16 Dec 2009 New Zealand, UK 2008 100 min Director: Toa Fraser In Edwardian England of a 1904, Henslowe Fisk and his father Horatio attend a lecture on reincarnation given by the Swami Nala Prash. There they meet Dean Spanley from the colonies. Henslowe, after coincidental encounters with Spanley, begins a series of dinners with… Continue reading Dean Spanley
Category: Film Season 2009-2010
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Four Minutes 21 Oct 2009 Germany 2006 128 min Director: Chris Kraus Frau Traude Krueger is an elderly piano teacher who gives lessons at a women’s prison. She teaches a guard and a few women B prisoners while looking for other potential students. She finds the aggressive and rebellious Jenny, a former child prodigy at… Continue reading Ver Minuten
Fugitive Pieces
3 Mar 2010 Director: Jeremy Podeswa Canada, Greece 2007 104 min A powerful and graceful adaptation of a best-selling novel by Canadian poet Anne Michael. The story begins in Poland in 1942. Athos, a Greek archaeologist, finds a Jewish boy, Jakob, who has witnessed his parents murdered by the Nazis and his sister abducted. Athos… Continue reading Fugitive Pieces
Encounters At The End Of The World
4 Nov 2009 Director: Werner Herzog USA 2007 99 min This is a fascinating and visually entrancing documentary by the veteran filmmaker Werner Herzog. The filmmaker travels to the Antarctica community of McMurdo Station. The station is the headquarters of the National Science Foundation. In the Antarctic summer it is home to eleven hundred men… Continue reading Encounters At The End Of The World