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, January 30, 1997



... And God Spoke (Star rating unavailable)

Arthur Borman directed the 1993 film with Michael Riley, Stephen Rappaport, Lou Ferrigno, Soupy Sales, Eve Plum, Fred Kaz and Michael Medved. At 8 p.m. Friday and at 6 and 8 p.m. Monday; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

Breaking the Waves

An accident disrupts the lives of a naive, religious woman (Emily Watson) and her oil-rig worker husband (Stellan Skarsgard). This alternately rapturous and devastating love story won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. At 7:30 p.m. Friday; $5. (R)

Theater: Academy Theater

Caro Diaro (Star rating unavailable)

Nanni Moretti and Jennifer Beals star in this 1994 Italian/French film. Subtitles. At 8 p.m. Feb. 6 and 7 and at 6 and 8 p.m. Feb. 10; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

China, My Sorrow (Star rating unavailable)

A young boy plays a love song to his sweetheart during China's cultural revolution, and finds himself branded an enemy of the state. The director, Dai Si-jie, is a Chinese exile. With subtitles. Cinematheque presents films in Room FA-214. At 3 p.m. Monday; free. (Unrated)

Theater: Leeward Community College

Intolerance

D.W. Griffith's landmark American epic interweaves four stories of prejudice and inhumanity, from ancient to contemporary days. Melodramatic, but with a stunning climax. The 1916 silent film stars Lillian Gish and Constance Talmadge. At 1, 4:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

Jazz on a Summer's Day

Candid, enjoyable record of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival - an evocative time capsule of '50s jazz. Performers include Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Mahalia Jackson and Jack Teagarden. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday and at 4 p.m. Sunday; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Academy Theater

Let's Get Lost

Oscar-nominated documentary follows Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter and singer, in what turned out to be the last year of his life. The charismatic Baker, filmed with style and insight in black and white, was once referred to as the James Dean of jazz. At 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 and 7 and at 4 p.m. Feb. 9; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Academy Theater

On the Road with Duke Ellington (Star rating unavailable)

Director Robert Drew's portrait of the conductor and composer. With Billy Strayhorn. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Feb. 5 and at 1 p.m. Feb. 6; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Academy Theater

The Ox (Star rating unavailable)

Austere, absorbing tale of a family struggling against poverty in 19th-century Sweden. Featuring Stellan Skarsgard, Ewa Froling, Liv Ullmann and Max Von Sydow. Director Sven Nykvist was Ingmar Bergman's cinematographer. Cinematheque presents films in Room FA-214. At 3 p.m. Feb. 5; free. (Unrated)

Theater: Leeward Community College




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