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.
On Monday, May 19 we present BEING MARIA, "Jessica Palud's spare, ferocious account of Maria Schneider's career and life. Anamaria Vartolomei gives a riveting performance in the lead role.” On this date we celebrate our 19th year in downtown Oxnard. Please join us.
We continue with the WE REMEMBER Exhibit at the John Spoor Broome Library, CSU, Channel Islands honoring Vietnam Veterans from Ventura County through May 30, 2025. The last day of the exhibit on May 30 at 2pm we will present a 10 minute work-in-progress documentary on Deported Veterans followed by We Remember: End of Innocence a 47 minute doc on Ventura County veterans on their Vietnam experience. A Q/A with veterans and director George J. Sandoval will follow.
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
We continue with the WE REMEMBER Exhibit at the John Spoor Broome Library, CSU, Channel Islands honoring Vietnam Veterans from Ventura County through May 30, 2025. The last day of the exhibit on May 30 at 2pm we will present a 10 minute work-in-progress documentary on Deported Veterans followed by We Remember: End of Innocence a 47 minute doc on Ventura County veterans on their Vietnam experience. A Q/A with veterans and director George J. Sandoval will follow.
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.
TWO WEEKS LEFT: Continues through May 30, 2025
WE REMEMBER
Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
An Exhibition on the Vietnam War featuring Ventura County Vietnam Veterans Interviews, Film, Music and Readings on the Vietnam Experience. Continues through May 30, 2025.
Special screening at 2pm May 30 in Broome Library.
Broken Promises - work-in- progress on Deported Veterans (10 minutes) and We Remember: End of Innocence (47 minutes) followed by Q/A with participating veterans.
John Spoor Broome Library at CSU, Channel Islands - Event Admission is Free
Picture: John Arias (Oxnard,CA) and Otto Aue - Army - at LZ Ross in Hiep Duc Valley, Vietnam 1967
Ventura County to Vietnam and Back
An Exhibition on the Vietnam War featuring Ventura County Vietnam Veterans Interviews, Film, Music and Readings on the Vietnam Experience. Continues through May 30, 2025.
Special screening at 2pm May 30 in Broome Library.
Broken Promises - work-in- progress on Deported Veterans (10 minutes) and We Remember: End of Innocence (47 minutes) followed by Q/A with participating veterans.
John Spoor Broome Library at CSU, Channel Islands - Event Admission is Free
Picture: John Arias (Oxnard,CA) and Otto Aue - Army - at LZ Ross in Hiep Duc Valley, Vietnam 1967
Monday, May 19th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
BEING MARIA
2024 France 1hr 42minutes
Drama NR
In French with English Subtitles
Maria Schneider (Anamaria Vartolomei) is a promising young French actress. When she gets the lead in a feature film directed by an acclaimed Italian filmmaker and starring one of America’s most beloved actors, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Her collaborators, director Bernardo Bertolucci and star Marlon Brando (Matt Dillon) seem to be bringing out the best in Maria, sharing a warm rapport and mentorship with the 19-year old girl. Until one day, when the men conspire to shoot a crucial sex scene as a harrowing assault without letting Maria in on the plan. The film goes on to be lauded as a fearless artistic breakthrough, but for Maria, it’s the beginning of a living hell. Based on the behind-the-scenes true story of the making of Last Tango in Paris, Jessica Palud’s sensitive biopic centers Maria’s story for the first time.
2024 France 1hr 42minutes
Drama NR
In French with English Subtitles
Maria Schneider (Anamaria Vartolomei) is a promising young French actress. When she gets the lead in a feature film directed by an acclaimed Italian filmmaker and starring one of America’s most beloved actors, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Her collaborators, director Bernardo Bertolucci and star Marlon Brando (Matt Dillon) seem to be bringing out the best in Maria, sharing a warm rapport and mentorship with the 19-year old girl. Until one day, when the men conspire to shoot a crucial sex scene as a harrowing assault without letting Maria in on the plan. The film goes on to be lauded as a fearless artistic breakthrough, but for Maria, it’s the beginning of a living hell. Based on the behind-the-scenes true story of the making of Last Tango in Paris, Jessica Palud’s sensitive biopic centers Maria’s story for the first time.
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"Anamaria Vartolomei gives an edgy, delicate performance." – The New York Times
"Highly recommended: Being Maria, Jessica Palud's spare, ferocious account of Maria Schneider's career and life - of how the making of Last Tango in Paris was the unmaking of its great actress." - – Richard Brody, The New Yorker “Being Maria approaches Schneider’s story with great sensitivity and understanding. Anamaria Vartolomei gives a riveting performance in the lead role.” – Los Angeles Times “More relevant than ever. Vartolomei is utterly convincing in the role of Maria [Schneider].” – Deadline |
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Monday, June 2nd at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
PARTHENOPE
2024 Italy 2hr 16minutes
Drama/Romance/Fantasy NR
In Italian with English Subtitles
Parthenope, born in the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime.
Sorrentino won an Academy Award for his film, THE GREAT BEAUTY.
2024 Italy 2hr 16minutes
Drama/Romance/Fantasy NR
In Italian with English Subtitles
Parthenope, born in the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime.
Sorrentino won an Academy Award for his film, THE GREAT BEAUTY.
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"....Sorrentino really understands cinema and his flair for audacious imagery and love of Fellini-like eccentricity ensures it is rarely without charm. -
"Life and its impossibility to live it. A beautiful portrait of the myth, the city and Parthenope" - Guillem Martinez Oya Cinematismo "Parthenope, Paolo Sorrentino’s latest cinema exuberance, flutters like its recurring motif of a silk scarf caught in a Mediterranean breeze -- tantalizing, yet just out of reach." - Peter Howell Toronto Star |
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Monday, June 16th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
SANTOSH
2024 India 2hr 5minutes
Crime/Drama/Thriller NR
In Hindi with English Subtitles
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a lowcaste girl is murdered, Santosh is pulled into the investigation by charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
2024 India 2hr 5minutes
Crime/Drama/Thriller NR
In Hindi with English Subtitles
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a lowcaste girl is murdered, Santosh is pulled into the investigation by charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
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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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See you at the movies! |