The Second Mother

Friday 6 and 8 pm; Saturday 5 pm; Sunday noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm

“This is the sort of savvy, socially conscious crowd-pleaser that occupies a rare middle ground between genteel and intellectual world cinema.” Geoff Berkshire, Variety. When the estranged daughter of a hard-working, live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray in this Brazilian winner of the Sundance 2015 World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting.

114 minutes; R; Portuguese with English subtitles

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Testament of Youth

Friday 6 and 8:15 pm; Saturday 4:45 pm; Sunday 12:00, 2:15 and 4:30 pm

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it's a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

129 minutes; Rated PG-13

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is based on Phoebe Gloeckner's novel of the same name, hailed by Salon as "one of the most brutally honest, shocking, tender and beautiful portrayals of growing up female in America." Writer/director Marielle Heller unlocks this diary with a richly comedic and deeply personal vision. In her feature film directorial debut, Heller brings Gloeckner's book to life with fearless performances, a stirring score, inventive graphic novel-like animation sequences, imagination, humor, and heart.

Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki)

PONYO (Hayao Miyazaki, 2008)

 

Perfect for audiences of all ages, Ponyo centers on the friendship between five-year-old Sosuke and a magical goldfish named Ponyo, the young daughter of a sorcerer father and a sea-goddess mother. After a chance encounter, Ponyo yearns to become a human so she can be with Sosuke. The film is awash in pure unbridled imagination and visual wonder - but it is the tender love, humor, and devotion exhibited by Ponyo and Sosuke that form the emotional heart of the film.

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