Kinds of Kindness

Robert (Jesse Plemons) eagerly follows every order from his boss, Raymond (Willem Dafoe), until Raymond asks Robert to crash his car into a man referred to only as R.M.F. (Yorgos Stefanakos), killing him.  Daniel’s (also Jesse Plemons) wife, Liz (Emma Stone) has been missing and presumed dead on a research trip to a remote island. …

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1

The San Pedro Valley is the land of opportunity for many in the East looking to start a new life in the vast West at the Horizon Settlement.  The land, however, is on the Apache hunting grounds and they defend the acreage from encroachment by the expansionists.  Nearby, the US Army has set up a…

A Quiet Place: Day One

Home to over 8 million people, New York City is a loud place.  When aliens with receptors that are hypersensitive to sound crash land in Manhattan, the bustling city quiets down to a whisper because any noise makes one the next target for attack.  Through the quiet destruction, Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) and her cat, Frodo,…

A Prince

Pierre-Joseph (Antoine Pirotte, voiced by Grégory Gadebois), a horticulture apprentice. Alberto (Vincent Barré, voiced by Mathieu Amalric), the master gardener. Adrien (Pierre Barray), the land owner.  Françoise (Manon Schaap, voiced by Françoise Lebrun), his wife.  Moïse (Bruno Martin), their first son, a hunter.  Kutta (Chiman Dangi), their second son, an Indian prince.  Together, they make…

Ghostlight

Dan (Keith Kupferer) is at his wit’s end.  His daughter, Daisy (Katherine Mallen Kupferer) is on the verge of expulsion from school, and his marriage to Sharron (Tara Mallen) is under incredible financial strain as they navigate the legal tangle in the wake of their son’s death.  When he is placed on disciplinary leave at…

The Bikeriders

Across the 1960s, men began to gather to commiserate about their lives, bonding over games of pool, rounds of beer, and rides on their motorcycles.  One such crew in Chicago forms around Johnny (Tom Hardy), The Vandals.  News about this new club spreads to the surrounding states and the camaraderie shared becomes the envy of…

Sometimes I Think About Dying

Fran (Daisy Ridley) wakes up every morning, commutes to the office where she sits at her desk, surrounded by chit-chat that she does not engage with, orders office supplies, and goes home to prepare to do it all over tomorrow.  The highlight of her day is when her mind begins to wander and she daydreams…

Firebrand

Returning early from his campaign in France, King Henry VIII (Jude Law) took back control of the throne from his wife, Katherine Parr (Alicia Vikander), the queen regent who led the kingdom in her husband’s absence.  Furious that a wound on his leg has begun to fester and makes him appear weak in front of…

Tuesday

Tuesday (Lola Petticrew) is a teenage girl diagnosed with cancer and spends her days at home or in the garden with her nurse, Billie (Leah Harvey).  Her mother, Zora (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), spends most of the day out of the house and spends punishingly little time with her daughter because she cannot bear to see her…