October 16, 2019
SOLLERS POINT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Keith is out on probation and living in his father’s house in a working-class Baltimore neighborhood. He’s resolved to set his life right, but old ties from the past keep pulling him dangerously back toward an existence of hustling and crime. As Keith navigates a tense living arrangement with his dad (played by Jim...
October 16, 2019
A SKIN SO SOFT (TA PEAU SI LISSE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Québécois director Denis Côté, who so deftly travels between documentary and narrative filmmaking, is one of the most powerful voices emerging from the contemporary Canadian film scene. His latest film, focusing on a group of French Canadian bodybuilders, follows the men as they go about their days, cavorting and even encountering tragedies, all while...
October 16, 2019
SILICA
DescriptionBiosDescription Array Bios Pia Borg was recently named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film in Filmmaker Magazine. In 2017, her work was featured in the Maltese Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2014 Locarno Film Festival Pardino d'Oro for best international short for...
October 16, 2019
SHORT CUTS
DescriptionBiosDescription In his last Los Angeles-set film, Robert Altman adapts the work of author Raymond Carver in what is widely seen as the best cinematic treatment of Carver’s writing to date. Based on nine short stories and one poem by Carver, SHORT CUTS presents 22 characters in various states of ennui and crisis. Swapping Carver’s...
October 16, 2019
SHINAAB
BiosBios Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr., is a writer, director and producer whose most recent short film, SHINAAB, played at the Sundance and Toronto International film festivals. He has received numerous grants and awards through the Sundance Institute, Time Warner Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board.
October 16, 2019
THE SHAPE OF WATER
DescriptionBiosDescription The luminous Sally Hawkins stars as Eliza Esposito, a mute cleaning lady living in a nondescript coastal city ensconced in 1950s Cold War paranoia. Her work at a government lab brings her into contact with an unusual government asset, a mysterious Amphibian Man. When Eliza forms a bond with the soulful creature, her need...
October 16, 2019
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME
DescriptionBiosContactDescription The full life of legendary singer, dancer, comic, actor and all-around entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., takes center stage in this documentary about the ups and downs of his life and career. Already performing at the age of three, Davis blazed trails as one of the first black performers to break into the white entertainment...
October 16, 2019
A SEASON IN FRANCE (UNE SAISON EN FRANCE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Abbas (Eriq Ebouaney) is living the life of many migrant workers. Formerly a scholar in his home country of the Central African Republic, he now crates produce for a vendor in Paris, trying to make ends meet so that his children can have a stable life away from the civil war violence that left...
October 16, 2019
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
DescriptionBiosDescription Robert Altman ended his astonishing career of 39 features with this wistful comedy based on the characters of Garrison Keillor’s eponymous radio show. Referencing classic backstage musicals, and set on the evening of the show’s final bow, the plot follows a group of performers trying to save their program (including Kevin Kline and Meryl...
