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.
October 16, 2019
SUMMER IN BERLIN
DescriptionDescription There is an artistry to the narrative vision of Andreas Dresen's (GRILL POINT, NIGHT SHAPES) films that enable him to infuse his simple morality tales with a breadth of sensibility and understanding, turning them into something so much more. SUMMER IN BERLIN captures a short period in the lives of two women, best friends...
October 16, 2019
SPL
DescriptionDescription International action stars Donnie Yen and Somma Hung hove come together to make one of the most visually intense and psychologically tricky police thrillers to come along in recent years. In SPL, themes of vengeance and justice play out over a sumptuous op of neon lights and urban sprawl in a story told with...
October 16, 2019
STORIES OF DISENCHANTMENT (HISTORIAS DEL DESENCANTO)
DescriptionDescription Demons and schoolgirls collide in this outrageous and innovative phantasmagoria from director Alejandro Valle. Using (GI and live action, this film tells the story of two children who stumble into a world filled with demons and drugs that doesn't resemble anything ever seen before on screen. Ximena leads her young friend Diego into a...
October 16, 2019
SOPHIE SCHOLL: DIE LETZTEN TAGE
DescriptionDescription The true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine, SOPHIE SCHOLL-THE FINAL DAYS has already received numerous awards worldwide, including three Lolas (the German equivalent of the Academy Award®), two Silver Bears for Best Director and Best Actress at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival, and has been named Germany's official Oscar® submission. Julia...
October 16, 2019
SORRY, HATERS
DescriptionDescription Robin Wright Penn is mesmerizing in Jeff Stanzler's socio-political, psychological thriller SORRY, HATERS. Set in New York City and, like many great New York films, it all begins with a cab ride. Ashade (Abdellatif Kechiche), a Muslim cab driver, picks up Phoebe (Robin Wright Penn), a well-to-do professional woman. Although Ashade and Phoebe have...
