Jaw-dropping, sumptuous visuals and some of the oddest creatures ever seen. —Variety

This stunningly photographed, emotion-filled nature film about the last great frontier on earth features amazing aquatic scenes, from underwater volcanoes in the Mariana Trench to belly-flopping Emperor penguins. (Alastair Fothergill & Andy Byatt, 2003, 83 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

An unusually deep exploration of sports, machismo and the competitive spirit —The New York Times

Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, Murderball is a film about tough, highly competitive quadriplegic wheelchair rugby players. A multiple award winner at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. (Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro, 2005, 85 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

Ingeniously crafted, smoothly made and well-acted —Washington Post

Part exhilarating political thriller and part gripping psychological drama, Walk on Water attempts to understand the role that is still played by the past in the lives of Israeli and German young people. From Israel. (Eytan Fox, 2004, 104 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

Marvelous, psychologically unnerving... electrifying —Entertainment Weekly

This Argentinean film intimately explores the burgeoning sexuality and religious fervor of two teenage girls in Lucrecia Martel’s charged and dreamlike follow-up to her widely praised La Ciénaga. (2004, 106 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

Intoxicating powers of visual imagination —Baltimore Sun

Howl’s Moving Castle is an amazing animated adventure by brilliant Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) that celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit, as a fiesty teenage girl must battle the evil Witch of the Waste. The film features the voices of Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall and Billy Crystal. (2004, 119 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB Students Free with Valid ID

A deeply engaging portrait of a remarkable man —Chicago Reader

This hard-hitting film about the Rwandan genocide focuses on the struggles of UN peace-keeper General Roméo Dallaire, both during the tragic events of the 1990s and after his return to Canada. (Peter Raymont, 2004, 91 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

A documentary about South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission followed by a moderated audience conversation. (Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann, 2000, 94 min.)

Free event

Seduction, obsession, deception and disillusionment —Philadelphia Inquirer

A fierce friendship blossoms between two teenage girls alienated from their dysfunctional English families in this vibrant hothouse of a film sparked by riveting performances by newcomers Nathalie Press and Emily Blunt. (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2004, 87 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

A fine film, full of small epiphanies —Wall Street Journal

The World casts a compassionate eye on the loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China’s remote provinces who come to work at Beijing’s World Park. (Jia Zhangke, 2004, 139 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

Inspired by the Thomas Merton poem, this eye-opening meditation on the human cost of nuclear weapons, focusing on the devistation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is comprised of declassified government films, interviews, photographs, drawings and animation by Emily Hubley. Executive producer Mary Becker will participate in a Q&A after the screening. (Carey Schonegevel, 2004, 57 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

Presented in association with the UCSB Center for Film, Television & New Media and the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life

A product of Santa Barbara’s Flying A Studios, Purity was a huge popular hit, starring Audrey Munson, model for numerous Beaux-Arts sculptors. Once thought to be lost, a print was recently discovered in France. The screening will be accompanied by Michael Mortilla on piano. Introduced by Dana Driskell, UCSB Department of Film Studies. (Rea Berger, 1916, 80 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

Sensitive and stimulating —Village Voice

An enthralling look at the beautiful work of Scottish landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, who creates ephemeral art from wood, leaves, stone and ice. A&L’s most requested film is back by popular demand in a sparkling new 35-mm print. (Thomas Riedelsheimer, 2002, 90 min.)

General public $6 / UCSB students $5