September 26, 2023
AMERICAN FICTION
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Cord Jefferson, moderated by Robert Townsend. Acclaimed television writer Cord Jefferson (SUCCESSION, WATCHMEN) makes a triumphant leap to the big screen with his directorial debut, a whip-smart, wickedly funny and stealthily thought-provoking satire which won the People's Choice Award at this year's Toronto International Film...
September 26, 2023
SLY
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Thom Zimny, producer Sean Stuart and executive producer Braden Aftergood. Sylvester Stallone looks back at his life and career in this intimate and surprising documentary directed by Thom Zimny. World famous as the face of the ROCKY, RAMBO and EXPENDABLES franchises, this Oscar®-nominated actor/writer/director/producer started...
September 26, 2023
QUIZ LADY
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening introduced by director Jessica Yu Humdrum homebody Annie (Awkwafina) loves only two things, her pug Mr. Linguini and her favorite game show, CAN’T STOP THE QUIZ. In fact, she’s never missed an episode, turning into a trivia savant over the years. But when her gambling addicted mother absconds to Macau, a vengeful bookie...
September 26, 2023
FINGERNAILS
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Christos Nikou. Greek director Christos Nikou (APPLES, AFI FEST 2020) makes a bold English-language debut with this charming lo-fi sci-fi about the clash between our over-reliance on technology and the primal drive to find true love. Anna (Academy Award® nominee Jessie Buckley, WOMEN TALKING, AFI FEST 2022) and her partner Ryan...
September 26, 2023
ALBERT BROOKS: DEFENDING MY LIFE
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their high school drama club. Brooks began his comedy career while still a teenager, and was soon booking spots on THE TONIGHT SHOW and virtually every other variety program on the...
September 26, 2023
MEMORY
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Michel Franco and actor Peter Sarsgaard. Thirteen years sober, Sylvia (Academy Award® winner Jessica Chastain) has worked hard to create a stable life for herself and her teenage daughter. She regularly attends her AA meetings and is dedicated to her job at an adult daycare...
September 26, 2023
FREUD’S LAST SESSION
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Matt Brown. London, 1939. On the eve of the Second World War, the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins), hosts Oxford don and committed Christian C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) at his Hampstead home. Lewis, who would later author “The Chronicles of Narnia,” had recently written a minor fantasy...
September 26, 2023
ALL OF US STRANGERS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Andrew Haigh. One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between the pair, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds...
September 26, 2023
MAESTRO
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription MAESTRO is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan). A love letter to life and art, MAESTRO at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love. The film reunites Cooper with Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Matthew Libatique (AFI...
September 26, 2023
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription World Premiere In this apocalyptic thriller from award-winning writer and director Sam Esmail (MR. ROBOT), Amanda (Julia Roberts) and her husband Clay (Ethan Hawke), rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers — G.H. (Mahershala Ali) and...
