Sam Mendes fills his superbly cast, deeply personal drama with surprises, all emerging from a cinema in a working-class town in 1980s England. Hilary (Olivia Colman, in another knockout performance) is a single woman who runs the ticket booth, where she meets Steven (played with stirring confidence by relative newcomer Micheal Ward). Though on its
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Sam Mendes fills his superbly cast, deeply personal drama with surprises, all emerging from a cinema in a working-class town in 1980s England. Hilary (Olivia Colman, in another knockout performance) is a single woman who runs the ticket booth, where she meets Steven (played with stirring confidence by relative newcomer Micheal Ward). Though on its
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After failing her final college class, Jane returns home to her family”s lake house and–with the help of her friends and family–she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year. Location: 650 D Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
MARGARET CHANG is rocked from her perfect alpha-mom-corporate-manager life when she has to go back to her hometown to deal with her overbearing dad, JIALUO, who’s usually an outspoken jerk but is now despondent and won’t leave the house. Since she can’t deal with her parents by herself, she drags along her older sad sack
Retrospective Screening of this groundbreaking film followed by a Conversation with Jacqueline Bisset and Leonard Maltin About the film: Day for Night chronicles the production of Je Vous Présente Paméla (Meet Pamela, or literally I introduce you to Pamela), a clichéd melodrama starring aging screen icon Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Aumont), former diva Séverine (Valentina Cortese), young
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Some Like It Hot A CIFF Closing Night Tradition. Come early and enjoy a glass of champagne or a no-host bar cocktail.. Watch this beloved masterpiece in the iconic location where it was filmed! Considered by critics to be one of the best films of all time, this enduring classic film never gets old.
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A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. Q+A Director Elegance Bratton
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Post screening Q + A | Director + Filmmaker, NY Times Best Selling Author Laura Morton. Special gallery of student artwork will be featured in the lobby. Anxious Nation takes a deep look into the crisis of anxiety and mental health in America, especially its crippling impact on kids and families. Over the past three decades, the biggest
