Films for English Speakers

A reformed prisoner takes on a job as a caregiver for a paralyzed man. Their connection teaches both a lesson about life and its significance. “The pairing of Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart... pays off big time, with more laugh-out-loud moments than the original [Intouchables]” (Hollywood Reporter).

After years of living in a Moshav, filmmaker Shay Levi returned to his hometown of Rehovot, having traded greenhouses and orchards for an elevator and a hallway. All of a sudden there are other people living on the other side of the wall.

1933. Lady Helen Port-Huntly, a beer baroness and double amputee, chooses Winnipeg as the location for a world competition for the saddest music in the world. The representatives are a group of eccentric characters. 

A young woman unable to find satisfaction in her marriage, retreats into fantasies, most of which are concerned with memories of her childhood and two Arab children who lived nearby.

When Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his wife Johanna. He decides to retaliate against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller coaster with an old friend.

Guy Maddin presents his version of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire story – a gothic tale full of humor. This is actually a black-and-white silent film adaptation of an erotic ballet work performed by the Winnipeg Ballet. Maddin’s Dracula is a daring rendition that showcases Maddin’s brilliant control of cinematic means.

East Germany, 1956. When a class of seniors decides to protest the Soviet invasion of Hungary, the local authorities take a stern stand, leaving the students with a difficult decision: rat out the initiators of the protest or lose the right to take the matriculation exams. 

The Coen Brothers’ third film is a subtle parody of the gangster movie genre involving all the Mafias of New York - Irish, Jewish, Italian and others…. One of the best gangster films of all time, with its quick-paced plot, unique characters, and dark humor.

A pair of aging parents, their three daughters and the men in their lives, during one autumnal weekend in London of the late 1990s. The intelligent script, the ensemble of actors, the music of Michael Nyman and the sensitive camera work, all make for one beautiful film. 

Mathieu never knew his father. When he receives a phone call telling him his father has passed away and that he has two brothers, he decided to go to the funeral in Montreuil. But upon arrival he discovers that no one knows about him…. 

Eileen Gray was a modernist and groundbreaking artists and architect in the mid-1920s. As her success grew, she became a threat for one the most renowned architects of the 20th century, Le Corbusier, who tried to take credit for her most accomplished work - Villa E-1027.

Tom and her father, a war veteran, are constantly hiding from the authorities that do not accept their vagrant way of life. A small mistake will forever change their lives. “Granik films with subtlety and quiet grace, but Leave No Trace explodes in the mind” (Village Voice).