We’re not always ahead of the curve, but this year we were at least one day ahead of it. It was the Saturday before the Oscars and since our youngest son Will had seen every Best Picture nominee except for “Parasite,” we decided to watch this shall we say touching and moving story about a family that together works their way out of poverty at least for a minute.
No spoiler alerts here, but let’s just say that some families probably shouldn’t work together and that when the chips are down some family really have your back. Let us also say that Bong Joon Ho has written, directed and produced one of the most riveting films we’ve seen in years and has the four Oscars including Best Picture to prove it.
Marshall Artists Series Spring International Film Festival
As if on cue, usher in the 2020 Marshall Artists Series Spring International Film Festival that features “Parasite,” the South Korean masterpiece that became the first non-English language film in Oscar history to win the award for Best Picture and the first film from South Korea to be nominated for International Feature Film or the category’s previous name, Foreign Language Film. Angela Jones, who helps curate the films for the MAS film fests, saw “Parasite” last year in New York City and long before any Oscar buzz knew she had to present the film on the big screen at the historic Keith-Albee.Parasite shows at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 and at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7.
Take a Cinematic Trip Around the Globe
The Spring International Film Festival presented by Farrell, White & Legg, the festival also features films from Iceland, Germany, Spain, South Korea, Vietnam and USA/China.
The German film “Styx” shows at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5 and at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 8.
Recent Academy Award Nominee, “Pain and Glory” (Spain), shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5 and at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7.
The Vietnamese drama “The Third Wife,” shows at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 and at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 8.
Premiering at Sundance in 2019, “One Child Nation,” a Chinese documentary screens at 11 a.m. Friday, March 6 and at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7.
The Iceland film “Woman at War,” screens at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 8.
Tickets for the Spring International Film Festival are $10 per film and free to full-time Marshall students with a valid student ID. Get tickets at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center, 15 minutes prior to each film. For more information call 304-696-6656. To view movie trailers and to download film schedule visit www.marshallartistsseries.org
The Marshall Artists Series 2020 Spring International Film Festival is also sponsored by The Cabell Huntington Convention & Visitors Bureau, iHeart Radio, WSAZ, The Herald Dispatch, and Marshall University.
