At nine years old, Samay (Bhavin Rabari) is thrilled to attend his first film in the cinemas with his father (Dipen Raval) and mother (Richa Meena). The boy is immediately captivated by the images on screen, but is distraught to learn from his father that the film industry is below them, and that the only…
Category: Contemporary
Paint
Carl Nargle (Owen Wilson) is the premier painter on Vermont’s public broadcasting network with a specialty in painting landscapes. Needing to bring in more revenue to the station, the show’s time slot is extended, and a young new painter is introduced, Ambrosia (Ciara Renée), who promises two paintings an hour. A rivalry begins to brew…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
When a major water line ruptures under the streets of Brooklyn, there is one plumbing duo you certainly do not want on the job: The Super Mario Brothers, Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day). Well-intentioned, yet incredibly bumbling, the brothers stumble upon a pipe deep beneath the city which leads them to the incredible…
A Thousand and One
It is Harlem in the early 1990s, and Inez (Teyana Taylor) sees her young son, Terry (Aaron Kingsley Adetola), who is in the foster system, on the street. She begins to talk to the timid boy and eventually convinces him to come with her and the two run off to lay low with her friend…
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
When a heist for a magic amulet goes wrong, Edgin (Chris Pine), a bard, and Holga (Michelle Rodriguez), a barbarian, find themselves imprisoned, but after a daring escape, they reunite with their old friends and plan to search again for the treasure. They discover that they were double-crossed by Forge (Hugh Grant), the rogue, who…
The Lost King
Philippa (Sally Hawkins) is in a rut. She is overlooked at work, and at home, she and her soon-to-be ex-husband, John (Steve Coogan), are trying to navigate joint custody of their two sons, Raife (Benjamin Scanlan) and Max (Adam Robb). After attending a performance of William Shakespeare’s Richard III of questionable historic accuracy, Philippa becomes…
A Good Person
One year after her involvement in a fatal car crash, Allison (Florence Pugh), finds herself slipping deeper and deeper into depression and addiction to prescription pain medication. She makes her way to an AA meeting where Daniel (Morgan Freeman), her would-be father-in-law, is also in attendance. The two begin to talk outside of the meetings…
Piggy
Sara (Laura Galán) works at the family butcher shop which is struggling now that the cheaper grocery store has established itself in town. Between the family business and Sara’s weight, she is an easy target for the slimmer, cooler girls in town who ridicule her relentlessly. One day at the pool, Maca (Claudia Salas), Rodi…
Inside
Nemo (Willem Dafoe) enters an elaborately manicured, high-rise apartment of a wealthy artist with only two things on his mind; snag the self-portrait worth millions and escape. When his accomplice, Number 3 (Andrew Blumenthal) triggers the alarm system in an attempt to disarm it for Nemo’s exit, he finds himself stranded and alone. Minutes, turn…
The Marquee Topic 