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, September 19, 1996



Bandit Queen (Star rating unavailable)

Shekhar Kapur's film attacks India's caste system through the story of a woman who survived savage treatment and became a famous outlaw. Presented by the Leeward Community College Cinematheque; call Grant at 623-6799. At 3 p.m. Sept. 25; free. (Unrated)

Theater: Room BE-103

Clean, Shaven (Star rating unavailable)

Peter Greene plays a schizophrenic patient who escapes from a hospital to find his young daughter. Presented by the Leeward Community College Cinematheque; call Grant at 623-6799. At 3 p.m. Monday; free. (Unrated)

Theater: Room BE-103

Heart of Darkness

Apocalypse Now

The Film and Video Association of Hawaii presents a documentary on the making of "Apocalypse Now," followed by the Vietnam war epic. Francis Ford Coppola's film, based on the Joseph Conrad novel "Heart of Darkness," stars Marlon Brando as a lost officer and Martin Sheen as the agent sent to find him. With Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Larry Fishburne and Harrison Ford. At 5:30 p.m. Friday, with dinner break at 7 p.m. and film at 8 p.m.; $10. (R)

Theater: Hawaii Theatre

Metropolis

Silent-film classic sets its tale of oppressed workers in a futuristic city with a mechanized society. By German director Fritz Lang in 1926. At 8 p.m. Friday and at 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

Murder by Death

Truman Capote invites the world's greatest detectives to his home to solve a mystery. Neil Simon's spoof stars Peter Sellers, Peter Falk, David Niven, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester and Eileen Brennan. At 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Sunday and at 6 and 8 p.m. Monday; $5. (PG)

Theater: Movie Museum

One Way Or Another (Star rating unavailable)

These Hands (Star rating unavailable)

"One Way" is a forceful fusion of romance, labor drama and political analysis from Cuba. "Hands," from Tanzania, records a day in the life of women refugees at work in a quarry. At 4 p.m. Sunday; $4. (Unrated)

Theater: Academy Theater

A Shot in the Dark

Hilarious farce ensues when Peter Sellers returns as Inspector Clouseau, firmly convinced that Elke Sommer is innocent of murder despite all evidence to the contrary. At 8 p.m. Sept. 26 and 27 and at 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Sept. 28; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

Up to a Certain Point (Star rating unavailable)

Sly, introspective comedy from Cuba reveals the pervasiveness of the cult of machismo in an affair between a married, intellectual screenwriter and an independent female dockworker. At 1 and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 and 28 and at 4 p.m. Sept. 29; $4. (Unrated)

Theater: Academy Theater




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