INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
INTERNATIONAL CINEMA

PLAYING THIS WEEK

Film still from Pelle the Conqueror (1987). Image of a young boy standing against a fence.
Film still from Wings (1985). Image of a World War II airplane in the air.
Film still from The Atomic Cafe (1982). Image of a person in a hazmat suit on a bike, an atomic bomb explosion edited in the background.

Pelle the Conqueror (1987)*
Directed by Bille August
Danish and Swedish, 157 min.

Roots and Routes

 

Pelle and his aging father Lasse arrive in 19th-century Denmark from Sweden, seeking work but finding only grueling labor and poverty on a remote farm. Bille August's sweeping epic of survival and dignity won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Palme d'Or.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 11th—5:00PM Lecture 

Wednesday, Nov. 11 — 5:35PM
Thursday, Nov. 12 — 8:40PM
Friday, Nov. 13 — 4:35PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 12:20PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 7:00PM

WINGS (1966)
Directed by Larisa Shepitko
Russian, 85 min.

Miscellaneous

 

Decades after flying combat missions in World War II, Nadia now runs a vocational school — restless, disconnected, and unable to find her place in peacetime. Wings is a haunting, quietly radical portrait of a woman caught between heroism's past and an unfulfilling present.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 — 8:35PM
Thursday, Nov. 12 — 5:00PM
Friday, Nov. 13 — 7:35PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 3:20PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 10:00PM

THE ATOMIC CAFE (1982)*
Directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, and Pierce Rafferty
English, 86 min.

The Future of Nature

 

The Atomic Cafe weaves together decades of Cold War propaganda and civil defense footage into a haunting look at how America normalized nuclear fear. Cheerful newsreels sit uneasily beside "duck and cover" drills. It's a sobering time capsule of a nation preparing for a war that could end human life on Earth.

 

Thursday, Nov. 12 — 6:50PM
Friday, Nov. 13 — 2:45PM
Friday, Nov 13 — 9:25PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 10:30AM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 5:10PM

Upcoming Faculty Lecture

"Pelle the Conqueror (1987): The Unbearable Bleakness of Being."
by Julie Allen

Julie K. Allen is professor of Comparative Arts and Letters, with specializations in Comparative Literature, Scandinavian Studies, European Studies, and Global Women’s Studies. In her research, she works primarily on Northern European literature and film, looking at the question of the humanities help people figure out where they belong. She teaches classes on dark fairy tales, time travel, and dragons, among other exciting things.

Film still from Pelle the Conqueror (1987). Image of a young boy standing against a fence.

FOLLOWING THE SINGLE SCREENING OF
Pelle the Conqueror
(Bille August, Danish and Swedish, 1987, 157 min.)

Lecture @ 5:00 PM
Film Starts @ 5:35 PM
Wednesday, November 11
250 KMBL

 

Next Week's Showtimes

Wednesday,
Nov. 18

Lecture
"Lines of War: Animating the History of Iraq."
By Kevin Blankinship
5:00PM 

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Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
5:35PM

Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
7:35PM 

Thursday,
Nov. 19

Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
5:00PM 

Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
7:50PM 

It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
9:50PM 

Friday,
Nov. 20

Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
2:30PM 

Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
5:20PM 

Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
7:20PM 

It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
10:10PM 

Saturday,
Nov. 21

It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
10:30AM 

Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
12:35PM 

It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
2:35PM 

Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
4:40PM

Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
7:30PM

It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
9:30PM

International Cinema Podcast

The International Cinema Podcast, Fall 2026, Episode 2. Title: Los Olvidados. Image: Film still from Los Olvidados (1950).
The International Cinema Podcast, Fall 2026, Episode 1. Title: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain. Image: Film still from Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025).
The International Cinema Podcast, Winter 2026, Episode 6. Title: Cría Cuervos. Film still from the film, Cría Cuervos.

International Cinema Newsletter

red curtain in the background with white letters that read: International Cinema

PLAYING THIS WEEK

Film still from Pelle the Conqueror (1987). Image of a young boy standing against a fence.

Pelle the Conqueror (1987)*
Directed by Bille August
Danish and Swedish, 157 min.

Roots and Routes

 

Pelle and his aging father Lasse arrive in 19th-century Denmark from Sweden, seeking work but finding only grueling labor and poverty on a remote farm. Bille August's sweeping epic of survival and dignity won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Palme d'Or.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 11th—5:00PM Lecture 

Wednesday, Nov. 11 — 5:35PM
Thursday, Nov. 12 — 8:40PM
Friday, Nov. 13 — 4:35PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 12:20PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 7:00PM

Film still from Wings (1985). Image of a World War II airplane in the air.

WINGS (1966)
Directed by Larisa Shepitko
Russian, 85 min.

Miscellaneous

 

Decades after flying combat missions in World War II, Nadia now runs a vocational school — restless, disconnected, and unable to find her place in peacetime. Wings is a haunting, quietly radical portrait of a woman caught between heroism's past and an unfulfilling present.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 — 8:35PM
Thursday, Nov. 12 — 5:00PM
Friday, Nov. 13 — 7:35PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 3:20PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 10:00PM

Film still from The Atomic Cafe (1982). Image of a person in a hazmat suit on a bike, an atomic bomb explosion edited in the background.

THE ATOMIC CAFE (1982)*
Directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, and Pierce Rafferty
English, 86 min.

The Future of Nature

 

The Atomic Cafe weaves together decades of Cold War propaganda and civil defense footage into a haunting look at how America normalized nuclear fear. Cheerful newsreels sit uneasily beside "duck and cover" drills. It's a sobering time capsule of a nation preparing for a war that could end human life on Earth.

 

Thursday, Nov. 12 — 6:50PM
Friday, Nov. 13 — 2:45PM
Friday, Nov 13 — 9:25PM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 10:30AM
Saturday, Nov. 14 — 5:10PM

Upcoming Faculty Lecture

"Pelle the Conqueror (1987): The Unbearable Bleakness of Being."
by Julie Allen

Julie K. Allen is professor of Comparative Arts and Letters, with specializations in Comparative Literature, Scandinavian Studies, European Studies, and Global Women’s Studies. In her research, she works primarily on Northern European literature and film, looking at the question of the humanities help people figure out where they belong. She teaches classes on dark fairy tales, time travel, and dragons, among other exciting things.

FOLLOWING THE SINGLE SCREENING OF
Pelle the Conqueror
(Bille August, Danish and Swedish, 1987, 157 min.)

Lecture @ 5:00 PM
Film Starts @ 5:35 PM
Wednesday, November 11
250 KMBL

 

Next Week's Showtimes

Wednesday,
Nov. 18

Lecture
"Lines of War: Animating the History of Iraq."
By Kevin Blankinship
5:00PM 

----------

Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
5:35PM

Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
7:35PM 

Thursday,
Nov. 19

Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
5:00PM 

Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
7:50PM 

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It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
9:50PM 

Friday,
Nov. 20

Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
2:30PM 

Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
5:20PM 

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Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
7:20PM 

It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
10:10PM 

Saturday,
Nov. 21

It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
10:30AM 

Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
12:35PM 

------------------------------------

It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
2:35PM 

Silent Friend (2025, German and English)
4:40PM

------------------------------------

Flavors of Iraq (2025, French and Arabic)
7:30PM

It Was Just an Accident (2025, Persian and Azerbaijani)
9:30PM

International Cinema Podcast

The International Cinema Podcast, Fall 2026, Episode 2. Title: Los Olvidados. Image: Film still from Los Olvidados (1950).
The International Cinema Podcast, Fall 2026, Episode 1. Title: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain. Image: Film still from Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025).
The International Cinema Podcast, Winter 2026, Episode 6. Title: Cría Cuervos. Film still from the film, Cría Cuervos.
red curtain in the background with white letters that read: International Cinema