April Films
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Perfect Days
Wednesday, April 3
Friday, April 5
2 and 7:30 p.m.
Rated PG, 124 minutes
Directed by Wim Wenders, 2023, Japan, Subtitled
Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us. Oscar Nominee for Best International Feature Film.
One Life
Wednesday, April 10
Friday, April 12
2 and 7:30 p.m.
Rated PG, 109 minutes
Directed by James Hawes, 2023, United Kingdom
The incredible, emotional true story of Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton (Johnny Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Romola Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children before Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, Nicky (Anthony Hopkins) is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn't able to bring to safety in England. It's not until the BBC show "That's Life!" re-introduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he carried -- all the while skyrocketing from anonymity to a national hero.
Problemista
Wednesday, April 17
Friday, April 19
2 and 7:30 p.m.
Rated R, 98 minutes
Directed by Julio Torres, 2023, United States
Alejandro (Julio Torres) is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast (Tilda Swinton) becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream. From writer/director Julio Torres comes a surreal adventure through the equally treacherous worlds of New York City and the U.S. Immigration system.
Shayda
Wednesday, April 24
Friday, April 26
2 and 7:30 p.m.
Rated PG-13, 117 minutes
Directed by Noora Niasari, 2023, Australia, Partially Subtitled
Inspired by writer/director Noora Niasari's childhood experiences, the story follows Shayda, a brave Iranian immigrant woman living in Australia who is raising her six-year-old daughter in an Australian women's shelter. Over Persian New Year, they take solace in Nowruz rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda's path to freedom is jeopardized. Winner of the Audience Award in the World Cinema at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
Munson Film Series is sponsored by M&T Bank and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
