Calum (Paul Mescal) is celebrating his thirty-first birthday on a vacation to Turkey with his eleven-year-old daughter, Sophie (Frankie Corio), who captures the trip through the lens of her MiniDV camera. The two revel in each other’s company, but there is also a distance that Sophie notices as her father begins to show signs of…
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Sharper
Sandra (Briana Middleton) and Tom (Justice Smith) get off on the wrong foot when she enters his boutique bookstore looking for a specific text for her thesis but rejects his offer to grab dinner at a nearby restaurant. They laugh it off and try again, and as the weeks go by, the two become an…
God’s Creatures
Aileen (Emily Watson) is delighted when her estranged son, Brian (Paul Mescal), suddenly returns home to their small fishing town on the coast of Ireland. While the mother rejoices, the same cannot be said about the rest of the town, namely Sarah (Aisling Franciosi), an old high school flame of Brian’s that has since grown…
The Whale
Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is a recluse; an overweight English teacher with mounting health concerns whose partner died a few years ago. After a close call with death and a chance rescue by Thomas (Ty Simpkins), a young missionary, Charlie fears for what little time he has left on Earth and seeks to reconnect with his…
The Inspection
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was an official admissions policy for the United States military that was in effect from 1994 until 2011, which allowed non-heterosexual people to serve in the military on the caveat that they do not disclose their sexuality, nor are they allowed to be asked about it. It is 2005 when Ellis…
Pearl
While WWI rages on in Europe, back in Texas on a small family farm, Pearl (Mia Goth) toils away at her chores while dreaming of leaving the dusty life behind her. When her sister-in-law, Misty (Emma Jenkins-Purro) tells her about auditions for a holiday dance troupe sponsored by the church, the two make secret plans…
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) and her new girlfriend, Bee (Maria Bakalova) are on their way to their friend, David’s (Pete Davidson), family mansion for a hurricane party. The twenty-something crew quickly catch up, though there is clear tension between the friends. Once the storm arrives, they decide to play a hide-and-seek like game, Bodies Bodies Bodies,…
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
After a particularly vicious argument with Larissa (Rosa Salazar), Mark (Thomas Mann) hastily packs a suitcase and leaves the house. Unbeknownst to him, he carries with him a whole community of sentient shells and other small odds and ends beings. Two shells are left behind, however, Marcel (Jenny Slate) and his grandmother, Connie (Isabella Rossellini). …
Men
After Harper’s (Jessie Buckley) husband, James (Paapa Essiedu), dies by suicide, she books a two-week retreat in an old country estate to heal. Owned by the affable yet odd Geoffrey (Rory Kinnear), he shows the grieving woman the grounds and leaves her be. One morning she begins walking through the woods behind the house when…
The Marquee Topic 