Tucker (103) with Jay Kanzler (90) 5 p.m. Bitter Dream (87) 9:30 p.m. Beautiful Boxer (118) For Foreign Films Noon Gaslight Square:The Legend 7 p.m. Macunaíma (95) Tivoli Theatre 2 Lives On with Bruce Marren 9:15 p.m. Shadow Kill (92) 12:15 p.m. What’s a Human Anyway? (114) with “The Turtle Park Story” (98) Tivoli Theatre 3 2:45 p.m. The Friend (105) with Michael Dorn 5:45 p.m. HairKutt with Curtis Elliott (60) 5 p.m. The Judgment (110) 6-14 2:15 p.m. Music is My Life, Politics is My 7:30 p.m. The Art and Crimes 7:15 p.m. The Girl From Paris (103) Mistress (110) with donnie betts of Ron English (82) 9:30 p.m. Zhoorek (72 min.) Feature Films 5 p.m. Formosa (86) 9:30 p.m. Shorts program 3 Tivoli Theatre 3 7:15 p.m. Missing in America with “Shorts from Down Under” (93) 12:30 p.m. Rounding First Gabrielle Savage Dockterman Webster University with Jim Fleigner (90) (102) 8 p.m. Tsotsi (94) 2:30 p.m. Favela Rising (80) 14-16 9:45 p.m. Black Wine with Ryan Rossell 4:45 p.m. Back to Bosnia with Sabina and Anson Scoville (87) Wednesday, November 16 Vajraca and Alison Hanson (75) Documentaries The Pageant Tivoli Theatre 1 6:45 p.m. Derailroaded (86) 8 p.m. Long Road to Cabo (90) 5:15 p.m. Niceland (95) 9 p.m. Shorts program 5 with Gil Bettman 7:30 p.m. Sequins (89) “Punchline” (100) 10 p.m. Long Road to Cabo (90) 9:45 p.m. Macunaíma (95) 11 p.m. Shorts program 6 16 with Gil Bettman Tivoli Theatre 2 “Short Stuff” (120) Webster University 5 p.m. How to Conquer America Webster University Pre-Feature Shorts, 8 p.m. Nothing Lasts Forever (82) in One Night (96) 8 p.m. Unseen Cinema Shorts (90) 7 p.m. Women’s Prison (90) Film Sponsors Sunday, November 13 9 p.m. Zhoorek (72) Sunday, November 20 Tivoli Theatre 1 Tivoli Theatre 3 Tivoli Theatre 1 Noon Bitter Dream (87) 5 p.m. Everything’s Going My Way 1 p.m. What’s a Human Anyway? (114) 2:15 p.m. After Midnight (89) with The Self-Made Man (127 ) 3:45 p.m. April’s Shower (98) 17 5 p.m. Beyond the Rocks (81) 7:45 p.m. Abel Raises Cain (82) 6:30 p.m. Mrs. Henderson Presents (113) 7 p.m. Go West with Samir Smajic (96) 9:45 p.m. Joint Security Area (110) Tivoli Theatre 2 Sidebars, Awards 9:15 p.m. The President’s Last Bang (102) Webster University 1:15 p.m. Little Jerusalem (96) Tivoli Theatre 2 8 p.m. Tribute to Lois Weber and 3:30 p.m. A Wonderful Night in Split (100) 12:15 p.m. Guarded Secrets (90) Alice Guy Blache with 5:45 p.m. Cape of Good Hope (107) 2:30 p.m. Whisky (94) Alison McMahan (90) Tivoli Theatre 3 18 4:30 p.m. Buffalo Boy (102) Noon Rounding First 6:45 p.m. Pearl Diver with Sidney King (95) Thursday, November 17 with Jim Fleigner (90) Membership Society 9:15 p.m. Gimme Kudos (95) Tivoli Theatre 1 2 p.m. Mana Beyond Belief (92) Tivoli Theatre 3 5 p.m. The Friend (105) 4 p.m. The White Countess (120) 10 a.m. Coffee with the Filmmakers 7:15 p.m. Iron Island (90) 6:30 p.m. Mana Beyond Belief (92) Ð free seminar (90) 9:15 p.m. The Girl From Paris (103) Duck Room at Blueberry Hill 20 12:15 p.m. Confluence Tivoli Theatre 2 8 p.m. Closing Night Party with Camp River du Bois (105) 5 p.m. Ticket to Jerusalem (85) Sponsors, Board/Staff
Thursday, November 3, 2005 Special Section produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department 3 GENERAL INFO/TICKETS/PASSES Marcia Harris is proud to sponsor The White Countess and Breakfast on Pluto. VENUES TICKET/PASS PRICES TRAVEL AND Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd. Individual tickets are $9 each, $8 for Webster University, Moore Auditorium, MasterCard cardholders, and $7 for Cinema St. ACCOMMODATIONS 470 E. Lockwood Ave. Louis members and students with current and Clayton On The Park is the Preferred Hotel of The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd. valid ID. Special events are priced individually Cinema St. Louis and the 14th Annual St. Louis Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, and are noted below. MasterCard cardholders International Film Festival. Special Festival 6504 Delmar Blvd. must make their ticket purchase with their guest rates are $125 for studios and one- MasterCard for this discount. bedroom suites (for one or two people) and $200 for a two-bedroom suite. An additional The Opening Night and Closing Night Spotlight FESTIVAL WEB SITE $10 per person will apply for each person after presentations of The Matador and Mrs. www.cinemastlouis.org the third person on a two-bedroom suite. Call Henderson Presents, as well as the Spotlight 314-721-6543 and use event code “SLIF” when presentations of Beyond the Rocks with Stan making reservations. ADVANCE TICKET SALES Kann at the organ, Breakfast on Pluto, and The Advance tickets for all films and events will be White Countess are specially priced at $10. No Clayton On The Park on sale exclusively at the Tivoli box office discounts or passes. is located at 8025 Bonhomme Ave. in beginning Nov. 1. The Long Road to Cabo at The Pageant will be downtown Clayton Box-office hours are 4-10 p.m. weekdays; 1:30- priced at $5. 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. No phone or with easy access to internet sales. Tr ibute to Cedric the Entertainer on Thursday, all Festival venues. Nov. 10 - V.I.P tickets $65, $45 for live interview and after-party. Please see the Special Events section for more information. SAVE THE DATE! Tickets are available only at the participating theater box offices. No phone or internet sales. Cinema St. Louis Five at Five - The screenings prior to 6 p.m. will present Monday, Nov. 15 through Friday, Nov. 19 are specially priced at $5. Family film screenings of Rounding First on Saturday, Nov. 19 and Sunday, 2006 on Sunday, March 5 Nov. 20 are specially priced at at the new Centene $5. Seating is limited. Sponsored by Georgia Center for the Arts. Frontiere and the St. Louis Rams.
SPECIAL EVENTS (No passes or discounts apply to special events.) ¥ Cinema St. Louis Award presentation and Tribute to Cedric the Entertainer - Thursday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m. The St. Louis International Film Festival annually presents the Cinema St. Louis Award to St. Louis-area natives who have made outstanding contributions to the motion picture industry. The 2005 recipient of this honor is St. Louis’ own Cedric the Entertainer, who is widely consid- ered to be one of the funniest performers in America today. Please join us at our 2005 Tribute to Cedric the Entertainer and kickoff to the 14th annual St. Louis International Film Festival in the beautifully restored Jewel Box in Forest Park. The evening will start with a V.I.P. reception and AFTER THE SHOW, toast to Cedric followed by a special clip reel of comic highlights of his stand-up and film per- formances, and a career-spanning interview conducted by KMOX celebrity host Charles SKIP TO OUR Brennan. An after-party will take place immediately following the interview. Reception and after- party includes open bar and hors d’oeuvres provided by the Pasta House Co. V.I.P. reception will begin at 7 p.m., clip reel and interview at 8 p.m., and after-party at 9 p.m. $65 per person for STORE (5 DOORS V.I.P. reception, live interview, and after-party or $45 per person for live interview and after-party. Reservations must be received by the offices of Cinema St. Louis no later than Friday, Nov. 4. DOWN) AND PICK Cinema St. Louis is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Tickets are tax-deductible up to half of the ticket price. Please call 314-454-0042, ext. 10 for reservations. Tickets will not be mailed and your name will appear on reservation list. UP YOUR BUY ONE- ¥ Opening Night Spotlight Film Ð The Matador at the Tivoli Theatre with guest director Richard Shepherd. Tickets to the film only are $10. Friday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m. Tickets are $10. No passes or GET ONE FREE discounts. ¥ Special screening of the 1922 silent masterpiece Beyond the Rocks Ð with world-renowned guest organist Stan Kann performing an original score he composed for the film. Sunday, Nov. COUPON. 13, 5 p.m., Tivoli Theatre. Tickets are $10. No passes or discounts. ¥ Tribute to Alice Guy Blaché and Lois Weber, pioneer women directors Ð Film historian and filmmaker Alison McMahan will give a lecture on these two women and their place in early silent comedies. Dr. Barbara Harbach of the UMSL Music Department has composed original scores for a short silent film by each director which will be performed by the UM-St. Louis Chamber A PROUD PARTNER AND SPONSOR Ensemble conducted by Dr. James Richards. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m., Webster University. OF THE ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL ¥ La Bonne Vie Ð An evening of French wine and French Film - Celebrate the season and the FILM FESTIVAL St. Louis International Film Festival with a free flowing pouring of the 2005 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau at The Westin St. Louis hotel at 811 Spruce Ave. from 5:30 to 8 p.m. with complimenta- ry hors d’oeuvres, free hotel self-parking, and two-for-one tickets to that evening’s screening of Festival film The Girl From Paris. Space is subject to availability and advance reservations are highly suggested. Tickets are $25 plus tax and gratuity. RSVP to Lori Jones at 314-552-5708. Thursday, Nov. 17. ¥ Closing Night Spotlight Film Ð Mrs. Henderson Presents at the Tivoli Theatre. Sunday, Nov. 20, 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. No passes or discounts. ¥ Closing-Night Awards Party Ð The winners of the festival’s major audience-choice and juried awards will be announced at the party. DJ and cash bar will be provided. Sunday, Nov. 21, 8:30 p.m., The Duck Room at Blueberry Hill in the University City Loop. Tickets are $5. IN THE DELMAR LOOP 6380 DELMAR ■ 314 721.8887 4 Special Advertising Section Thursday, November 3, 2005 by one the assorted guests arrive, bringing their Iran, 2004, 87 min., FEATURE FILMS: own insecurities and peculiar life situations into Farsi with English this hilarious comedy. As the script progresses, subtitles Tivoli Theatre: TV layers are slowly pulled away revealing secret For 40 years, the arrogant Esfandiar has been Webster University: WB relationships and subversive undercurrents Ð meticulously preparing the dead for their final ABDUL LOVES CLEOPATRA the wedding shower quickly becomes a free-for- resting place in an 800-year-old cemetery in all. Just when we think we have a grasp on central Iran. A stickler for detail and tradition, he each character’s inner-motives, more regularly beats his ragtag workers and takes CINEMA FOR characters get sucked into the fray, altering odd pleasure in insulting the woman who cares everyone’s dynamic and the course of April’s for the female corpses. One day, while prepar- “perfect” shower. ing a burial service, he’s taken ill and begins to STUDENTS Sunday, Nov. 20, 3:45 p.m. realize that he, too, may be mortal. When the For the third year, Cinema St. Louis is angel of death begins to communicate with him offering free screenings during the St. Louis through his television set, Esfandiar starts a International Film Festival Nov. 10-20, 2005. BEAUTIFUL BOXER Directed, produced, campaign to make things right with the people These special daytime screenings present a and written by in his life. This brilliant debut revels in the diverse selection of films suitable for grades Ekachai foibles and flaws of what makes us all human. K-12, allowing students and educators to With Brian Hohlfeld Uekrongtham A sublime and entertaining black comedy! explore the power and magic of cinema. We Directed and written by Brian Hohlfeld Thailand, 2003, Sunday, Nov. 13, 12 p.m. TV 1 wish to aid educators and work with them USA, 2005, 113 min. 118 min., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 5 p.m. TV 2 toward their directive to meet the necessary Heartbroken over his divorce from Tracy, Danny Thai with English subtitles requirements of the Missouri Department of ponders what went wrong and when a Based on the true BLACK WINE Elementary and Secondary Education mysterious video tape with seemingly random story of Thailand’s with Ryan Rossell and Anson Scoville Show-Me Knowledge Standards in scenes of their relationship arrives on his famed transgender Communication and Fine Arts and Social doorstep, he's given the chance to find out. This kickboxer, Beautiful Studies as well as all four Performance locally produced film is a bittersweet romantic Boxer is a poignant Goals. The films chosen supplement a comedy that explores the pleasures, pains, and action/drama that variety of current courses of study including impermanence of life and love. social sciences, history, communication Thursday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. WB punches straight into arts, literature, music, and visual and the heart and mind of a boy who fights as a performing arts. Films in the 2005 series man so he can become a woman. Believing include Confluence with Camp River AFTER MIDNIGHT he’s a girl trapped in a boy’s body since child- hood, Parinya Charoenphol (affectionately Directed, produced and written by DuBois (documentaries), Bombón – Ryan Rossell El Perro (Argentina), Niceland (Iceland), known as Nong Toom in Thailand) sets out to USA, 2005, 87 min. Sequins (France), and Mary Engelbreit’s master the lethal sport of Muay Thai (Thai Black Wine is a noir thriller blending the classic The Night Before Christmas (animated, boxing) in order to earn a living so that me may Hitchcockian style with modern elements of narrated by Kevin Kline). Sponsored by one day achieve his ultimate goal of total horror. Trevor Taylor is a man on the rise: he’s a The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and femininity. Touching, funny and packed with third-year law student, at the top of his class Sciences, Georgia Frontiere, and the breathtaking Thai kickboxing sequences, the who is being recruited by top firms, he is also in St. Louis Rams. film traces Toom’s childhood and teenage life love. After planning the perfect evening, Trevor as a traveling monk and his grueling days in brings his soon-to-be fiancé to the place where boxing camps. they first met, but before he can pop the Saturday, Nov. 19, 9:30 p.m. TV 1 question something horrible happens that COUNTRIES (Dopo Mezzanotte) propels the lovers down a dark and twisted Directed, produced, and written by BEYOND THE ROCKS path of lies, pitting them against each other to Davide Ferrario the point of insanity. OF ORIGIN Italy, 2004, 89 min., With: “Topsoil” (Simon Cooper, U.K., 2005, Italian with English subtitles 8 min.) Mike has been buried alive. He’s been FOR FOREIGN FILMS The magical and cavernous Museum of Argentina: Bombón - El Perro crossed and double-crossed and Cinema in Turin is the setting and inspiration for Bosnia: Back to Bosnia, Fuse, Go West frankly…Mike’s a little pissed off. this unlikely love story. One fateful evening the Brazil: Macunaíma, Mango Yellow Saturday, Nov. 12, 9:45 p.m. TV 3 museum’s timid night watchman comes to the Canada: How to Conquer America in aid of an enchanting, young cook on the run One Night from the police after dousing her overbearing BOMBÓN - EL PERRO China: Gimme Kudos boss with hot oil. Spellbound by the museum, Croatia: A Wonderful Night in Split the young woman develops a surprising France: The Girl From Paris, romantic connection with the guard, who until Little Jerusalem, Sequins now has only found companionship in his Directed by Sam Wood Germany: The Friend celluloid dreams. Infused with humor, USA, 1922, 81 min. Hungary: Guarded Secrets, Johanna, intelligence, and passion, this film is a masterful Thought for over 80 years to be lost forever, a Iceland: Niceland homage to the silent movie era and a charming print of this magnificent silent classic was found India: Shadow Kill, Vishwa Thulasi celebration of love. several years ago by the Nederlands Iran: Bitter Dream, Iron Island, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2:15 p.m. TV 1 Filmmuseum. A young woman (Gloria Women’s Prison Monday, Nov. 14, 5:15 p.m. TV 2 Swanson) is saved from drowning by a Ireland: Breakfast on Pluto handsome nobleman (Rudolph Valentino) and Italy: After Midnight APRIL’S SHOWER thanks him with a flower. She grows up to be a Japan: Tony Takitani ravishing beauty and marries an older million- Palestine: Ticket to Jerusalem Directed and written by Carlos Sorin aire to please her family. When suddenly Argentina, 2004, 97 min., Poland: Zhoorek reunited with the nobleman by chance on a trip Spanish with English subtitles South Africa: Cape of Good Hope, Tsotsi after so many years, they soon fall in love. When a good-natured, 52-year-old mechanic is South Korea: Joint Security Area, Decorum and duty to her wedding vows keep suddenly laid-off from the filling station that The President’s Last Bang them chaste despite their strong feelings for served his corner of the windswept Patagonian Thailand: Beautiful Boxer, The Judgment one another. Will the two lovers ever be united? steppes, he tries to make ends meet by selling Turkey: What’s A Human Anyway? The result is cinematic magic. This special knives with lovingly crafted handles, but nobody UK: Mrs. Henderson Presents, presentation will be presented with a live seems to want them. Then one day he repairs a The White Countess musical accompaniment by world-renowned young woman’s car and the good deed results USA: Abdul Loves Cleopatra, organist Stan Kann. No passes or discounts. in the gift of a striking show dog named April’s Shower, Beyond the Rocks, Sunday, Nov. 13, 5 p.m. TV 1 Bombón. Both man and dog warily eye each Black Wine, Brick, Formosa, The Matador, Directed, produced and written by Trish Doolan other to determine the pros and cons of their Missing in America, Nothing Lasts USA, 2003, 98 min. new relationship. As the man unquestioningly Forever, Rounding First, The Sisters, BITTER DREAM On the morning of her friend April’s wedding (Khab é Talkh) welcomes the new pet into his life, his streak of Transamerica shower, Alex, a chef, finds herself frantic to host Directed, produced, and luck changes. Uruguay: Whisky the perfect event while struggling with her written by Monday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m. TV 1 Vietnam: Buffalo Boy tangled relationship with the bride-to-be. One Mohsen Amiryoussefi Tuesday, Nov. 15, 9:45 p.m. TV 1
6 Special Section produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department Thursday, November 3, 2005 BREAKFAST ON PLUTO from his aged father to take the struggling dence that the 9/11 attacks were planned in rape victim refuses to corroborate the story. GUARDED SECRETS IRON ISLAND JOINT SECURITY AREA THE JUDGEMENT family’s two precious animals up country on his student apartments in Hamburg, director Elmar Only when the truth is about to be revealed (Mélyen örzött titkok) (Jazire Ahani) (Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA) (Ai Fak) own. The film's underlying theme of man vs. Fischer wrote and directed The Friend as his does the reporter find himself faced with the Directed, produced, nature is underscored as the boy encounters feature film debut. The story traces the lives dilemma between objective truth and subjective and written by various hardships along the way. and friendship of two college students. It reality and the raison d’être behind his Mohammad Saturday, Nov. 12, 12:30 p.m. TV 2 addresses the cultural divisions profession on the verge of collapse. Rasoulof Sunday, Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m. TV 2 facing us in the 21st Century and the spread of Saturday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. TV 1 Iran, 2005, 90 min., terrorism that can foment and stem from these Sunday, Nov. 13, 9:15 p.m. TV 2 Farsi with English CAPE OF GOOD HOPE divisions. Yunes, the Yemeni roommate of subtitles German student Chris, leaves without warning THE GIRL FROM PARIS In this fast-paced tale about poor or a forwarding address. A few days later, the (Une hirondelle a fait le printemps Ð original 9/11 attacks occur. Chris and his companions title One Swallow Brought Spring) people in the Directed, produced and written by Neil Jordan Persian Gulf living Ireland/U.K., 2005, 135 minutes begin to wonder: was he a terrorist? Using a aboard a sinking oil Breakfast on Pluto charts the exploits of Patrick non-linear narrative, this riveting film becomes Directed by Zsuzsa Boszormenyi tanker, this amazing Braden (Cillian Murphy), an endearing but an absorbing and timely reflection on the Hungary, 2004, 90 min., film is a sharp deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a tangled relationships between the political and Hungarian with English subtitles Directed by Park Chan-wook Directed and produced by Pantham Thongsang allegory about Iran South Korea, 2000, 110 min., Thailand, 2004, 110 min, baby in his small Irish hometown in the ‘70s, the personal. Irma Varró has just turned 18 years old, she is and a galloping English and Korean with English subtitles Thai with English subtitles Patrick is aware from an early age that he is With: “Any More Questions?” (Manoocher pregnant and is leaving the state orphanage fable full of offbeat Joint Security Area is a highly atmospheric, Fak, a Buddhist monk, returns to his village to different. He survives his childhood with the aid Directed and written by Mark Bamford Khoshbakht, Germany, 2003, 7 min.) A short with her only link to her past - the necklace her characters and entertaining moments. The mystery-drama set in the politically tense care for his aging father only to discover his of his wit and charm and eventually travels to South Africa, 2004, 107 min., English, film about why people from other cultural back- mother placed around her neck when she gigantic, crumbling barge is occupied by unem- environs of Korea’s DMZ separating North and father has married a young, beautiful, mentally London to look for his mother. Along the way he Afrikaans and Xhosa with English subtitles grounds are constantly grilled about why they abandoned her. She is soon caught up in a ployable social outcasts and homeless people, South Korea. Two North Korean soldiers have unstable woman. When his father dies, Fak is reinvents himself as a transvestite who prefers This profoundly optimistic film arrives on the are where they are. profound voyage of self-discovery. As she waits united by their passionate Muslim faith. Captain been killed on their post at the so-called left to care for his insane stepmother. Unable to to be called “Kitten.” Acclaimed Irish director tenth anniversary of the end of Apartheid. Thursday, Nov. 17, 5 p.m. TV 1 for the birth, she is hired as a cleaning woman Saturday, Nov. 19, 2:45 p.m. TV 2 Nemat, an elderly, yet highly charismatic “Bridge of No Return” border crossing believe a man can live chastely with a woman, Jordan perfectly captures the political excite- Several intertwining storylines revolve around and meets a man who inadvertently leads her an animal rescue shelter on the edge of town. back to her roots and eventually to the people patriarch, dominates this strange community; supposedly by one South Korean soldier. But the villagers begin to talk. Determined to keep ment and turmoil of the era while weaving a Directed and written by Christian Carion The faces of hope are; a refugee from war-torn who hold an important secret about her past. despite the fact the owners of the ship and the the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with his religious pledge and ignore the gossip, he wonderfully surreal and magical tale. FUSE France, 2001, 103 min., Irma quickly learns that confronting the truth is authorities have ordered them to leave. His the five remaining bullets in the assassin’s reluctantly accepts the role as her protector Thursday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m. TV 2 Congo who finds himself torn between love and (Gori Vatra) French with English subtitles easier than unraveling it. This tense drama is a contradictory leadership style Ð alternating magazine clip, amount to 16 bullets, yet the gun when she's beaten by some villagers for the promise of asylum in the West; a single Directed and written Sandrine, a 30-year-old Parisienne, decides to haunting story of longing, where everything is compassion with ferocious brutality Ð mirrors holds only 15. The investigating neutral disrupting a funeral. This hauntingly beautiful mother and housekeeper trying to make a life by Pjer Zalica leave the city and make her lifelong dream BRICK Bosnia-Herzegovina, shrouded in mystery and secrets. that of recent regimes in Iran. When his young Swiss/Swedish team suspects that another, film creates an intensely dark view of village life for herself and her son, while finding a way out come true: to become a farmer. Adrien is an old 2003, 105 minutes, Saturday, Nov. 12, 12:15 p.m. TV 1 assistant wants to marry a girl against her unknown party was involved. The investigators and a damning depiction of small town of the township once and for all; a young and taciturn farmer who reluctantly agrees to Muslim couple unable to have children of their Bosnian, Serbian and Sunday, Nov. 13, 12:15 p.m. TV 2 father’s wishes, the aftermath exposes all of are plunged into an atmosphere of mutual prejudice. Adapted from Kham Phiphaksa (The English with sell his land before retiring. Agreeing to let him own yet desperate to have a family; a recently Captain Nemat’s contradictions and strengths. suspicion and hostility where the military on Judgement), an award-winning novel by Chat English subtitles stay on for an extra year, Sandrine takes over widowed vet who wants to believe that true love Thursday, Nov. 17, 7:15 p.m. TV 1 both sides are barely cooperative. Kobjitti. Writer/director Zalica’s the farm and begins implementing her own HOW TO CONQUER AMERICA Friday, Nov. 18, 9 p.m. TV 2 can strike twice; and the emotionally guarded Wednesday, Nov. 16, 9:45 p.m. TV 3 Friday, Nov. 18, 9:45 p.m. TV 1 debut feature is a innovations. She succeeds where Adrien was Thursday, Nov. 17, 9:15 p.m. TV 3 Saturday, Nov. 19, 5 p.m. TV 2 founder of the animal shelter, who seems to IN ONE NIGHT clever political drama sure she would fail. She earns a living in the (Comment relate better to stray dogs than to people. JOHANNA that reflects how spring and summer by opening up the farm to Saturday, Nov. 19, 4:30 p.m. TV 1 Conquerir tourists and selling goat cheese over the Sunday, Nov. 20, 5:45 p.m. TV 2 difficult it is for people L'Amerique en Directed and written by Rian Johnson to accommodate Internet. The arrival of winter affects her income Une Nuit) USA, 2005, 117 min. themselves to a new world. Two years after the and brings conflicting emotions. The tenacious Directed and Taking its cues from the novels of Dashiell FORMOSA horrific Bosnian civil war, Tesanj is a town woman faces the harsh isolation of the Rhone- written by Dany Alps, but a growing attachment to the ailing old Laferriere Hammett and the rich tradition of the hard- slowly rebuilding, despite being run by a corrupt Thursday, November 3, 2005 Special Advertising Section 9 boiled noir mystery, Brick is set in a modern- mayor who openly does business with black curmudgeon and his grudging acceptance are Canada, 2004, 96 min., day Southern California high school. One lonely marketers. When U.N. authorities arrive, unexpected complications. French with student’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) piercing promising to put them on the map with a visit Thursday, Nov. 17, 9:15 p.m. TV 1 English subtitles Directed by Kornel Mundruczo intelligence spares no one. He is not afraid to Saturday, Nov. 19, 7:15 p.m. TV 2 from President Clinton, everyone hustles to Newly arrived in Hungary, 2005, 83 min., Hungarian with back up his words with actions though he clean up the town. English-speaking officials Montréal from English subtitles prefers to stay an outsider Ð until the day that move in, inspecting every office and official GO WEST Port-au-Prince, a This strange, highly stylized film retells the his ex-girlfriend is found dead. To find the truth, space for anything that may prove embarrass- With Producer Samir Smajic Haitian immigrant legendary tale of “The Passion of Joan of Arc” he enlists the aid of his only true peer, while ing during the president’s visit. Preparations in his 30s has one in a surreal, operatic form, primarily set in a keeping the assistant vice principal only quickly become more hectic and when the big singular goal in mind Ð to conquer North grungy urban Hungarian hospital. A beautiful occasionally informed of what quickly becomes Directed and written by Noah Kadner day arrives, a shocking development changes America by charming and seducing a gorgeous drug addict falls into a coma after a traffic a dangerous investigation. His single-minded USA, 2005, 86 min. everything in a flash. blonde model he has seen in a magazine. The accident and miraculously recovers in a state of unearthing of student secrets thrusts him head- Friday, Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m. TV 2 Albuquerque, New Mexico, circa 1951. The man soon winds up at the home of his uncle, grace with no memories whatsoever of her long into the colliding social orbits of the very Monday, Nov. 14, 9:15 p.m. TV 1 president of tiny Formosa Studios, Sid Silver, who has given up writing poetry to drive a taxi. former life. She stays on in the dismal hospital cliques and adolescent attitudes he has sought has a big problem: his social guidance films Over the course of one night, the two men take as a nurse and cures patients by lying beside so hard to avoid. aren’t working anymore. The teens of the ‘50s GIMME KUDOS stock of their lives, memories and fantasies. them and offering them her body. The regular Friday, Nov. 18, 7:15 p.m. TV 1 have gone wild and Sid can no longer reach (Qiu Qiu Ni, Biao Yang Wo) Run-ins with bigoted convenience store owners staff, including a doctor she rebuffs, eventually them. Enter Clay Crawford, who has a bigger With Producer Fred Tsui and the pretentious inanity of the TV shows betray her. Every word of the dialogue is sung, BUFFALO BOY problem: with a grizzled bounty hunter named always running in the background, underscore yet the emotional extravagance of the storyline (Mua len trau) Lucky hot on his trail, he’s trying to make it to the film's impeccable comic timing. is balanced by the sublime elegance of the California to find a man who may be his father. Directed, produced and written by Wednesday, Nov. 16, 5 p.m. TV 2 visual storytelling. Sid and Clay cross paths in the hot desert Ahmed Imamovi Saturday, Nov. 19, 12 p.m. TV 1 Saturday, Nov. 12, 2:30 p.m. TV 1 winds of New Mexico where the former Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2005, 95 min., Monday, Nov. 14, 5 p.m. TV 1 mistakes the latter for a method actor. Soon the Bosnian with English subtitles fate of Formosa Studios (and perhaps New Winner of the 2005 Sarajevo Film Festival, this Mexico) hangs in the balance in this gentle courageous and controversial debut film pairs comedy about having true faith in oneself. historical tragedy with a surreal comedy of With: “Learn Self Defense” (Chris Harding, disguise. Kenan is a classical musician and a USA, 2004, 5 min.) Five practical lessons of Muslim. His male lover, Milan, is a Bosnian Serb. Given the prejudice against homosexuals self-defense for the citizen of today’s world. Directed, produced, and written by Saturday, Nov. 12, 5 p.m. TV 3 Huang Jianxin in the Balkans, they keep their relationship secret and when war breaks out in 1992, they Directed and written by Minh Nguyen-Vô China, 2004, 95 min., Mandarin with decide to leave besieged Sarajevo once and for Vietnam, 2004, 102 min., Vietnamese with THE FRIEND English subtitles English subtitles (Fremder Freund) A superstar reporter at a Nanjing newspaper all. While fleeing, Kenan is stopped by Serbian Based on a collection of short stories, this Directed by Elmar seems to have it all Ð a respectable job, a size- militiamen, to save him Milan disguises him as touching film is set in the southernmost part of Fischer able modern apartment, and a pretty girlfriend, his wife. As they head for Milan’s village in ‘40s era French-occupied Vietnam, where the Germany, 2003, until his meeting with a country bumpkin who Eastern Bosnia, Milan is forced to join the army 105 min., lowlands slide into the sea. For six months of demands public kudos in his newspaper for and Kenan is left to fend for himself in this German with the year, the area is heavily flooded, forcing saving a university coed from rape, sends his hostile land while still in his female disguise. English world spinning. Brushing him off at first, the Saturday, Nov. 12, 4:30 p.m. TV 1 inhabitants to take their water buffaloes to subtitles reporter finally decides to investigate the case. Sunday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m. TV 1 higher ground for pasture. In the first test of his Drawn from evi- adulthood, 15-year-old Kim gets permission Things become complicated after the alleged
8 Special Section produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department Thursday, November 3, 2005 Brazilian city of over a million people who live On Oct. 26, 1979, the president of South Korea original designs on fine fabrics. Through a LITTLE JERUSALEM on the economic edge, are tragically depicted MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS NOTHING LASTS FOREVER was assassinated at his own dinner table by string of events, Madame Melikian, a master SHORTS PROGRAM 2 – SHORTS PROGRAM 5 – (La Petite Jerusalem) Directed by Directed and in this harrowing film. The exotic characters Stephen Frears the head of Korean Intelligence (KCIA.) This embroiderer who sews delicate ornamentation RAPID EYE MOVEMENT: PUNCHLINE written by Karin include an unfaithful butcher and his religiously UK, 2005, film documents that fateful night. Beginning with for some of the top haute couture fashion EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS Albou devout wife, a gay cook, an overweight 103 min. a brief historical background on Park and his houses in Paris, takes on Claire as an assis- France, 2005, asthmatic, and a tough, female barkeeper. The Set in pre-World rise to power, the film moves to the events of tant. Stern but fair, Melikian is still in mourning 96 min., film offers a mosaic of the colorful people who War II London, that fateful day, which include a hastily for her 20-something son who was killed in a French, Arabic occupy this tragically poor neighborhood. Mrs. Henderson arranged dinner at a sprawling mansion that motorcycle accident and who performed the and Hebrew Saturday, Nov. 12, 9:45 p.m. TV 2 Presents tells the doubled as a KCIA safe house. The proceed- work Claire now does. They forge a relationship with English Monday, Nov. 14, 9:30 p.m. TV 2 remarkable true- ings kick off with President Park lecturing his built on unspoken understanding and mutual subtitles life story of one guests on “discipline,” his hatred of democracy respect for their craft. This assured of England’s (and Jimmy Carter) and how the KCIA should Wednesday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. TV 1 feature debut THE MATADOR With Richard Shepard most prominent crack down harder on the dissent. Kim (the Friday, Nov. 18, 5 p.m. TV 1 You spilled your popcorn, they were out of explores the and eccentric Directed and written by Tom Schiller head KCIA agent) grows increasingly agitated Snow Caps and the guy beside you hasn’t complicated society figures, USA, 1984, 82 min. with the president and decides on a whim to bathed in weeks. You need to laugh and as luck emotional SHADOW KILL In one word…weird. Get ready to experience a Laura Henderson A stylish, rarely seen black and white film from “take out” Park that night. At this point The (Nizhalkkuthu) would have it, you’re in the right place. These disarray of a world that could only exist during R.E.M. Make (Judi Dench), the creator of a series sublimely brilliant short President’s Last Bang bares its satirical teeth shorts will have you bustin’ a gut faster than young, sure to take it easy after this one because your who founded the subjects called “Schiller’s Reel” for the early as chaos spreads through the ranks of the you can say “lather, rinse and repeat.” Orthodox brain is probably going to need a breather. historic Windmill seasons of Saturday Night Live. In one of the military and the KCIA after Park’s assassina- “AdCorp, Inc.” Jewish woman who has put her faith in the “The Chickening” Theatre. Driven by the desire to win back the most bizarre love stories ever told, a young tion. Imagine a ramped-down, Korean version “Handshake” Torah until her awakening sexual desire forces “The Death of a Minor Character” dwindling music hall audiences who had been man wants to be an artist in some future New of Dr. Strangelove, and you’re not far from the “I’m Sorry, Mr. Reeves” her to doubt her teachings. Eighteen-year-old “Egg” lured away by the advent of ‘talking pictures’, Yo rk City that is ruled by the Port Authority, an satirical tone of this film. “It’s the Cat” Laura lives with her family in an impersonal “Fluent Dysphasia” this charming lady and veritable force of nature institution that calls everyone to work, tells Saturday, Nov. 12, 9:15 p.m. TV 1 “Marvelous Marso and the Case of the concrete housing block in a neighborhood nick- “The Light of Eons” was aided by equally formidable and tenacious them when to stop, and regulates the influx of Sunday, Nov. 13, 9:15 p.m. TV 1 Climbing Cats” named “Little Jerusalem.” Juxtaposing the most “Le Pont” theatre manager Vivian Van Damm (Bob artists. He doesn’t pass their art test, and is “Mr. Dramatic” ancient of rituals with absolutely modern “Puca” Hoskins), as she set about her task with the given a job regulating traffic in the Holland “Pee Shy” concerns, the film sharply portrays a low- Written and directed by Richard Shepard ROUNDING FIRST “Slim” kind of vigor and determination which belied Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a With Jim Fleigner “Perils in Nude Modeling” income suburb outside Paris. Centered around USA, 2004, 97 min. “Viands” her advanced years. This wonderfully argumen- beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon Sunday, Nov. 13, 9 p.m. TV 3 “Two to Tango” people of limited means, the story intelligently A trip to Mexico City throws Julian, a pompous, Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan tative pair were complete opposites, but their on a Lunar Cruiser he thought was a city bus. “West Bank Story” depicts ways in which the demands of a tightly self-indulgent professional assassin, together India, 2002, 90 min., extraordinary partnership proved fruitful when He is eventually returned to earth where he Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 p.m. TV 3 knit religious community can be stifling or with Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear), a strait- Malayalam with English Subtitles SHORTS PROGRAM 3 – Mrs. Henderson's influence in society enabled performs a piano concert at Carnegie Hall liberating. This exquisitely acted film juggles big laced, affable family man from Denver. During Set in the pre-independence India of the 1940s, her to take advantage of a legal loophole which before being reunited with his paramour. DOWN UNDER issues such as the specter of anti-Semitism in an alcohol-soaked dark night of the soul, Julian Shadow Kill is the story of executioner, SHORTS PROGRAM 6 – permitted the theatre to show entirely nude Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m. WB contemporary France. confronts the possibility that he may be losing Kaliyappan, who is experiencing some job sat- SHORT STUFF Friday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. TV 2 his edge and calls a list of names in his models on stage Ð provided they didn't move a isfaction issues. He takes to drinking and con- Sunday, Nov. 20, 1:15 p.m. TV 2 address book, only to realize that of this inter- muscle. From here it was an easy step to the PEARL DIVER soles himself with the thought that Goddess national rogue’s gallery of petty crooks and ‘Nude Revue,’ a musical extravaganza which With Sidney King Kali makes him carry out her wishes. With each lock-pickers, not one among them is a true became a roaring success and cemented the Directed, hanging, the villagers believe the hangman MACUNAÍMA produced and friend. So when Julian chances upon the mild- Windmill Theatre's reputation and place in comes to possess divine powers of healing written by mannered Danny, who is staying in the same history. No passes or discounts. derived from the Goddess herself, and that the Sunday, Nov. 20, 6:30 p.m. TV 1 Sidney King hotel, he strikes up a conversation over a few USA, 2004, ash made from the hangman’s rope is a mira- cocktails. As Danny is subjected to Julian’s 95 min. cle-medicine. As times goes by, the hangings devil-may-care pugnacity, it becomes increas- NICELAND Pearl Diver is Directed, produced and written by Jim Fleigner grow increasingly few and far between, yet one Once upon a time, a bunch of stray shorts got ingly clear that the two men have little or noth- the feature film USA, 2005, 90 min. day Kaliyappan receives orders to prepare for Look…a wallaby. At least that’s what we’d be together and decided to make their own pro- ing in common. Nonetheless, Julian latches debut of In the spirit of Stand By Me, three 12-year-old another hanging. His preparations include rigor- saying if we were in Australia. Anyway, this pro- gram. As diverse as the people watching them, onto Danny and as the men get better writer/director boys head off to Little League baseball camp in ous prayers and penance; yet as the day draws gram is comprised entirely of shorts from they combined powers to create what you see acquainted, they develop a mutual respect: Sidney King. their last summer before junior high. Before closer, he becomes more and more disturbed Aussie filmmakers and they fit together quite before you. To make a long story short…here’s Danny for Julian’s reckless abandon; Julian for Two sisters leaving, one of the boys overhears a conversa- and begins to question his ability to follow nicely. So, sit back and take an imaginary jour- “Short Stuff.” Directed, produced, and written by the trappings of Danny’s sweet, uncomplicated (Marian and tion between his parents that sets off a chain of through with the execution. ney Down Under. “Easter Sunday” Joaquim Pedro de Andrade suburban life. When Danny reveals he’s hit a Hannah), who events that promises to change all of their lives With: “In the Morning” (Daniele Lurie, USA, “Amorality Tale” “The Fisherboy” Brazil, 1969, 95 min., financial rough patch, Julian offers his services. have been forever. The boys sneak out of camp to secretly 2004, 10 min.) The brutal rape of a young “The King’s Inn” Portuguese with English subtitles “Barely Visible” Isn’t that what friends are for? No passes or haunted by the trail the boy’s parents and along the way they woman forces her family to take serious action “The Numbers” In this masterpiece of Brazilian modernism, “Bomb” discounts. murder of their mother 20 years prior are must piece together clues, avoid their parents to save their family’s honor. “Perfect Heat” Macunaíma is a dark, satirical comedy full of “Danya” Friday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m. TV 1 reunited when Marian’s 6-year old daughter is and dodge the police as they try to unravel the Saturday, Nov. 12, 5:15 p.m. TV 2 “Puck This” racial high jinks, with a free-floating metaphor “Everything Goes” badly injured in a farming accident. As the sis- mystery. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 9:15 p.m. TV 2 “The Receipt” applied most savagely to the military dictator- Saturday, Nov. 19, 12:30 p.m. TV 3 “Frankenchicken” MISSING IN AMERICA ters struggle with the circumstances surround- “Sophie’s Rituals” ship of Brazil in the late ‘60s. The story covers Sunday, Nov. 20, 12 p.m. TV 3 “Lucky” With Gabrielle Savage Dockterman Directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson ing the child’s accident their opposing views SHORTS PROGRAM 1 – “Surly Squirrel” 40-plus years of Macunaíma’s life, beginning “Turn” Iceland/Denmark/Germany, 2005, 95 min. drive them towards a penultimate confrontation Saturday, Nov. 19, 11 p.m. TV 3 with his miraculous birth as a full-grown man BIRDS AND BEES Tuesday, Nov. 15, 9:30 p.m. TV 3 Icelandic director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s that rips away the layers of secrecy and buried SEQUINS born to an old woman in a tiny jungle settle- lushly produced Niceland is a whimsical fairy trauma surrounding the night of their mother’s (Brodeuses a.k.a. A Common Thread) ment. His terrific luck with women is off-set by ST. LOUIS FILMMAKERS tale set in Scotland about two mentally death. SHORTS PROGRAM 4 – his dreadful luck with almost everything else. challenged young adults, Jed and Chloe, who With: “Resurrection” (Mitchell Lichtenstein, RELATIONSHORTS SHOWCASE SHORTS He eventually becomes the lover of a female (135 min.) together discover the meaning of life and love. USA, 2004, 10 min.) A boy escapes into the revolutionary, who’s ill fate leaves Macunaíma “Another Part of Me” On the night Jed proposes marriage, Chloe’s woods after his alcoholic mother dies, but guilt alone as he tells his life story to the only “Choice” beloved cat is killed by a car, sending Chloe forces him to return in the morning. creature who will listen, a parrot. “Ethiopia: Tesfay Alem” into a life-threatening depression. Determined Sunday, Nov. 13, 6:45 p.m. TV 3 Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. TV 2 “Flicker” to help her find another purpose in life, Jed Wednesday, Nov. 16, 9:45 p.m. TV 1 “The Nightly Potato - becomes convinced that Max, a curmudgeonly THE PRESIDENT’S LAST BANG Episode 1” scrap-dealer, has the answer when he hears (Geuddae Geu Saramdeul) “Pour Chaque <
10 Special Section produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department Thursday, November 3, 2005 Thursday, November 3, 2005 Special Section produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department 11 Directed by Duncan Tucker Directed and produced by Manijeh Hekmat THE SISTERS TICKET TO JERUSALEM USA, 2005, 100 min. TSOTSI WHAT’S A HUMAN ANYWAY? WHISKY THE WHITE COUNTESS Iran, 2002, 106 min., Bree (Felicity Huffman) is a born-again Farsi with English subtitles Christian and male pre-op transexual living in Spanning 18 years in an Iranian women’s L.A. who’s been trying to save up his money to prison, this taboo-breaking film is based on the become a woman. One day, he learns that he director’s fieldwork among women prisoners in has fathered a son, Toby, who is now jailed in Iran. Hekmat depicts the lives of Iran’s lost New York, so Bree flies across the country to generation in the two decades since the 1979 get him out of jail. Toby, not realizing that Bree Islamic Revolution, using the women behind is his father (or a man) instead believes she is bars as a metaphor for the entire society. Mitra a Christian missionary. Toby is released to is in prison for killing her violent stepfather. On Bree’s custody and agrees to travel with her The White Countess, written by Kazuo Ishiguro the eve of a prison riot she confronts Tahereh, Directed and written by Rashid Masharawi (Remains of the Day), directed by James Ivory the new warden, whose dogmatic views she Palestine/Netherlands, 2002, 85 min., Arabic across-country back to L.A., though he’s just looking for his chance to escape from her. and produced by the late Ismail Merchant is set challenges fearlessly, only to be given a severe and Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Gavin Hood in the vibrant, cosmopolitan city of Shanghai of Jaber and his wife live in a Palestinian refugee Meanwhile Bree is forced to learn how to punishment in return. Over time Tahereh’s parent along the way, must decide when and U.K, South Africa, 2005, 94 min, English, Directed and written by Juan Pablo Rebella the 1930s. The White Countess portrays the attitude toward her prisoners softens, reflecting camp near Ramallah, just north of Jerusalem. A Afrikaans and Xhosa with English subtitles relationship between a blind, disillusioned Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman kind, gentle man in his early 40s, Jaber runs a where to reveal his secret. Directed by Reha Erdem and Pablo Stoll the country’s shifting political stance. Tsotsi traces the last six days in the lonely, Turkey, 2004, 114 min., Uruguay/Argentina, 2004, 94 min., former American diplomat played by Ralph Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:15 p.m. TV 1 USA, 2005, 113 min. mobile cinema, bringing entertainment to both Saturday, Nov. 19, 7 p.m. TV 1 violent life of a ruthless young gang leader who Tur kish with English subtitles in Spanish with English subtitles Fiennes and an exiled Russian noblewoman Wednesday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m. TV 2 A re-imagining of the Anton Chekhov play “The children and adults throughout the disputed gradually rediscovers his humanity, dignity and In modern-day Istanbul, 35-year-old Ali is Whisky presents a bittersweet, comic tale of portrayed by Natasha Richardson who works Three Sisters,” The Sisters is an intricately writ- territory of the West Bank. Due to the declining TRIBUTE TO CEDRIC capacity to love through having to take of a knocked unconscious in an accident and loses self-realization and discovery. Jacobo, the dull odd Ð and sometimes illicit Ð jobs to support ten tale of three sisters and their brother as situation of the conflict, his mission meets more A WONDERFUL NIGHT IN SPLIT THE ENTERTAINER baby accidentally kidnapped during a car his memory. Although he remembers many of and gravely serious owner of a sock factory, members of her dead husband’s aristocratic they deal with the mess their lives have and more obstacles Ð too many checkpoints (Ta Divna Splitska Noc) The annual Cinema jacking. This electrifying film was the winner of the people who live in his apartment building, follows the same routine Ð every day. He gets family. Also starring Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn become. Maria Bello is the standout here and permits that are difficult to obtain. Tension St. Louis Award the 2005 People’s Choice Audience Award at he cannot remember his father, Rasih, a retired up, drives to the factory and meets his manager Redgrave, John Wood, Madeleine Potter and playing the vicious Marsha who spends most of erupts in Jaber’s relationship with his wife, who honors film artists the Toronto Film Festival and based on a novel health officer. He is vexed by this state of affairs Marta, a frumpy, quiet, middle-aged worker who Ying Da. her time tearing others down with a torrent of questions her husband’s motives for continuing with strong St. Louis by Athol Fugard. and continuously insults his son and his own is loyal to her boss. The monotony is broken by Sunday, Nov. 20, 4 p.m. TV 3 colorfully phrased insults. “Will and Grace” star to take risks in his repeated trips to Jerusalem. ties who have made Tuesday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m., WB amnesia. Coming to recognize the strange the impending arrival of his younger brother. Eric McCormack shines as a positively His determination to follow through with the Shakespearian character who harbors secret significant contribu- reality of being human, Ali is like a newborn Jacobo feels pressured and believes he must Jerusalem screening, despite a strained politi- WOMEN’S PRISON tions to the art of baby, not only trying to remember past events, pretend to be a family man like his brother. He (Zendan-e Zanan) love for the youngest sister. Remarkably literate cal and domestic atmosphere, is the inspiration UNSEEN CINEMA cinema. Cedric the but also exploring his own body. Mirroring Ali’s asks Marta if she would be willing to pretend to even to the end with top-notch performances, that carries this film through to the end. Various Entertainer is the confusion, a host of complex characters who be his wife while his brother is in town. She The Sisters stodgy stage play confines do not Monday, Nov. 14, 7:15 p.m. TV 2 artists/various get in the way of entertainment, rather, only Thursday, Nov. 17, 5 p.m. TV 2 2005 recipient of this countries. also live in the building find themselves in a agrees to this deception and suggests they Directed and written by Arsen Anton Ostojic adding to its uniqueness. honor. Cedric the (90 min.) state of chaos. have pictures taken and offers to change his Croatia, 2004, 100 min., Friday, Nov. 11, 9:15 p.m. TV 1 Entertainer is best Unseen Saturday, Nov. 19, 12:15 p.m. TV 2 dreary bachelor’s abode into one a couple Croatian with English subtitles TONY TAKITANI known for his crowd- Cinema: Sunday, Nov. 20, 1 p.m. TV 1 would live in. The upbeat brother arrives, Three drug-related tragedies are interwoven in pleasing roles in the Experimental spontaneously suggesting that they join him in this stylish black-and-white feature debut. The STRESS, ORGASMS, Treasures recent hit films Barbershop, Barbershop 2, connecting thread is a New Year’s Eve concert AND SALVATION from the an off-season holiday at a seaside resort where Intolerable Cruelty, The Original Kings of World’s their game of deception grows more intense. in the old seaside town of Split. In the first With Carlos Riccelli, Bruna Lombardi Comedy, Big Momma’s House, Kingdom Come Leading Saturday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m. TV 2 episode a small boy shoots his mother’s lover, and Kim Riccelli and Serving Sara as well as displaying tremen- Archives. Sunday, Nov. 13, 2:30 p.m. TV 2 who is actually a drug runner planning to dous vocal talent in Dr. Dolittle 2 and Ice Age. Celebrating Additionally, in April 2004, Cedric was star and the seven- producer of the box office hit Johnson Family DVD release Thursday, November 3, 2005 Special Section produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department 13 Vacation. During the past year he has appeared of “Unseen in Man of the House, Be Cool, Madagascar, Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film and was the lead in The Honeymooners with Directed and written by Jun Ichikawa 1894 to 1941,” the St. Louis Film Festival will Japan, 2004, 75 min., Mike Epps, Gabrielle Union, and Regina Hall. present a selection of 35mm films from the Japanese with English subtitles Thursday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m. 155-film retrospective of 100 artists working in This striking, lyrical film is a sympathetic the United States and abroad from the inven- character study of a socially challenged TRIBUTE TO LOIS WEBER tion of cinema until World War II. Curator Bruce individual. The story begins in a sepia-toned, AND ALICE GUY BLACHÉ Posner and DVD producer David Shepard documentary style with period photos of Tony’s prepared the DVD with the finest archival prints father, a jazz musician who spent WWII playing available from 60 of the world’s leading film in a Shanghai nightclub and who was also archive collections. briefly imprisoned after the war. Due to his Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. WB Western name, Tony was shunned and lived a Directed and produced WHY NOT solitary childhood. Though gifted as an artist, by Carlos Alberto Riccelli VISHWATHULASI USA, 2005, 90 min. he ekes out a career as a technical illustrator. Directed Rachel’s life is in a rut: The boyfriend who didn’t Suddenly in middle age, Tony falls for a pretty and written by give her orgasms has now cheated on her with young woman who visits him one day on Sumathy JOIN US FOR her best friend. Alone for the first time in three business. They embody the psychological fall- out of Japan’s postwar boom: equal parts Ram years, and after a disastrous attempt at a night India, 2004, technical precision and compulsive materialism. out on the town, she decides to take some self- 114 min., Tony Takitani elegantly explores the borders help sex classes. Equally frustrated with his life Film historian Alison McMahan will present a Tamil with COFFEE is Brad, a writer who’s not doing any better. The between solitude and loneliness, hunger and English ? lecture on legendary silent filmmakers Lois consumption, memory and loss. girlfriend he couldn’t please has just kicked him Weber and Alice Guy Blaché while Barbara subtitles Thursday, Nov. 17, 9:45 p.m. TV 2 and his writer’s block is preventing him from Thulasi Friday, Nov. 18, 5 p.m. TV 2 Harbach and the UM-St. Louis Chamber earning any paychecks, so he utilizes his over- Ensemble, conducted by Dr. James Richards, returns to sexed nature by making frequent donations to perform Harbach’s original scores. Films her village after almost two decades due to the the local sperm bank, which also helps to pay TRANSAMERICA include: “A House Divided” (Alice Guy Blaché, death of her beloved grandma and uncle Ð to We’re proud to support this year’s 14th St. Louis International Film the rent. These two lost souls search With Duncan Tucker USA, 1913, 10 min.) “A House Divided” is a take the job of music teacher in the local Festival by sponsoring the Coffee with the Filmmakers panel on desperately for identity in a city where stress is comedy about a series of mishaps that cause a school. She soon runs into her former lover, Sunday, November 13th, and the Closing Night Party unavoidable, orgasms are a commodity, and Vishwa, whom she was prevented from marry- married couple to unjustly suspect each other on Sunday, November 20th. salvation may simply be a word that gets of infidelity. “How Men Propose” (Lois Weber, ing years earlier due to the intercession of a thrown around far too gratuitously. North USA, 1913, 5 min.) This short typifies Weber’s jealous family member named Shiva. Their American premiere. persona as a sociologist-turned-filmmaker. The chance meeting rekindles fond memories of the From our new home at the University of Missouri, let us take With: “Who Makes Movies?” (Christopher heroine encourages proposals from three men bygone years and they both realize that they you to school on our financial incentives. Contact us at still love each other. Sensing their smoldering Luccy, USA, 2004, 5 min.) Fluffer Randy in succession, then reveals that she is not www.mofilm.org. Or call (573) 882-1046. Palmer has his hands full and isn’t too pleased actually interested in marrying any of them but love for each other, the manager at Vishwa’s with the problem of illegal piracy. is only conducting research for an article she is house helps them overcome their fears, though Friday, Nov. 11, 9:45 p.m. TV 3 writing on the title subject. Curated by Dr. Rita Shiva’s jealousy is still as strong as ever. Csapo-Sweet. Saturday, Nov. 12, 2:45 p.m. TV 2 Wednesday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m. WB Tuesday, Nov. 15, 4:45 p.m. TV 1
12 Special Section produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department Thursday, November 3, 2005 double-cross his boss. The middle story out insurance or otherwise without income. alleled collaboration to the 1960s when egos unprecedented access to her preparations for heroin withdrawal. features a young junkie from a well-to-do family AMERICAN GOTH Each conveys a “true grit” approach to con- and injuries finally forced the troupe apart. FAVELA RISING her final performance at the Suncoast Hotel With: “Youngster” (Will Canon, USA, 2004, 8 MUSIC IS MY LIFE, With Ryan Rhea who agrees to prostitute herself to a sailor for a fronting consumerism, materialism and the When the Ballets Russes toured America they and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The film min.) A 12-year-old drug dealer hands over a POLITICS IS MY MISTRESS fix. (Rapper Coolio is notable in an oddly retro implications on self-esteem, dignity and free- astonished audiences with artistry never before intimately captures her press conference, crack rock to a pushy addict without getting the With donnie betts role of the heartbroken sailor.) Finally, a clean- dom. Shot across the USA and Eastern seen. Infused with juicy anecdotal interviews rehearsal and candid conversations in her money first and must find a way to get paid. cut young couple adds an acid trip to their first Europe. from many of the company’s glamorous stars, dressing room prior to taking the stage for the Tuesday, Nov. 15, 5:45 p.m. TV 3 sexual experience, with disastrous results. The With: “How It All Works: Starring Mr. A and the film treats modern audiences to a rare very last time. This warm, loving homage to city of Split is transformed into an eerie city of Mr. B” (Landon Zakheim, USA, 2005, 8 min.) A glimpse of the singularly remarkable merger of Diller gives the audience a deeper appreciation THE LONG ROAD TO CABO dangerous shadows, while the cruel beat of steady job on an assembly line ain’t all it’s dancers, choreographers, composers, and of her influence on yesterday and today’s With Gil Bettman pop music underlines the bad vibes. This grim, cracked up to be. Competition can be brutal. designers from around the world who united in cutting-edge comedians of both genders. Directed by challenging film bursts with dark humor as it Friday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. WB dance and transformed the face of ballet for Shown with: “Secret” Gil Bettman explores the painful sores of a frustrated post- generations to come. Directed and produced by Kathy Corley and USA, 2000, Directed and produced by Matt Mochary war society. The 2006 Croatian submission for Friday, Nov. 11, 7:15 p.m. TV 3 Paul Guzzardo (in attendance). 90 min. Directed by Ryan Rhea BACK TO BOSNIA USA, 2005, 80 min. the Academy-Award. USA, 2005, 86 min. USA, 2005, 20 min. Four With Alison Hanson and Sabina Vajraca Portuguese with English subtitles Saturday, Nov. 19, 2:15 p.m. TV 1 In the post-Columbine era, Goths have been St. Louis born artist Josephine Baker was pur- cameras CONFLUENCE Anderson Sa is a former drug trafficker who, Sunday, Nov. 20, 3:30 p.m. TV 2 perceived and scrutinized in many critical ways. sued by Walter Winchell and J. Edgar Hoover were rolling With James F. Scott haunted by the murders of his family and many Does the American Goth culture pose a during the height of her career. The film is an 24/7 when of his friends, turns revolutionary in Rio de dangerous, subversive threat to society or are experimental documentary based on thousands Sammy ZHOOREK Janeiro’s most feared slum in a fight to take Directed and produced by Donnie Betts (Zurek) they simply an alternative lifestyle? This docu- of FBI files and archival footage of Miss Baker. Hagar and USA, 2005, 110 min. back their streets. Through hip-hop music, the mentary explores their world, through their eyes Sunday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m. WB fellow ex-Van A compelling feature documentary on the life of rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance and voice. Halen front Oscar Brown Jr., an American icon whose he rallies his community to war against the With: “Modus Vivendi” (Richard Liukis, USA, man David Lee Roth embarked on the “Sam many accomplishments as a musician, writer, violent oppression enforced by teenage drug THE GRACE LEE PROJECT 2004, 5 min.) An artist who can’t find anything and Dave” Tour. Over three hundred hours of playwright, and civil and social activist have the armies and sustained by corrupt police. At the to wear eventually reaches her final transforma- film were shot to make this hybrid of live power to change a generation. Long before the dawn of liberation, just as collective mobility is tion. concert footage and the intimate behind-the- recent wave of outspoken poets, journalists and overcoming all odds and Anderson’s grassroots Monday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. TV 3 scenes look at what really goes on after the last filmmakers began discussions on the current Afro-Reggae movement is at the height of its curtain call. Sammy’s band mates and family state of affairs; Oscar Brown Jr. was speaking success, a tragic accident threatens to silence help to tell the amazing story of this rock out to the world on topics that confront not only THE ART AND CRIMES Directed and produced by Alison Hanson, the movement forever. legend’s life. His musical gifts, salt of the earth Black Americans, but all people overlooked and Directed and written by Ryszard Brylski OF RON ENGLISH Sabina Vajraca Saturday, Nov. 19, 2:30 p.m. TV 3 wisdom, and indefatigable drive to triumph over USA, 2005, 75 min. Directed by James F. Scott downtrodden by the government. This moving Poland, 2003, 72 min., Polish with English difficult childhood circumstances to emerge as film takes the viewer on an exciting ride through subtitles Back to Bosnia is a documentary film about a USA, 2004, 57 min. GASLIGHT SQUARE: one of rock music’s undying heroes and true history and social consciousness with a visually A few days before Christmas, in a rural Polish Bosnian family living in the US who returns to This documentary explores, dramatizes and living legends. stunning mixture of historical footage, live per- village, recently widowed Halina forces her post-war Bosnia in order to reclaim their stolen celebrates the great meeting of the Missouri THE LEGEND LIVES ON Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m. (The Pageant) formances, and thought-provoking interviews mentally-challenged and epileptic 15-year-old property. While there, the family is confronted and Mississippi rivers. With Bruce Marren Saturday, Nov. 12, 10 p.m. (The Pageant) Shown with: “Camp River DuBois” with Brown, his family, and those who have daughter, Iwonka, to trudge through the village with the destruction of their city and forced to Directed and produced by Grace Lee examine the community and extreme circum- Directed and produced by Oleg Passer been influenced by his remarkable life’s work. to identify the father of her newborn child. USA, 2005, 68 min. MANA – BEYOND BELIEF Saturday, Nov. 12, 2:15 p.m. TV 3 stances they left behind. What was formerly the USA, 2005, 48 min. Halina desperately wants to find the infant’s The Grace Lee Project is a humorous explo- Sunday, Nov. 13, 4:15 p.m. TV 3 father so they can baptize the baby before the booming multi-ethnic city of Banja Luka is now The State of Illinois commissioned master ration and personal essay on what it means to holy holiday. The girl either can’t or won’t a run-down, depressed shadow of its former craftsman Steven Lalioff to reconstruct one of be an Asian woman in America. “Grace Lee” is identify the man who got her pregnant, but with self. Poverty is rampant, war criminals rule, new three forts that housed Meriwether Lewis, the quintessential Asian American woman’s RIVERBOAT DREAMS her mother’s prodding she points a shaky finger generations are ignorant of the past, and the William Clark and the group of men who name Ð the Asian American equivalent of “Jane at various men, including a local soldier and Directed and produced by Pedro Carvajal symbols of war and hatred are everywhere. formed the Corps of Discovery, whose mission Smith.” The name itself suggests a straddling of her mother’s sometime lover. Throughout the USA, 2004, 82 min. There exists a palpable tension in the air over 200 years ago was to make their way two worlds and hints at the history of exchange film, the fights, sideways glances, and shared Shot entirely “guerrilla” style, this entertaining caused by fear, hatred, anger, and the utter across the continent in search of an all water between Asian and Western cultures. By look- fits of laughter add up to a flawlessly performed documentary traces the culture-jamming and confusion over who is to blame. The story fol- passage to the Pacific Ocean. ing at the stories of women named Grace Lee, portrait of unconditional love. billboard-liberation antics of Ron English: self- lows director Sabina Vajraca as she probes into Sunday, Nov. 13, 12:15 p.m. TV 3 this lovely film pursues the moving target of Wednesday, Nov. 16, 9 p.m. TV 2 proclaimed POPagandist, billboard bandit, post- the history of the war and her own family’s Directed by Bruce Marren Asian American female identity, revealing a Saturday, Nov. 19, 9:30 p.m. TV 2 pop pundit, post-punk prankster, counter-cultur- involvement. With: “Remembering Srebrenica” DERAILROADED USA, 2005, 68 min. surprising complexity and diversity of experi- al cartoonist, “subvertising” executive, and (Beth Pike, USA, 2005, 5 min.) a travelogue Gaslight Square: The Legend Lives On ences. Despite the differences in their ages, life culture jammer. A modern Robin Hood of piece which was shot in Bosnia in July at the explores the influence of the Gaslight Square experiences, and where they came from, it Directed by Peter Friedman and Roger Manley DOCUMENTARIES: Madison Avenue, Ron paints, perverts, 10th anniversary of the Fall of Srebrenica entertainment district from its heyday in the becomes clear that there is a genuine sense of USA, 2004, 92 min. infiltrates, reinvents and satirizes modern Commemoration. and The Notebook (Anne 1960’s to its lasting impact today. Phyllis Diller, community among these women interested in Mana is the Polynesian word for the power that culture and its popular visual iconography on Davis, USA, 2005, 4 min.) Thousands of Stan Kann, Dick Gregory, and other local artists discovering themselves. resides in things. The central idea behind the ABEL RAISES CAIN canvas, in songs, and directly on hundreds of Bosnian children who fled during the war are and entertainers reminisce about their experi- With: “Jane Lloyd” (Happy, USA, 2005, 6 min.) film is the way people behave in the presence Directed and pirated billboards. This film chronicles the now coming of age in St. Louis. “The Notebook” ences visiting and working in the area “back in A life told through a name. of these power objects, which reveals a Directed by: Jay Kanzler produced by evolution of an artist who has offered up an follows Elvir, one young man from Srebrenica, the day.” Friday, Nov. 18, 5:45 p.m. TV 3 process of the human mind which is fundamen- USA, 2005, 60 min. Jenny Abel alternative universe where nothing is sacred, as he searches to understand what happened Shown with: tal and universal: the belief. By filming power “Riverboat Dreams” looks at America’s ever USA, 2004, everything is subverted, and there is always during his childhood. The Turtle Park Story With Michael Dorn objects around the world Ð things that are increasing addiction to gambling through the 82 min. HAIRKUTT room for a little good-natured fun. Friday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. TV 3 Directed by Michael Dorn, precious because people believe they are Ð stories of those who have placed their hopes Alan Abel is an With Curtis Elliott With: “Joyride” (John Cernak, USA, 2005, Saturday, Nov. 19, 4:45 p.m. TV 3 Produced by James Finn and revealing the myriad activities and behav- and dreams on the if-come wager of riverboat infamous prankster 5 min.) What the man wants, the man gets… USA, 2005, 30 min. iors that take place around them, this film pres- casinos in Illinois and Missouri. The film who has pricked even if that means stealing a big wheel from a Tur tle Park was built in 1996 and is an extreme- ents an exciting new way of looking at what is documents the efforts of a once-thriving little the pomposity of BALLET RUSSES child. ly popular destination. This film reviews the his- happening all around us, all the time. Belief is town in Missouri’s Bible Belt to revive itself by the media and Sunday, Nov. 13, 2:15 p.m. TV 3 tory and inspiration behind the park and fea- not just religion; it drives the stock market, it building a riverboat casino on its shores and aroused the public Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m. TV 3 tures a variety of people visiting the attraction determines how we deal with history and our examines the devastation of gambling with his seemingly Directed by Josh Rubin located on Oakland Avenue in St. Louis. personal memories, it underlies racism and addiction through the first-person accounts. nonsensical ideas USA, 2004, 86 min. Saturday, Nov. 12, 12 p.m. TV 3 war. Bringing together diverse cultures, charac- Free screening of a documentary work-in- for close to half-a- AS IS: A DOWNSIZED LIFE In this shocking, yet sensitive documentary, we With Maryanne Galvin ters, visual styles, music and fascinating progress with director Jay Kanzler in atten- century. His hoax- journey through the stormy mind of paranoid- Directed and produced by objects. Mana helps us see the essential, invisi- dance. ing career began schizophrenic Larry “Wild Man” Fischer and his GOODNIGHT, WE LOVE YOU Maryanne Galvin unusual path through the music business. Directed and ble element underlying them all. Saturday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m., TV3 in the late 1950s with a campaign to clothe all USA, 2005, 70 min. Institutionalized at 16 years of age after attack- produced by With: “Midsummer Dream” (Michael animals for the sake of decency. Forty years SLIFF veteran Maryanne ing his mother with a knife, Fischer wandered Gregg Barson Castagnetti, USA, 2005, 5 min.) Citizen Cope later, Alan continues to wreak havoc on the Galvin takes you behind the the streets of L.A. singing his unique brand of USA, 2004, 92 min. Directed and produced by Curtis Elliott provides the music to this “slice of life” film, shot media. Hailed by some journalists as the scenes into the lives of 11 songs for 10¢ to anyone who would listen. In 2002, Phyllis and Ben Scholle over a 10-year span. “world’s greatest hoaxer,” yet scorned by others divergent individuals who Discovered by Frank Zappa, with whom he cut Diller announced USA, 2005, 62 min. Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m. TV 3 as a menace to the media, his daughter Jenny encounter economic simplici- his first album, Fischer became an underground that she would be Bryant, aka HairKutt, was a self-taught barber Sunday, Nov. 20, 6:30 p.m. TV 3 tells her father’s true tale for the first time. She ty. In 2004 they found them- club and concert favorite, earning him the title hanging up her and heroin user. In February 2002, three reflects on what it was like growing up with a selves earning, spending, and Directed and produced by Daniel Geller, of “godfather of outsider music.” Extensive wigs and sequins friends drove him to a rented cabin in rural prankster and follows her father on the road consuming less, while making Dayna Goldfine archival footage from Fischer’s early days, after 47 years on Tennessee for one week with the intention of during his most recent hoax. Abel Raises Cain incredible discoveries about themselves along USA, 2005, 118 min. including his TV and club performances, trace the road. This film breaking him of his heroin addiction. They echoes Abel’s ultimate message Ð you can’t the way. Some embraced voluntary downward Ballet Russes maps the revolutionary, 20th-cen- his life from neglected child to tortured genius. captures a never- documented their story on videotape. This believe everything you see, read or hear. mobility as a life choice long ago. Others tury dance troupe’s beginnings in turn-of-the- before-seen, intimate look at a trailblazer for extremely powerful documentary contains Wednesday, Nov. 16, 7:45 p.m. TV 3 Saturday, Nov. 19, 6:45 p.m. TV 3 recently found themselves unemployed, ill with- century Paris, where artists united in an unpar- both women and comedy. Miss Diller provides graphic footage of the physical effects of
14 Special Section produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department Thursday, November 3, 2005 Thursday, November 3, 2005 Special Section produced by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department 15 Directed and produced by Mike Steinberg THE SELF-MADE MAN USA, 2005, 62 min. Directed SIDEBARS An intimate portrait of Theater Organist/ FILM SPONSORS by Susan As of Oct. 25, 2005 Stern Entertainer/ Vacuum Cleaner Aficionado, Stan AFRICAN-AMERICAN SIDEBAR INTERFAITH SIDEBAR SUNDANCE CHANNEL NEW USA, Kann. The film chronicles Kann’s lengthy career This sidebar highlights films that touch upon The juried competition spotlights 10 films Ð five FILMMAKERS FORUM (NFF) 2005, and his lifelong obsessions with music and • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts • SabaH global issues and concerns related to the black fiction features and five documentaries Ð 57 min. collecting. From roller rink musician to silent film experience. Films include Cape of Good Hope, distinguished by their artistic merit, contribution EMERGING DIRECTORS SIDEBAR On the accompanist, to Movie Palace gadabout, Kann and Sciences • St. Louis Rams Favela Rising, HairKutt, How to Conquer to the understanding of the human condition, AND AWARD Fourth of has lived a charmed life of hobby and enthusi- America in One Night, Missing in America, and recognition of ethical, social, and spiritual This competition sidebar consists of five films July, 77- asm. An unmatched success as a network • Advanced LipoDissolve Center • St. Louis Stuttgart Sister Cities Music is My Life, Politics is My Mistress, values. from talented first-time filmmakers. Competition year-old television personality, Kann’s gregarious • Alliance Francaise of St. Louis • Screenz Sisters in Law, Tsotsi. Documentaries: 39 Pounds of Love, Back to films are Formosa, Black Wine, Missing in Film Awards: All film solar personality and his improvisational skills made Bosnia, Favela Rising, HairKutt, and Music is America; Stress, Orgasms, and Salvation; and awards will be announced at the energy him a household name. Utilizing interviews with • Argentine Society of St. Louis • Subterranean Books CINEMA FOR STUDENTS My Life, Politics is My Mistress Pearl Diver. Closing Night Awards Party. pioneer Kann, archival footage of his television appear- Narrative Features: The Girl From Paris, Bob ances and contemporary footage of Stan in • Bill and Delcia Corlew • Sundance Channel For the third year, Cinema St. Louis is offering Johanna, The Judgment, Pearl Diver, Women’s Audience Choice Award for Best Film Stern action, the film celebrates all that is Kann, from free screenings for children and youth from SHORT SUBJECT FILM SIDEBAR • Blake & Davis Realtors • Thai Restaurants of Pat Prapaisilapa – Prison and Best International Film - Audience found out he was terminally ill. Meanwhile, an his talent to his quirky personal interests. participating St. Louis area school districts This juried competition Ð which awards prizes The committee also recommends Beautiful choice voting determines the winner of the elderly in-law is slowly declining on artificial life Shown with: “Stranger: Worrell on Earth” during the St. Louis International Film Festival, in six categories Ð features more than 65 • Clayton Medical Spa Thai Café, Thai Gai Yang Café, Boxer. awards from among the festival’s narrative support in a hospital. Bob decides to cheat fate Bernie Worrell, the groundbreaking keyboard Nov. 10-20, 2005. These special daytime works, including shorts before features, six fiction feature, all of which are local and take his own life. His family tries to stop player of Parliament Funkadelic, is the subject • The Delmar Lounge, 6235 Delmar Thai Country Café, Thai Pizza Co., screenings present a diverse selection of films dedicated programs of shorts, and a sampler premieres. him. During the journey, Bob sets up a video of a documentary that parallels the artistic suitable for grades K-12, allowing students and INTERNATIONAL FILM SIDEBAR drawn from the 2005 St. Louis Filmmakers Interfaith Awards for Best Documentary camera to document his thoughts. His daughter, process of the Funk Master. The viewer is taken • Jeffrey Fort Thai Express I, Thai Express II, educators to explore the power and magic of A vibrant cross section of the globe’s best new Showcase. The St. Louis International Film and Fiction Feature - A jury chooses the filmmaker Susan Stern, tells the story of her through a journey of brief madness interlaced cinema. Films in the 2005 series include films, this sidebar focuses attention on exciting Festival short subject programming is officially • Georgia Frontiere Thai Nivas Café winners of the two awards from among 10 father’s quirky, inspiring life and the difficult with profound musical genius in this kaleido- Confluence with Camp River DuBois (docu- work from the cinematic hotspots of the world. sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Interfaith films (five documentaries and five end-of-life choices faced by an aging popula- scopic, yet sweet little masterpiece. • Here Films • Tom Townsend mentaries), Bombon Ð El Perro (Argentina), Audience voting determines the winner of the Arts and Sciences. narrative features), selected for their artistic tion. Monday, Nov. 14, 5 p.m. TV 3 Niceland (Iceland), Sequins (France), and Mary Emerson Award for Best International Film. See merit, contribution to the understanding of With: “Everything’s Going My Way” (Stacey • Dave Houlle, Sight & Sound • University of Missouri – St. Louis Engelbreit’s The Night Before Christmas Countries of Origin section for complete listing LATIN AMERICAN SIDEBAR the human condition, and recognition of DeWolfe, USA, 2005, 67 min.) The true story of 39 POUNDS OF LOVE (animated, narrated by Kevin Kline). of films. • Jon Mendelson Realtors • The Vital Voice This sidebar is generously supported and A spicy sampling of Spanish and Portuguese ethical, social, and spiritual values. an 87-year-old musician who is still waiting for language films from far south of the border. sponsored by the Academy of Motion Leon Award for Best Documentary - his big break. • Ken and Nancy Kranzberg • Washington University Film and LEON AND MARY STRAUSS Films include Bombon Ð El Perro, Favela Picture Arts and Sciences, Georgia Audience voting determines the winner Wednesday, Nov. 16, 5 p.m. TV 3 Rising, Macunaima, Mango Yellow, Whisky. • Ward and Carol Klein Media Studies Program Frontiere, and the St. Louis Rams. DOCUMENTARY SIDEBAR of the award from among the festival’s SISTERS IN LAW The sidebar features a selection of the best in documentary features. This award was • KSHE 95 FM • Washington University Visiting EASTERN EUROPEAN contemporary nonfiction filmmaking. Audience STUDIO PREMIERE SHOWCASE named in memory of the late civic leader voting determines the winner of the Leon Award Leon Strauss. This year almost two-dozen • Louie Magazine East Asian Professionals The finest in upcoming studio releases prior to CINEMA SIDEBAR for Best Documentary. Oscar season. Films include Brick (Focus), The films will compete for the top award and • Marcia Harris • West End Word A fascinating look at emerging cinematic talents This sidebar is sponsored by Mary Strauss. Matador (Miramax), Mrs. Henderson Presents honor. This award is sponsored by Mary from a region of the world rocked with ever- Competition films include Abel Raises Cain, (Miramax), The White Countess (Sony Pictures Strauss. • Mary Strauss • Westin St. Louis shifting ideologies and geographical borders. American Goth, The Art and Crimes of Ron Classics), Breakfast on Pluto (Sony Pictures New Filmmakers Forum Award - The New While the filmmakers are indeed faced with English, As Is: A Downsized Life, Back to Classics), Transamerica (The Weinstein Filmmakers Forum (NFF) Emerging • Pete Rothschild • Yemanja Brasil profound identity crises, their works are as joy- Bosnia, Ballet Russes, Camp River DuBois, Company), Tsotsi (Miramax). Director Award is a competition that • Rollings, Shaw & Associates ful and humorous as they are poignant. Films Confluence, Derailroaded, Favela Rising, features fresh works from five first-time include Back to Bosnia, Fuse, Go West, Gaslight Square: The Legend Lives On, WHITAKER FOUNDATION filmmakers. Selected by audience choice Directed by Dani Menkin Guarded Secrets, Johanna, A Wonderful Night Goodnight, We Love You, The Grace Lee voting, the winning NFF filmmaker will Directed by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi USA, 2005, 70 min. in Split and Zhoorek. Project, HairKutt, The Long Road to Cabo, CINEMA ST. LOUIS SIDEBAR receive $1,000 worth of Kodak film stock. USA, 2005, 104 min. Ami weighs 39 pounds due to a rare form of Mana Ð Beyond Belief, Music is My Life, Politics This home-brewed stream of programming Short Subject Film Awards - A jury Sisters in Law is a totally fascinating, often muscular dystrophy. At birth, his doctor HERE! TV GAY AND LESBIAN is My Mistress, The Self-Made Man, Sisters in features films by actors, writers, directors, and chooses the winner of the six short-film hilarious look at the work of one small court- cautioned Ami’s parents that he would not live Law, Stan Kann: The Happiest Man in the producers from St. Louis or those with strong awards Ð Best of Fest, Best Animated, Best house in Cameroon. The tough-minded state past the age of 6. Now 34, Ami lives in Israel SIDEBAR AND AWARD World, 39 Pounds of Love ties to the area. Many of these films are encore Live Action, Best ShortShort (under 5 min.), prosecutor Vera Ngassa and court president and works as a 3D animator. Though he can Co-presented by The Vital Voice presentations from this past summer’s St. Louis Best Local and Best International Ð from Beatrice Ntuba are helping women in their only move one finger, it is enough for him to This sidebar highlights films that explore MENTAL HEALTH SIDEBAR Filmmakers Showcase. Films include Camp among the festival’s shorts in competition. Muslim village find the courage to fight often- create amazing animation. This is the story of diverse, contemporary lesbian and gay issues This provocative sidebar deals with the broad River DuBois, Confluence, HairKutt, Goodnight, Due to our official sanctioning with the difficult cases of abuse, despite pressures from one man’s courageous journey to show the and experiences. Competition films include: topic of mental health issues and concerns. We Love You, Gaslight Square: The Legend Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and family and their community to remain silent. world that anything is possible. April’s Shower, Beautiful Boxer, Breakfast on Films include Derailroaded, Hairkutt, The Lives On, The Turtle Park Story, Secret and the Sciences, award winners in the Best of With fierce compassion, they dispense wisdom, With: “The Mantis Parable” (Josh Staub, USA, Pluto, Go West and Transamerica. Judgment, Johanna, and The Self-Made Man St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase Sampler. Fest, Best Animated, and Best Live Action wisecracks and justice in fair measure Ð hand- 2005, 8 min.) The story of a humble caterpillar categories will be eligible to submit their ing down stiff sentences to those convicted. A that must decide the fate of a preying mantis film to be considered for a short subject cross between Judge Judy and The No. 1 when the tables are turned. MUSIC SIDEBAR Oscar. Thursday, Nov. 17, 5:15 p.m. TV 3 Ladies Detective Agency, Sister’s in Law has Films that celebrate the wide range of music in here!TV Audience Choice Award for Best audiences cheering when justice is served. the world. Music-themed films include Gay & Lesbian Feature - Audience voting Sunday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m. TV 3 PLEASE STOP TALKING Derailroaded, Favela Rising, Johanna, Music is determines the winner of the Best Film PRE-FEATURE SHORTS My Life, Politics is My Mistress, Stranger: award from among the festival’s gay and STAN KANN: THE HAPPIEST “Any More Questions?” with The Friend TO YOURSELF. Bernie Worrell on Earth lesbian narrative fiction and documentary MAN IN THE WORLD “How It All Works: Starring Mr. A features in competition. With Mike Steinberg and Mr. B” with As-Is: A Downsized Life “In the Morning” with Shadow Kill “Jane Lloyd” with The Grace Lee Project Individual Awards: “Joyride” with The Art and Crimes of Ron English 2005 Cinema St. Louis Award - “Learn Self Defense” with Formosa Cedric the Entertainer “The Mantis Parable” with 39 Pounds of Love This award will be “Midsummer Dream” presented on Thursday, with Mana: Beyond Belief Nov. 10 at our pre-opening “Modus Vivendi” with American Goth night celebration honoring “The Notebook” with Back to Bosnia the life and career of Cedric “Remembering Srebrenica” Kyles. with Back to Bosnia “Resurrection” with Pearl Diver 2005 Emerging Actor Award - “Secret” with Goodnight, We Love You Zoe Weizenbaum “Topsoil” with Black Wine This award will be presented “Who Makes Movies?” You may be so close to your brand that you have forgotten how to talk to your audience. after the screening of with Stress, Orgasms and Salvation Consider the advantage of an objective approach looking from the outside in. 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