Latin Film Series Capitalizing on the immense popularity of I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz teamed up for this very funny big screen color feature about a honeymoon vacation from hell.
The Art of Music in the Movies This deliciously nasty neo-noir from a book by Jim Thompson (with beginning narration from producer Martin Scorsese) is counterpointed by Elmer Bernstein’s bright score.
Labor Film Series Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Mark Mori (for his 1989 documentary Building Bombs), turns his lens to the challenges facing labor organizers in an increasingly corporatized world.
Adventures of Lassie In her final film, Jeanette MacDonald plays Helen Lorfield Winter, a widowed concert singer who loses her son in an accident, but who escapes embitterment when she encounters a charming orphan boy and his trusty canine companion, Lassie.
Michael Douglas’s Bad Day The psychological thriller that made Glenn Close a household name centers on marital infidelity with dangerous consequences. Michael Douglas plays Dan Gallagher, a successful lawyer who has a weekend affair with an intriguing woman named Alex (Glenn Close) while his family is out of town.
Silent Tuesdays | Latin Cinematic Heritage The most expensive spectacle of its time, this film tells the familiar story of Judah Ben-Hur (matinee idol Ramon Novarro) in the early days of Christianity. His wealthy family is persecuted for their faith by the Romans, including Judah’s childhood friend Messala.
Labor Film Series On the fifteenth anniversary of the premiere of the Newsies stage show, this is the film musical that started it all. Detailing the historic newsboys’ strike of 1899, newsies are required to buy the papers from the publisher before flooding the streets to sell them to the public.
Michael Douglas’s Bad Day Scripted by Joe Eszterhas (Jagged Edge) and starring Michael Douglas, Verhoeven’s glossy pulp shocker stands as the ne plus ultra of the ’80s/’90s erotic thriller. It was also one of the most controversial — and successful — Hollywood movies of the 1990s.
Silent Tuesdays The same year they collaborated on the definitive silent version of Huckleberry Finn, director William Desmond Taylor, writer Julia Crawford Ivers, and star Lewis Sargent re-team for this social drama about welfare, politics, and familial love.
The Art of Music in the Movies The Coens effectively tip their fedoras to the Hollywood gangster genre in this violent, operatic prohibition drama.
Labor Film Series Filmmaker Jay Galione’s first directorial work is this documentary about the current state of the U.S. Postal Service, inspired by his father, who was a postal clerk for thirty years before being falsely accused of padding reimbursements.
Filmi Fest 2000 Before his hero turn in the Krrish series a few years later, Hrithik Roshan plays the antagonist here, a man with a tragic backstory looking for revenge amidst the turmoil of India-Pakistan tensions.
Latin Cinematic Heritage Luis Valdez adapts his own stage production (the first Latin-American play on Broadway) into this striking film version. Edward James Olmos reprises his role from the stage as “El Pachuco,” the narrator of the film and the conscience of Henry Reyna (Daniel Valdez, also reprising his role).
The Art of Music in the Movies Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel of the same name earned the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Labor Film Series Iva works in a clothing factory in rural Bulgaria battling a persistent, yet mysterious illness.
ImageOut of the Archive Adapted from the celebrated French-Italian farce La cage aux folles (1978), The Birdcage tells the story of Miami drag club owner Armand Goldman (Robin Williams) and his star performer and partner Albert (Nathan Lane) as their beloved son Val not only announces his engagement, but requests they feign heterosexuality for his fiancée’s conservative political figure father (Gene Hackman).
Latin Cinematic Heritage Legendary Puerto Rican actor Raul Julia returns as Gomez, the patriarch of the Addams family. After being reunited with his brother Fester (Christopher Lloyd), Gomez and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) have a third child. They hire a nanny, Debbie (Joan Cusack), to care for the child and to keep his older siblings, Wednesday and Puggsly (Christina Ricci and Jimmy Workman, respectively) from trying to murder him.
