Bottoms

PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri) are two of the most un-cool girls in their senior class.  As such, they do not have a shot with either of their cool-girl crushes, Brittany (Kaia Gerber) and Isabel (Havana Rose Liu).  In an elaborate ploy to even be noticed by them, PJ and Josie go along…

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle (Max Pelayo) is a quiet and reserved teenager growing up in El Paso, TX in the early 80s.  Wasting his summer away at the edge of a pool that he does not know how to swim in, he meets Dante (Reese Gonzales), an excitable and free spirit who slowly coaxes Ari out of his…

Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game

Roger Sharpe (Mike Faist) is an aspiring writer and pinball enthusiast, though when he discovers that his favorite arcade pastime is illegal in New York and many other large metropolitan states, he sets out to change the public opinion on the game.  An antiquated law classifies it as a game of chance designed by the…

The Blue Caftan

Halim (Saleh Bakri) is a master tailor who runs a traditional caftan store in Salé, Morocco with his wife, Mina (Lubna Azabal).  Business is strong, even with the rise of machine-sewn garments, there is still a large demand for the custom, hand-sewn work of Halim.  To keep from falling behind on orders, they hire Youssef…

Golda

At the conclusion of the Yom Kippur War, Golda Meir (Helen Mirren), the prime minister of Israel, testified before the Agranat Commission to explain why the country was caught by a surprise attack from Egypt at the start of the conflict.  The Arab Coalition waged their opening gambit on October 6, 1973, at the Suez…

Alcarràs

Three generations of Solé have worked at a prosperous peach orchard, but when the landowner dies and the land passes to his son, the gentlemen’s agreement made between Rogelio Solé (Josep Abad) and the recently deceased head of the Pinyol family is dissolved.  Quimet Solé (Jordi Pujol Dolcet) and his son Roger (Albert Bosch) are…

The Hill

Growing up, Ricky Hill (Jesse Berry) wanted only one thing: to play baseball. Playing, however, is strictly forbidden by his pastor father (Dennis Quaid), even after the boy no longer needs braces on his legs to walk. Eventually, Ricky convinces his father that he is honoring God by playing baseball, and when he grows up…

Gran Turismo

Before Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe) made a name for himself in Formula One racing, he was a gamer who logged countless hours on the racing simulator Gran Turismo.  He made the jump from gaming chair to the driver’s seat as part of a hair-brained marketing campaign for Nissan spearheaded by Danny Moore (Orlando Bloom) who…

Landscape with Invisible Hand

It only took a few years after the Vuvv made contact with Earth before they took dominion over the human population.  While the rich were welcomed to the hovering cities to serve the Vuvv, the lower class was left back on Earth.  The Campbell Family is one such who have been left behind, but Beth…