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Film and Literature

Alternative Movie List: April 14-April 21

Esquire

Downfall (Drama about the final days of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich)

Off the Map (Drama about a young girl and her free-thinking parents living in the New Mexico desert in 1974. The arrival of an IRS agent sets off a series of changes in the family).

In My Country (Drama starring Samuel L. Jackons as an American journalist sent to cover the Truth and Reconciliation hearings in post-apartheid South Africa).

Melinda and Melinda (Woody Allen's latest comedy involves telling the same story first as comedy and then as tragedy).

Imaginary Heroes (Drama about a family confronting secrets from the past).

Dear Franky (English drama about a mother who shields her young deaf son from the truth by writing him pretend letters from the father they have run away from).

Millions (Comedy-drama by director Danny Boyle about two young boys who discover a bag full of stolen money. A good film for older children as well).

Mariemont

Walk on Water (Drama from Israel about a hit man searching for an aging Nazi leader who tries to get at the old man by posing as a tour guide for the Nazi's German grandson.)

Melinda and Melinda (Woody Allen's latest comedy involves telling the same story first as comedy and then as tragedy).

Millions (Comedy-drama by director Danny Boyle about two young boys who discover a bag full of stolen money. A good film for older children as well).

Cincinnati Film Society

The Cincinnati Film Society is featuring a festival of movies by Wong Kar-Wai, the Hong Kong director who is one of the most important contemporary filmmakers. His movies range from film noir to love stories. This is a rare opportunity in Cincinnati to see a range of his work. Here is the description from the CFS web site:

Days of Being Wild (100 minutes) (35mm) 1991
Shown in US Theaters for the First Time
" Wong's masterpiece to date˜ Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

A young man abandoned by his parents (Leslie Cheung) is incapable of connecting with the various women who fall in love with him. When he discovers that his mother is alive and living in Manila, he seeks her out.
5:30 and 7:30 pm Wed. April 27; 5:30 and 7:30 pm Fri. April 29 and 1 and 3 pm Sat. April 30