Director Bong Joon Ho’s new film “Parasite” opens at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Nov. 22. Continuing to show are “Jojo Rabbit” and “Pain and Glory.”
The Park family is the picture of aspirational wealth, where the Kim family is only rich in street smarts. The two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity.
Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families.
But, when a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims’ newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks
“Parasite,” which is rating R for language, some violence and sexual content, will show through Dec. 5.
Director Taika Waititi’s new film, “Jojo Rabbit,” is also showing at the Ross.
Waititi (director of “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”) injects his signature mix of humor and pathos in “Jojo Rabbit,” a World War II satire. The story follows Jojo, a lonely German boy (played by Roman Griffin Davis), as his world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in the attic.
Aided by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism after the discovery.
“Jojo Rabbit” is rated PG-13 for mature thematic content, disturbing imagery, violence and language.
For “Pain and Glory,” writer/director Pedro Almodóvar draws on his own life, telling a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. In recovering his past, Mallo finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need, he also finds his salvation.
With writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable, Mallo struggles to fill the infinite void that creates the incapacity to keep on making films.
“Pain and Glory,” which is rated R for drug use, some graphic nudity and language, shows through Nov. 28.
For more information, including show times, call 402-472-5353 or visit the Ross website.
