October Films
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Mountains
Wednesday, October 2nd
Friday, October 4th
2 and 7:30 p.m.
Not Rated, 95 minutes
Directed by Monica Sorelle, 2024, United States, subtitled
In Miami's Little Haiti, Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) makes a living as a demolition worker while his wife, Esperance, (Sheila Anozier) holds down two jobs to sustain their cozy household. Their routine is tested when their son, Junior, (Chris Renois) returns home after dropping out of college. Xavier and Esperance struggle to relate with Junior, who is no longer interested in speaking Creole with them and harbors ambitions of an artistic career path they do not understand. Xavier aspires to buy a more spacious house for his family but still wakes up every morning, goes to work, and dismantles his neighborhood brick by brick. Yet even as construction vehicles rumble down the block, Little Haiti remains a vibrant community with traditions and rhythms distinctly its own. Monica Sorelle's tender feature debut is a multigenerational drama that deftly explores the relationships between immigrants and their children, the looming threat of gentrification, and the pursuit of the American dream.
Between the Temples
Wednesday, October 9th
Friday, October 11th
2 and 7:30 p.m.
Rated R, 111 minutes
Directed by Nathan Silver, 2024, United States
Ben (Jason Schwartzman) is a forty-something cantor losing his voice and possibly his faith. Struggling to meet the expectations of his rabbi, congregation, and not one but two Jewish mothers (Caroline Aaron and Dolly De Leon), Ben finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as an adult bat mitzvah student. This warm and anxious comedy from prolific writer/director Nathan Silver explores the complexities of belief, connection, and what it means to be a real mensch.
His Three Daughters
Wednesday, October 16th
Friday, October 18th
2 and 7:30 p.m.
Rated R, 101 minutes
Directed by Azazel Jacobs, 2024, United States
From writer-director Azazel Jacobs (French Exit, The Lovers) comes this bittersweet and often funny story of an elderly patriarch and the three grown daughters who come to be with him in his final days. Katie (Carrie Coon) is a controlling Brooklyn mother dealing with a wayward teenage daughter; free-spirited Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) is a different kind of mom, separated from her offspring for the first time; and Rachel (Natasha Lyonne) is a sports-betting stoner who has never left her father's apartment—much to the chagrin of her stepsisters, who share a different mother and worldview. Continuing his astute exploration of family dynamics in close-knit spaces, Jacobs follows the siblings over the course of three volatile days, as death looms, grievances erupt, and love seeps through the cracks of a fractured home.
The Goldman Case
Wednesday, October 23rd
Friday, October 25th
2 and 7:30 p.m.
Not Rated, 115 minutes
Directed by Cédric Kahn, 2023, France, subtitled
November 1975, Paris. The appeal hearing of Jewish far-left activist Pierre Goldman is set to begin. Sentenced to life imprisonment for four armed robberies, one of which resulted in the death of two women, Goldman pleads not guilty to the murder charges. The massively-covered court proceedings transform Goldman into a romantic figure and a hero of the intellectual left, even as the relationship with his young attorney, Georges Kiejman, frays. Ever the agitator for his ideals, the elusive and mercurial Goldman throws his own trial into chaos, risking a death sentence. The Goldman Case paints a psycho-pathological portrait of a militant revolutionary, but also of a society torn apart by patterns of racism and injustice that are still virulent today.
Late Night with the Devil
Wednesday, October 30th
Friday, November 1st
2 and 7:30 p.m.
Rated R, 93 minutes
Directed by Colin Cairnes & Cameron Cairnes, 2024, United States
Johnny Carson's rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated talk show 'Night Owls' that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. However, ratings for the show have plummeted since the tragic death of Jack's beloved wife. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, on Oct. 31, 1977, Jack plans a Halloween special like no other, unaware he is about to unleash evil into the living rooms of America.
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.
