"March of the Penguins" (G) This documentary, about the arduous journey undertaken by emperor penguins in Antarctica to their breeding grounds, was the summer's sleeper hit. French biologist-turned-filmmaker Luc Jacquet lived in Antarctica for 14 months in 1992 and became enthralled by the penguins. No review available.
Low-budget films, documentaries and foreign-language films are shown at 6 p.m. Thursdays and 7 p.m. Fridays at the UTEP Union Cinema on the first floor of the Union East Building on the UTEP campus. Tickets are $2; $1 for UTEP staff, faculty and students.
"Turtles Can Fly" Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antennae for Kurdistan villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. Eventually, he falls for Agrin but is disturbed by her brother Henkov, who was left armless after he stepped on a landmine and who can now seemingly predict the future. In Kurdish with English subtitles.
"Tarnation," starting Thursday. Part documentary, part narrative fiction, part home movie and part acid trip. A psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, old answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of '80s pop culture and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family travesty.
The cafe, 220 Cincinnati, shows art, independent and foreign-language films with English subtitles. The cafe does not charge admission for the showings but requests a minimum purchase of $4 a person from the coffee shop. Information: 544-5420.
"Voces Inocentes" ("Innocent Voices") 4 p.m. Saturday. Set in El Salvador during the country's 1980 civil war. A young boy must decide to join either the army or the guerrillas. Directed by Luis Mandoki (Mexico 2004).
The Mesilla Valley Film Society screens films at the historic theater in Mesilla. Screenings are at 7:30 nightly and 2:30 and 5 p.m. Sundays. $4-$6. Films free to Film Society members. Information: (505) 524-8287 or www. fountaintheatre.org.
Films are shown every hour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday, plus 6 and 7 p.m. showings Fridays and Saturdays, at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo. $6 during the day, $6.50 at night; discounts for military, senior citizens and children 12 and younger. Information: (887) 333-6589; www.spacefame.org .
"Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag" The film follows Capt. John Stratton in his F-15 Eagle as he participates in Red Flag's complex training. At the combat training exercise, the world's best pilots meet for the most challenging flying of their careers. As . Stratton fights through these dangerous exercises, he notices team members who were not in his childhood vision of heroism; the support team and others who are crucial to a successful mission and a safe return.
"Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" This science adventure will plunge audiences into the ocean 12,000 feet deep for an unprecedented experience of a vast and little-explored dimension of our planet.
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