Mere hours separate the students at Barton Academy from Christmas Break, and while many are delighted that their classes have been cut short, the students of Paul Hunham’s (Paul Giamatti) antiquities class are not as lucky. “Wall Eye” as he is unaffectionately nicknamed by the students for his amblyopia is equally disliked by the faculty…
Afire
Felix (Langston Uibel) and Leon (Thomas Schubert) go on a short retreat away from the city to Felix’s grandfather’s cabin near the Baltic Sea. Felix plans to finish his photography portfolio for school and Leon, the manuscript for his next novel. Their plans do not start off well when the car breaks down leaving them…
Maestro
In 1943, Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) made his debut conducting the New York Philharmonic at only 25 years old. At the after-party celebrating him, he meets Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan), an aspiring actress, and the two fall madly in love. They quickly get married and have three children, all the while, rising in the ranks…
Wonka
Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) finally arrives at the Galeries Gourmet, a beautiful European mall, home to the premier shops and chocolatiers. His dreams of opening his own shop are quickly dashed when the police remove him for selling from the side of the street, taking business away from the established store owners. The city is…
Eileen
Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) is a frustrated young woman, working a dead-end job at the juvenile detention facility and living at home with her deadbeat, alcoholic father, Jim (Shea Whigham). She retreats to fantasies, either violent or erotic, to get through her day. When Rebecca (Anne Hathaway), the new psychologist for the prison, is brought on…
The Boy and the Heron
Mahito (Luca Padovan) is still grieving the loss of his mother when he moves into the sprawling, lake-front estate of his Aunt, Natsuko (Gemma Chan). His father, Shoichi (Christian Bale), a weapons manufacturer, had remarried the younger sister of his departed wife and now they are expecting a child together. While out exploring the grounds,…
Leave the World Behind
In the spur of the moment, Amanda (Julia Roberts) books a vacation for her family; husband Clay (Ethan Hawke), and their two kids Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Their enjoyment of the beach is cut short when an oil liner runs ashore, and as the day continues back at the rental house, things…
Dream Scenario
Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is a perfectly normal, perfectly forgettable figure. A tenured professor in biological evolution at the local university, his students endure his lectures with little vigor. The man finds – literal – overnight stardom when in conversation with multiple friends and colleagues, they discover that they have all been dreaming about Paul. …
Frybread Face and Me
Benny (Keir Tallman) is upset when he learns that he will be spending his summer at his grandmother’s (Sarah H. Natani) ranch on the Navajo Reservation instead of at home in California where he was going to see Fleetwood Mac in concert. Toiling away fixing the sheep fence with his Uncle Marvin (Martin Sensmeier), Benny’s…
The Marquee Topic 