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I’ll Be Your Mirror Director: Johanna Faust Runtime: 91 minutes To what degree can motherhood and self-fulfilment be reconciled? Johanna Faust would like to leave her children and her husband behind in order to pursue her artistic career. But when she gets an invitation to study art at Oxford, doubts arise. Johanna vaguely remembers painful …
The Vow of Hiroshima Director: Susan StricklerRuntime: 82 minutes THE VOW FROM HIROSHIMA is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate, 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second generation survivor, Mitchie Takeuchi. Setsuko Thurlow devoted her entire life …
Marionette Land Director: Alexander Monelli Runtime: 84 minutes “Marionette Land” is an intimate portrait into the wonderful world of Robert Brock, a man who lives above his own magical marionette theatre with his mother, Mary Lou. Brock creates and performs classic marionette shows for families as well as grown-up shows where he straps on his …
Simin Director: Morteza Atash Zamzam Runtime: 78 minutes Simin is a film about the cause of the drying up of the Zayandehrood (a river placed in Esfehan city in Iran) and its effects on the people life, especially farmers. The story is told in a metaphorical space and the mother character it is a symbol …
Border South Director: Raúl O. Paz Pastrana Runtime: 83 minutes To stem the immigration tide, Mexico and the US collaborate to crack down on migrants, forcing them into ever more dangerous territory. Every year hundreds of thousands of migrants make their way along the trail running from southern Mexico to the US border. Gustavo’s gunshot …
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice Since bursting onto the music scene in 1967, Linda Ronstadt has been an icon for more than 50 years. Her extraordinary vocal range and ambition created unforgettable songs across rock, pop, country, folk ballads, American standards, classic Mexican music and soul. As the most popular female recording artist …
Rocky Horror Picture Show The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the ultimate cult classic that brings out the weird in everyone. Featuring an all star cast, a cooky storyline and amazing music, the film by itself is great fun. But when you add the audience antics, it’s a event worth staying up late for… …
The Pollinators Director: Peter Nelson Runtime: 92 minutes Much of the food on our tables comes from the intrinsic act of pollinating the flowers that become the fruits, vegetables and nuts we eat, but agricultural practices, pesticides and politics are making that simple act of nature more difficult everyday. Honey bees pollinate one third …
Ape Canyon Director: Joshua Land & Victor Fink Runtime: 73 minutes n the midst of a quarter-life crisis, Cal Piker drags his big sister Samantha along on a Bigfoot-hunting expedition. And nothing – not the adventure turning out to be a scam, not being abandoned in the woods to die, not a confrontation with …
Boarding Pass Director: Mehdi RahmaniRuntime: 84 minutes Neda has decided to transit narcotics by swallowing them to solve her financial problems. The job, however has its own dangers. Screening Info Date: Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 8pmVenue: Reading IMAX TheaterAddress: 30 N 2nd St, ReadingTickets: $10
