Anatomy Of A Fall / Anatomie D'une Chute

Winner Of The Palme D’or, Cannes Film Festival

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Discussion: Feb. 3

For The Past Year, Sandra, Her Husband Samuel, And Their Eleven-Year-Old Son Daniel Have Lived A Secluded Life In A Remote Town In The French Alps. When Samuel Is Found Dead In The Snow Below Their Chalet, The Police Question Whether He Was Murdered Or Committed Suicide. Samuel’s Suspicious Death Is Presumed Murder, And Sandra Becomes The Main Suspect.

What Follows Is Not Just An Investigation Into The Circumstances Of Samuel’s Death But An Unsettling Psychological Journey Into The Depths Of Sandra And Samuel’s Conflicted Relationship.

February 2 - 8,2025

Four Daughters / Les Filles D’olfa

Winner Of The Best Documentary Award, Cannes Film Festival

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Discussion: Feb 10

One Of The Year’s Most Acclaimed Releases, This Riveting Documentary By Two-Time Oscar®-Nominated Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania (The Man Who Sold His Skin) Uses An Audacious Formal Conceit To Tell The Story Of Olfa Hamrouni And Her Four Daughters. Attempting To Answer The Question Of How And Why The Tunisian Woman’s Two Eldest Were Radicalized, Ben Hania Reveals A Complex History. We Watch As The Family Relives Key Events In Their Lives With Help From Professional Actors Standing In For The Missing Girls. Winner Of The Best Documentary Award At The Cannes Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature At The Gotham Awards, And Best Writing At The Ida Documentary Awards, Four Daughters Is A Compelling Portrait Of Five Women And A Unique And Ambitious Work Of Nonfiction Cinema That Pushes Against The Conventional Boundaries Of The Documentary Form To Explore The Nature Of Memory, Rebellion, And The Ties That Bind Mothers And Daughters.

February 9 - 15,2025 

Focus On Godard / Godard Seul Le Cinéma

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Discussion: Feb. 17

Jean-Luc Godard Is Synonymous With Cinema. With The Release Of Breathless In 1960, He Established Himself Overnight As A Cinematic Rebel And Symbol For The Era’s Progressive And Anti-War Youth. Sixty-Two Years And 140 Films Later, Godard Is Among The Most Renowned Artists Of All Time, Taught In Every Film School Yet Still Shrouded In Mystery. One Of The Founders Of The French New Wave, Political Agitator, Revolutionary Misanthrope, Film Theorist And Critic, The List Of His Descriptors Goes On And On. Godard Cinema Offers An Opportunity For Film Lovers To Look Back At His Career And The Subjects And Themes That Obsessed Him, While Paying Tribute To The Ineffable Essence Of The Most Revered French Director Of All Time.

February 16 - 22,2025

Banel & Adama / Banel Et Adama 

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Discussion: Feb. 24

Set Against The Terrestrial Majesty Of The Sahel, Banel & Adama Is A Tragic Romance Following Two Young Lovers As They Strive For Independence And Self-Possession In The Face Of Imperious Tradition. Neither Senegal Nor The Rest Of The World Has Known A Love Like Banel (Khady Mane) And Adama’s (Mamadou Diallo), Each Eager To Begin Their Adult Lives Away From The Stifling

Demands Of Their Families And Community. The Young Couple Were Married By An Ostensible Combination Of Chance And Duty When Adama’s Older Brother Yero Died, Leaving A Still-Young Banel, His Second Wife, A Too-Young Widow. Now, The Same Duty Dictates That Adama Accept The Role Of Village Chief. However, The Fated Lovers Have Plans That Do Not Include The Expectations Of Others. That Is, Until Something In The Air Changes. The Rains Do Not Come, The Cattle Begin To Die, The Men Leave And Banel, Once Lovelorn And Lost In Responsibility, Surrenders To The Call For A Life Lived Beyond Prescription. Premiering In Competition At This Year’s Cannes Film Festival — The Sole Debut Granted The Honor — Banel & Adama Is A Lyrical Odyssey That Takes A Hypnotic Descent Into Mythic Fabulism With The Profundity Of A Timeless Fable. Sy Delivers A Lesson In Craft, Building Lush, Inspired, And Strong – Willed Characters Who Command Perspective, Seeking To Carve Out A Future For Themselves In A Narrative Atmosphere Hauntingly Alive From Sand To Sky.

February 23 - March 1,2025

Disco Boy

Awarded Silver Bear For Outstanding Artistic Contribution, Berlin International Film Festival

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Discussion: March 3

Awarded Silver Bear For Outstanding Artistic Contribution At The 2024 Berlin International Film Festival.

Following A Difficult Journey Across Europe, Aleksei (Franz Rogowski) Reaches Paris To Enlist In The French Foreign Legion — A Highly Selective Military Corp That Allows Any Foreigner, Even Undocumented, To Be Granted A French Passport. In The Niger Delta, Jomo (Morr Ndiaye) Fights Against Oil Companies That Threaten The Survival Of His Village. His Sister Udoka (Laëtitia Ky), Meanwhile, Dreams Of Escaping, Knowing That All Is Already Lost Here. Beyond Borders, Life And Death, Their Destinies Will Intertwine.

March 2 - 8,2025

The Five Devils / Les Cinq Diables

Discussion (Tentatively Catered With French-Inspired Appetizers): March 10

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Eight-Year-Old Vicky (Newcomer Sally Dramé) Has An Unusual Gift: She Can Recreate Any Scent She Comes Across, Even That Of Her Beloved Mother Joanne (Palme D’or Winner Adèle Exarchopoulos). When Vicky’s Estranged Aunt Suddenly Returns To Their Mountain Town, The Invocation Of Her Fragrance Plunges The Young Girl Back In Time To Unravel The Mystery Of Joanne’s Fiery Past With Her Now Sister-In-Law.

The Acclaimed Breakout From Filmmaker Léa Mysius (Screenwriter For Claire Denis And Jacques Audiard), The Five Devils Forges A Witchy And Wildly Imaginative Fable Out Of Family Secrets And Queer Romance.

Date:January 26-March 8,2025

Location:Online 

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