October 16, 2019
FAMILY ATTRACTION
DescriptionDescription The last "nuclear family" in America is an endangered species, held in captivity at The National Zoo.
October 16, 2019
FIRE-EATER
DescriptionDescription Twin girls, abandoned by their mother, are raised by their grandmother who calls them Vladimir and llyich after her hero Lenin. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and her Communist teaching ends with her sudden death, and at the age of eight the girls find themselves in an orphanage. There they create...
October 16, 2019
FREE ENTERPRISE
DescriptionDescription SWINGERS and DINER meet MY FAVORITE YEAR in this quirky romantic comedy about two lifelong film fanatics struggling with turning 30 who meet their idol, William Shatner, and discover he's even more screwed up than they are. Wrestling with the mutual dilemmas of work and women, they realize Shatner is no "Captain Kirk''. .....
October 16, 2019
FUR
DescriptionDescription Guided by the forces of the Coney Island freak show, young Rose stiches her grisly fabric of freedom.
October 16, 2019
LATE LAST NIGHT
DescriptionDescription One of the brightest dark comedies to emerge this year, LATE LAST NIGHT is that rare mix of sharp wit and quirky charm wrapped around an infernal all-night bender worthy of Dante -Scorsese's AFTER HOURS re-imagined for L.A. When Dan breaks up with his wife Jill he gets thrown out of his own house...
October 16, 2019
LEFT LUGGAGE
DescriptionDescription Set in Antwerp, Belgium, in the early 70's Chaja, a young philosophy student, supports herself doing odd jobs while attending University. She has a complex relationship with her parents, both survivers of the concentration camps. Her mother denies the past completely and her father spends his time searching for two suitcases he buried before...
October 16, 2019
DETENTION
DescriptionDescription A seemingly stable and thoughtful teacher who hasn't been in a classroom in 25 years is called back as substitute teacher in a suburban high school. Having been in high school himself 30 years prior, it couldn't have changed that much. Or so he thinks. What he isn't ready for is the surreal world...
October 16, 2019
DOWN IN THE DELTA
DescriptionDescription Maya Angelou's feature-length directing debut opens in Chicago where Loretta, played by three-time Emmy Award winner Alfre Woodard, lives with her mother and two children. Unskilled and unable to make a living, Loretta falls into an alcohol-fueled tailspin. Loretta's mother, determined to pull her daughter and grandchildren out of harm's way, executes a risky...
October 16, 2019
THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS
DescriptionDescription A raw, clear-eyed melodrama about two young women and the fragile friendship they form. When 20-year old homeless backpacker Isa buoyantly enters the emotionally cool world of Marie, the two become reluctant friends, and Isa eventually moves into Marie's apartment as they begin to share more and more of their lives. As Marie involves...
October 16, 2019
THE LAST CONTRACT
DescriptionDescription In February of 1986, the controversial Swedish Prime Minster Olaf Palme was gunned down in downtown Stockholm. This taut and compelling thriller in the vein of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL follows Roger Nyman, a young police officer who is tracking a man wanted by Interpol for the murder of a black South African...
