The English Department presents

Cinematheque

An Alternative Film Club for every member of the Community - featuring Classic and Contemporary films from all over the world

Monday evening at 6:00 pm in Chardón 324

Cycle I - Representing Others Jan - Feb 2005

31 January - “Chronicle of a Disappearance” (1997), dir. by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman. (88 mins, Arabic (with some Hebrew and French; English Subtitles). Host: Mary Leonard

7 February - "Mr and Mrs Iyer" (India, 2002), dir. by Aparna Sen. (120 mins, English with some Tamil, Bengali, and Hindi; English Subtitles). Host: Nandita Batra

14 February - "Body and Soul" (U.S., 1925), dir. by Oscar Micheaux. (102 mins, English). Host: José Irizarry

Cycle II - Alternate Realities

 Feb - March 2005

22 February (Tuesday) - “The Fourth Man” (Netherlands 1983), dir. Paul Verhoeven.105 mins, Dutch with English subtitles. Host: Ingrid Carré

28 February - “Mulholland Drive” (U.S. 2001), dir. David Lynch. 147 mins, English. Host: Laura Bravo

7 March - “The Messenger” (France/U.S. 1999), dir. Luc Besson. 146 mins, English.Host: Nick Haydock

14 March - “Irréversible” (France 2002), dir. Gaspar Noé. 97 mins, French with Spanish subtitles. Host: Vartan Messier.

Cycle III - Asian Cinema

 March-April 2005

28 March - Marmoulak (aka The Lizard, Iran 2004) dir. Kamal Tabrizi. 115 mins, Farsi with English subtitles. Host - Haedeh Gooransarab

11 April - Fat Choi Spirit (Hong Kong 2002) dir. Johnny To & Ka-Fai Wai. 96 mins, Cantonese with English subtitles. Host - Mark Chang

18 April - Chokher Bali: A Passion Play (aka Sand in the Eyes, India 2003) dir. Rituparno Ghosh. 121 mins, Hindi with English subtitles. Host - Nandita Batra

25 April - Dolls (Japan 2002) dir. Takeshi Kitano. 114 mins, Japanese with English subtitles. Host - Hugo Ríos

Cycle IV - Afro-Caribbean Cinema

 May 2005

2 May - Rue cases nègres (aka Sugar Cane Alley, Martinique 1983) dir. Euzhan Palcy 103 mins, French with English subtitles. Host - José Irizarry

9 May - Sankofa (Burkina Faso 1993) dir. Haile Gerima. 124 mins, Host - Jocelyn Geliga