March 31, 1943, was a watershed moment for American musical theatre; opening night of Oklahoma! Having sat through the previews already, Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) slips out of the St. James Theatre for a drink at Sardi’s restaurant. There, he laments to the barkeeper Eddie (Bobby Cannavale) and piano player Morty (Jonah Lees) about the…
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Oh, Hi!
A romantic weekend away gets off to a rough start for Iris (Molly Gordon) and Isaac (Logan Lerman), but once they arrive at the farmhouse rental, they plan to make the best of it and salvage their time together. That is easier said than done when Iris begins to feel that her love is not…
On Swift Horses
Lee (Will Poulter) is in pursuit of the American dream; an honest job, a wife, Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones), and new home out in California perfect for laying down roots and raising a family. His brother, Julius (Jacob Elordi), was always part of the plan as the two had talked about moving out west when their…
Kneecap
Arló Ó Cairealláin (Michael Fassbender) teaches his two sons Irish in a rebuke against the encroaching British law that did not recognize the language and sought to squash it out. He disappears, becoming a bit of a folk hero in the process, leaving behind his wife Dolores (Simone Kirby) to raise Naoise (Móglaí Bap) and…
Wicked Little Letters
In the quaint town of Littlehampton, residents are thrown into a tizzy when a string of foul-mouthed letters keep arriving for Edith Swan (Olivia Colman), a devout, unmarried woman who resides with her elderly parents, Edward (Timothy Spall) and Victoria (Gemma Jones). Reporting the issue to the police, they find only one person capable of…
The Teachers’ Lounge
A string of petty thefts has set the students and faculty at a German middle school on edge. Ali (Can Rodenbostel), a young boy in Carla’s (Leonie Benesch) 7th grade class is brought in for questioning when a sum of money is discovered in his wallet after the class was subjected to a frisking by the…
Freud’s Last Session
In September of 1939, as Hitler rose to power, Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins), met with an unnamed Oxford don who many believe to have been C. S. Lewis (Matthew Goode). The two potentially talked over a variety of topics about life, death, religion, sex, and their respective bodies of work. Suffering from oral cancer, Freud…
The Son
Peter’s (Hugh Jackman) life is a busy one. On the edge of a major breakthrough in his career as a legal consultant for a rising politician, and with a newborn child back at home with his second wife, Beth (Vanessa Kirby), he is trying to do everything he can to be a good father and…
The Phantom of the Open
In 1976, Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) made history by scoring the worst round of golf in The British Open. Shattering the legacy of decorum held by the Association and refusing to forfeit the game gracefully, Maurice finished the course and became a pariah in golfing circles across the United Kingdom. Never one to give up,…
The Marquee Topic 