September 13 : A Duel Tale/Hatashiai (2015) Discussant: Dr. Ed EmanuEl A Duel Tale by Japanese director Sugita Shigemichi stars Nakadai Tatsuya, one of Japan’s greatest living actor, who gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuke, an elderly samurai forced to pick up his sword to protect those he loves in Read more…
Thursday, September 12th at 1:30 p.m. Showing of the film “On the Beach” from a book by Neville Shute. The director, Stanley Kramer, was well-known for releasing message films – like Judgment at Nuremberg. Of On the Beach he once wrote, “Its subject was as serious and compelling as any ever attempted in a motion picture—the Read more…
September 6: The Years of Fierro (2013, recently released) Discussant: Santiago Esteinou (Director) The film entitled The Years of Fierro by Mexican director Santiago Esteinou features César Fierro, the oldest Mexican prisoner on death row in the United States, who has been languishing in a Texas prison for almost forty years. César continues to await Read more…
