Sunday, January 28, 2024

PAST LIVES (2023)

 


Written & Directed By: Celine Song

Cinematography: Shabier Kirchner

Editor: Keith Fraase 


Cast: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro 

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

Saturday, January 27, 2024

THE COLOR PURPLE (2023)

 



Directed By: Blitz Bazawule

Written By: Marcus Gardley

Based On The Musical Stage Play & Book Of The Musical Stage Play By: Marsha Norman

Based On The Novel By: Alice Walker 

Cinematography: Dan Laustsen

Editor: Jon Poll


Cast: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Danielle Brooks, Corey Hawkins, Louis Gossett Jr., Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Ciara, Gabriella Wilson ‘H.E.R.’, David Alan Grier, Deon Cole, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Batiste, Tamela Mann, Elizabeth Marvel


A woman faces many hardships in her life but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Friday, January 26, 2024

BRUISER (2022)

 


Directed By: Miles Warren 

Written By: Miles Warren and Ben Medina 

Cinematography: Justin Derry 

Editor: James LeSage


Cast: Jalyn Hall, Trevante Rhodes, Shamier Anderson, Shinelle Azoroh, Sarah Bock


A 14-year-old boy turns to a charismatic loner for help after being beaten up, in this searing feature debut about fathers, families, and the effects of fighting.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

PIECES OF APRIL (2003)

 


Written & Directed By: Peter Hedges 

Cinematography: Tami Reiker

Editor: Mark Livolsi 


Cast: Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson, Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr., Alice Drummond, Sisqo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sean Hayes, Lillias White, Adrian Martinez 

April Burns invites her family to Thanksgiving dinner at her teeny apartment on New York's Lower East Side. As they make their way to the city from suburban Pennsylvania, April must endure a comedy of errors - like finding out her oven doesn't work - to pull off the big event.

Saturday, January 20, 2024

NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU (2023)

 


Written & Directed By: Brian Duffield 

Cinematography: Aaron Morton

Editor: Gabriel Fleming


Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Zack Duhane, Lauren Murray, Dari Lynn Griffin, Dane Rhodes, Geraldine Singer


An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home.

Friday, January 19, 2024

65 (2023)

 


Written & Directed By: Scott Beck & Bryan Woods 

Cinematography: Salvatore Totino 

Editor: Josh Schaeffer and Jane Tones


Cast: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman, Nika King 

After a catastrophic crash, pilot Mills quickly discovers he's actually stranded on an unknown planet. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills must make his way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive.

Thursday, January 18, 2024

LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND (2023)

 


Written & Directed By: Sam Esmail 


Based On The Book By: Rumaan Alam 


Cinematography: Tod Campbell 


Editor: Lisa Lassek 



Cast: Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Marashala Ali, Myha’la, Kevin Bacon, Charlie Evans, Farrah Mackenzie 



Amanda and Clay's aspirational vacation with their teenage children is interrupted by the arrival of a middle-aged man and his daughter who own the holiday home and who have fled an unprecedented blackout in the city. When the internet, television, and radio stop working, as does the landline, they have no way of finding out what is happening. As strange sonic booms shatter the peace of the countryside, and animals start to migrate in strange ways, the physical and mental health of the families begins to disintegrate. The renters are upscale and White; the owners are upscale and Black. The issues of race clash and become distractions to the more alarming things that are happening all around them.



Saturday, January 13, 2024

THE BIG 4 (2022)

 


Directed By: Timo Tjahjanto

Written By: Timo Tjahjanto and Johanna Wattimena

Cinematography: Batara Goempar

Editor: Dinda Amanda


Cast: Abimana Aryasatya, Putri Marino, Lutesha, Arie Kriting, Kristo Immanuel, Marthino Lio, Michelle Tahalea, Michael Kho, Donny Damera, Budi Ros


A by-the-book detective investigates the death of her father and follows a clue to a remote tropical island, only to find out his true identity as a leader of a group of assassins. Now hunted by his enemies, she has to team up with the crooks her father had trained - four retired, down on their luck assassins itching to get back in the game.

Friday, January 12, 2024

BALLERINA (2023)

 


Written & Directed by: Chung-Hyun Lee

Cast: Jeon Jong-Seo, Kim Ji-Hoon, Park Yu-Rim

Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

Thursday, January 11, 2024

LUCY (2014)

 



Written & Directed By: Luc Besson 

Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast 

Editor: Julien Rey


Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-Sik, Analeigh Tipton, Pilou Asbaek, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Jutt 

A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.


Saturday, January 6, 2024

HOLY SPIDER (2022)

 


Directed By: Ali Abbasi

Written By: Ali Abbasi and Afshin Kamran Bahrami 

Cinematography: Nadim Carlsen

Editor: Olivia Neergaard-Holm and Hayedeh Safiyari


Cast: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Alice Rahimi, Soraya Helli, Arash Ashtiani, Mehdi Bajestani, Sohaib Quista, Forouzan Jamshisnejad, Maryam Taleb 

Female journalist Rahimi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the 'Spider Killer' Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed 16 women between 2000 and 2001.

Friday, January 5, 2024

A HERO (2021)

 


Written & Directed By: Asghar Farhadi

Cinematography: Ali Ghazi and Arash Ramezani

Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari


Cast: Amir Jadidi, Mohamed Tanabandeh, Sahar Goldie’s, Faresheteh Sadorafaei, Ehsan Goodarzi, Sarina Farhadi, Maryam Shahdaei, Alireza Jahandideh 


Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.

Thursday, January 4, 2024

ABOUT ELLY (2009)

 


Written & Directed By: Asghar Farhadi 

Story By: Asghar Farhadi and Azad Jafarian

Cinematography: Hossein Jafarian

Editor: Iman Rahimi and Hayedeh Safiyari


Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Sajjad Dolati, Merila Zare’i, Mani Hachighi, Peyman Moaadi, Ra’Na Azad, Ahmad Mehranfar, Saber Abbar 

A group of friends leave Tehran for a long weekend on the Caspian Sea. A young kindergarten teacher named Elly is invited along to join the good friends and family. The reason is soon made apparent: she's being set-up with a recently divorced man. Over an easy-going holiday, tensions rise until a crisis point is triggered, and Elly goes missing.

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2023)

 


Written & Directed By: Jonathan Glazer 

Based On The Novel By: Martin Amis

Cinematography: Lukasz Zal 

Editor: Paul Watts 


Cast:: Sanda Huller, Christian Friedel, Freya Kreutzkam, Ralph Herforth, Max Beck, Ralf Zillman, Imogen Kooge, Lilli Falk, Stephanie Pertrowitz 

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.