Alejandro (Julio Torres) leaves his home in El Salvador and his mother (Catalina Saavedra) behind to immigrate to New York City, following his dream to become a toy designer for Hasbro. Arriving in the big city, however, puts Alejandro in the center of a massive labyrinth as he tries to navigate his path toward a…
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Asteroid City
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…
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Geppetto (David Bradley), an aged woodcarver, has fallen into a deep depression when his son, Carlo (Gregory Mann), was lost after a missile was dropped on their small Italian town. One night, angry and drunk, he carves a puppet in Carlo’s likeness, and while the old man is asleep, his home is visited by a…
Three Thousand Years of Longing
While giving a lecture on the power of myth and storytelling, Alithea (Tilda Swinton) begins to hallucinate on stage before fainting. When she has recovered from the spell, she takes to the market streets of Istanbul where she finds a small glass jar which she picks up for herself as a memento of her journey….
Memoria
Jessica (Tilda Swinton), travels to Columbia to meet her sister Karen (Agnes Brekke) who has fallen ill. One morning, Jessica is jolted awake by a loud, singular bang that rattles through her body, yet only she can hear. She meets with Hernán (Juan Pablo Urrego), a sound technician, who helps recreate the sound. Her journey towards discovery…
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 