Moby Dick

In search of income and a little adventure, Ishmael (Richard Basehart) finds himself in New Bedford, a small whaling town on the Massachusetts coast.  Shortly after arriving, he makes his peace with God at the whaler’s church – presided over by Father Mapple (Orson Welles) – before signing on to the Pequod, with the mysterious Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck) leading the…

The Many Saints of Newark

It was the summer of 1967, Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) was a bright high school football player who never quite applied himself enough in school in a traditional way.  With his father in jail, he turns to his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola) for footsteps to follow.  Dickie, in addition to running his own crime ring, gets tangled…

Mass

Mass is the coming together of two couples linked through their relationship to a mass casualty tragedy that rocked the small community years prior.  The log line is simple, but the film delves deep into the concepts of grief, blame, regret, as well as compassion and forgiveness.  The film opens and closes following Judy (Breeda Wool)…

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Its July 1995 during the UN led evacuation of Srebrenica ahead of the town’s seizing by The Army of Republika Srpska. Helping the UN in their efforts is a translator, Aida Selmangić (Jasna Djuricic). As the evacuation continues, Aida desperately works to get her family into the safety of the UN shelter, but as further…

Birds of Paradise

On a scholarship to the elite Parisan Ballet Academy, Kate (Diana Silvers) struggles at first to fit in at her new school.  Away from her home in Virgina, the former basketball player turned dancer tentatively makes some new friends and quickly makes enemies.  Tensions are high across the board for the pupils of Madame Brunelle…

No Man of God

During his final years on death row, Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby) agrees to meet with FBI Agent Bill Hagmaier (Elijah Wood) for a series of interviews to help inform the newly formed Behavioral Analysis Unit of the minds of some of the greatest criminals of that time.  The two quickly find a mutual understanding and keep…

Blue Bayou

Antonio (Justin Chon) is a Korean American man living in the Louisiana bayou with his wife, Kathy (Alicia Vikander), and his stepdaughter, Jessie (Sydney Kowalske).  The couple is expecting a new baby girl, but after an altercation with the police, it is discovered that Antonio’s adoptive parents did not go through the proper channels when…

Cry Macho

Mike Milo (Clint Eastwood) is an aging rodeo star and horse breeder living out his sunset years in rural Texas.  After a year into his forced retirement, Mike is visited by his old boss, Howard Polk (Dwight Yoakam), who asks Mike to travel down to Mexico and rescue his son, Rafo (Eduardo Minett), from his…

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Sheffield teen, Jamie New (Max Harwood) gets exactly what he wanted for his sixteenth birthday: a pair of ruby red heels.  The shoes are only the first part of his new outfit that he creates in pursuit of his childhood dream to become a drag queen.  Along the way he will find supporters and mentors…