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Every so often a film acquires the status of a landmark, not necessarily because it is a wide-screen epic or has Hollywood stars or has an unusual amount of violence or sex. Darling is none of these, but is the story of the ruthless, self-seeking climb in London society of an ordinary girl (albeit very attractive). It came along in the mid-sixties when social upheavals were just starting to happen on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Alone by choice, Billie has settled for the life of a drifter. Until, that is, she finds herself stuck in a small fishing village. After a scam goes bad, she limps back to the motel only to discover all her money has been stolen. Billie's definition of freedom is tested as she is forced to ''rely on the kindness of strangers.'' Thinking that a local man, Ben, is responsible for the theft, she bullies her way into his life. Although he is often frustrated by the rules, Ben is ready to play. Then she meets his friend, Ted.
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Maverick film and sound editor Walter Murch joins us for a special screening of the classic film The Conversation. In the midst of our current infatuation with information, particularly telecommunications, how often do you wonder who may be listening in on your cell phone conversation or furtively slitting open that cyber envelope of your latest e-mail? Released more than 23 years ago, Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is, nonetheless, as eerily contemporary as www.privacynomore.com.
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Motels, rental cars, bad food, liquor, people who want their insurance payments - they all become a problem for Joseph Potts. Sabin Streeter weaves a clever tale of bad business and clinical depression.
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First Daughter follows 8-year old Amy mourning her father's death. On a visit to her grandmother's, she learns about her culture and about mortality.
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The Snow Field, a film based on the Malmedy Massacre, is Peter Coston's beautifully photographed film about faith and fear in the face of total war. The film contains amazing imagery you won't soon forget.
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A woman imprisoned in a dank cell takes refuge in her own imagination. Suzie Wardell's One Sunrise explores that moment when life gives us the choice: give up or go on.
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A television reporter searches for the truth behind the disappearance of a young girl in Luis Camara Silva's lyrical Ex Voto. In the process, different ways people perceive unexplainable events are examined.
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Everyone hated this baseball legend. And he loved it'' the tag line for Cobb's release and most appropriate. Ty Cobb was certainly not a favorite and was, by many accounts, a mean-tempered, vicious, drunken, wife-beating, racist SOB who was impossible to spend any length of time with, and the movie Cobb faithfully represents those qualities, especially the last one. But don't let that scare you away. Ron Shelton's Cobb is one of the most original sports biopics. Why? Because it tells the truth, and you most likely will have trouble finding a better performance by Tommy Lee Jones.