Robert Altman, the most iconoclastic of American filmmakers, liked to disorient spectators by defying ordinary filmic syntax. His best work (M.A.S.H., McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Nashville) deals with the tension between individuals and community, specifically with how Americans include in their consciousness the knowledge of racism, the corruption of the American Dream, the violence, and […]

Special Treatment Jeanne Labrune France/Luxembourg/Belgium A high-class prostitute and a pre-eminent psychoanalyst discover that they share many things in common. They are both unhappy with their professions, seeking a way out that involves unique contact with each other’s worlds.   Share this:

Rio Sex Comedy Jonathan Nossiter France/Brazil – World Premiere Rio Sex Comedy charts the misadventures of expatriates in Rio in their search for both personal pleasures and social justice. Charlotte Rampling is an English plastic surgeon determined to subvert anyone from going near the knife. Irène Jacob is a French anthropologist whose political correctness is […]

The Poll Diaries Chris Kraus Germany/Austria/Estonia On the eve of World War I, a 14-year-old German girl returns to her home on the Baltic coast, a place uneasily shared by Germans, Russians and Estonians. While her morbid scientist father controls the family with a cruel hand, the passionate young girl secretly nurses a wounded Estonian […]

Passion Play Mitch Glazer, USA – World Premiere Set in the desert and laced with the deep elements of a modern fable, Passion Play tells the tale of Nate (Mickey Rourke), a down-on-his-luck jazz trumpet player who forms a bond with Lily (Megan Fox), a woman born with wings who has wound up as a […]