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Leaving July 1
Directed by Miguel Gomes | 27 mins | 2003
What does Portugal’s 1974 Carnation Revolution have to do with "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)? This is a riddle set up but not exactly answered by this endearingly lo-fi parable about two rich kids who, after getting mugged during a tennis lesson, forge a winding path home through the woods.
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Canticle of All Creatures
Leaving July 1
Directed by Miguel Gomes | 21 mins | 2006
This playful but sincere tribute to St. Francis takes the form of a cinematic triptych. From the present day, in which a guitar-wielding bard ambles through the historic center of Assisi, Gomes jumps back 800 years, reviving the saint hims... -
Eating
Leaving July 1
Directed by Henry Jaglom | 110 mins | 1990
When a multigenerational group of women gather for a 40th birthday, their disordered relationships to food and to their own bodies bubble to the surface—going beyond just the plate of cake that gets endlessly passed between them to become... -
Festival in Cannes
Leaving July 1
Directed by Henry Jaglom | 100 mins | 2001
A barbed backstage farce of entertainment industry wheeling and dealing, Jaglom’s film is set at the 1999 festival. Actress Alice (Greta Scacchi) is angling to get funding for an indie film, sweet talking and backstabbing alongside a colo...
