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 19th 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
Screenings at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14 in downtown Oxnard.
“A vivid vehicle for a dynamic, often very funny Emde...the female-focused story of a high-stakes struggle, showing how a cultural passion can sometimes overcomeall obstacles and transform a
person’s life entirely.” –Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily
Our last film of the year, KOLN 75, (comedy/drama/music) screens on Monday, December 15 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm. Following the 3:30pm screening please join us for our annual Holiday Party (5pm-6:30pm) at Pacifico's Restaurant, corner of A and 5th Streets for hors d'oeuvres and a no-host bar.
Each year in October, 90+ countries around the world submit their 'best" film to the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film Category. Our programming will focus on the these films for the next three - four months until Oscar time - March 15. We will present as many contenders as possible for your viewing.
Just a reminder to our patrons that I personally preview each film to insure a great viewing experience each and every Monday screening.
Our Foreign Film Series usually screens two films (sometimes three) each month, on 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
person’s life entirely.” –Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily
Our last film of the year, KOLN 75, (comedy/drama/music) screens on Monday, December 15 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm. Following the 3:30pm screening please join us for our annual Holiday Party (5pm-6:30pm) at Pacifico's Restaurant, corner of A and 5th Streets for hors d'oeuvres and a no-host bar.
Each year in October, 90+ countries around the world submit their 'best" film to the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film Category. Our programming will focus on the these films for the next three - four months until Oscar time - March 15. We will present as many contenders as possible for your viewing.
Just a reminder to our patrons that I personally preview each film to insure a great viewing experience each and every Monday screening.
Our Foreign Film Series usually screens two films (sometimes three) each month, on 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, December 15th at 3:30pm & 6:30pm
KOLN 75
2025, Germany 1h 50 minutes
Comedy/Drama/Music PG-13,
In German and English with English subtitles
Keith Jarrett’s legendary performance in January 1975 nearly didn’t happen. Based on a true story, Köln 75 follows how the concert was conceived and orchestrated by the efforts of a teenage up and coming concert promoter, Vera Brandes, (played by German actress Mala Emde). Her enthusiasm set her to multitasking – from organizing the concert venue (the Cologne Opera House), promoting the event, and selling the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to perform when he almost dropped out when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be found. John Magaro plays Jarrett with his own intensity, a sublime counterpoint to Mala Emde’s joyful portrayal of the enthusiastic and unstoppable Vera. Köln 75 captures the compelling, entertaining and, until now, unknown backstory about Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history.
JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY AT PACIFICO'S RESTAURANT (Corner of 5th and A Streets). Hors d'oeuvres and no host bar. 5pm -6:30pm
2025, Germany 1h 50 minutes
Comedy/Drama/Music PG-13,
In German and English with English subtitles
Keith Jarrett’s legendary performance in January 1975 nearly didn’t happen. Based on a true story, Köln 75 follows how the concert was conceived and orchestrated by the efforts of a teenage up and coming concert promoter, Vera Brandes, (played by German actress Mala Emde). Her enthusiasm set her to multitasking – from organizing the concert venue (the Cologne Opera House), promoting the event, and selling the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to perform when he almost dropped out when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be found. John Magaro plays Jarrett with his own intensity, a sublime counterpoint to Mala Emde’s joyful portrayal of the enthusiastic and unstoppable Vera. Köln 75 captures the compelling, entertaining and, until now, unknown backstory about Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history.
JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY AT PACIFICO'S RESTAURANT (Corner of 5th and A Streets). Hors d'oeuvres and no host bar. 5pm -6:30pm
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“This fleet-footed period piece...concerns a moment in 1975
when Keith Jarrett caught lightning in a bottle... Crowd-pleaser...Tough to resist.” –Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times “Infectious…you don’t need to be a Keith Jarrett fan to enjoy Köln 75, but for anyone who is, the movie is a savory anecdote that colors in his fluky rapture.” –Owen Gleiberman, Variety “A vivid vehicle for a dynamic, often very funny Emde... the female-focused story of a high-stakes struggle, showing how a cultural passion can sometimes overcome all obstacles and transform a person’s life entirely.” –Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily |
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Monday, January 5th at 3:30pm & 6:30pm
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
2025, Norway 2h 13 minutes
Drama Rated R
In Norwegian, French and English with English subtitles
Official submission of Norway for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 98th Academy Awards in 2026.
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.
Cannes Film Festival = Winner - Grand Prix
2025, Norway 2h 13 minutes
Drama Rated R
In Norwegian, French and English with English subtitles
Official submission of Norway for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 98th Academy Awards in 2026.
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.
Cannes Film Festival = Winner - Grand Prix
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l"Sentimental Value is essentially a double act between Skarsgård and Reinsve, and these two performers play off each other in a way that’s recognizable to anyone who’s struggled with paternal baggage, by which we mean everybody." - David Fear Rolling Stone
"With stellar performances and nuanced, grounded storytelling, Sentimental Value hits the heart in its portrayal of family bonds and the spaces that sometimes can bring people closer together." - Richard Crouse Richard Crouse "Trier, who has two young daughters himself, directs the whole affair with beauty and pathos and wit. His deeply humane film is an object lesson: You don’t need to be monomaniacal to make great art." - Max Weiss New York Magazine/Vulture |
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Monday, January 19th at 3:30pm & 6:30pm
THE SECRET AGENT
2025, Brazil 2h 38 minutes
Thriller Rated R
In Portuguese with English subtitles
Official submission of Brazil for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 98th Academy Awards in 2026.
Amid the raucous revelry of Carnival week, a widower named Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, a city as vibrant as it is violent. A technology researcher who suddenly finds himself anunwitting target in the heart of the dictatorship's political maelstrom, Marcelo is a man on the run from mercenary killers, from ghosts of the past and from the ruthless, mischievously militant spirit of
Brazil in 1977. In the midst of these mounting threats, Marcelo, with the help of a mysterious woman named Elza and her compatriots in the country's growing underground resistance, remains primarily focused on escaping Brazil with his young son. Master filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho teams up with renowned actor Wagner Moura - giving an extraordinary, career-defining performance - to craft a thrillingly unpredictable, playfully shape-shifting epic steeped in history even as it feels remarkably contemporary, paying affectionate tribute to the movies of Filho’s youth while unfolding against the backdrop of political turmoil and palpable danger.
*WINNER - BEST ACTOR - 2025 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL*
*WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR - 2025 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL*
*WINNER - FIRPRESCI PRIZE- 2025 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL*
2025, Brazil 2h 38 minutes
Thriller Rated R
In Portuguese with English subtitles
Official submission of Brazil for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 98th Academy Awards in 2026.
Amid the raucous revelry of Carnival week, a widower named Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, a city as vibrant as it is violent. A technology researcher who suddenly finds himself anunwitting target in the heart of the dictatorship's political maelstrom, Marcelo is a man on the run from mercenary killers, from ghosts of the past and from the ruthless, mischievously militant spirit of
Brazil in 1977. In the midst of these mounting threats, Marcelo, with the help of a mysterious woman named Elza and her compatriots in the country's growing underground resistance, remains primarily focused on escaping Brazil with his young son. Master filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho teams up with renowned actor Wagner Moura - giving an extraordinary, career-defining performance - to craft a thrillingly unpredictable, playfully shape-shifting epic steeped in history even as it feels remarkably contemporary, paying affectionate tribute to the movies of Filho’s youth while unfolding against the backdrop of political turmoil and palpable danger.
*WINNER - BEST ACTOR - 2025 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL*
*WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR - 2025 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL*
*WINNER - FIRPRESCI PRIZE- 2025 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL*
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"If The Secret Agent is as complex and rewarding as a taste from a dusty bottle of wine, it’s also part of an ongoing consideration in this year’s releases about what it means to be part of a resistance." -
Alison Willmore, New York Magazine/Vulture "Kleber Mendonça Filho embraces a freewheeling sensibility, and finds laughter amid the terror.' - Manohla Dargis, New York Times "This is one of the year’s best films, and one of the most distinctive." - Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com |
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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 MAIL ADDRESS
Plaza Cinemas 14 Oxnard Film Society 255 West 5th Street PO Box 606 Oxnard, CA 93030 Oxnard, CA 93032-0606 |
ADMISSION
Seniors/Students/Military $8.50 General Admission Matinee $9.25 General Admission Evening $11.75 |
Executive Director: George J. Sandoval Info at: [email protected] - 805.798.0830
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