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In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog (CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, GRIZZLY MAN) probes the human psyche to explore why people kill—and why a state kills. In intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry (scheduled to die within eight days of appearing on-screen), Herzog achieves what he describes as “a gaze into the abyss of the human soul.” Herzog’s inquiries also extend to the families of the victims and perpetrators as well as a state executioner and pastor who’ve been with death row prisoners as they’ve taken their final breaths. As he’s so often done before, Herzog’s investigation unveils layers of humanity, making an enlightening trip out of ominous territory.

A film by Werner Herzog
106 min, 35 mm

“Extraordinary.” -A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Trailer: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/into-the-abyss

Curtis begins having terrifying dreams about an encroaching, apocalyptic storm. He chooses to keep the disturbance to himself, channeling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard. His seemingly inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds Samantha, his wife, and provokes intolerance among co-workers, friends and neighbors. But the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within the community doesn’t compare to Curtis’ private fear of what his dreams may truly signify.

Directed by Jeff Nichols
Starring Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain and Shea Whigham
120 min, DCP

“A hallucinatory thriller anchored by a deeply resonant sense of unease.” -Justin Chang, Variety

Trailer: http://www.sonyclassics.com/takeshelter/

LATE NIGHT MOVIES AT BIJOU CINEMA!

Young Sarah is left home alone by her parents and she has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the Goblin King who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah has to rescue him before midnight, or the baby will became a goblin…

Directed by Jim Henson
Starring David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly and Toby Froud
101 min

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_xpFZe20A

In this warmhearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (André Wilms), a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoeshiner. With innate optimism and the unwavering support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville and Marcel Carné, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight.

Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Starring André Wilms, Kati Outinen and Blondin Miguel
French w/English subtitles
93 min, DCP

“Subversively funny.” -Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal

Trailer: http://janusfilms.com/lehavre/index.html

New digital restoration!

A dystopic science-fiction epic, WORLD ON A WIRE is German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s gloriously cracked, boundlessly inventive take on future paranoia. With dashes of Kubrick, Vonnegut, and Dick, but a flavor entirely his own, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of reluctant action hero Fred Stiller (Klaus Lowitsch), a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate and governmental conspiracy. At risk? Our entire (virtual) reality as we know it. This long unseen three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the weird world of tomorrow from one of cinema’s kinkiest geniuses.

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin and Mascha Rabben
German w/English subtitles
212 min, blu-ray

“Nothing short of breathtaking.” -A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URq7m3-SOtA&feature=youtu.be