April 5- 8 p.m.
TITLE: Dirty Pretty Things
RATING: R
COUNTRY: England
STARS: Audrey Tatou, Chiwetel Ejiofor
DIRECTOR: Stephen Frears
YEAR: 2002
COUNTRY United Kingdom
LANGUAGE: English
RUNNING TIME: 125 minutes

Okwe is a doctor who was framed for a murder in Nigeria and now finds himself working as a concierge in a cheap hotel in London. Living in poverty, he shares a room with Senay, a Turkish refugee who works as a chambermaid and dreams of a new life in America. One night Okwe makes a horrifying discovery and reports it to the hotel manager- who quickly blackmails Okwe into silence about it. As an illegal immigrant, Okwe can neither ask too many questions nor go to the police. But it soon becomes clear that both Okwe and Senay have stumbled upon an underground organ harvesting business, an enterprise which draws them deep into the bowels of the London underworld where everything is for sale. Nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay in 2004, winner of the British Film Critics Award 2003.

April 12- 8 p.m.
TITLE: La Cage Aux Folles
RATING- R
COUNTRY: France
STARS: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Surrealt
DIRECTOR: Edouard Molinaro
YEAR: 1978
LANGUAGE: French (subtitled in English)
RUNNING TIME: 86 minutes

In this classic French farce, a young man, Laurent, returns home to St. Tropez, bearing good news for his beloved father, Renato. Laurent is engaged to be married. And his girl's family is on their way to Renato's house for a meeting of the in-laws-to be. Nothing out of the ordinary here, except that while the pompous, wealthy, ultraconservative parents will be expecting to meet Renato and wife, they can never be prepared for the shock of meeting Renato and his flamboyant, campy, gay partner and nightclub performer- the drag queen, Albin. So in an effort to please his son and avoid problems, Renato reluctantly asks Albin for a performance of a lifetime, setting up an unforgettable, warm, side-splitting comedy. La Cage Aux Folles is a cult classic which is still shown at film festivals around the world.


April 19- 8 p.m.
TITLE: Pan's Labyrinth
RATING- R
COUNTRY: Spain
STARS: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez
DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro
YEAR: 2006
LANGUAGE: Spanish (English subtitles)
RUNNING TIME: 119 minutes

In 1944, the Civil War in Spain has been over for five years, but rebels still fight in the mountains against Franco's fascist troops. The young and imaginative Ofelia travels with her pregnant and sick mother to the countryside to meet and live with her stepfather, the cruel Captain Vidal. One night, Ofelia meets a mysterious faun that tells her she is a princess from a kingdom in the underground. The faun tells that her father is waiting for her, but she needs to accomplish three dangerous assignments first. Meanwhile, she becomes a friend of the servant Mercedes, who is the sister of one of the rebels and actually is secretly giving them support. In a dark, harsh and violent world, Ofelia lives in her own magical world trying to survive her tasks and see her father and king again. Winner of the Ariel Award for Best Picture, winner of three Academy Awards

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