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Saturday Matinee: Hard To Be A God
Source: Kanopy
When legendary Russian auteur Aleksei German died in 2013, he left behind this extraordinary final film, a phantasmagoric adaptation of the revered sci-fi novel by the Strugatsky brothers (authors of the source novel for Tarkovsky’s Stalker). Hard to be a God began percolating in German’s consciousness in the mid-1960s, and would actively consume him for the last 15 years of his life.
He brought the film close enough to completion for his wife and son to apply the finishing touches immediately after his passing. Taking place on the planet Arkanar, which is in the midst of its own Middle Ages, the film focuses on Don Rumata (Leonid Yarmolnik), one of a group of Earth scientists who have been sent to Arkanar with the proviso that they must not interfere in the planet’s political or historical development. Treated by the planet’s natives as a kind of divinity, Don Rumata is both godlike and impotent in the face of its chaos and brutality.
Running Time
179 mins
Year
2013
Kanopy ID
1173813
Filmmakers
Aleksei Yuryevich German
Features
Dmitriy Vladimirov, Laura Lauri, Leonid Yarmolnik
Languages
Russian
Watch the full film here.
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Saturday Matinee: Hotel Artemis
As rioting rocks Los Angeles in the year 2028, disgruntled thieves make their way to Hotel Artemis — a 13-story, members-only hospital for criminals. It’s operated by the Nurse, a no-nonsense, high-tech healer who already has her hands full with a French assassin, an arms dealer and an injured cop. As the violence of the night continues, the Nurse must decide whether to break her own rules and confront what she’s worked so hard to avoid.
Directed by Drew Pearce and featuring Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Dave Bautista, and Zachary Quinto.
Watch on Hoopla here: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12229224
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Saturday Matinee: Julian Assange, a Modern Day Hero? Inside the World of WikiLeaks
A 3 hour version of the unbiased and informative 2011 documentary about persecuted journalist and activist Julian Assange. Also features Daniel Ellsberg.
Watch the full film here.
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Saturday Matinee: Mediastan
A small group of Wikileaks journalists make their way through Central Asia interviewing newspaper editors. Their real goal: to find local media outlets to publish secret US diplomatic cables. This intelligent, guerrilla-style doc follows their fascinating journey from Afghanistan to Manhattan, through the boundaries of free speech and the minds of those who shape our understanding of the world.
After the Crash 