Film Societies

Film Societies lists films being shown in Oahu art theaters. Movies are rated on a four-star scale. "Film Societies" appears on-line every week, and Thursdays in the Star-Bulletin's "Community Calendar." Send notices to: Film Calendar, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802. Or fax to 523-8509. Or send e-mail to citydesk@starbulletin.com.

Thursday, May 2, 1996



The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Director Karel Zeman's ingenious visual effects, reproducing the look of 19th-century engravings, outshine a leaden enactment of the writer's fanciful science fiction. Made in Czechoslovakia in 1958. At 8 p.m. Friday and at 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Sunday; $5. (Unrated) Theater: Movie Museum

Father Brown
Stolen art treasures engage the sleuthing skills of G.K. Chesterton's cleric. Alec Guinness stars with Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch and Cecil Parker in this 1954 British gem. Known in the U.S. as "The Detective." At 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday; $5. (Unrated) Theater: Movie Museum

God Is My Witness (Star rating unavailable)
Lovely Sridevi disguises herself as a man to compete against a rival clan leader, the deadly serious Amitabh Bachchan, in the mounted contest of Buzkashi. Director Mukul S. Anand's epic, in the vein of India's musical romantic dramas, is a classic. At 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; $4. (Unrated) Theater: Academy Theater

The Monkey Kid (Star rating unavailable)
China's Cultural Revolution is portrayed through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl whose parents had been sent for "re-education." At 7 and 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 7 p.m. Sunday; $4. (Unrated) Theater: UH-Manoa Art Auditorium

Target (Star rating unavailable)
A safari guide hired by a wealthy landowner in India sees how his employer abuses an "untouchable" peasant village. The screenplay was written by Satyajit Ray; his son, Sandip, directed. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday; $4. (Unrated) Theater: Academy Theater

The Trial
Gripping story of a man in a nameless country arrested for a crime that is never explained to him. Orson Welles directed this adaptation of a Kafka novel in 1963. Cast includes Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Elsa Martinelli and Welles. At 5:30 and 8 p.m. Monday; $5. (Unrated) Theater: Movie Museum




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