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
Celebrating Our 17th Year
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
In October we will present three films: THE BEASTS, a thriller from Spain, FROM WOUNDED KNEE to STANDING ROCK - A Reporter's Journey with a Special Appearance/Q&A with filmmaker/journalist Kevin McKeirnan and the third film Amerikatsi, our first film from Armenia.
Our Monday Night Foreign Film Series usually screens two films each month, the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14. We will continue our mission of providing the Best of World Cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community along with supporting local filmmakers Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
Our Monday Night Foreign Film Series usually screens two films each month, the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14. We will continue our mission of providing the Best of World Cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community along with supporting local filmmakers Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
Plaza Cinemas 14, 255 West 5th Street, Oxnard CA 93030
General Admission: $11.75/ General Admission Matinee: $9.25
Seniors/Children/Military: $8.50
General Admission: $11.75/ General Admission Matinee: $9.25
Seniors/Children/Military: $8.50
We'd like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming
a 2023-2024 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
a 2023-2024 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
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Monday, October 2nd at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
THE BEASTS
2023 Spain 2hr 18minutes
Drama/Mystery/Thriller NR
In Spanish, Galician and French with English Subtitles
Winner of 9 Goyas - Spain’s equivalent of the Academy Awards© - including Best Picture, this intimate, haunting true-crime drama -- part noir thriller, part social realism -- is set in a Galician farming village (the “wild west” of Spain), a region that’s as sweepingly idyllic as it is economically depressed. A bourgeois, expatriate French couple (Marina Foïs and Denis Ménochet), committed to organic farming, settles uneasily among the poor Spanish farmers who’ve struggled for generations to earn a living from this land. They clash over whether to sell their land to foreign interests who’ve offered fast money to develop wind power. Two glowering brothers, characters who seem to have stepped directly from the nastiest scenes in Deliverance, take on the idealistic pair. On the surface there are victims and perpetrators, but the screenplay resists oversimplifying the complex dynamics of gentrification – the privilege of imposing progressive values and the tragedy of fear-turned-to-hate.
2023 Spain 2hr 18minutes
Drama/Mystery/Thriller NR
In Spanish, Galician and French with English Subtitles
Winner of 9 Goyas - Spain’s equivalent of the Academy Awards© - including Best Picture, this intimate, haunting true-crime drama -- part noir thriller, part social realism -- is set in a Galician farming village (the “wild west” of Spain), a region that’s as sweepingly idyllic as it is economically depressed. A bourgeois, expatriate French couple (Marina Foïs and Denis Ménochet), committed to organic farming, settles uneasily among the poor Spanish farmers who’ve struggled for generations to earn a living from this land. They clash over whether to sell their land to foreign interests who’ve offered fast money to develop wind power. Two glowering brothers, characters who seem to have stepped directly from the nastiest scenes in Deliverance, take on the idealistic pair. On the surface there are victims and perpetrators, but the screenplay resists oversimplifying the complex dynamics of gentrification – the privilege of imposing progressive values and the tragedy of fear-turned-to-hate.
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"A terrific psychological thriller and a brooding, muscular piece of filmmaking..." - Wendy Ide Screen International
"Sorogoyen has made a brilliantly written, superbly acted film with the grave heft of non-fiction: a glimpse of stark truths behind that lush Galician landscape." - Danny Leigh Financial Times "A well-made and eerie thriller." - Claudia Puig FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) |
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Monday, October 9th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
FROM WOUNDED KNEE TO STANDING ROCK -
A Reporter's Journey
2019 USA 1hr 28minutes
Documentary NR
In English
SPECIAL SCREENING 50th Anniversary of Occupation
FIFTY years on from the Native American occupation of Wounded Knee it is clear to see the stand-off - which was the longest standing instance of civil disorder in the US since the Civil War - had a profound effect on the mindset of today’s Native peoples.
Wounded Knee was the scene of an infamous massacre in 1890 by the US Cavalry who slaughtered almost 300 members of the Lokota Tribe who were taking part in a peaceful Ghost Dance ritual. In 1973 the American Indian Movement (AIM) which was founded by former Native American inmates who were tired of the rampant abuse, racism and discrimination they faced daily occupied the town on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota after the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organisation (OSCRO) had failed to impeach corrupt tribal chairman Dick Wilson who was using a private militia, the Guardians of the Oglala Nation - called the GOONS to terrorise political opponents and commit voter fraud.
In response the FBI, State Marshals and the United States Army surrounded the town and a grueling 71 day siege began. Imposing a gag order on reporters entering the town, the FBI sought to silence the press from hearing from those under siege. Kevin McKiernan, a young reporter snuck through the FBI lines and filmed the siege from the inside.
Q&A session featuring Director and Pulitzer Prize nominated reporter Kevin McKiernan who was at the center of the occupation.
A Reporter's Journey
2019 USA 1hr 28minutes
Documentary NR
In English
SPECIAL SCREENING 50th Anniversary of Occupation
FIFTY years on from the Native American occupation of Wounded Knee it is clear to see the stand-off - which was the longest standing instance of civil disorder in the US since the Civil War - had a profound effect on the mindset of today’s Native peoples.
Wounded Knee was the scene of an infamous massacre in 1890 by the US Cavalry who slaughtered almost 300 members of the Lokota Tribe who were taking part in a peaceful Ghost Dance ritual. In 1973 the American Indian Movement (AIM) which was founded by former Native American inmates who were tired of the rampant abuse, racism and discrimination they faced daily occupied the town on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota after the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organisation (OSCRO) had failed to impeach corrupt tribal chairman Dick Wilson who was using a private militia, the Guardians of the Oglala Nation - called the GOONS to terrorise political opponents and commit voter fraud.
In response the FBI, State Marshals and the United States Army surrounded the town and a grueling 71 day siege began. Imposing a gag order on reporters entering the town, the FBI sought to silence the press from hearing from those under siege. Kevin McKiernan, a young reporter snuck through the FBI lines and filmed the siege from the inside.
Q&A session featuring Director and Pulitzer Prize nominated reporter Kevin McKiernan who was at the center of the occupation.
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"A humane but unflinching look at one of the most famous
Indigenous resistance groups in modern history." - The New Republic I think that From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter's Journey is one that can open ears, eyes, and minds to things going on within the world, and that has been going on for years. - Chris Salce, Film Threat |
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Monday, October 23rd at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
AMERIKATSI
2023 Armenia 1hr 57minutes
Comedy/Drama NR
In Armenian, Russian and English with English Subtitles
In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hope of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he discovers that he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window -- the home of a prison guard. As his life unexpectedly becomes entwined with the man's, he begins to see that the true spirit of his homeland is alive in its passionate people. Filled with warmth and humor, Amerikatsi celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the bonds that unite us all.
2023 Armenia 1hr 57minutes
Comedy/Drama NR
In Armenian, Russian and English with English Subtitles
In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hope of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he discovers that he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window -- the home of a prison guard. As his life unexpectedly becomes entwined with the man's, he begins to see that the true spirit of his homeland is alive in its passionate people. Filled with warmth and humor, Amerikatsi celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the bonds that unite us all.
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"Amerikatsi is a stirring labor of love that witnesses the darkness of the past, and seeks out the light." - Thelma Adams AARP Movies for Grownups
"Written and directed by—and starring—Michael A. Goorjian, the new film 'Amerikatsi' is many things, among them a paean to the resilience of the human spirit." - Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail "Goorjian delivers a heartfelt love letter to Armenia and the resilience of its people.' - Hope Madden The Screening Room Podcast |
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Monday, November 6th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
CASSANDRO
2023 Mexico/USA 1hr 47minutes
Comedy/Drama Rated R
In Spanish and English with English Subtitles
Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the "Liberace of Lucha Libre." In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world, but also his own life.
2023 Mexico/USA 1hr 47minutes
Comedy/Drama Rated R
In Spanish and English with English Subtitles
Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the "Liberace of Lucha Libre." In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world, but also his own life.
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"You still get the standard biopic beats, of course, but thanks to Bernal, you also get a portrait of self-actualization -- a caterpillar turning into a butterfly in a long, flowing sequined cape. It’s one of his single best performances to date." -
David Fear Rolling Stone "Led by a phenomenal performance by Gael García Bernal, Cassandro is a wild and entertaining story." - Nick Schager The Daily Beast “Cassandro” is a heartfelt joy." - Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List |
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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/Students/Military $8.50 General Admission Matinee $9.25 General Admission Evening $11.75 |
Executive Director: George J. Sandoval Info at: geosand47@gmail.com - 805.798.0830
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