Oxnard Film Society presents CASSANDRO, a comedy featuring Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal and other Monday Night Forum Film Series events on Dec. 4, 18

Our Film Series screens (usually) two films each month, on the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas in downtown Oxnard.

We will continue our mission of providing the best of world cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community and supporting local filmmakers.

Thanks and stay safe. George J. Sandoval, Executive Director

We’d like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming a 2023-24 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.

Screening November 20, 2023 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

CASSANDRO

2023 Mexico/USA 1hr 47minutes

Comedy/Drama Rated R

In Spanish and English w/ English subtitles

Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world, but also his own life.

Film Sponsor: Drs. Terry and Jesus Gonzalez

Screening December 4, 2023 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

ANATOMY OF A FALL

2023 France 2hr 32minutes

Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller Rated R

In French, English, German with English Subtitles

For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel’s suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect. What follows is not just an investigation into the circumstances of Samuel’s death but an unsettling psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel’s conflicted relationship.

Screening December 18, 2023 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

JOAN BAEZ I Am A Noise

2023 USA 1hr 49minutes

Documentary, Music, Biography

In English

Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and off stage — from her lifelong emotional struggles to her civil rights work with MLK and a heartbreaking romance with a young Bob Dylan. A searingly honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of an iconic artist who has never told the full truth of her life, as she experienced it, until now. ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY 5pm-6:30pm TBA