Augie Steenbeck (Jason Schwartzman) accompanies his young son Woodrow (Jake Ryan) to Asteroid City for the Junior Stargazers convention where his science project is in contest for the top scholarship prize. One evening, during a ceremony led by Dr. Hickenlooper (Tilda Swinton) to view an astrological phenomenon, an alien spaceship lands and an Alien (Jeff…
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Blonde
Like many in Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas) was a stage name for the blonde starlet. Born as Norma Jeane (Lilly Fisher) to a single mother, Gladys (Julianne Nicholson), the girl is taken to an orphanage after one of her mother’s episodes and is deemed unfit to raise a child. With a head full…
See How They Run
When Leo Kopernick (Adrien Brody), a Hollywood director in preproduction on a film adaption of West End’s The Mouse Trap, celebrating its 100th performance that evening, is found murdered, it is up to Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) to solve the case. The suspect list starts off long, and only keeps…
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch is a literary magazine and the only beacon of class and culture for its readers in Liberty, Kansas. After the death of its editor Arthur Howitzer Jr. (Bill Murray), the staff adheres to his wishes in publishing one farewell edition before shutting down operations. The film that follows delves into a short travel section, three…
The Marquee Topic 