Edward (Sebastian Stan) is, like many in NYC, struggling to break into show business. He lives a solitary life, preferring to limit his exposure to people due to the facial disfigurements stemming from his neurofibromatosis, but through a few encounters with Ingrid (Renate Reinsve), his new neighbor and aspiring playwriter, Edward slowly begins to open…
Category: Contemporary
Joker: Folie à Deux
In Arkham Asylum awaiting his murder trial, Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) was allowed to join the music therapy class on account of his good behavior. There, he meets Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga) who was admitted for crimes of arson. Something of a fan of Arthur’s – or, rather, a fan of the Joker – the…
Rez Ball
Heather Hobbs (Jessica Matten) is a former professional basketball player and now coaches The Chuska Warriors high school boys’ team in her home state of New Mexico. The Native American team starts their season with a win, but when their star player, Nataanii Jackson (Kusem Goodwind), does not show up for their second game and…
Megalopolis
Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a Nobel Peace Prize winner and visionary architect, wants to lead the city of New Rome into a glorious utopian future. Mayor Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), however, has plans to maintain the status quo and all the riches and privileges that the exploitation of the mayoral seat affords his family and collected…
Wolfs
Vying for reelection, DA Margaret (Amy Ryan), known for being tough on crime, finds her bid in jeopardy when a fling with a younger man (Austin Abrams) – who is not a prostitute – turns fatal. She calls a number she had been given by a trusted contact some time prior, and soon after, a…
The Substance
On her 50th birthday after wrapping filming on her aerobics segment for the morning show, Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is called to a lunch with her boss, Harvey (Dennis Quaid), where he unceremoniously fires her. The distraught actress drives home, getting into a car accident along the way. A little bruised, but miraculously unharmed, a…
Never Let Go
Deep in the secluded woods lives a mother (Halle Berry) and her two twin boys, Samuel (Anthony B. Jenkins) and Nolan (Percy Daggs IV). The tight-knit family spends their days foraging through the forest, but never staying too far from home or each other as they are bound by rope; not out of a fear…
Handling the Undead
In the sweltering Oslo summer heat, something strange is happening. As the residents escape the heat, the dead escape their crypts. A lost love (Olga Damani). A perished mother (Bahar Pars). A still be-mourned grandchild (Dennis Østry Ruud). They all return to their family’s bewilderment, but sometimes it is best to let the dead rest…
Slingshot
Odyssey 1 is a deep space mission that will use the gravitational pull of Jupiter to slingshot itself onto Titan, one of the moons of Saturn. The three-man crew – Captain Franks (Laurence Fishburne), communications specialist John (Casey Affleck), and navigation specialist Nash (Tomer Capone) – come in and out of stasis at nine-month intervals…