October 16, 2019
HERBLOCK: THE BLACK AND THE WHITE
DescriptionBiosDescription A fascinating look at Herbert L. Block, known to millions by his pen name “Herblock,” a man summarized by journalist Ted Koppel as “the most feared editorial cartoonist-journalist in the country” for his 55-year career at the Washington Post. Fellow journalists like Tom Brokaw appear in the film to offer insights on how Herb...
October 16, 2019
HELI
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Heli lives in a tiny house on the Mexican plain. His life involves taking care of his young wife and sister and trying to do right by working an honest job at a factory. His younger sister is only 12 years old and has an older boyfriend who has just joined the army. A...
October 16, 2019
HER
DescriptionBiosDescription From the singular perspective of Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Spike Jonze (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH) comes HER, an original love story that explores the evolving nature – and the risks – of intimacy in the modern world. Set in Los Angeles in the near future, the film follows Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a complex, soulful man who makes his...
October 16, 2019
HARMONY LESSONS (UROKI GARMONII)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription With his stunningly accomplished debut feature, Kazakh writer, director and editor Emir Baigazin firmly announces himself as a filmmaker of tremendous power and lyricism. In its very first images, Baigazin establishes a gripping hypnotic rhythm as 13-year old Aslan silently chases after a sheep. This playful sequence gives way to icy reality as he...
October 16, 2019
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Nigerian-born British playwright Biyi Bandele translates Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's powerful prize-winning novel of the same name into an emotional drama that gives voice to personal stories of the indignities and atrocities suffered during the Nigerian Civil War. Set in the late ’60s, the film’s main characters, Olanna (Thandie Newton), her sister Kainene (Anika Noni...
October 16, 2019
THE GREEN INFERNO
DescriptionBiosDescription Seeking to make a difference in the world, a group of college students sets out for the Amazon jungle to undertake an act of environmental protest. They are scared of being labeled eco-terrorists but when their trip goes awry and the students fall into the hands of a cannibalistic native tribe, they soon discover...
October 16, 2019
THE GREAT BEAUTY (LA GRANDE BELLEZZA)
DescriptionBiosDescription At the age of 65, after years of being content to entertain the masses as the host of a parade of endless conga line and cocktail-fueled rooftop terrace extravaganzas frequented by Rome’s upper class – aristocrats, nobles, politicians, celebrities, artists and intellectuals – Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo) begins to contemplate his own mortality when...
October 16, 2019
GABRIELLE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Gabrielle (winningly played by upbeat first-timer Gabrielle Marion-Rivard) is a 22-year-old woman with Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder that often slows cognitive skills while increasing outgoingness and musical talent. She sings in a Montreal choir for other disabled adults, where she’s met and fallen in love with the dashingly handsome Martin. The bliss of...
October 16, 2019
GLORIA
DescriptionBiosDescription Director Sebastián Lelio’s fourth feature film is an intimate portrait of social life in contemporary Chile as seen through the character study of a unique woman who seizes control of her own reality and achieves self-reliance with dignity and elegance. Gloria Cumplido is the woman – a confident, divorced mother of two in her...
October 16, 2019
GRAND CENTRAL
DescriptionBiosDescription Anything can go wrong at the nuclear power plant where Gary Manda (portrayed by the boyish Tahar Rahim) is recruited as a low-level worker – each day is a perilous struggle against the “colorless, odorless, invisible dose” of radiation. Gary is quickly adopted into the motley community of workers who must daily entrust each...
