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Sideways

Miles Faymond (Giamatti), a divorced middle school teacher and failed novelist, and his altar-bound friend Jack (Church) take a wine-tasting trip in California, pondering questions about their directions in life.

Starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Harden Church, Sandra Oh, Virginia Madsen and Mary Louise Burke. Directed by Alexander Payne.

Lemony Snicket's
A Series of Unfortunate Events

This is the story of the Bauedelaires, three young orphans, Violet (Browning), Klaus (Aiken) and Sunny, looking for a new home, who are taken in by a series of odd relatives and other people, including Lemony Snicket, who narrates the film, and starting with the cunning and dastardly Count Olaf (Carrey), who hopes to snatch their inheritance from them.

Staring Jim Carey, Meryl Streep, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Kara Hoffman and Jude Law. Directed by Brad Silberling.

AUA

The real film freak can get him/herself to AUA on Rajdamnern Road, just up from Pratu Thapae. There, in Chiang Mai’s coolest, most convenient little English-language library, you can take your pick of close to 200 of the choicest videos going. You want Five Easy Pieces, Trainspotting, Leaving Las Vegas, Das Boot, Apocalypse Now, La Haine, Mon Oncle, Men in Black, The Third Man, Taxi Driver, Wild Strawberries, Cyrano de Bergerac, Blade Runner, The Simpsons, The Bicycle Thieves, etc. etc. etc? You do? Well, they got it. And for a smallish charge you can either take it home or see it on the premises. And now - DVDs too!

ART FILM Programs
Faculty of Media Art & Design, Chiang Mai University proudly presents:

These films are to be shown on the rooftop of the Faculty of Media Art and Design, Chiang Mai UniversityArt Museum. Every Saturday at 6.30 p.m. (Free Admission)

Six strangers wake up to find themselves in a massive cubical labyrinth. In panic, paranoia and fright, they need to find the way out through the deadly traps. This, Vincenzo Natali's debut low-budget movie, received the Grand Jury Prize from the International Sci-Fi Film Festival in 1997, proving good scripts are sometimes even more important for good sci-fi flicks than the visuals.

Welcome to Gattaca Corp, a place where romantic relationship is prohibited, a future sanctuary for the chosen. Weak genes must be suppressed and destroyed. Meet Vincent (Ethan Hawk), a man whose past is buried under the dream to fly to outer space, and Irene (Uma Thurman), a loyal Gattaca employee. Can a man sacrifice his dream for love? Find out in this great movie by Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show).

For Bass (Emily Watson), the only things that give her strength are her true love for Jan, her newly-wed husband and her dear God. Now her world comes tumbling down when Jan has a fatal accident. His final request was for her to have sexual relationships with other men so that he could be happy. This European modern classic tragedy is a work of the director of Dancer in the Dark and Dogville.

One of the greatest Japanese anti-war animation flicks ever from Ghibli studio. In World War Two, two Japanese kids, brother and sister, find themselves in a wrecked society. Their mother has been killed and they are rejected by a cruel aunt. In desperation they wait for the father to come back from the navy, but without food or shelter, how long can they hold out?

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE CHIANG MAI
February 2005 film programme

Friday, February 4, 20h00
LA REINE MARGOT (1994)

Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572. A religious war is raging. To impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of Catholic King Charles IX, and the Hugenot King Henri of Navarre. Catherine of Medici maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest...

Friday, February 11, 20h00
L'AMANT(1992)

The French Colonial Vietnam, 1929. A young French girl from a family with monetary difficulties, is returning to boarding school. She is alone on public transportation when she catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. He offers her a ride into town, and sparks fly. Can the torrid affair between them overcome the class restrictions and social mores of that time?

Friday, February 18, 20h00
CONTE D'ETE (1996)

Part 3 of Rohmer's "4 Seasons-Cycle". A young man, Gaspard is in Dinard, in Bretagne, hoping to meet the girl he thinks he is in love with - Lena. Here he comes into contact with Margot who works as a servant at her aunt's creperie. He spends a long time with her, discussing Lena but he hesitates to tell the truth about his relationship. The reason is he isn't quite sure himself. He insists he loves her but doubts arise...

Friday, February 25, 20h00
LES VALSEUSES (1974)

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble, taking whatever the bourgeois characters value: cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She's on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure...