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…

In a Violent Nature

Deep in the woods, a group of young adult friends are camping for the weekend.  While on a hike to an old fire tower, Troy (Liam Leone) finds a locket hanging from the debris.  What he did not know at the time was that the locket was a grave marker of sorts for Johnny (Ry Barrett),…

National Anthem

Dylan (Charlie Plummer) is a construction worker in New Mexico, saving up for an RV to escape his dusty, dead-end town but has to constantly borrow against his savings to look after his younger brother Cassidy (Joey DeLeon).  He takes a long-term job with Pepe (Rene Rosado) at his ranch where Dylan grows close to…

Tótem

Sol (Naíma Sentíes) joins her aunts, Nuri (Montserrat Marañón) and Alejandra (Marisol Gasé), as they prepare to celebrate Tona (Mateo García Elizondo), her father, on his birthday.  The ailing patriarch, young as he is, will probably not see another birthday, so the party also serves as a poignant farewell to the man.  The children, however,…