October 16, 2019
ABOUT ELLY (DARBAREYE ELLY)
DescriptionDescription This tout, involving drama, centered around the mysterious disappearance of a young woman, confirms director Asghar Farhadi as a major talent, with on unrivaled ability to chronicle the malaise of middle-class Iranian society Working in a highly controlled film industry that hos progressively shut down the most innovative directors over the post three years,...
October 16, 2019
1980: THE RED RIDING TRILOGY PART 2
DescriptionDescription This harrowing serpentine, five-hour tale of crime, revenge and ultimate redemption was adapted by Tony Grisoni (FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS) from British writer David Peace's acclaimed series of crime novels about the true-life sexual murders committed by the Yorkshire Ripper in the 1970s and 80s. In the first film, directed by Julian...
October 16, 2019
1974: THE RED RIDING TRILOGY PART 1
DescriptionDescription This harrowing serpentine, five-hour tale of crime, revenge and ultimate redemption was adapted by Tony Grisoni (FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS) from British writer David Peace's acclaimed series of crime novels about the true-life sexual murders committed by the Yorkshire Ripper in the 1970s and 80s. In the first film, directed by Julian...
October 16, 2019
WORLDS APART
DescriptionDescription The Danish contender for the Best Foreign-language Film Academy Award, WORLDS APART is director Niels Arden Oplev's follow-up film to the acclaimed WE SHALL OVERCOME. Based on a newspaper story Oplev read about a girl expelled from the Jehovah's Witnesses, the film tells the story of Sara, a pretty, sheltered 17-year-old girl who, with...
October 16, 2019
THE WRESTLER
DescriptionDescription Back in the late '80s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler Now, 20 years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of die-hard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey. Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any...
October 16, 2019
WITCH HUNT
DescriptionDescription Dana Nachman and Don Hardy's documentary film, narrated and executive produced by Sean Penn and featuring music from Pearl Jam, chronicles the unraveling of a small town's justice system. The subjects, working -class moms and dads , all were wrongly convicted of child molestation in the early 1980s in Bakersfield, Calif, where the Kern...
October 16, 2019
WOMANS’ WORK
DescriptionDescription A mild-mannered housewife accidentally discovers her superpowers, but can she get this hero stuff right?
October 16, 2019
THE WORLD WE WANT
DescriptionDescription Patrick Davidson 's empowering documentary follows a group of self-motivated teenagers from a brood spectrum of countries who come together to strive for societal betterment. In the film, eight teams compete in Project Citizen, an international program in which teams of teens present game plans for community improvement in their home cities. An array...
October 16, 2019
WELLNESS
DescriptionDescription Film and literature are filled with charming charlatans-suave frauds who take our money, yes, but also steal our hearts. This oxymoronic breed is nowhere to be found in writer-director Jake Mahaffy's devastating drama WELLNESS, which instead presents a starkly prosaic take on the modern confidence man. In the story of the erstwhile salesman Thomas...
