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.
In July we will be screening three films on consecutive Mondays starting with WHEN FALL IS COMING on July 7, a French mystery thriller. On July 14 a FREE Screening of AMERICAN AGITATOR, the Fred Ross story, an American independent film with a Q/A post screening. And on July 21 THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND, a British comedy. Screening August 4 will be NYTimes Critics' Pick, CAUGHT BY THE TIDES, from Chinese auteur, Jia Zhang-ke and the last film on our Summer schedule is the poignant documentary and NYTimes Critics' Pick, A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
The WE REMEMBER Exhibit concluded on May 30.at the John Spoor Broome Library, CSU, Channel Islands. I'd like to thank the veterans and families who attended, our sponsors for their contributions, our exhibit staff and CSUCI staff for their work and participation.
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
The WE REMEMBER Exhibit concluded on May 30.at the John Spoor Broome Library, CSU, Channel Islands. I'd like to thank the veterans and families who attended, our sponsors for their contributions, our exhibit staff and CSUCI staff for their work and participation.
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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The Oxnard Film Society is funded in part through a grant provided by the County of Ventura’s Arts and Culture Investment Fund.
Monday, July 7th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
WHEN FALL IS COMING
2024 France 1hr 43minutes
Drama/ NR
In French with English Subtitles
After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services at her parish. The voracious hostility of her adult daughter Valérie (Ludivine Sagnier) remains Michelle’s great puzzlement: how can a child for whom she sacrificed so much treat her with such contempt and suspicion? When Valérie drops off her son for a week with his grandmother, Michelle sees an opportunity to repair the relationship, but a culinary accident soon undercuts whatever trust remains. With the help of her best friend Marie-Claude (Josiane Balasko), whose son (Pierre Lottin) has recently been released from prison, Michelle plots a path towards restoring the family life so long denied her. With a deceptively placid surface, master stylist François Ozon cooks up a twisty and destabilizing thriller where family ties remain the most mysterious ingredient of all.
2024 France 1hr 43minutes
Drama/ NR
In French with English Subtitles
After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services at her parish. The voracious hostility of her adult daughter Valérie (Ludivine Sagnier) remains Michelle’s great puzzlement: how can a child for whom she sacrificed so much treat her with such contempt and suspicion? When Valérie drops off her son for a week with his grandmother, Michelle sees an opportunity to repair the relationship, but a culinary accident soon undercuts whatever trust remains. With the help of her best friend Marie-Claude (Josiane Balasko), whose son (Pierre Lottin) has recently been released from prison, Michelle plots a path towards restoring the family life so long denied her. With a deceptively placid surface, master stylist François Ozon cooks up a twisty and destabilizing thriller where family ties remain the most mysterious ingredient of all.
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"François Ozon’s crackling autumnal thriller gives Hélène Vincent a well-deserved spotlight in this accomplished thriller." - David Opie IndieWire
"A sleek, modestly scaled entertainment about families, secrets and obligations, it features fine performances and some picture-postcard Burgundian locations." - Manohla Dargis New York Times "In a strong ensemble cast, Vincent gives a superb performance, imbuing her octogenarian protagonist with a refreshing complexity." - Tom Dawson Radio Times |
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Monday, July 14th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
AMERICAN AGITATOR
THE FRED ROSS STORY
2025 USA 1hr 34minutes
Biography, Documentary, History NR
In English with Spanish subtitles
FREE SCREENING: To inspire a new generation of activists to organize for systemic change, AMERICAN AGITATORS illustrates how collective action can combat racism, bigotry, and greed. Fred Ross Sr.'s groundbreaking organizing efforts carried on and expanded upon by organizers improved the lives and livelihoods of thousands by focusing on systemic change. Telling the story of organizers and community leaders across the country will demonstrate strategies we can use to mobilize. As we witness growing and corrosive divisiveness, the lessons learned from Fred Ross Sr. and Jr., and the ways they can be applied to relieve today's injustices, are more important and relevant than ever.
Q/A after both screenings.
Monday, July 21st at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
2025 1hr 40 minutes
Comedy/Drama/Music PG-13
In English with English subtitles
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan) back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
2025 1hr 40 minutes
Comedy/Drama/Music PG-13
In English with English subtitles
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan) back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
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"This is an absolutely lovely, lovely film." - Michael Cook KLRT-TV
"The Ballad of Wallis Island is a fantastic feel-good comedy-drama set in a heartfelt world filled with well-rounded characters so endearing that you’re left slightly miserable for having to return to our much grimmer reality." - Jack Martin Film Feeder “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is a superb little sleeper that may not be on your moviegoing radar. It’s the kind of film I love to champion; that is, the small, effective character study that deserves your attention." - Odie Henderson Boston Globe |
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Monday, August 4th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
2025 China 1hr 51 minutes
Drama NR
In Mandarin, Chinese with English subtitles
NYTimes Critics' Pick
The preeminent dramatist of China’s rapid 21st-century growth and social
transformation, Jia Zhang-ke has taken his boldest approach to narrative yet
with his marvelous Caught by the Tides. Assembled from footage shot over a
span of 23 years—a beguiling mix of fiction and documentary, featuring a
cascade of images taken from previous movies, unused scenes, and newly shot
dramatic sequences--Caught by the Tides is a free-flowing work of unspoken
longing, carried along more by music than dialogue as it looms around the
edges of a poignant love story. The film mostly adheres to the perspective of
Qiaoqiao (Jia’s immortal muse Zhao Tao) as she wanders an increasingly
unrecognizable country in search of long-lost lover Bin (Li Zhubin), who left their
home city of Datong seeking new financial prospects. The always captivating
Zhao carries the film with her delicate expressiveness, while Jia constantly
evokes cinema’s ability to capture the passage of time and the persistence of
change: of people, landscapes, cities, politics, ideas
2025 China 1hr 51 minutes
Drama NR
In Mandarin, Chinese with English subtitles
NYTimes Critics' Pick
The preeminent dramatist of China’s rapid 21st-century growth and social
transformation, Jia Zhang-ke has taken his boldest approach to narrative yet
with his marvelous Caught by the Tides. Assembled from footage shot over a
span of 23 years—a beguiling mix of fiction and documentary, featuring a
cascade of images taken from previous movies, unused scenes, and newly shot
dramatic sequences--Caught by the Tides is a free-flowing work of unspoken
longing, carried along more by music than dialogue as it looms around the
edges of a poignant love story. The film mostly adheres to the perspective of
Qiaoqiao (Jia’s immortal muse Zhao Tao) as she wanders an increasingly
unrecognizable country in search of long-lost lover Bin (Li Zhubin), who left their
home city of Datong seeking new financial prospects. The always captivating
Zhao carries the film with her delicate expressiveness, while Jia constantly
evokes cinema’s ability to capture the passage of time and the persistence of
change: of people, landscapes, cities, politics, ideas
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"This is a quietly brilliant film, one that blends a personal story, about two young people trying to make their mark, with a more global one, about a country that, a little more than 20 years ago, began changing drastically by the minute." - Stephanie Zacharek TIME Magazine
"As emotionally effective as it is formally brilliant, it draws on a trove of material — both fiction and nonfiction — that Jia began shooting in 2001 while working on another movie." - Manohla Dargis New York Times "Jia Zhangke captures China’s transformation over the last two decades using characters from his past films for the stunning docufiction drama. Viewers are in store for a banquet of lavish filmmaking that flows beautifully." - Joe Friar Fort Worth Report |
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Monday, August 18th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY
2025 USA 1hr 24 minutes
Documentary/Biography NR
In English
NYTimes Critics' Pick
A daughter attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, an avant-garde journalist and a woman she never knew. Uncovering the vast archive Sheila Turner-Seed produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, and Lisette Model, the film explores memory, legacy and stories left untold.
2025 USA 1hr 24 minutes
Documentary/Biography NR
In English
NYTimes Critics' Pick
A daughter attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, an avant-garde journalist and a woman she never knew. Uncovering the vast archive Sheila Turner-Seed produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, and Lisette Model, the film explores memory, legacy and stories left untold.
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"This poetic gem is a journey from the weight of absence to the serenity of presence, thanks in no small part to the inquisitive, gifted woman pulled from obscurity: Sheila Turner-Seed, whose life was short but full and worth revitalizing." - Robert Abele Los Angeles Times
"Without playing with anyone’s life, “A Photographic Memory” makes beautiful sense of the connections between mother and daughter, work and love and other mysteries." - Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune "Seed’s elusive film is a haunting portrait—nimble in execution and startling in its poignancy—that introduces her mother to a new generation." - Robert Daniels 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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