Runs & Limited Engagements

The spirits of Chaplin and Tati live on in the films of the Brussels-based couple Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, who have carved out a distinctive niche with their delightful mixtures of fairy-tale artifice, offbeat romance, and beautifully choreographed physical comedy. Based loosely on the creators/co-stars' own first encounter, and graced with lovely Paris locations, LOST IN PARIS is breezier and more naturalistic than their previous films (THE ICEBERG, RUMBA, THE FAIRY). Summoned from the snowy wastes of Canada by her beloved Aunt Martha (the late Emmanuelle Riva), adorably gawky Fiona (Gordon) arrives in Paris only to discover that Martha has disappeared. In short order, Fiona falls into the Seine, attracts the amorous attentions of the Boudu-like bum Dom (Abel), and follows Martha's trail to a coffin in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Highlights include a dashing tango by the just-met couple, a hilarious impromptu eulogy by Dom, a deft cameo by Pierre Richard (THE TALL BLONDE MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE), and a cliffhanger climax atop the Eiffel Tower. In French and English with English subtitles. DCP digital. (MR)

The tumultuous life and groundbreaking work of Dolores Huerta, termed one of the most important yet least known activists in American history, are chronicled in this documentary that provides a compelling glimpse of history in the making. Co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the nation’s first farm workers’ union, and strategist of the 1965 California grape boycott, the 87-year-old Huerta is seen as a tireless lifelong champion of social justice for Latinos, migrant workers, immigrants, and women. Risking physical danger, weathering constant attacks on her character and fierce opposition from politicians including Nixon and Reagan, she becomes the soul of the farm workers' movement, its unsung hero, and its frequently unrecognized driving force. Director Bratt, who has personal connections to the movement, reveals a complete picture of this complex woman, from high-profile alliances with figures including Coretta Scott King, Robert Kennedy, Angela Davis, and Gloria Steinem, to her conflicted relationship with her eleven children. DCP digital. (BS)

Often difficult to see in the United States, the unclassifiable films of legendary cult director Andrzej Zulawski (POSSESSION, COSMOS) have been perennial misfits in the international film market — too weird or transgressive for arthouses, too arty or inscrutable for grindhouses. More than 40 years after its debut, Zulawski's masterful third feature (and his first after being exiled from his native Poland) sees its first release on U.S. screens with its original French-language track. A chance encounter between photographer Servais (Testi) and once-promising actress Nadine (a luminous Romy Schneider) on the set of a schlocky erotic horror film precipitates a bizarre infatuation. Servais endeavors to revive Nadine's career by getting her cast opposite nervy German actor Karl-Heinz (Klaus Kinski, exuding his characteristic demented charm) in a beleaguered experimental staging of "Richard III." Zulawski keeps the energy high and the emotions heightened throughout, never skimping on either perversion or dramatic histrionics. In French with English subtitles. DCP digital. (Cameron Worden)

Please note: This trailer does not have English subtitles. Our screenings of the film will be subtitled in English.

The idiom "I'd give my right eye for..." gets a blackly humorous literalization in this slashing satire that has been hailed as a major rediscovery since receiving its first-ever U.S. release this year. Created by the legendary team of director De Sica and screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, it boasts the same keen social observation and richly humanistic characterizations that marked their neorealist classics BICYCLE THIEVES and UMBERTO D, but it also effectively expands their range into the realms of Kafkaesque parable and over-the-top, nearly surreal farce. The hero, Giovanni (played by comic star Sordi), is a creature of Italy's consumption-crazy postwar prosperity. Overspending wildly to impress his pampered spouse, he finds himself hopelessly in debt...until a bizarre bargain is proposed to him by the wife of a wealthy industrialist. In Italian with English subtitles. DCP digital. (MR)

Coming near the end of Godard's 1960s Golden Period (between TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER and WEEKEND) and just before his dive into the deep end of political cinema, LA CHINOISE is a resonantly contradictory work, combining boldly composed, vividly colored images with an intense ambivalence toward the effectiveness of student radicalism. A group of young middle-class leftists turn an apartment into a Maoist cell — painting, playing, debating, dressing up, and listening to revolutionary pop songs ("Mao, Mao!") as they drift toward the brink of violent action. The film's palette of red-dominated primary colors dazzles in a new 2K DCP digital restoration. In French with English subtitles. (MR)

At the age of 81, Tibet’s 14th Dalai Lama is seen as vibrant, intensely curious, and gently good-humored, even as he contemplates his own demise and the uncertain possibility of a successor under Tibet’s Chinese rule. Director Lemle, who profiled the Dalai Lama in his 1992 documentary COMPASSION IN EXILE, revisits the holy man for a series of wide-ranging and surprisingly intimate conversations, including a recap of his early negotiations with Mao, his escape from Tibet, and the persecution suffered by his family members and followers. The film covers the colorful ritual of the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday celebration in New York, and delves into the Buddhist leader’s longtime interest in brain function as it relates to human emotion and meditation. Music score composed and performed by Philip Glass and Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal. DCP digital. (BS)

Skeletons and surreal lovers, devils and dwarves, ninjas and Nazis, punks and poets pour into a great cornucopia of visual delight through this extravagantly eclectic autobiographical narrative by the creator of the psychedelic cult classics EL TOPO and THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. In this freestanding sequel to his THE DANCE OF REALITY (2013), director Jodorowsky — Chilean playwright, poet, and comic-book artist –-dramatizes his own coming of age in a magic realist mode. Hounded by a stern father, transformed by the poetry of Federico García Lorca, and desired by a gay cousin, a boy is seduced into an exotically seamy nightlife where insatiable women and carnal dangers lurk. From innocence to emancipation, from Santiago to Paris, the artistic journey of the young Alejandro unfolds with eye-popping imagery and effects, with cinematography by the acclaimed Christopher Doyle (IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE). In Spanish, French, and English with English subtitles. DCP digital. (BS)

The intrepid gourmet sparring partners of THE TRIP and THE TRIP TO ITALY are back on the road again, older, funnier, but not necessarily wiser. From town to picturesque town, Spain’s Mediterranean coast rolls out an enticing menu of lush landscapes and foodie delights, while a hint of male menopause begins to shade the snarky one-upmanship of vain raconteur Coogan, facing career woes and battling a new U.S. agent via smartphone, and his wily foil Brydon, not-so-guiltily taking a breather from the chaos of his young family. As ever in this compulsively watchable franchise, food provides the eye candy, but the real meat comes in the form of conversations that devolve into competing celebrity impressions, foremost among them the perennial Michael Caine, plus Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Ian McKellen, Roger Moore, and more. DCP digital. (BS)

Reclusive outsider artist Henry Darger worked for decades in poverty and obscurity in a one-room Chicago apartment, and only following his 1973 death was his massive life’s work, consisting of thousands of collage drawings, assemblages, paintings, and the fifteen-volume novel "In the Realms of the Unreal," discovered by his landlord, artist-photographer Nathan Lerner. This in-depth documentary explores Darger’s traumatic personal history, including his youthful confinement in an asylum where children were brutally punished, and ranges over the themes and images of his paintings and drawings revolving around an intricate narrative of a revolt spearheaded by little girls on an alien planet where children are held in slavery. Director Stokes includes film footage of Darger’s room when first discovered, his albums, scrapbooks, and collected objects, and charts his posthumous rise to art world recognition. Presented in cooperation with Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago. DCP digital. (BS)

In a world of showboating fashion designers, Belgian Dries van Noten, descended from generations of tailors, has always stood apart in his reticence, allowing his famously sumptuous and richly embellished collections to speak for themselves. Filmmaker Holzemer (WILLIAM EGGLESTON: PHOTOGRAPHER) goes to the heart of the secretive empire, following van Noten and his partner Patrick Vangheluwe at work and at home, over one year and the creation of four collections, while tracing the designer’s career from his early years as one of the groundbreaking Antwerp Six. Designing with the fabric itself, van Noten is observed draping on live models in preparation for the 2016 show at the Palais Garnier in Paris. In English and Flemish with English subtitles. DCP digital. (BS)