Quoted: China, 1989. Two young lovers play out their complex, erotic, love/hate relationship against a volatile backdrop of political unrest. Beautiful country girl Yu Hong (Hao Lei) leaves her village, family and lover to study at Beijing University, where she discovers a world of sexual freedom. When she falls in love with fellow student Zhou Wei (Guo Xiaodong), their relationship, driven by passions neither one can understand nor control, becomes one of dangerous games - betrayals, recriminations, provocations - as all around them, students begin to demonstrate, demanding freedom and democracy. As the protests collapse, Yu and Zhou lose each other amidst the social chaos and panicked crowds. Zhou is sent to a summer military camp, and moves to Berlin upon his release, fleeing his country and memories of Yu. In Germany, social unrest is mounting too; as the Berlin wall crashes down, Zhou, weary and still haunted by Yu, returns to China and finds her living in a small town. With their uncertain future stretched out before them, they are two changed souls in a changed world. Will they survive together or alone?

you can see the tailer here too!

Quoted: The Take is a documentary film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein about how workers in Argentina are taking over the factories abandoned by their owners and made profitable again

Redotting from Greg. We watched this a week ago and I think I will show it in class too. It's a great narrative introduction to otherwise "distant" / "complex" issues.

Quoted: The Take is a documentary film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein about how workers in Argentina are taking over the factories abandoned by their owners and made profitable again

To see

Quoted: Bam Bam and Celeste on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...

Reminder: I want to see this movie!

Quoted: Trailer for By Hook or by Crook on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...

Set in 1970, Blame It on Fidel is a wry and engaging look at how personal the political becomes in the life of one nine-year old girl. Fernando (Stefano Accorsi) and Marie (Julie Depardieu) are left-leaning and very comfortable middle-class, when a trip to Latin America convinces both to dedicate themselves full-time to the many causes they’ve only verbally supported, to the consternation of their daughter, Anna (Nina Kervel). Full of wonderful historical asides and period detail, Blame It on Fidel is about that moment when parents realize that their children are their own separate selves – and the moment when children discover the same thing about their parents.

Heard this was amazing

Quoted: Killer of Sheep, a movie by director Charles Burnett and distributed by Milestone Films, examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s. Killer of Sheep was at the 2007 Berlinale Film Festival.

Looks fun...

Quoted: An emotional comedy about three brothers re-forging family bonds. The eldest, played by Wilson, hopes to reconnect with his two younger siblings by taking them on a train trip across the vibrant and sensual landscape of India.