On Wednesday, July 31, and Thursday, August 1, Jean Cocteau Cinema will host the No Man’s Land Film Festival (NMLFF), an all-women and genderqueer adventure film festival. The festival goal is to connect like-minded individuals who are action-oriented, wish to support a shared vision of gender equality, have a desire to experience their passions and environments through a uniquely feminine lens, and love adventure. Doors open at 6 p.
m. with 7 p.m.
showtimes. Thursday’s festival is a PRIDE program. General admission is $15.
For more information, visit jeancocteaucinema.com . THE ARCTIC CONVOY In 1942, the leader of a convoy carrying vital military supplies to a Norwegian outpost decides to proceed through enemy infested waters despite the recall of their military escort.
Fighting for their lives against German air and naval forces, the 35 civilian merchant ships brave brutal Arctic seas to bring much needed support to soldiers on the front lines of World War II. Action/war, not rated, 108 minutes, Violet Crown BURDEN OF DREAMS (1982) Werner Herzog is the subject of Center for Contemporary Arts’ next film in its Director Spotlight Series . For nearly five years, the acclaimed German filmmaker desperately tried to complete one of the most ambitious and difficult films of his career, Fitzcarraldo , the story of one man’s attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle.
Documentary filmmaker Les Blank captured the unfolding of this production, made more perilous .