Sergey (Tom Prior) is counting down the days to the end of his military service and starting his dream of becoming an actor. His best friend, Luisa (Diana Pozharskaya), the secretary to the base commander, is wary of his ambitions but remains supportive. Their relationship is turned on its head when a new fighter pilot, Roman…
Author: Jeff Schaefer
Wolf
Jacob (George MacKay) is a young man that, due to species dysmorphia, believes he is a wolf. His parents send him to a specialized institution to teach him how to behave as a human again. Once there, he forms a close bond with Wildcat (Lily-Rose Depp) as the two navigate through their treatment led by…
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
At the end of the 19th century, British cartoonist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch) rises in fame and popularity for his whimsical illustrations of cats. Despite the realization of his art by the public, his troubled past still haunts the whimsical illustrator, and his continued decline in mental stability – modernly looked at now as schizophrenia – becomes unbearable for the…
Prayers for the Stolen
In a small Mexican town, nestled in the mountains, the very real threat from drug cartels and human trafficking greatly impacts the lives of all people. Most immediate are the young girls that live in the town who wear boyish clothes, cut their hair short, and have designated areas to hide whenever someone from the cartels stops by their homes…
Old Henry
People often say that the greatest stories would never happen if the hero took a moment to say “nope, this is not my problem.” Old Henry shows us just how hard it can be to resist the temptation of getting involved. After Henry (Tim Blake Nelson) and his son, Wyatt (Galvin Lewis) take in Curry (Scott Haze),…
House of Gucci
In 1972, Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) marries Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) in a rags to riches fairytale wedding, but this story is not destined to end happily ever after. After the passing of Rodolfo Gucci (Jeremy Irons), who never looked kindly on Patriza’s humble beginnings, she pushes her soft-spoken husband to take control of the…
The Power of the Dog
Montana, 1925. Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his crew of cowboys come across a small town while on a job. Needing a place to eat and sleep for the night, they ride up to an inn run by mother and son Rose (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter Gordon (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Phil’s softer-spoken brother, George (Jesse Plemons),…
The Emigrants / The New Land
In an effort to make a better life for his family, Karl Oskar (Max von Sydow) has grand dreams of moving from Småland in Sweden to North America to create a large, bountiful, and profitable farm. His wife, Kristina (Liv Ullmann) is a little more hesitant to leave their family land, but ever faithful in both God and her…
King Richard
Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena Williams (Demi Singleton) are the top tennis players in the history of the sport. But before they became mavericks on the court and international icons, they started on the community courts of Compton under the carefully orchestrated tutelage of their father, Richard Williams (Will Smith). In King Richard, we follow the humble beginnings of these two tennis stars,…
The Marquee Topic 