FRED CLAUS (2007)

 

Directed By: David Dobkin

Written By: Dan Fogelman 

Story By: Jessie Nelson and Dan Fogelman

Cinematography: Remi Adefarasin 

Editor: Mark Livolsi 

Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, Rachel Weisz, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Kathy Bates, Miranda Richardson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Bobb’e J. Thompson 

Always living in the shadow of his younger and utterly popular brother, Nicholas--or the one and only, Santa Claus--the polar opposite of his holy sibling, Fred Claus, now faces an unforeseen predicament that drags him all the way up to the frozen North Pole to beg for Santa's help. However, there's a catch. To get off the hook, Fred must work his fingers to the bone along with the jolly elves during the hectic pre-Christmas Eve period, against the backdrop of a thorough and merciless efficiency inspection. Can the wayward brother Fred save himself, and above all, Christmas?

HERETIC (2024)

 

Written & Directed By: Scott Beck & Bryan Woods 

Cinematography: Chung-Hoon Chung

Editor: Justin Li 

Cast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace, Elle Young 

Two young religious women are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man.

THE WATCHERS (2024)

 

Written & Directed By: Ishana Shyamalan 

Based On the Novel By: A.M. Shine 

Cinematography: Eli Arenson 

Editor: Job Ter Burg 

Cast: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olsen Fouere, Oliver Finnegan, Alister Brammer, John Lynch, Siobhan Hewlett 

A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

IMMACULATE (2024)

 

Directed By: Michael Mohan

Written By: Andrew Lobel 

Cinematography: Elisha Christian 

Editor: Christian Masini 

Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tobasco, Benedetta Porcaroli, Alavaro Morte, Giorgio Colangeli, Dora Romano, Giulia Heathfield Di Renzi, Giampiero Judica 

Cecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets.

THE STONE TAPE (1972)

 

Directed By: Peter Sasdy

Written By: Nigel Kneale

Editor: Geoff Higgs

Cast: Michael Bryant, Jane Asher, Iain Cuthbertson, Michael Bates, Reginald Marsh, Tom Chadbon, John Forgeham 

A research team from an electronics company moves into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyze the apparition, which he believes is a psychic impression trapped in a stone wall (dubbed a "stone tape"), but also to exorcise it--with terrifying results.

SNACK SHACK (2024)

 

Written & Directed By: Adam Rehmeier

Cinematography: Jean-Philippe Bernier

Editor: Justin Krohn

Cast: Conor Sherry, Gabriel LaBelle, Mika Abdalla, Nick Robinson, David Costabile, Gillian Vigman, June Gentry, April Clark 

Nebraska City, 1991, two best friends get the chance to run the swimming pool snack shack, that later comes to be the perfect scenario for transgression, fun, personal discovery, and romance.

INCOMING (2024)

 

Written & Directed By Dave Chernin & John Chernin

Cinematography: Ricardo Diaz

Editor: Josh Crockett and Elizabeth Praino

Cast: Mason Thames, Ali Gallo, Isabella Ferreira, Thomas Barbusca, Kaitlin Olson, Bobby Cannavale, Raphael Alejandro, Ramon Reed, Bardia Seiri, Scott Macarthur, Victoria Moroles, Loran Gray

Four freshmen navigate the terrors of adolescence at their first-ever high school party.

BAD MANNERS (1984)

 

Directed By: Robert Houston 

Written By: Robert Houston and Joseph Kwong 

Cinematography: Jan De Bont

Editor: Barry Zetlin

Cast: Pamela Segall, Joey Coleman, George Olden, Michael Hentz, Christopher Brown, Anne DeSalvo, Martin Mull, Karen Black, Kimmy Robertson, Susan Ruttan, Edy Williams, Stephen Stucker

Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich family, then trash the whole house.

MOVIES WATCHED IN NOVEMBER (2024)

 MOVIES WATCHED IN NOVEMBER 

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0074: BOILING POINT (2021)

 

Directed By: Philip Barantini 

Written By: Philip Barantini and James Cummings 

Cinematography: Matthew Lewis 

Editor: Alex Fountain 

Cast: Stephen Graham, Jason Flemyng, Vinette Robinson, Alice Feetham, Ray Panthaki, Hannah Walters, Lauren Ajufo, Malachi Kirby, Taz Skylar, Izuka Hoyle

Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year.

FULL TIME (2021)

 

Written & Directed By: Eric Gravel

Cinematography: Victor Seguin

Editor: Mathilde Van De Moortel

Cast: Laura Calamy, Anne Suarez, Genevive Mnich, Nolan Arizmendi, Sasha Lamaitre Cremaschi, Cyril Guei, Lucie Gallo, Agathe Dronne, Mathilde Weil, Dana Fiaque 

Just when Julie finally gets an interview for a job that will let her raise her children better, she runs into a national transportation strike.

WORKING GIRLS (1986)

 

Directed & Edited By: Lizzie Borden

Written By: Lizzie Borden and Sandra Kay 

Cinematography: Judy Irola

Cast: Lousie Smith, Deborah Banks, Liz Caldwell, Marusia Zach, Amanda Goodwin, Boomer Tibs, Richard Davidson, Ronald Willoughby 

A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.

TWISTERS (2024)

Directed By: Lee Isaac Chung 

Written By: Martin L. Smith 

Story By: Joseph Kosinski

Based on characters created by: Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin 

Cinematography: Dan Mindel 

Editor: Terilyn A. Shropshire 

Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Sasha Lane, David Corenswet, Katy O’Brian, Tunde Adebimpe, Maura Tierney, Kiernan Shipka, Brandon Perea 

As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Cooper, lured back to the open plains after a devastating encounter years prior, and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

THE PLATFORM 2 (2024)

 

Directed By: Galder Gaztelu-Urtuitia 

Written By: Galder Gaztelu-Urtuitia, David Desola, Egoitz Moreno and Pedro Rivera 

Cinematography: Jones Sangroniz

Cast: Milena Smit, Hovik Kruchkerian, Natalia Trent, Oscar Jaenada, Ivan Massague, Zorion Eguileor, Bastien Ughetto 

A thrilling physical journey that allows an approach to the darkness, where it is scary to look. It appeals to the viewer's civil responsibility and forces them to face the limits of their own solidarity.

HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE (2022)

 

Directed By: Daniel Goldhaber 

Written By: Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol

Based On The Book By: Andreas Malm

Cinematography: Tehillah De Castro

Editor: Daniel Garber 

Cast Sasha Lane, Ariela Barer, Forrest Goodluck, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard 

A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.

KINDS OF KINDNESS (2024)

 

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos 

Written By: Yorgos Lanthinos and Effhimis Filippou 

Cinematography: Robbie Ryan 

Editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis 

Cast: Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hunter Schaffer, Mamoudou Athie, Joe Alwyn, Yorgos Stefanakos 

a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.