Film Under the Stars 2018
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Gero von Boehm / Germany / 2020 / 89 min / English, German, French
Helmut Newton’s controversial photos of—often nude—women always raised the question: did he empower his subjects or treat them merely as sexual objects? Gero von Boehm decided to ask the female stars of his iconic images.
The Assistant The Assistant
Kitty Green / USA / 2019 / 87 min / English
The Assistant follows one day in the life of Jane who has landed her dream job as an assistant to a powerful film mogul. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colours every aspect of her work day. This gripping debut is a searing indictment of a system that perpetuates workplace harassment.
Nude on the Moon Nude on the Moon
Doris Wishman (kot Anthony Brooks) / USA / 1961 / 70 min / English
The Watcher in the Attic Edogawa Ranpo ryôki-kan: Yaneura no sanposha
Noboru Tanaka / Japan / 1976 / 76 min / Japanese
I Am Greta I Am Greta
Nathan Grossman / Sweden / 2020 / 98 min / Swedish, English
Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the Swedish Parliament, Grossman follows Greta Thunberg—a shy student with Asperger’s—in her rise to prominence and her galvanising global impact as she sparks school strikes around the world. The film culminates with her extraordinary wind-powered voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York City.
Summer of 85 Été 85
François Ozon / France / 2020 / 100 min / French
When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams. But will the dream last for more than one summer? With the tunes of The Cure, Bananarama and Rod Stewart, François Ozon takes us back to the days of his youth with a tale of friendship and first love.
Sweat Sweat
Magnus Von Horn / Poland, Sweden / 2020 / 106 min / Polish
Sweat recounts three days in the life of fitness influencer Sylwia Zając, whose presence on social media has made her a celebrity. Although she has hundreds of thousands of followers, is surrounded by loyal employees and admired by acquaintances, she is looking for true intimacy.
Delete History Effacer l'historique
Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine / France / 2020 / 106 min / French, English
In a provincial suburb, three neighbours are overtaken by new technologies and social media. They decide to fight back against the Big Tech companies. A resolutely analogue and wonderfully ridiculous satire about the digital promised land.
Gagarin Gagarine
Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh / France / 2020 / 97 min / French
Sixteen-year-old Youri has lived all his life in the Gagarine Cité, a vast red-brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. From the heights of his apartment, he dreams of becoming an astronaut. But when plans to demolish his community’s home are leaked, Youri joins the resistance. With his friends he embarks on a mission to save Gagarine, transforming the estate into his own starship.
The Son Sin
Ines Tanović / Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, Romania, Croatia / 2019 / 106 min / Bosnian
Another Round Druk
Thomas Vinterberg / Denmark / 2020 / 116 min / Danish
Martin and three of his friends, all weary high school teachers, embark on an experiment to maintain a constant level of intoxication throughout the workday. If Churchill won WW2 in a heavy daze of alcohol, who knows what a few drops might do for them and their students?
Coincoin and the Extra-Humans Coincoin et les z'inhumains
Bruno Dumont / France / 2018 / 104 min / French
In a style that is equally, if not much more bizarre and hilarious, the sequel to the miniseries Li’l Quinquin (P’tit Quinquin, 2014) depicts life in a French village and its unusual inhabitants.
Coincoin and the Extra-Humans Coincoin et les z'inhumains
Bruno Dumont / France / 2018 / 107 min / French
In a style that is equally, if not much more bizarre and hilarious, the sequel to the miniseries Li’l Quinquin (P’tit Quinquin, 2014) depicts life in a French village and its unusual inhabitants.
Fire Will Come O que arde
Oliver Laxe / Spain, Luxembourg, France / 2019 / 85 min
After serving time for setting a fire, a taciturn man returns to his home town (and the scene of the crime) in Galician hills. A wonderfully meditative, melancholic tale about everything that is at stake in a vulnerable ecosystem where man and nature have largely managed to stay untouched by the greedy hand of modern society.
Bait Bait
Mark Jenkin / United Kingdom / 2019 / 89 min
Tourists shamelessly occupy a seaside town and drown out its fishing everyday life, while the locals have difficulty tolerating the unsolicited, but inevitable changes. Shot on 16 mm and developed virtually in the bathroom, this funny, chilling, violent film, full of love, addresses the viewers with quite unusual combinations of narrative modes taken from film history.
The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven
John Sturges / USA / 1960 / 128 min / English, Spanish
Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action tale that launched the film careers of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn.
Fellini's Rome Roma
Federico Fellini / Italy, France / 1972 / 120 min / Italian
Fellini’s Rome is a virtually plotless autobiographical tribute to Rome, Italy, featuring narration by Fellini himself and a mixture of real-life footage and fictional set pieces. It flows from episode to episode, beginning with the director’s early years arriving in Rome in 1931 during the time of Mussolini. He visits the city with classmates and becomes infatuated…
The Thirsting One / The Thirsty One Pyaasa
Guru Dutt / India / 1957 / 143 min / Hindi
A timeless masterpiece from the heyday of Indian cinema, this melodrama chronicles the journey of an artist grappling with a sense of alienation in a world driven by materialism.
Pinocchio Pinocchio
Matteo Garrone / Italy, France / 2019 / 125 min / Italian, Slovene subtitles / 8+
Roberto Benigni plays Geppetto in this new imagining of the beloved classic. The director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Reality) returns to the roots of the Pinocchio story, creating a rich fantasy world of mystery and wonder.