FILM@UC
archive: spring 2009 | |
 | January 22 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [Richard Brooks, USA, 1958, 108 min.] Rivalry, greed, and mendacity cause sparks to fly as a Southern family gathers for the 65th birthday of their domineering family patriarch in this American classic that is a fitting film by which to remember the late Paul Newman. |
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 | January 29 Under the Bombs [Philipe Aractingi, France/Lebanon, 2007, 98 min.] An untraditional Shiite mother returns to Lebanon during a cease-fire in the 2006 Lebanese-Israeli conflict and, with the help of a Christian taxi driver, searches the war-ravaged countryside for her lost son. |
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 | February 5 Roger & Me [Michael Moore, USA, 1989, 91 min.] Twenty years ago, Michael Moore set out to ask Roger Smith, Chairman of General Motors, why GM’s then-record profits had failed to create jobs in the corporation’s rapidly crumbling hometown of Flint, Michigan. |
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 | February 12 Mongol [Sergei Bodrov, Russia, 2007, 126 min.] This sweeping epic, filmed amid the breathtaking landscapes of Kazakhstan and Inner Mongolia, recounts the formative years of Genghis Khan, who went from captivity to conquering half the world. |
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 | February 19 JCVD [Mabrouk El Mechri, Belgium, 2008, 96 min.] Self-parody and action sequences freely mix as Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this cult hit about a washed-up action hero in the midst of personal turmoil and professional disappointment who stumbles into a real-life drama straight out of one of his movies. |
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 | February 26 Dust [Hartmut Bitomsky, Germany, 2007, 90 min.] This thought-provoking documentary reveals the many ways in which dust affects our bodies, our environment, and even the cosmos, and offers a fresh, new way to see the entire world. |
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 | March 5 Flow [Irena Salina, USA/France, 2008, 84 min.] This wide-ranging and engaging documentary investigates the rapidly growing threat resulting from the increasing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply. |
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 | March 12 I am Good [Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic, 2008, 102 min.] An unlikely group of conmen scheme to turn the tables on local card sharks in this light-hearted comedy that combines action, intrigue and a loving tip of the hat to the Newman/Redford classic The Sting. |
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