UW Cinematheque | Dans la nuit (1929)

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Dans la nuit  France | 1929 | DCP | 90 min. | French Intertitles with English subtitles Director: Charles Vanel Cast: Charles Vanel, Sandra Milovanoff A happy, newlywed laborer is disfigured after an explosion in the quarry where he is working and is forced to …

UW Cinematheque | Apache Drums (1951)

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Apache Drums USA | 1951 | DCP | 75 min. Director: Hugo Fregonese Cast: Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Arthur Shields In the last film produced by the celebrated Val Lewton (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie), a gambler and gunman reluctantly returns …

UW Cinematheque | One Way Street (1950)

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One Way Street USA | 1950 | 35mm | 79 min. Director: Hugo Fregonese Cast: James Mason, Marta Toren, Dan Duryea Mason plays Dr Frank Matson, a shady physician who takes off with a bag full of stolen money and the girlfriend (Toren) …

UW Cinematheque | Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (1946)

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Shoeshine (Sciuscià)  Italy | 1946 | DCP | 93 min. | Italian with English subtitles Director: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Aniello Mele Released the year after the end of World War II and the death of Mussolini, De Sica’s Shoeshine was an important …

UW Cinematheque | My Six Convicts (1952)

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My Six Convicts USA/UK | 1952 | 35mm | 104 min. Director: Hugo Fregonese Cast: Millard Mitchell, Gilbert Roland, Charles Bronson For this adaptation of a psychologist’s memoir, in which the author recalls his time using modern psychological techniques to help San Quentin …

UW Cinematheque | Invaders from Mars (1953)

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Invaders from Mars USA | 1953 | DCP | 78 min. Director: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz “Gee, whiz!,” exclaims young David (Hunt), as he witnesses a flying saucer landing near his home. Soon, his parents and all …

UW Cinematheque | Él (1953)

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Él Mexico | 1953 | DCP | 92 min. | Spanish with English subtitles Director: Luis Buñuel Cast: Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Aurora Walker Spanish auteur Buñuel is best remembered for his surreal satires lampooning sex, religion, and the upper classes. With 1953’s Él, the …

UW Cinematheque | Thamp (The Circus Tent) (1978)

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Thamp (The Circus Tent) India | 1978 | DCP | 129 min. | Malayalam with English subtitles Director: Aravindan Govindan Cast: Bharath Gopi, Nedumudi Venu, D.P. Nair The bucolic existence of a riverside town is disrupted by a traveling circus troupe. Filmed in cinéma-vérité style, …

UW Cinematheque | The Godfather (1972)

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The Godfather USA | 1972 | DCP | 175 min. Director: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan Coppola’s breakthrough film as a director is the epic narrative of the near demise and reemergence to power of the Corleone Mafia …

UW Cinematheque | “It Must be Heaven” (2019)

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It Must be Heaven France, Qatar, Germany, Canada, Turkey, Palestine | 2019 | DCP | 97 min. | English, and Arabic, French with English subtitles Director: Elia Suleiman Cast: Elia Suleiman, Gael Garcia Bernal, Gregoire Colin Palestine’s leading cinematic auteur Elia Suleiman (Divine Intervention) has …