2008 Part 1

So the Fall Semester has come to close (un-sadly).

New Semester's Resolutions:
1. keep this site updated.
2. yay!

There are some very wonderful films already lined up for the spring - stay tuned.

11.30 The Tin Drum

Based on a novel from 1958 (or 59) by Günter Grass, this film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1979.

As far as a rudimentary plot outline:

The Tin Drum is based on a boy that makes the conscious decision to stop growing upon his third birthday in order to avoid "maturing" into a miserable adult. In turn, Oskar's comfort lies in his tin drum.

I will say only that The Tin Drum, for me, is disturbingly real. Accepting the premise of the film as a bit un-realistic, the film absorbs itself in an unsettling presentation of everyday life in 1930s and 40s Germany.

It is rather thought provoking and is definitely worth seeing if you haven't.


9pm

McCosh 10

11.17 Blade Runner

11.9 Solaris (Tarkovsky 1972)

Fall 2007 (To Date)

So Far this semester we've shown:

9.21 The Third Man (Reed 1949)

9.28 The Sweet Smell of Success (Mackendrick 1957)

10.05 The Maltese Falcon (Huston 1941)

10.12 Wild Strawberries (Bergman 1957)

10.19 Red Desert (Antonioni 1964)

Past Screenings

Before beginning the forum for our current films, here is the comprehensive history of UFO+

Spring 2007:

Rebel Without a Cause
Breathless
Four Days in September
Half Nelson
Throne of Blood
Aguirre: Wrath of God
24 Hour Party People
Murmur of the Heart
My Own Private Idaho
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Princess Mononoke
This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Fall 2006:

That Obscure Object of Desire
Le Samourai
Modern Times
La Dolce Vita,
L’enfant
Water
The Devil and Daniel Johnson
Invisible Children

Spring 2006:

Sunset Blvd.
Touch of Evil
Ikiru
Mon Oncle
The Ruling Class
Grand Illusion
The Passenger
Junebug
The World (Shijie)
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Ballets Russes
Paradise Now
Howl’s Moving Castle

Fall 2005:

Chinatown
Inherit the Wind
Psycho
The Best Years of Our Lives
Persona
Elevator to the Gallows
Nobody Knows
Up and Down
Psycho
Murderball
Kings and Queen

Spring 2005:

Last Tango in Paris
Duck Soup
The Leopard
Bringing Up Baby
The Searchers
The Magnificent Ambersons
Turtles Can Fly
Bad Education
Vera Drake
Tarnation
Before Sunrise/Before Sunset
Moolaade

Fall 2004:

Paths of Glory
North by Northwest
My Fair Lady
Annie Hall
Festival Express
The Fast Runner
Control Room
The Triplets of Belleville

Spring 2004:

Wall Street
Lilya-4-Ever
Singin’ in the Rain
The Apartment
Bridge on the River Kwai
Seven Samurai
Vertigo
Roman Holiday
The Man Without a Past
American Movie

Fall 2003:

All the President’s Men
Z
Alphaville
Chinatown
Blue Velvet
The Parallax View