Films
Now Playing
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Children of the Mist
Directed by Hà Lệ Diễm
(Vietnam, 2021, 92 minutes, in Hmong and Vietnamese with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterWinner of multiple international awards, this documentary is a tender portrait of a community on the cusp between tradition and modernity, and one girl tragically stuck in the middle.
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Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Directed by Lizzie Gottlieb
(United States, 2022, 112 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterThis lively and engaging documentary explores the remarkable 50-year relationship between two literary legends: writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor, Robert Gottlieb.
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La Civil
Directed by Teodora Ana Mihai
(Belgium/Romania/Mexico, 2022, 145 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterAll of a sudden, Laura, the teenage daughter of Cielo, is kidnapped in northern Mexico. With no support from the authorities, Cielo takes matters into her own hands, transforming into a vengeful militant.
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North by Northwest
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
(United States, 1959, 136 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt Theater / Brown Auditorium TheaterFeaturing a memorable encounter with a crop duster in the middle of nowhere, and a thrilling climax at Mount Rushmore, this riveting and engaging movie laid the groundwork for countless action thrillers.
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La Jauría
Directed by Andrés Ramírez Pulido
(Colombia, France, 2022, 86 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterWinner of the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Critics’ Week, the enigmatic debut feature by Andrés Ramírez Pulido is a powerful tale of lost innocence.
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The Visitor (El visitante)
Directed by Martín Boulocq
(Bolivia, Uruguay, 2022, 86 minutes, in Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterIn Cochabamba, Bolivia, ex-convict Humberto makes a modest living by singing at wakes. Filmmaker in Attendance
- Thursday, April 27, 2023
- 7:30 p.m.
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Vicenta B
Directed by Carlos Lechuga
(Cuba, France, USA, Colombia, Norway, 2022, 77 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterThe story of Vicenta, an Afro-Cuban woman who can see into the future, is a compelling parable about healing and the power of letting go.
- Friday, April 28, 2023
- 7 p.m.
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Huesera: The Bone Woman (Huesera)
Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera
(Mexico, Peru, 2022, 93 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterThis acclaimed Tribeca-award-winning supernatural horror movie uses Mexican folklore to tell a terrifying and unexpected story about motherhood. Filmmaker in Attendance
- Friday, April 28, 2023
- 9 p.m.
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Argentina, 1985
Directed by Santiago Mitre
(Argentina, USA, 2022, 140 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterInspired by a true story, public prosecutors Julio César Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo, along with their young legal team of unlikely heroes, engage in a David-vs-Goliath battle to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship.
- Saturday, April 29, 2023
- 1 p.m.
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I Have Electric Dreams (Tengo sueños eléctricos)
Directed by Valentina Maurel
(Costa Rica, Belgium, France, 2022, 101 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterThe award-winning debut feature by writer/director Valentina Maurel focuses on Eva, a 16-year-old girl who lives with her mother, her younger sister, and their cat, but who wants to move in with her estranged father.
- Saturday, April 29, 2023
- 4:30 p.m.
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Charcoal (Carvão)
Directed by Carolina Markowicz
(Brazil, 2022, 107 minutes, in Portuguese and Spanish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterCarolina Markowicz’s accomplished debut feature—with an outstanding ensemble cast featuring Argentine actor César Bordón, Maeve Jinkings, and Rômulo Braga—is a captivating thriller, with poignant humor, and biting social commentary.
- Saturday, April 29, 2023
- 7 p.m.
Coming Soon
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Perlimps
Directed by Alȇ Abreu
(Brazil, 2022, 80 minutes, in Portuguese with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterThe animated Perlimps is a dreamlike and exuberant fantasy adventure that follows Claé and Bruô, two secret agents from enemy kingdoms sent to a world controlled by giants that is in the midst of a terrible war.
- Sunday, April 30, 2023
- 1 p.m.
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The Eternal Memory (La memoria infinita)
Directed by Maite Alberdi
(Chile, 2023, 84 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterThis highly emotional film tells the story of a man who has fought to prevent national atrocities by the military dictatorship but now struggles to preserve his own memory.
- Sunday, April 30, 2023
- 3 p.m.
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Love & Mathematics (Amor y matemáticas)
Directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce
(Mexico, 2022, 85 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium TheaterSet in Monterrey, this satirical comedy about the ambitions and aspirations of upper-middle-class Mexican society follows former popular boy band member Billy Lozano, who is now a thirtysomething unhappily married man.
- Sunday, April 30, 2023
- 5 p.m.
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Chile ’76 (1976)
Directed by Manuela Martelli
(Chile, Argentina, 2022, 95 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt TheaterSet during the early days of Pinochet’s dictatorship, Chile ’76 builds from a quiet character study to a gripping suspense thriller as it explores one woman’s precarious flirtation with political engagement.
- Sunday, April 30, 2023
- 7:30 p.m.
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