October 16, 2019
TRANSAMERICA
DescriptionDescription The terrific performances of Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers work in synch to maximize the impact of this profoundly resonant film. Living in Los Angeles, Bree (Felicity Huffman in an Oscar-worthy performance, of a conservative transsexual woman saving money for her final sexual reassignment surgery. Out of the blue, she gets a phone call...
October 16, 2019
TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY
DescriptionDescription Michael Winterbottom (24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, 9 SONGS, IN THIS WORLD) has turned his sights on classic literature with this irreverent take on Laurence Sterne's raucous The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Witerbottom intercuts adeptly from the costumed world of the film - powdered wigs and battle scenes - that comprise the...
October 16, 2019
THROUGH THE FIRE
DescriptionDescription A basketball journey that rivals the heart of the fictional film 8 MILE, THROUGH THE FIRE follows the most publicized high school athlete to come out of New York City's public schools in recent memory - Sebastian Telfair. Eighteen years of living in the projects of Coney Island has taken its toll on Sebastian...
October 16, 2019
TOWER OF BABEL
DescriptionDescription Miller, the modern-day King of Babel, has built a tower of corporate success. Through wealth and power he's challenging the gods. But, in the process, he's lost his ability to commune with the rest of us.
October 16, 2019
TATTOOED (TATUADO)
DescriptionDescription Director Eduardo Raspo's (GEISHA) new film is filled with potent observations about lingering memories and unspoken mysteries between father and son, and the longing for the woman who left them behind. Seventeen-year-old Paco, a boy on the brink of adulthood, struggles to accept the remarriage of his sweet but ineffectual father, and the newborn...
October 16, 2019
TBILISI-TBILISI
DescriptionDescription A selection from Cannes' prestigious Directors Fortnight, writer/director/film professor Levan Zakareishvili's second film is a powerful, personal work, which turns an unforgiving narrative eye on the harsh realities of life on the streets of his native Tbilisi. Among those struggling to survive is Dato, a hungry young filmmaker fleshing out ideas for his next...
October 16, 2019
THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA
DescriptionDescription In a stunning directorial debut, actor Tommy Lee Jones also stars in THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA, an exquisitely crafted Western realist myth written by Guillermo Arriaga (AMORES PERROS, 21 GRAMS), who won on award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival for his screenplay. Jones ploys Lee Perkins, a fiercely independent Texas ranch...
October 16, 2019
SUNFLOWER (XIANGRIKUI)
DescriptionDescription Riding the new wave of Chinese cinema, Zhang Yang's (QUITTING, SHOWER) latest film is an ode to change and an engaging analysis of the importance of the family as social unit in Chinese culture. SUNFLOWER centers on the hardship and conflicts of a father/son relationship. It is 1976 and the death of Chairman Mao...
October 16, 2019
SWIMMERS
DescriptionDescription Financial pressures and simmering tensions threaten to overwhelm a family struggling to cope with life's unexpected storms. Wide·eyed newcomer Tara Devon Gallagher anchors a sterling cast in this powerful drama from writer/director Doug Sadler. When a health crisis sidelines an 11-year-old swimmer, her family struggles to find money for her medical care. In the...
October 16, 2019
STRESSLESS
DescriptionDescription Young, mature and single? Living alone with your dog? Lulu tells you how to handle emotional stress when just divorced.
