Dead Man18

Directed by Jim Jarmusch | USA | 1995 | 2h | Starring Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, John Hurt, Robert Mitchum, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Henriksen, Alfred Molina

Accountant William Blake has hardly arrived in a godforsaken outpost of the American West before he’s caught in a fatal lovers’ quarrel. Wounded and on the run, he falls under the watch of an outcast named Nobody, who guides him on a spiritual odyssey. Jim Jarmusch imagines the nineteenth-century American West as an existential wasteland, reckoning with industrialisation, America’s legacy of violence, and the natural cycle of life and death. Featuring austerely beautiful black-and-white photography by Robby Müller and a live-wire score by Neil Young, Dead Man is a profound and unique take on the western genre.

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Reviews

‘Jim Jarmusch’s most stunning achievement.’
★★★★★
|Zach Campbell, Slant Magazine

‘A quantum leap by American independent Jim Jarmusch–a hypnotic and beautiful black-and-white western.’
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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Rains Over Babel Uncertified 18+
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Enter a trópico-punk universe where life, death, desire, and fantasy come together in Babel, a mysterious bar-purgatory inhabited by lost souls, fantastic creatures, and unforgettable characters. Screening plus Director Q&A hosted by ZonaSur Cinema Club.

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A Private Life 15
1h 43m | French w/ English subtitles
A patient's sudden death sends a renowned psychiatrist chasing murder, secrets and lies, with her charming ex-husband along for the investigation. Jodie Foster dazzles in fluent French and comic form in this stylish mystery thriller from director Rebecca Zlotowski (Other People's Children).

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The Invite 15
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Joe and Angela's shaky marriage faces its biggest test yet when dinner with their enigmatic upstairs neighbours takes a wild turn. Rashida Jones's razor-sharp script and Olivia Wilde's direction fuel this riotous relationship comedy, with Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton on scene-stealing form.

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Paris, Texas 12A
2h 30m
American Odysseys
Travis Henderson emerges from the desert after four years missing, with no memory of who he is, and must slowly reconnect with his family. Written by Sam Shepard, Wim Wenders's profoundly moving character study won the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.

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