American Documentary Film
Festival Presents The Agreement
Monday, October 6, 2 – 4 p.m.
The Library concludes this year’s
AmDocs Highlight series with this
Danish film about world history in
the making. European Union chief
negotiator Robert Cooper has to settle
on an agreement on stable co-existence
between Kosovo and Serbia, and this
documentary brings you right into the
core of these intense negotiations.
Christopher Perry Presents
Nosferatu
Wednesday, October 8, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
With their authentic music and live
sound effects,
Christopher Perry
and
the
Photoplay Ensemble
sweep
you into an atmospheric screening of
this classic silent horror film. Made
in Germany in 1922,
Nosferatu
was
the very first (and unauthorized) film
version of Bram Stoker’s
Dracula
.
Since then,
Nosferatu
has become
known as an influential masterpiece of
cinema.
A Coen Brothers Trifecta
From 1930s Hollywood to a Southern
take on Homer’s
Odyssey
to a week
in the life of the Village folk scene just
before Dylan broke, the Coen Brothers’
interest in the human condition is
limitless. Join
Jason Bruecks
for three
of the best films from the irrepressible
Coen Brothers.
Barton Fink
Monday, November 3, 2 – 4 p.m.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Thursday, November 6, 2 – 4 p.m.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Friday, November 7, 2 – 4 p.m.
Best of the Foreign Films
In 1957, the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences introduced the regular
competitive category for Best Foreign
Language Film.
Jason Bruecks,
film
historian, presents the films that were the
first and second recipients of this award.
La Strada (1956)
Tuesday, December 16, 2 – 4 p.m.
Director: Federico Fellini
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Monday, December 22, 2 – 4 p.m.
Director: Federico Fellini
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Presented by the Rancho Mirage Public Library Foundation
