Bijou Film

Saturday, November 5

11:59 pm

CAB and Bijou Cinema present Midnight Movie Series at the Englert!

A quintessential midnight movie if there ever was one, DONNIE DARKO is a spooky mix of psychological slow-burn and sci-fi head-scratch, with a dash of 80s nostalgia thrown in to keep things from getting too heavy. Jake Gyllenhaal does well as Donnie, an apparently troubled teen, and the eclectic cast of supporters features a few familiar faces, with Jena Malone as Gretchen, his potential love interest, and the late, great Patrick Swayze as a motivational speaker with a secret. Set in the fall of 1988, the film begins with Donnie narrowly avoiding a grisly death in a bizarre accident. He survives only through the intervention of a mysterious messenger, Frank, who then informs him that the world will end in a matter of weeks. As Donnie goes about his teenaged life dealing with family, teachers, therapists, pals, girls, and bullies, he tries to make sense of what Frank tells him about time travel, and to figure out what his role in the scheme of things might be. With a killer soundtrack and an eerie atmosphere that defies comparison to any other movie, missing this one by sitting at home in your room would be simply disastrous.

Directed by Richard Kelly
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone and Mary McDonnell
113 min

Free for UI students (w/ID) and $3 for community

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wqVHjK2bQs

Thursday, November 3

9:00 pm

Friday, November 4

9:15 pm

Saturday, November 5

4:30 pm

9:00 pm

In this dreamlike yet earthbound film, Rahmat the boatman navigates the increasingly brackish waters of a coastal land, collecting the heartaches and tears of its inhabitants. But he remains powerless against their misguided attempts to appease the gods and make the land green again, whether by offering a bride to the sea or forcibly “treating” the eyes of a painter who sees in different colors. Drawing firsthand on the challenges faced by Iranian artists of today, writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof’s deeply atmospheric and poetical film is a gorgeous allegory of intolerance, brutality and mystified routine that resonates far beyond any one state’s borders.

Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof
Farsi w/English subtitles, Iran
93 min

Trailer: http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-collection/global-lens-2011/the-white-meadows-keshtzar-haye-sepid.html

Thursday, November 3

6:45 pm

Saturday, November 5

6:45 pm

Despite a recent wave of violent crime in the city, manual laborer and night student Valter lives a relatively content life with his family in working-class São Paulo. But when three young criminals move in next door, a bunker mentality sets in and Valter soon discovers he is not the only one perversely affected by the mounting chaos of a city under siege, or the unsettling presence of his new neighbors. Building tension throughout with stylish sequences that blend reality and fevered imagination, Sérgio Bianchi’s gripping domestic thriller offers a shrewd portrait of the social and psychological impact of urban violence, depicting a community beset yet also aroused by a permeating atmosphere of destruction.

Dir. Sérgio Bianchi
Portuguese w/English subtitles, Brazil
103 min

Trailer: http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-collection/global-lens-2011/the-tenants-os-inquilinos.html