Two Screenings – 3:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

“A fascinating and loving documentary about the 1950s Greek-American opera sensation.” – Adam Graham, Detroit News

February 25 MARIA BY CALLAS

2018 USA 1hr 35min Documentary PG

In English

Tom Volf’s MARIA BY CALLAS is the first film to tell the life story of the legendary Greek/American opera singer completely in her own words. Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs-nearly all of which have never been shown to the public-the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time. Assembling the material for the film took director Volf four years of painstaking research, which included personal outreach to dozens of Callas’s closest friends and associates, who allowed him to share their personal memorabilia in the film. When recordings of Callas’s voice aren’t available, Joyce DiDonato, one of contemporary opera’s biggest stars, reads her words.

Fresh and Fabulous is open until 6:30pm for Film Society patrons.

SCREENING – PLAZA CINEMAS 14, 255 WEST 5TH STREET, OXNARD, CA 93030

“You can’t take your eyes off Glenn Close. Her tour-de-force as a long-suffering spouse who hits her breaking point might just get her the Oscar that has unfairly eluded her so far.” –Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

March 4 THE WIFE

2018 UK 1hr 39min Drama

Rated R (for language and some sexual content)

In English

After nearly forty years of marriage, JOAN and JOE CASTLEMAN (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man’s Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe’s literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950. THE WIFE interweaves the story of the couple’s youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later–a lifetime’s shared compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love.

Coming in March & April

March 18 – COLD WAR (Zimna wojna) – Poland

April 1 – NEVER LOOK AWAY – Germany

April 15 – WOMAN AT WAR (Kona fer í stríð) – Iceland

April 29 – RAFIKI – Kenya

George J. Sandoval, Executive Director