Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a successful writer working on her new novel. Struggling through an advanced draft, she overhears her longtime husband, Don (Tobias Menzies), remark to his brother-in-law, Mark (Arian Moayed), that he does not really like the new book. Feeling betrayed and abandoned by her support system, Beth must navigate these new truths…
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Beau is Afraid
Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) lives alone in his run-down, insect-infested apartment. Having overslept and almost missing his flight back to the family home, he gets further delayed when his keys are stolen from his door and his luggage is missing. Desperate not to disappoint his mother, Mona (Patti LuPone), Beau resolves to make the important journey…
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Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Rémi (Gustav De Waele) are two inseparable friends. When Leo is not working on the family flower farm and Rémi is not practicing the oboe, the two boys can often be found in the bunker playing knights, racing their bikes down the country roads, or just lazing about one another’s houses…
Aftersun
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…
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…
The Marquee Topic 