This edition: The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Episode Details
(1990/Finland, 70 min., color, comedy) Dir.: Aki Kaurismaki. Cast: Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari. Dark, feminist comedy of murder and revenge distinguished by Kaurismaki's trademark style of dry wit and laconic visuals. Iris, a young factory worker in modern-day Finland, is left pregnant after a one-night stand and is cruelly scorned by her family and one-time lover. In Finnish with English subtitles. Discussion follows film with Phillip Lopate, critic and essayist.
Guest List
Prof. Jerry Carlson Professor of Film Studies, City College of New York/CUNY
Phillip Lopate Film Critic
- La Chienne (1931)
- Saturday, January 19 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, January 20 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, January 26 - 12:00am
- "Boudu Saved from Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux)" (1932)
- Saturday, January 26 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, January 27 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, February 2 - 12:00am
- "The Lower Depths (Les bas-fonds)" (1936)
- Saturday, February 2 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, February 3 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, February 9 - 12:00am
- "La Bete Humaine (The Human Beast)" (1938)
- Saturday, February 9 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, February 10 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, February 16 - 12:00am
- "The Rules of Game (La règle du jeu)" (1939)
- Saturday, February 16 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, February 17 - 9:00pm
- The Hitch-Hiker
- Saturday, January 12 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, January 13 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, January 19 - 12:00am
- Kansas City Confidential
- Saturday, January 5 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, January 6 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, January 12 - 12:00am
- D.O.A.
- Saturday, December 29 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, December 30 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, January 5 - 12:00am
- He Walked By Night
- Saturday, December 22 - 9:00pm
- Sunday, December 23 - 9:00pm
- Saturday, December 29 - 12:00am
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- Saturday, December 22 - 12:00am
