Friday, April 4 / 7:30 & 10 pm / Campbell Hall
An unruly immediacy...joltingly alive. —Entertainment Weekly
Eminem hits the big screen in this powerful story, loosely based on his own life, about a street-smart word-wielder hoping to rap his way out of bleak Detroit. With Brittany Murphy and Kim Basinger. (Curtis Hanson, 2002, 111 minutes)General public $6 / UCSB students $5
Monday, May 5 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Unforgettable and hypnotic. —Wall Street Journal
Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) directs a script from the late master Krysztof Kieslowski (The Decalogue), a tale of guilt, revenge, love, chance, coincidence and transcendence starring Giovanni Ribisi and a luminous Cate Blanchett. (2002, 93 minutes)General public $6 / UCSB students $5
Thursday, May 8 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Prepare yourself for kaleidoscopic beauty. —Wired
A passionate visual indictment of the perilous state of our high-tech world, Naqoyqatsi means “war as a way of life” in Hopi. This sensual feast is the final installment of Godfrey Reggio’s Qatsi trilogy, with music by Philip Glass, featuring Yo-Yo Ma. (2002, 89 minutes)General public $6 / UCSB students $5
Monday, May 12 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
A rather astonishing life saga. —Variety
This documentary about the life and spiritual journey of sitar-legend Ravi Shankar includes enlightening interviews and remarkable footage of his collaborations with notables such as Yehudi Menuhin, John Coltrane and the Beatles. (Mark Kidel, 2001, 90 minutes)General public $6 / UCSB students $5
Thursday, May 15 / 7:30 & 9:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Sensitive and stimulating. —Village Voice
An enthralling look at the beautiful work of Scottish landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, who creates unique and ephemeral art from wood, leaves, stone and ice. (Thomas Riedelsheimer, 2002, 90 minutes)General public $6 / UCSB students $5
Monday, May 19 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Breathtaking footage. —Boston Globe
A biography of the greatest Gypsy performer to bring flamenco to the international stage, this superb documentary evokes the volcanic Carmen Amaya (1913-1963), whose passion for dance remade the art form. (Jocelyn Ajami, 2002, 80 minutes)A Carmen Amaya Film Festival co-presented by the UCSB MultiCultural Center
General public $10 / UCSB students $8
Sandstorm (Bawandar) with Filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra
Thursday, May 22 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Based on a true story of a Rajasthani social worker brutalized by upper caste men, this fiery drama captures her intrepid struggle for justice against a feudal system riddled with chauvinism. Stars Nandita Das. (2001, 125 minutes)
General public $6 / UCSB students $5
Thursday, May 29 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
The images are unforgettable. —UK Observer
A hypnotically brilliant mix of Macbeth and Japanese Noh drama, this Akira Kurosawa classic stars Toshiro Mifune as a power-crazed samurai driven by his wife (Isuzu Yamada) into ever-more-evil plots of domination. A restored print. (1957, 110 minutes)General public $6 / UCSB students $5
Jazz Films with Mark Cantor
Sunday, June 1 / 3 pm / Campbell Hall
Cantor’s collection is an extraordinary treasure trove. —Los Angeles Times
A return engagement by film archivist, historian and raconteur Mark Cantor who will present a two-hour selection of rare clips, ranging from swing to post-modern jazz, with greats like Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker. The evening will include a set of astounding jazz dance films, featuring some of the stars of the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater.General public $10 / UCSB students $8
For more information about each film,
please see our Spring Films News Release.
All films are in original languages with English subtitles if necessary.
General public $6, UCSB students $5 unless noted otherwise
Advance tickets for all films are available at the Arts & Lectures
Ticket Office and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Phone orders: 2 ticket minimum, $3 service charge per order.
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