M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
A film by Robin Lutz
NOW IN VIRTUAL CINEMAS
The story of world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher (1898-1972). Equal parts history, psychology, and psychedelia, Robin Lutz’s entertaining, eye-opening portrait gives us the man through his own words and images: diary musings, excerpts from lectures, correspondence and more are voiced by British actor Stephen Fry, while Escher’s woodcuts, lithographs, and other print works appear in both original and playfully altered form.
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Acasa, My Home
A film by Radu Ciorniciuc
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In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years until they are chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city.
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In Balanchine’s Classroom
A film by Connie Hochman
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
IN BALANCHINE’S CLASSROOM takes us back to the glory years of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet through the remembrances of his former dancers and their quest to fulfill the vision of a genius. Opening the door to his studio, Balanchine’s private laboratory, they reveal new facets of the groundbreaking choreographer: taskmaster, mad scientist, and spiritual teacher. Today, as his former dancers teach a new generation, questions arise: what was the secret of his teaching? Can it be replicated?
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My Wonderful Wanda
A film by Bettina Oberli
COMING IN APRIL
In this winningly humane dramatic comedy, Wanda, a Polish single mother, works as the live-in caretaker of a rich Swiss businessman who is recovering from a stroke at his sumptuous lakeside family villa. Being a no-nonsense pragmatist, Wanda makes extra cash by servicing him sexually. When she becomes pregnant, the haut-bourgeois Swiss family comes apart at the seams.
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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
A film by Ric Burns
NOW IN VIRTUAL CINEMAS
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact.
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