October 16, 2019
KID-THING
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Childhood is a stage of life that has long fascinated filmmakers. From THE 400 BLOWS to HOME ALONE, directors have explored youth with their own signature style. In their second feature film, writer-director David Zellner and his brother Nathan, the film’s co-star, producer and cinematographer, take us down the rabbit hole of the messy,...
October 16, 2019
IZZY & SALVADOR
DescriptionDescription A tale of two cats on the road , honest and moving in its depiction of love.
October 16, 2019
JOHN DIES AT THE END
DescriptionBiosDescription From the novel by David Wong comes this instant cult favorite that has been thrilling audiences at festivals around the world. John and Dave are problem solvers – and it’s all thanks to drugs. After taking “Soy Sauce,” the two are able to see formerly-hidden monsters and demons that have invaded our dimension. Like...
October 16, 2019
IT’S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY
DescriptionDescription Bill finds himself in a hospital, struggling with memory problems in this third and final chapter of Don Hertzfeldt's EVERYTHING WILL BE OK trilogy.
October 16, 2019
THE INTERNATIONAL SIGN FOR CHOKING
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription THE INTERNATIONAL SIGN FOR CHOKING is an innovative, multilayered film that follows Josh, a commissioned filmmaker in Argentina, in search of so much more than a video subject. He rents a room in a familiar boarding house and quickly sets up his equipment to work. Although the pressure is high from his funders, Josh...
October 16, 2019
IN THE FOG
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Adapted from the novel by Vasili Bykov, recent Palme d’Or nominee IN THE FOG is director Sergei Loznitsa’s sobering meditation on the complicated moral decisions faced by both soldiers and citizens during wartime. Set in Nazi-occupied Belarus, Loznitsa’s film begins with the hanging of three villagers for conspiring against their German oppressors. Later that...
October 16, 2019
THE IMPOSSIBLE
DescriptionBiosDescription Henry (Ewan McGregor) and Maria (Naomi Watts) have taken their three young sons to Thailand to spend Christmas 2004 at an idyllic beachfront resort. The family is playing outside by the pool when a tsunami hits the shore, laying waste to everything in its path. Spanish director Juan Antonia Bayona utilizes 3D sound technology...
October 16, 2019
THE HUNT (JAGTEN)
DescriptionBiosDescription Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Prize at Cannes this year for this performance. Thomas Vinterberg revives themes he has explored – the sanctity of childhood, family and community. As always, he challenges his characters with dark secrets. THE HUNT is about the witch-hunt that ensues when Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen), a daycare worker, is...
October 16, 2019
IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
DescriptionBiosDescription Each time Isabelle Huppert’s Anne returns to the seaside town of Mohan she is a different woman; a new character in a completely different story. Hong Sang-soo gives us a trio of stories, each with its own very different interpretation of “Anne.” Each Anne has a history that complicates the relationship between her character...
