OXNARD FILM SOCIETY
The Oxnard Film Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) ARTS organization (#20-5734347).
presents
THE monday night foreign film series
Celebrating Our 17th Year
All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles
All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles
Update Thursday, April 18: I just test screened the new "print" of Promised Land and it looks great. It's a terrific story. Hope to see you on Monday.
Our screening of the historical drama, THE PROMISED LAND, Denmark's submission to the Academy Awards starring Mads Mikkelsen, has been rescheduled for Monday, April 22.
For the past 18 years we've had 2 or 3 tech issues with our films, meaning we had to reschedule our original playdate. This month, our April 1 (Perfect Days) and April 15 (The Promised Land) films, have had technical issues that delayed screening for a week. For me personally, it's been extremely frustrating and embarrassing. First, I'd like to apologize for the inconvenience caused by postponing these films. Second, we are revising our "quality control" asking our distributor to send the film and "key" earlier in the week to insure film is tested by myself and/or theatre staff. Testing each film is the normal procedure but there has been inconsistency in this process. Having the elements earlier in the week will give us time to test and correct any technical issues that may arise. Distributors vary in releasing the film's "key' due to fear of piracy. Some release on Friday while other distribs wait until Sunday giving us little time to react to a given situation. Hopefully they will accommodate our needs so this won't happen again. Thank You, George.
Our Foreign Film Series usually screens two films each month, the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14. We will continue our mission of providing the Best of World Cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community along with supporting local filmmakers Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
Our screening of the historical drama, THE PROMISED LAND, Denmark's submission to the Academy Awards starring Mads Mikkelsen, has been rescheduled for Monday, April 22.
For the past 18 years we've had 2 or 3 tech issues with our films, meaning we had to reschedule our original playdate. This month, our April 1 (Perfect Days) and April 15 (The Promised Land) films, have had technical issues that delayed screening for a week. For me personally, it's been extremely frustrating and embarrassing. First, I'd like to apologize for the inconvenience caused by postponing these films. Second, we are revising our "quality control" asking our distributor to send the film and "key" earlier in the week to insure film is tested by myself and/or theatre staff. Testing each film is the normal procedure but there has been inconsistency in this process. Having the elements earlier in the week will give us time to test and correct any technical issues that may arise. Distributors vary in releasing the film's "key' due to fear of piracy. Some release on Friday while other distribs wait until Sunday giving us little time to react to a given situation. Hopefully they will accommodate our needs so this won't happen again. Thank You, George.
Our Foreign Film Series usually screens two films each month, the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas 14. We will continue our mission of providing the Best of World Cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community along with supporting local filmmakers Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
Plaza Cinemas 14, 255 West 5th Street, Oxnard CA 93030
General Admission: $11.75/ General Admission Matinee: $9.25
Seniors/Children/Military: $8.50
General Admission: $11.75/ General Admission Matinee: $9.25
Seniors/Children/Military: $8.50
We'd like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming
a 2023-2024 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
a 2023-2024 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
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Monday, April 22nd at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
THE PROMISED LAND
2023 Denmark 2hr 7minutes
History/Drama Rated R R (Some Sexuality|Bloody Violence|Language|Brief Nudity)
In Danish, Swedish, German and Norwegian with English subtitles
Denmark's Submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Film.
In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) – a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero -- sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. He seeks to start farming crops, build a colony in the name of the King, and gain a noble title for himself. This beautiful but forbidding area also happens to be under the rule of the merciless Frederik De Schinkel, a preening nobleman who realizes the threat Kahlen represents to his power. Struggling against the elements and local brigands, Kahlen is joined by a couple who have fled the clutches of the rapacious De Schinkel. As this group of misfits begins to build a small community in this inhospitable place, De Schinkel swears vengeance, and the confrontation between him and Kahlen promises to be as violent and intense as these two men.
2023 Denmark 2hr 7minutes
History/Drama Rated R R (Some Sexuality|Bloody Violence|Language|Brief Nudity)
In Danish, Swedish, German and Norwegian with English subtitles
Denmark's Submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Film.
In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) – a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero -- sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. He seeks to start farming crops, build a colony in the name of the King, and gain a noble title for himself. This beautiful but forbidding area also happens to be under the rule of the merciless Frederik De Schinkel, a preening nobleman who realizes the threat Kahlen represents to his power. Struggling against the elements and local brigands, Kahlen is joined by a couple who have fled the clutches of the rapacious De Schinkel. As this group of misfits begins to build a small community in this inhospitable place, De Schinkel swears vengeance, and the confrontation between him and Kahlen promises to be as violent and intense as these two men.
."As a portrait of human will, the engulfing depredations of nature, and sheer terror and retribution, The Promised Land stakes its claim with admirable gravitas and visual finesse." - Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
"Arcel has created a film that is big, bold and over-the-top, but it has the right guy at its center to hold everything together." - Steve Pond, TheWrap "The kind of ravishing, rousing epic we don’t really get much of anymore." - Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture |
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Monday, May 6th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
IO CAPITANO
2023 Italy 2hr 2minutes
Drama NR
In Wolof and French with English subtitles
NOMINATED for Academy Award for Best International Film.
In this acclaimed film which won top directing and acting prizes at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Garrone presents a “reverse shot” of the immigration experience while unfurling an epic, cinematographically magnificent odyssey from West Africa to Italy. The story is told through the mind’s eye and experiences of two Senegalese teenagers living in Dakar who yearn for a brighter future in Europe. Yet between their dreams and reality lies a treacherous journey through a labyrinth of checkpoints, the scorched Saharan desert, a fetid North African prison and the vast waters of the Mediterranean where thousands have died packed inside vessels barely fit for passage. NYT Critic’s Pick
2023 Italy 2hr 2minutes
Drama NR
In Wolof and French with English subtitles
NOMINATED for Academy Award for Best International Film.
In this acclaimed film which won top directing and acting prizes at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Garrone presents a “reverse shot” of the immigration experience while unfurling an epic, cinematographically magnificent odyssey from West Africa to Italy. The story is told through the mind’s eye and experiences of two Senegalese teenagers living in Dakar who yearn for a brighter future in Europe. Yet between their dreams and reality lies a treacherous journey through a labyrinth of checkpoints, the scorched Saharan desert, a fetid North African prison and the vast waters of the Mediterranean where thousands have died packed inside vessels barely fit for passage. NYT Critic’s Pick
"Hopefulness and disillusionment, the paradoxes of a journey that always keeps us moving." - Paula Vázquez Prieto, La Nación (Argentina)
"Garrone’s film has a three-dimensional and devastatingly realized human soul at its core. The world could do with paying attention to Seydou’s story and the millions of other real ones like it." - Leila Latif, indieWire "In his Oscar-nominated, migrant-themed “Io Capitano,” he unites those varied impulses, fashioning a hero's journey that feels utterly of the moment: inspired by the true stories of African immigrants, but told in a way that features episodes of both harrowing verisimilitude and hallucinatory magic realism." - Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post |
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Monday, May 20th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
THE MONK AND THE GUN
2023 Bhutan 1hr 47minutes
Drama/Comedy PG-13
In Dzongkha and English with English subtitles
Bhutan's Submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Film.
The Monk And The Gun captures the wonder and disruption as Bhutan becomes one of the world's youngest democracies. Known throughout the world for its extraordinary beauty and its emphasis on Gross National Happiness, the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan was the last nation to connect to the internet and television. And if that weren't enough change, the King announced shortly afterwards that he would cede his power to the people via their vote and a new form of government: Democracy.
Celebrating out 18th Anniversary.
2023 Bhutan 1hr 47minutes
Drama/Comedy PG-13
In Dzongkha and English with English subtitles
Bhutan's Submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Film.
The Monk And The Gun captures the wonder and disruption as Bhutan becomes one of the world's youngest democracies. Known throughout the world for its extraordinary beauty and its emphasis on Gross National Happiness, the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan was the last nation to connect to the internet and television. And if that weren't enough change, the King announced shortly afterwards that he would cede his power to the people via their vote and a new form of government: Democracy.
Celebrating out 18th Anniversary.
"A droll, shrewdly satirical fable, in which Western values crash against a seemingly intransigent (but potentially more enlightened) South Asian culture." - Peter Debruge, Variety
"The film pulls off something truly bold: taking what are perhaps the most emotionally and symbolically loaded items in existence and subverting their meaning completely to end on a note of peace, joy, and hope for the future." - Ross McIndoe, Slant Magazine "An unexpectedly suspenseful shaggy dog story, as well as a pretty funny one, with subtly pointed barbs about American politics." - Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post |
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Monday, June 3rd at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
LA CHIMERA
2023 Italy 2hr 10minutes
Drama/Comedy NR
In Italian with English subtitles
After the death of the love of his life, English archaeologist Arthur (Josh O’Connor) is desperate to find the mythical door to the afterlife -- but to do so, he must team up with a network of tomb raiders who break into ancient tombs in search of archaeological wonders to sell on the black market.
Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream of easy wealth. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. To find her, Arthur challenges the invisible, searches everywhere, goes inside the earth – in search of the door to the afterlife of which myths speak. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these characters unfold, all in search of the Chimera. NYT Critic’s Pick
2023 Italy 2hr 10minutes
Drama/Comedy NR
In Italian with English subtitles
After the death of the love of his life, English archaeologist Arthur (Josh O’Connor) is desperate to find the mythical door to the afterlife -- but to do so, he must team up with a network of tomb raiders who break into ancient tombs in search of archaeological wonders to sell on the black market.
Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream of easy wealth. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. To find her, Arthur challenges the invisible, searches everywhere, goes inside the earth – in search of the door to the afterlife of which myths speak. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these characters unfold, all in search of the Chimera. NYT Critic’s Pick
"Mournful yet exuberant, “La Chimera” is a towering work of art presented with the unassuming invitation of a warming summer morning." - Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times
“La Chimera” sneaks up on you. Rohrwacher is a discreet virtuoso with a visual style that is appealing and demonstrably unshowy." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times "This film is clever, ambitious, and funny throughout, but it also works as an intelligent meditation on our attitudes toward life, love, and death." - Peter Sobczynski, RogerEbert.com |
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Monday, June 17th at 3:30pm and 6:30pm (Tentative)
HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS
2023 North Macedonia 1hr 47minutes
Drama/Comedy Rated R (Language Throughout|Some Teen Drinking|Sexual Content)
In Macedonian, Romany, Albanian and French with English subtitles
North Macedonia's Submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Film.
From acclaimed filmmaker Goran Stolevski comes a story exploring the universal truths of family, both the ones we're born into and the ones we find for ourselves. Dita never wanted to be a mother, but circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend's two daughters, tiny troublemaker Mia and rebellious teen Vanesa. A battle of wills ensues as the three continue to butt heads and become an unlikely family that must fight to stay together.
NYT Critic’s Pick
2023 North Macedonia 1hr 47minutes
Drama/Comedy Rated R (Language Throughout|Some Teen Drinking|Sexual Content)
In Macedonian, Romany, Albanian and French with English subtitles
North Macedonia's Submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Film.
From acclaimed filmmaker Goran Stolevski comes a story exploring the universal truths of family, both the ones we're born into and the ones we find for ourselves. Dita never wanted to be a mother, but circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend's two daughters, tiny troublemaker Mia and rebellious teen Vanesa. A battle of wills ensues as the three continue to butt heads and become an unlikely family that must fight to stay together.
NYT Critic’s Pick
"By the end, we’ve soaked up something of modern Macedonia and had our own cultural standards put to the rack." - Amy Nicholson, Washington Post
"Housekeeping for Beginners will not tell you much about keeping order amidst domestic chaos, per se. It is a primer, however, for turning a house into a home." - David Fear, Rolling Stone "There are many greatly moving moments in the director’s third feature, all connected by a heartfelt understanding of the value of nurturing companionship." - Rafaela Sales Ross, Little White Lies |
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LOCATION
Plaza Cinemas 14 255 West 5th Street Oxnard, CA 93030 |
ADMISSION
Seniors/Students/Military $8.50 General Admission Matinee $9.25 General Admission Evening $11.75 |
Executive Director: George J. Sandoval Info at: geosand47@gmail.com - 805.798.0830
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