OXNARD FILM SOCIETY
The Oxnard Film Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) ARTS organization (#20-5734347).
presents
THE monday night foreign film series
VIRTUAL CINEMA
All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles
All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles
The New Year brings three new films: two that are their countries Official Submissions to the 2021 Academy Awards: MY LITTLE SISTER (Switzerland) and CANCION SIN NOMBRE (Peru) along with art doc FRIDA KAHLO. For the next few months we will be programming many international films that are vying for the Best International Film Category of the Academy Awards.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oxnard Film Society has created a Virtual Cinema which provides an opportunity for our patrons to stream films to your iphone, ipad or computer to your Big Screen. Films range from $10/$12 per film with unlimited viewing for 2 to 7 days. Your rental ticket supports the film society in continuing its mission of providing critically acclaimed foreign and independent films from around the world to our community. Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oxnard Film Society has created a Virtual Cinema which provides an opportunity for our patrons to stream films to your iphone, ipad or computer to your Big Screen. Films range from $10/$12 per film with unlimited viewing for 2 to 7 days. Your rental ticket supports the film society in continuing its mission of providing critically acclaimed foreign and independent films from around the world to our community. Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
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My Little Sister
2020 Switzerland hr 39min
Drama NR
In French, German and English with English Subtitles
Switzerland's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Lisa (Nina Hoss), once a brilliant playwright, no longer writes. She lives with her family in Switzerland, but her heart remains in Berlin, beating in time with that of her twin brother Sven (Lars Eidinger), the famous theatre actor. Since Sven has been suffering from an aggressive type of leukemia, the relationship between them has become even closer. Lisa does not want to accept this blow of fate, she does everything in her power to bring Sven back on stage. For her soulmate she neglects everything else and even risks losing her husband. Her marriage goes awry, but Lisa only has eyes for her brother, who reflects her deepest longings and awakens in her the desire to be creative, to feel alive again.
Click on Link: https://watch.eventive.org/mylittlesister/play/5ffdfcb31d93e50055981b35
My Little Sister
2020 Switzerland hr 39min
Drama NR
In French, German and English with English Subtitles
Switzerland's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Lisa (Nina Hoss), once a brilliant playwright, no longer writes. She lives with her family in Switzerland, but her heart remains in Berlin, beating in time with that of her twin brother Sven (Lars Eidinger), the famous theatre actor. Since Sven has been suffering from an aggressive type of leukemia, the relationship between them has become even closer. Lisa does not want to accept this blow of fate, she does everything in her power to bring Sven back on stage. For her soulmate she neglects everything else and even risks losing her husband. Her marriage goes awry, but Lisa only has eyes for her brother, who reflects her deepest longings and awakens in her the desire to be creative, to feel alive again.
Click on Link: https://watch.eventive.org/mylittlesister/play/5ffdfcb31d93e50055981b35
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"A must-see!" - IndieWire
"Nina Hoss, one of Europe’s most splendid actresses, excels...frank and poignant." - Los Angeles Times “Engrossing and absorbing.” - The Washington Post “My Little Sister combines a fluid visual realism with an emotional intimacy and some astonishing sequences.” - The Boston Globe |
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Song Without a Name
(Cancion Sin Nombre)
2020 Peru 1hr 37min
Drama NR
In Spanish and Quechua with English Subtitles
Peru's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Based on harrowing true events, SONG WITHOUT A NAME tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose newborn baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic - and never returned. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions - suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society. Set in 1988, in a Peru wracked by political violence and turmoil, Melina León’s heart-wrenching first feature renders Georgina's story in gorgeous, shadowy black-and-white cinematography, "styled like the most beautiful of bad dreams" (Variety). SONG WITHOUT A NAME is a "Kafkaesque thriller" (The Hollywood Reporter) that unflinchingly depicts real-life, stranger-than fiction tragedies with poetic beauty.
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Song Without a Name
(Cancion Sin Nombre)
2020 Peru 1hr 37min
Drama NR
In Spanish and Quechua with English Subtitles
Peru's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Based on harrowing true events, SONG WITHOUT A NAME tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose newborn baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic - and never returned. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions - suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society. Set in 1988, in a Peru wracked by political violence and turmoil, Melina León’s heart-wrenching first feature renders Georgina's story in gorgeous, shadowy black-and-white cinematography, "styled like the most beautiful of bad dreams" (Variety). SONG WITHOUT A NAME is a "Kafkaesque thriller" (The Hollywood Reporter) that unflinchingly depicts real-life, stranger-than fiction tragedies with poetic beauty.
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Nominated, Golden Camera - Cannes. Film Festival
Winner, New Voices, New Vision Award - Palm Springs Int'l. Film Festival Winner, Best Film - Stockholm Int'l Film Festival Winner, Excellence in the Art of Filmmaking - Tallgrass Film Festival "This is a really powerful movie... There's a folkloric quality, but it doesn't aestheticize the pain that these people are going through." Peter Rainier - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles |
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Frida Kahlo
2020 United Kingdom 1hr 30min
Art NR
In English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows, and the floral crowns?
Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the truth behind her often turbulent life. Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works throughout her career.
Using letters Kahlo wrote to guide us, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art. Exhibition on Screen’s trademark combination of interviews, commentary and a detailed exploration of her art delivers a treasure trove of colour and a feast of vibrancy. This personal and intimate film offers privileged access to her works, and highlights the source of her feverish creativity, her resilience, and her unmatched lust for life, politics, men and women. Delving deeper than any film has done before, engaging with world-renowned Kahlo experts, exploring how great an artist she was, discover the real Frida Kahlo.
Click on Link: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/oxnardfridakahlo
Frida Kahlo
2020 United Kingdom 1hr 30min
Art NR
In English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows, and the floral crowns?
Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the truth behind her often turbulent life. Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works throughout her career.
Using letters Kahlo wrote to guide us, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art. Exhibition on Screen’s trademark combination of interviews, commentary and a detailed exploration of her art delivers a treasure trove of colour and a feast of vibrancy. This personal and intimate film offers privileged access to her works, and highlights the source of her feverish creativity, her resilience, and her unmatched lust for life, politics, men and women. Delving deeper than any film has done before, engaging with world-renowned Kahlo experts, exploring how great an artist she was, discover the real Frida Kahlo.
Click on Link: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/oxnardfridakahlo
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A Weasel's Tale
(El Cuento de las Comadrejas)
2020 Argentina 1hr 34min
Comedy/Drama NR
In Spanish with English Subtitles
From Juan José Campanella, the director of the Oscar Award-winning The Secret in Their Eyes, comes The Weasels’ Tale (El cuento de las comadrejas), a comedic thriller that stars a bumper crop of well-known older Argentine actors. The film is the story of a group of four long-time friends, including a used-to-be-famous actress, her now disabled husband and an actor as well, who she eclipsed, and the sharp-tongued screenwriter and director of her greatest hits. Their coexistence is menaced by a young couple who, feigning to be lost, slowly insinuate themselves into their lives. It’s Sunset Boulevard meets The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, with a Latin twist. Financial gain, seduction, betrayal, and memories run amok are the elements that create the recipe for this delightful game of cat…and weasel.
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https://row8.com/movie-details/98264656_oxfs
A Weasel's Tale
(El Cuento de las Comadrejas)
2020 Argentina 1hr 34min
Comedy/Drama NR
In Spanish with English Subtitles
From Juan José Campanella, the director of the Oscar Award-winning The Secret in Their Eyes, comes The Weasels’ Tale (El cuento de las comadrejas), a comedic thriller that stars a bumper crop of well-known older Argentine actors. The film is the story of a group of four long-time friends, including a used-to-be-famous actress, her now disabled husband and an actor as well, who she eclipsed, and the sharp-tongued screenwriter and director of her greatest hits. Their coexistence is menaced by a young couple who, feigning to be lost, slowly insinuate themselves into their lives. It’s Sunset Boulevard meets The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, with a Latin twist. Financial gain, seduction, betrayal, and memories run amok are the elements that create the recipe for this delightful game of cat…and weasel.
Click on Link:
https://row8.com/movie-details/98264656_oxfs
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“Old-fashioned fare with an up-to-date edge…enjoyably over-the-top.”
-The Hollywood Reporter “A delicious metacinematic black comedy.” -El Mundo “An homage to the golden age of Argentine cinema…with the irony, snappy retorts and humor of Campanella’s filmmaking.”-Clarín |
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Collective (Colectiv)
2020 Romania 1hr 49min
Documentary NR
In Romanian with English Subtitles
NY Times Top 10 film 2020
Romania's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
After an explosive fire claims the lives of 27 people at Bucharest nightclub, Colectiv, officials reassure the public that surviving victims will receive care in facilities that are “better than in Germany.” Weeks later, a rising causality count leads intrepid reporters at the Sports Gazette to investigate. Just as a crucial tip exposes Hexi Pharma, a local firm’s culpability, the firm’s owner dies under mysterious circumstances and the health minister quietly resigns amid the uproar -but this is only the first chapter in a thrilling, ever- twisting exposé.
Closely tracking the efforts of the Gazette team as they methodically discover layer upon layer of fraud and criminal malfeasance, Alexander Nanau’s COLLECTIVE is a fast- paced, real-time detective story about truth, accountability, and the value of an independent press in partisan times.
Click on Link: https://watch.eventive.org/collective/play/5fd253f9fb860300376de85a
Collective (Colectiv)
2020 Romania 1hr 49min
Documentary NR
In Romanian with English Subtitles
NY Times Top 10 film 2020
Romania's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
After an explosive fire claims the lives of 27 people at Bucharest nightclub, Colectiv, officials reassure the public that surviving victims will receive care in facilities that are “better than in Germany.” Weeks later, a rising causality count leads intrepid reporters at the Sports Gazette to investigate. Just as a crucial tip exposes Hexi Pharma, a local firm’s culpability, the firm’s owner dies under mysterious circumstances and the health minister quietly resigns amid the uproar -but this is only the first chapter in a thrilling, ever- twisting exposé.
Closely tracking the efforts of the Gazette team as they methodically discover layer upon layer of fraud and criminal malfeasance, Alexander Nanau’s COLLECTIVE is a fast- paced, real-time detective story about truth, accountability, and the value of an independent press in partisan times.
Click on Link: https://watch.eventive.org/collective/play/5fd253f9fb860300376de85a
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"A Full On Masterpiece." - Rolling Stone
"One of the greatest films about journalism every made." - Indiewire "This is a documentary about a few things: journalism, what we should expect from our government, and how to figure out the truth when people don't want you to know... It's incredible to watch." - Amy Nicholson, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) |
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Another Round (Druk)
2020 Denmark 1hr 55min
Comedy/Drama NR
In Danish with English Subtitles
Denmark's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Four friends, all teachers at various stages of middle age, are stuck in a rut. Unable to share their passions either at school or at home, they embark on an audacious experiment from an obscure philosopher: to see if a constant level of alcohol in their blood will help them find greater freedom and happiness. At first they each find a new-found zest, but as the gang pushes their experiment further, issues that have been simmering for years come to a head and the men are faced with a choice: reckon with their behavior or continue on the same course.
Underscored by delicate and affecting camerawork, director Thomas Vinterberg's spry script, co-written with regular collaborator Tobias Lindholm, uses this bold premise to explore the euphoria and pain of an unbridled life. Playing a once brilliant but now world- weary shell of a man, the ever surprising Mads Mikkelsen delivers a fierce and touching performance.
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Another Round (Druk)
2020 Denmark 1hr 55min
Comedy/Drama NR
In Danish with English Subtitles
Denmark's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Four friends, all teachers at various stages of middle age, are stuck in a rut. Unable to share their passions either at school or at home, they embark on an audacious experiment from an obscure philosopher: to see if a constant level of alcohol in their blood will help them find greater freedom and happiness. At first they each find a new-found zest, but as the gang pushes their experiment further, issues that have been simmering for years come to a head and the men are faced with a choice: reckon with their behavior or continue on the same course.
Underscored by delicate and affecting camerawork, director Thomas Vinterberg's spry script, co-written with regular collaborator Tobias Lindholm, uses this bold premise to explore the euphoria and pain of an unbridled life. Playing a once brilliant but now world- weary shell of a man, the ever surprising Mads Mikkelsen delivers a fierce and touching performance.
Click on Link: https://samuelgoldwynfilms.vhx.tv/products/another-round-oxnard-film-society
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"A stinging, gorgeously filmed tragicomedy about male insecurity and the power of positive drinking, it's the latest from the Danish provocateur Thomas Vinterberg..." - Ty Burr, Boston Globe
"Drink, drinking or binge-drinking -- there's some of that too -- can't begin to convey the wild beauty and emotional depth of this film. "- Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal "The filmmaking, for all its tipsiness, retains a striking lucidity..." - Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times |
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Zappa
2020 USA 2hr 9min
Documentary NR
In English
THE FIRST ALL-ACCESS DOCUMENTARY ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF
FRANK ZAPPA
With unfettered access to the Zappa Vault, and the archival footage contained within,explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the ZAPPA political turbulence of its time. Alex Winter's assembly features appearances by Frank's widow Gail Zappa and several of Frank's musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood, Ray White and others.
Click on Link: https://watch.eventive.org/zappa/play/5fd25452fb860300376de8ae
Zappa
2020 USA 2hr 9min
Documentary NR
In English
THE FIRST ALL-ACCESS DOCUMENTARY ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF
FRANK ZAPPA
With unfettered access to the Zappa Vault, and the archival footage contained within,explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the ZAPPA political turbulence of its time. Alex Winter's assembly features appearances by Frank's widow Gail Zappa and several of Frank's musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood, Ray White and others.
Click on Link: https://watch.eventive.org/zappa/play/5fd25452fb860300376de8ae
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"Zappa" foregrounds the laudable and often astonishing aspects of the man's work and personality."
- Glenn Kenny, New York Times "A complex and surprisingly satisfying portrait of an artist who defiantly marched to the beat of a different drummer (or two)." - Peter Sobczynski, RogerEbert.com "This compelling, entertaining and no-B.S. documentary, directed by Alex Winter and produced by Frank's son Ahmet, gives a full picture of the Italian American musical iconoclast." - Thelma Adams, AARP Movies for Grownups |
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Three Summers (Tres Veros)
2020 Brazil 1hr 34min
Comedy/Drama NR
In Portuguese with English Subtitles
Over a trio of summers, a caretaker for luxury condominiums (Regina Casé) relies on her resourcefulness and her eye for opportunity to take advantage of whatever comes her way, in Sandra Kogut’s (Campo Grande) humorous and inventive episodic feature.
Showcasing the rare talents of Brazilian acting legend Regina Casé, Three Summers is a brilliant comedy about gross class disparity and the infinite resourcefulness of those who can never take anything for granted.
Casé plays Madá, the fifty-something caretaker for a cluster of luxury beachside condos owned by a wealthy Rio de Janeiro family. Unfolding over the course of three consecutive summers — 2015 to 2017 — the film follows Madá as she invests in a roadside snack kiosk while tending to the every need of her condescending employers, becomes a bystander in a major money-laundering scandal, and eventually launches a whole new career. With every dizzying new turn of events, Madá manages to retain her high spirits, her sense of loyalty to those who deserve it — and her eagle eye for opportunity.
Buoyed by masterful comic timing and striking an irresistible balance of naïveté and ceaseless cleverness, Madá is one of the charimatic Casé’s most endearing characters, a beacon of tenacious optimism and vivacity in a time when affluent malfeasance seems ubiquitous.
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Three Summers (Tres Veros)
2020 Brazil 1hr 34min
Comedy/Drama NR
In Portuguese with English Subtitles
Over a trio of summers, a caretaker for luxury condominiums (Regina Casé) relies on her resourcefulness and her eye for opportunity to take advantage of whatever comes her way, in Sandra Kogut’s (Campo Grande) humorous and inventive episodic feature.
Showcasing the rare talents of Brazilian acting legend Regina Casé, Three Summers is a brilliant comedy about gross class disparity and the infinite resourcefulness of those who can never take anything for granted.
Casé plays Madá, the fifty-something caretaker for a cluster of luxury beachside condos owned by a wealthy Rio de Janeiro family. Unfolding over the course of three consecutive summers — 2015 to 2017 — the film follows Madá as she invests in a roadside snack kiosk while tending to the every need of her condescending employers, becomes a bystander in a major money-laundering scandal, and eventually launches a whole new career. With every dizzying new turn of events, Madá manages to retain her high spirits, her sense of loyalty to those who deserve it — and her eagle eye for opportunity.
Buoyed by masterful comic timing and striking an irresistible balance of naïveté and ceaseless cleverness, Madá is one of the charimatic Casé’s most endearing characters, a beacon of tenacious optimism and vivacity in a time when affluent malfeasance seems ubiquitous.
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Reviews
'Cleverly written and staged. Marks another occasion for Brazilian actress Regina Casé to shine in the role of a housekeeper trying to overcome stiff social barriers and find her own slice of happiness." – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - Kevin Crust, |
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Oliver Sacks:
2020 USA 1hr 54min
Documentary NR
In English
A month after receiving a fatal diagnosis in January 2015, Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of filmed interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by family, friends, and notebooks from six decades of thinking and writing about the brain, he talked about his life and work, his abiding sense of wonder at the natural world, and the place of human beings within it. Drawing on these deeply personal reflections, as well as nearly two dozen interviews with close friends, family members, colleagues and patients, and archival material from every point in his life, this film is the story of a beloved doctor and writer who redefined our understanding of the brain and mind.
Click on Link: https://kinomarquee.com/film/oliver-sacks-his-own-life/5f331d779759290001908a00/oxnard-film-society
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"Oliver Sacks: His Own Life" is a moving portrait of a man taking deep stock of his life with great satisfaction and verve." - Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
"A PORTRAIT AT ONCE TENDER AND THRILLING, a movie that presents us with a man who led an eccentrically defiant, at times reckless existence that was the furthest thing from cunningly planned. He was a wanderer in the body of a clinician, like Jack Kerouac crossed with Jonas Salk. He was that rare if not unique thing, a scientific navigator of the soul." - Owen Gleiberman, VARIETY |
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Monsoon
2020 United Kingdom 1hr 26min
Drama NR
In English
Kit (Henry Golding, Crazy Rich Asians) returns to Ho Chi Minh City for the first time since he was six years old when his family fled the country in the aftermath of the Vietnam-American war. There he meets Lee, his estranged second cousin, Linh, a young Vietnamese student, and arranges an online date that turns into something more with Lewis (Parker Sawyers, Southside With You), an American clothing designer. Struggling to make sense of himself in a city he’s no longer familiar with, he embarks on a personal journey across the country that opens up the possibility for friendship, love and happiness.
Click on Link: https://watch.eventive.org/monsoon/play/5fad860549794c004bf55662
Monsoon
2020 United Kingdom 1hr 26min
Drama NR
In English
Kit (Henry Golding, Crazy Rich Asians) returns to Ho Chi Minh City for the first time since he was six years old when his family fled the country in the aftermath of the Vietnam-American war. There he meets Lee, his estranged second cousin, Linh, a young Vietnamese student, and arranges an online date that turns into something more with Lewis (Parker Sawyers, Southside With You), an American clothing designer. Struggling to make sense of himself in a city he’s no longer familiar with, he embarks on a personal journey across the country that opens up the possibility for friendship, love and happiness.
Click on Link: https://watch.eventive.org/monsoon/play/5fad860549794c004bf55662
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"A thoughtful, deeply felt movie of great sweetness, unfolding at an unhurried pace."
- Peter Bradshaw, Guardian "A delicate, observant, and rather too quiescent drama of coming home to a strange land, "Monsoon" is an interesting change of pace for star Henry Golding and another musing on diaspora by the Cambodia-born British filmmaker Hong Khaou." - Ty Burr, Boston Globe |
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Citizens of the World(Lontano Lontano)
2019 Italy 1hr 30min
Comedy NR
In Italian with English subtitles
Three retirees decide to move away from Rome to find a better standard of living in a country where their meagre pensions will go that much further. Planning for the trip sees the trio trawl the pubs and restaurants of a sun saturated Rome and discover that even at an old age they can still learn one or two lessons about themselves and life. Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy’s laconic answer to Larry David, returns to the humanist comic territory of arthouse hits Mid-August Lunch and The Salt of Life with Citizens of the World, a warm and delightful reflection on life with characters you’ll want to spend many more hours with long after the credits roll.
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Citizens of the World(Lontano Lontano)
2019 Italy 1hr 30min
Comedy NR
In Italian with English subtitles
Three retirees decide to move away from Rome to find a better standard of living in a country where their meagre pensions will go that much further. Planning for the trip sees the trio trawl the pubs and restaurants of a sun saturated Rome and discover that even at an old age they can still learn one or two lessons about themselves and life. Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy’s laconic answer to Larry David, returns to the humanist comic territory of arthouse hits Mid-August Lunch and The Salt of Life with Citizens of the World, a warm and delightful reflection on life with characters you’ll want to spend many more hours with long after the credits roll.
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★★★★ “This is a gem.” – Empire Magazine
★★★★ “Amiable, Rome-set comedy” – Emma Simmonds, The List ★★★★ “A light, frisky Italian comedy” – David Jenkins, Little White Lies |
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Martin Eden
2019 Italy 2hr 3min
Drama/Romance NR
In Italian with English subtitles
Named #1 movie of 2020 by Manohla Dargis of The New York Times!
Italy's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London yet set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy’s history, Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics. Martin (played by the marvelously committed Luca Marinelli) is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university student (Jessica Cressy). The dissatisfactions of working-class toil and bourgeois success lead to political awakening and destructive anxiety in this enveloping, superbly mounted bildungsroman. Winner of the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival and the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Martin Eden
2019 Italy 2hr 3min
Drama/Romance NR
In Italian with English subtitles
Named #1 movie of 2020 by Manohla Dargis of The New York Times!
Italy's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
Adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London yet set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy’s history, Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics. Martin (played by the marvelously committed Luca Marinelli) is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university student (Jessica Cressy). The dissatisfactions of working-class toil and bourgeois success lead to political awakening and destructive anxiety in this enveloping, superbly mounted bildungsroman. Winner of the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival and the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Click on Link:
https://kinomarquee.com/film/martineden/5f6cc6d35e8e250001bc197f/oxnard-film-society
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“An absolute blast. Includes documentary footage, wealthy decadence, left-wing politics, angry speeches (in Italian!), beautiful women, square-jawed men, quotations from Baudelaire and the heroic deployment of manual typewriters, hand-rolled cigarettes, ascots and Volvo sedans. Everything I love in movies, more or less." - A.O. Scott, The New York Times.
Read Manohla Dargis' rave review - NY Times Critic's Pick https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/movies/martin-eden-review.html |
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The Tobacconist
2018 Germany 1hr 54min
Drama NR
In German with English Subtitles
Seventeen-year-old Franz journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud (Bruno Ganz, “Wings of Desire”, “Downfall”), a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When Franz falls desperately in love with the music-hall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits that the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria dramatically worsen with the Nazis’ arrival in Vienna, Franz, Freud, and Anezka are swept into the maelstrom of events. Each has a big decision to make: to stay or to flee?
Click on Link: https://kinomarquee.com/film/the-tobacconist/5ef643fd4c1375000174a2d7/oxnard-film-society
The Tobacconist
2018 Germany 1hr 54min
Drama NR
In German with English Subtitles
Seventeen-year-old Franz journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud (Bruno Ganz, “Wings of Desire”, “Downfall”), a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When Franz falls desperately in love with the music-hall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits that the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria dramatically worsen with the Nazis’ arrival in Vienna, Franz, Freud, and Anezka are swept into the maelstrom of events. Each has a big decision to make: to stay or to flee?
Click on Link: https://kinomarquee.com/film/the-tobacconist/5ef643fd4c1375000174a2d7/oxnard-film-society
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"Stunning! A vibrant coming-of-age story and an intriguing portrayal of Sigmund Freud, expertly portrayed by Bruno Ganz."
- Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter "An engaging coming-of-age story! Recreates a time and a place with exactitude. Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire, Downfall) slips seamlessly into Sigmund Freud’s skin." - Sheldon Kirshner |
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The Oxnard Film Society is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization. Your contribution is tax deductible. Thank you. (#20-5734347)
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LOCATION
Plaza Cinemas 14 255 West 5th Street Oxnard, CA 93030 |
ADMISSION
Seniors $7.50 Matinee $8.25 Evening $10.75 |
Executive Director: George J. Sandoval Info at: geosand47@gmail.com - 805.798.0830
See you at the movies!