Alex (Evan Whitten) begrudgingly goes on a trip to Mexico to visit his grandfather, Chava (Demián Bichir), though he would rather stay in his room and play on his GameBoy. After his father died months earlier from cancer, Alex began to reject his Mexican heritage despite his mother’s (Adriana Paz) pressing. When he arrives at…
Category: Contemporary
Polite Society
An aspiring stunt performer, Ria (Priya Kansara) has little support at home or at school as her parents and teachers all want to see her go on to become a doctor. The only exception is her older sister, Lena (Ritu Arya), who helps her film videos for her channel and encourages her in her training. …
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Xochitl (Ariela Barer), an environmental activist who grew up in the shadow of an oil refinery, is tired of the small-step demonstrations mounted by her college and wants to make a bold statement against the fossil fuel industry. Michael (Forrest Goodluck) is an amateur pyrotechnician who runs a DIY explosives community online. Shawn (Marcus Scribner)…
Beau is Afraid
Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) lives alone in his run-down, insect-infested apartment. Having overslept and almost missing his flight back to the family home, he gets further delayed when his keys are stolen from his door and his luggage is missing. Desperate not to disappoint his mother, Mona (Patti LuPone), Beau resolves to make the important journey…
Chevalier
Joseph Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), or Chevalier de Saint-Georges as he was often referred to as, was born in the mid 1700s as an illegitimate son of George Bologne (Jim High), a slave owner, and Nanon (Ronke Adekoluejo), the personal attendant to George’s wife. Joseph is sent away and enrolled into a prestigious school where…
Suzume
Deep beneath Japan, there lives a giant worm, and when it emerges through various doors and portals strewn throughout the island, disaster follows. To protect the land, an ancient order of “Closers” had been formed to create keystones to help seal the worm in its lair and close any of the doors which may have…
Tetris
At the 1988 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) promotes Bullet Proof Software’s newest game, Go, to less-than-stellar reception. As he wanders the showroom floor, he notices a crowd forming around another game, Tetris, and he becomes enraptured by the simple yet addicting concept. Henk begins to ask around about the…
Renfield
Count Dracula (Nicolas Cage) has been traveling the world for hundreds of years, chased from town to town, country to country, as his blood-consuming diet begins to cause questions among the residents. All the while, he is accompanied by his familiar, Robert Montague Renfield (Nicholas Hoult), a lawyer who has been with Dracula since the…
Kill Boksoon
Gil Bok-soon (Jeon Do-yeon) is one of the best assassins in the MK Company, but with a teenage daughter, Gil Jae-yeong (Kim Si-a), back at home and her contract set to expire, she begins to focus her efforts more on being a mother than a killer. Not wanting to lose his company’s best asset, Cha…
The Marquee Topic 