Film: The Name of the Rose (Dir. Jean- Jacques Arnaud,
124 min., color, English)
Based on Umberto Eco's award-winning best
setter by the same title, it is a chilling tale of darkdeeds and murderous
mayhem within the shadowy cloisters and forbidding battlements of a medieval
monastery. One monk has fallen to his death. Or was he pushed? Another
is discovered in a pool of pig's blood. The lifeless body of a third is
found in his bath. Is it the work of the Devil… or some more earthly assassin?
Al-Bireh, Monday 06 September, Sunday 12 September, 19:30, Popular Art
Center.
Film: Good Will Hunting (Dir. Gus Van Zant, 121 min.,
color, English)
The most brilliant mind at America's top university
isn't a professor… he's Will Hunting, a headstrong, penniless guy failing
the lessons of life and love with a wealthy girlfriend. Facing a jail sentence
after one too many run-ins with the law, Will's fate is in the hands of
his therapist, who might be the only man able to help him see his true
potential. Al-Bireh, Saturday 04 September, 11 September, 19:30, Popular
Art Center.
Film: The Sweet Hereafter (Dir. Atom Egoyan, 113 min.,
color, English)
Following a tragic school bus accident, high
profile lawyer Mitchell Stephens descends upon a small town. With promises
of retribution and a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the grieving
community, Stephens begins his investigation into the details of the crash.
But beneath the town's calm, he uncovers a tangled web of lies, deceit,
and forbidden desires that mirrors his own troubled personal life. Gradually,
we learn that Stephens has his own agenda, and that everyone has secrets
to keep. Al-Bireh, Monday 13 September, 19:30, Popular Art Center.
Film: Romeo and Juliet (USA 1997, Dir. Baz Luhrmann,
115 min., colour, English)
Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional
adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding.
Leonardo di Caprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet, the youthful
star-crossed lovers of the past. But the setting has been moved from its
Elizabethan origins to futuristic urban backdrop of Verona beach. Al-Bireh,
Sunday 05 September, and Wednesday 15 September, 19:30, Popular Art Center.
Film: The Champ (USA 1979, Dir. Franco Zeffirelli,
118 min., color, Eng.)
The Champ is an incisive deeply moving exploration
into the arena of the greatest conflict - the human heart. The story concerns
a broken marriage and inevitable effect on a mother, a father, and a child.
Jon Voight is magnificent as Billy, an ex-boxing champion, managing to
support his son and continually train for the comeback that never quite
comes off. His son T.J. anxiously awaits the day when the Camp will once
again dominate the ring. The custody struggle with the ex-wife, Annie,
sparks a battle that continues until the champ finally returns to the ring,
where he wins and loses. Al-Bireh, Tuesday 07 September, 19:30, Popular
Art Center.
Film: Some Mother's Son (UK 1996, Dir. Terry George,
107 min., color, English)
A widowed teacher and life-long pacifist,
Kathleen Quigley is shaken out of her comfortable existence when her son
is captured after a shoot-out with the British Army. Along with Annie Higgins,
mother of another prisoner, Kathleen finds herself suddenly brought into
the middle of Northern Ireland's political conflict, forced to the center
of an epic struggle when their sons are prepared to die for their beliefs…
are mothers prepared to just stand by and watch? Al-Bireh, Wednesday 08
September and Tuesday 14 September, 19:30, Popular Art Center.