Title:
The Light Between Oceans
Genre:
Drama/Romance
Rating:
PG-13
Director(s):
Derek Cianfrance
Writer(s):
Derek Cianfrance, M.L. Stedman (novel)
Cast:
Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz
Producer(s):
Jeffrey Clifford
Synopsis:
In
the years following World War I, Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender), a young
veteran still numb from his years in combat, takes a job as lighthouse keeper
on Janus Rock, a remote island off the coast of Western Australia. As the
island's sole inhabitant, he finds comfort in the monotony of the chores and
the solitude of his surroundings. When he meets the daughter of the school's
headmaster, Isabel Graysmark (Alicia Vikander), in the local town of Partageuse
on the mainland, Tom is immediately captivated by her beauty, wit and passion,
and they are soon married and living on the island. As their love flourishes,
he begins to feel again, their happiness marred only by their inability to
start a family, so when a rowboat with a dead man and infant girl mysteriously
washes ashore, Isabel believes their prayers may have finally been answered. As
a man of principle, Tom is torn between reporting the lost child and pleasing
the woman he loves, and against his better judgment he agrees to let Isabel
raise the child as their own, making a choice with devastating consequences.
Title:
Max Rose
Genre:
Comedy/Drama
Rating:
Unrated
Director(s):
Daniel Noah
Writer(s):
Daniel Noah
Cast:
Jerry Lewis, Kerry Bishé, Dean Stockwell, Fred Willard, Kevin Pollak, Illeana
Douglas, Rance Howard, Lee Weaver
Producer(s):
Lawrence Inglee, Garrett Kelleher
Synopsis: Featuring the legendary
Jerry Lewis in his first starring role in over two decades, is a deeply moving
drama about a retired jazz musician whose beloved wife of nearly six decades
has just passed away. Though his career wasn't everything he hoped for, Max
always felt like a success because his beautiful, elegant Eva was by his side.
Then, while going through her effects, he discovers a love note from another
man, a shocking revelation that leads him to believe his entire marriage,
indeed, his entire life, was built on a lie. Following a period of anger and
withdrawal, Max decides to confront the man who "stole" his wife in
the hope that what he learns will provide the answers he so desperately needs.
A film about reconciling the past, living in the present, and never stopping to
plan for the future.
Title:
Sully
Genre:
Biopic
Rating:
PG-13
Director(s):
Clint Eastwood
Writer(s):
Chesley Sullenberger (book), Jeffrey Zaslow (book), Todd Komarnicki
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Anna Gunn, Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart, Sam Huntington, Autumn
Reeser, Jerry Ferrara, Jeff Kober, Ann Cusack, Molly Hagan, Chris Bauer, Mike
O'Malley, Holt McCallany
Producer(s):
Clint Eastwood, Frank Marshall, Tim Moore, Allyn Stewart
Synopsis:
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle
on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto
the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard.
However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for
his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that
threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.
Title:
Other People
Genre:
Drama
Rating:
Unrated
Director(s):
Chris Kelly
Writer(s):
Chris Kelly
Cast:
Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, June Squibb, Paul Dooley, Bradley Whitford, Maude
Apatow, Zach Woods, Kerri Kenney, Retta
Producer(s):
Sam Bisbee, Adam Scott, Noami Scott
Synopsis: A struggling comedy writer
in New York City (Jesse Plemons) returns home to Sacramento to care for his
dying mother (Molly Shannon) in this affecting family drama.
Title:
Demon
Genre:
Horror
Rating:
R
Director(s):
Marcin Wrona
Writer(s):
Marcin Wrona, Pawel Maslona
Cast:
Itay Tiran, Agnieszka Zulewska, Katarzyna
Herman, Tomasz Schuchardt
Producer(s):
Marcin Wrona
Synopsis: Newly arrived from England
to marry his fiancee Zaneta (Agnieszka Zulewska, Chemo), Peter (Israeli actor
Itay Tiran, Lebanon) has been given a gift of her family's ramshackle country
house in rural Poland. It's a total fixer-upper, and while inspecting the
premises on the eve of the wedding, he falls into a pile of human remains. The
ceremony proceeds, but strange things begin to happen... During the wild
reception, Peter begins to come undone, and a dybbuk, the iconic ancient figure
from Jewish folklore, takes a toehold in this present-day celebration-for a
very particular reason, as it turns out. The final work by Marcin Wrona, who
died just as Demon was set to premiere in Poland, is part absurdist comedy,
part love story-that scares, amuses, and charms in equal measure.
Title:
Blair Witch
Genre:
Horror/Thriller
Rating:
R
Director(s):
Adam Wingard
Writer(s):
Simon Barrett
Cast:
Corbin Reid, Wes Robinson, Valorie Curry, Callie Hernandez, James Allen McCune,
Brandon Scott
Producer(s):
Keith Calder, Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Jessica Wu
Synopsis: A group of college students
venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mysteries
surrounding the disappearance of James’ sister who many believe is connected to
the legend of the Blair Witch. At first the group is hopeful, especially when a
pair of locals offer to act as guides through the dark and winding woods, but
as the endless night wears on, the group is visited by a menacing presence.
Slowly, they begin to realize the legend is all too real and more sinister than
they could have imagined.
Title:
Snowden
Genre:
Biopic
Rating:
R
Director(s):
Oliver Stone
Writer(s):
Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone Anatoly Kucherena (book), Luke Harding (book)
Cast:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Scott Eastwood, Timothy Olyphant, Logan
Marshall-Green, Melissa Leo, Rhys Ifans, Zachary Quinto, Nicolas Cage, Joely
Richardson, Tom Wilkinson
Producer(s):
Moritz Borman, Eric Kopeloff, Philip Schulz-Deyle, Fernando Sulichin
Synopsis: Academy Award®-winning
director Oliver Stone, who brought Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall
Street and JFK to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating
true story of the 21st century. Snowden, the politically-charged, pulse-pounding
thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, reveals the
incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who
exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of
the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a
traitor by others. No matter which you believe, the epic story of why he did
it, who he left behind, and how he pulled it off makes for one of the most
compelling films of the year.
Title:
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Genre:
Documentary
Rating:
Unrated
Director(s):
Ron Howard
Writer(s):
Mark Monroe, P.G. Morgan (story consultant)
Cast:
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Star, John Lennon, Debbie Gendler
Producer(s):
Brian Grazer, Paul McCartney, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci, Nigel Sinclair
Synopsis: The Beatles played Shea Stadium
on August 15th 1965 in what was to be the first rock concert ever staged in a
stadium in front of more than 55,000 people. The event was filmed by 14, 35mm
cameras by Ed Sullivan Productions and Brian Epstein and for the very first
time, the fully restored, remastered, 30-minute performance will be screened as
part of the worldwide theatrical release of Academy Award®-winner Ron Howard’s
authorized documentary feature film, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The
Touring Years.
Title:
Silicon Cowboys
Genre:
Documentary
Rating:
Unrated
Director(s):
James Cohen
Writer(s):
James Cohen, Steven Leckart
Producer(s):
Ross Dinerstein
Synopsis: The
remarkable David vs. Goliath story of Compaq, an unlikely upstart who altered
the future of computing and helped shape the world as we know it today.
Launched in 1982 by
three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to build a portable
PC to take on IBM, the world’s most powerful tech company. Although many others
had tried cloning IBM’s prized code, only to be trounced by high-priced
lawyers, Compaq’s vision for a portable PC found startling success, sending
shockwaves through the industry and dethroning a tech giant.
Directed by Oscar®-nominated
director Jason Cohen (Facing Fear), Silicon
Cowboys charts
the unexpected rise - and eventual fall - of Compaq during the booming 1980s PC
industry, offering a refreshing and important addition to the familiar
narratives of Jobs, Gates and Zuckerberg.
Title:
The Magnificent Seven
Genre:
Action/Western
Rating:
PG-13
Director(s):
Antoine Fuqua
Writer(s):
Richard Wenk, Nic Pizzolatto, Akira Kurosawa (based on screenplay by), Shinobu
Hashimoto (based on screenplay by), Hideo Oguni (based on screenplay by)
Cast:
Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Byung-hun Lee, Vincent D'Onofrio,
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard, Luke
Grimes, Matt Bomer
Producer(s):
Roger Birnbaum, Todd Black
Synopsis: Director Antoine Fuqua
brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’
and Columbia Pictures’ The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under
the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the
desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters,
gamblers and hired guns – Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris
Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio),
Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest
(Martin Sensmeier). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they
know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than
money.
Title:
The Queen of Katwe
Genre:
Drama
Rating:
PG
Director(s):
Mira Nair
Writer(s):
William Wheeler, Tom Crothers (book)
Cast:
Lupita Nyong'o, David Oyelowo, Madina Nalwanga, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Producer(s):
John B. Carls, Lydia Dean Pilcher
Synopsis: For 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi
(Nalwanga) and her family, life in the impoverished slum of Katwe in Kampala,
Uganda, is a constant struggle. Her mother, Harriet (Nyong'o), is fiercely
determined to take care of her family and works tirelessly selling vegetables
in the market to make sure her children are fed and have a roof over their
heads. When Phiona meets Robert Katende (Oyelowo), a soccer player turned
missionary who teaches local children chess, she is captivated. Chess requires
a good deal of concentration, strategic thinking and risk taking, all skills
which are applicable in everyday life, and Katende hopes to empower youth with
the game. Phiona is impressed by the intelligence and wit the game requires and
immediately shows potential. Recognizing Phiona's natural aptitude for chess
and the fighting spirit she's inherited from her mother, Katende begins to
mentor her, but Harriet is reluctant to provide any encouragement, not wanting
to see her daughter disappointed. As Phiona begins to succeed in local chess
competitions, Katende teaches her to read and write in order to pursue
schooling. She quickly advances through the ranks in tournaments, but breaks
away from her family to focus on her own life. Her mother eventually realizes
that Phiona has a chance to excel and teams up with Katende to help her fulfill
her extraordinary potential, escape a life of poverty and save her family.
Title:
The Ruins of Lifta
Genre:
Documentary
Rating:
Unrated
Director(s):
Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Writer(s):
Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Synopsis: Lifta is the only Arab village
abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been completely destroyed
or repopulated by Jews. Its ruins are now threatened by an Israeli development
plan that would convert it into an upscale Jewish neighborhood. Discovering
that his parents’ Holocaust experiences may have distorted his views of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Menachem–the filmmaker and an Orthodox Jew from
Brooklyn–sets out to establish a personal relationship with a Palestinian. He
meets Yacoub, who was expelled from Lifta and now leads the struggle to save
the haunting ruins of his village from Israeli plans to build luxury villas on
the site. Learning that Lifta was once a place where Jews and Arabs got along,
Menachem join’s Yacoub’s campaign in the hopes that Lifta can serve as a place
of reflection and reconciliation. This sets up a climactic encounter between a
Holocaust survivor and a Nakba refugee amidst the ruins of Lifta.
Title:
The Lovers and the Despot
Genre:
Documentary
Rating:
Unrated
Director(s):
Ross Adams, Robert Cannan
Writer(s):
Ross Adams, Robert Cannan
Cast:
Paul Courtenay Hyu
Producer(s):
Ross Adams, Robert Cannan, Natasha Dack
Synopsis: The Lovers and
the Despot
tells the story of young, ambitious South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and
actress Choi Eun-hee, who met and fell in love in 1950s post-war Korea. In the
70s, after reaching the top of Korean society following a string of successful
films, Choi was kidnapped in Hong Kong by North Korean agents and taken to meet
Kim Jong-il. While searching for Choi, Shin also was kidnapped, and following five
years of imprisonment, the couple was reunited by the movie-obsessed Kim, who
declared them his personal filmmakers. Choi and Shin planned their escape, but
not before producing 17 feature films for the dictator and gaining his trust in
the process.
Title:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Genre:
Fantasy/Adventure
Rating:
PG-13
Director(s):
Tim Burton
Writer(s):
Jane Goldman, Ransom Riggs (novel)
Cast:
Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Dickens, Allison Janney,
Judi Dench, Chris O'Dowd, Rupert Everett, Ella Purnell, Terence Stamp
Producer(s):
Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping
Synopsis: From visionary director Tim
Burton, and based upon the best-selling novel, comes an unforgettable motion
picture experience. When Jake discovers clues to a mystery that spans alternate
realities and times, he uncovers a secret refuge known as Miss Peregrine’s Home
for Peculiar Children. As he learns about the residents and their unusual
abilities, Jake realizes that safety is an illusion, and danger lurks in the
form of powerful, hidden enemies. Jake must figure out who is real, who can be
trusted, and who he really is.
Title:
American Honey
Genre:
Drama
Rating:
R
Director(s):
Andrea Arnold
Writer(s):
Andrea Arnold
Cast:
Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Will Patton, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi, Arielle
Holmes, Crustal Ice, Veronica Ezell, Chad Cox
Producer(s):
Thomas Benski, Lars Knudsen, Lucas Ochoa, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy, Alice
Weinberg
Synopsis:
Star (Sasha Lane), an adolescent girl from a troubled
home, runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American
Midwest selling subscriptions door to door. Finding her feet in this gang of
teenagers, one of whom is Jake (Shia LaBeouf), she soon gets into the group’s
lifestyle of hard-partying nights, law-bending days, and young love.
Title:
Danny Says
Genre:
Documentary
Rating:
Unrated
Director(s):
Brandon Toller
Writer(s):
Brandon Toller
Cast:
Justin Bond, Judy Collins, Alice Cooper, Danny Fields, Danny Goldberg, Iggy
Pop, Tommy Ramone, John Cameron Mitchell, Wayne Kramer
Producer(s):
Pamela Lubell
Synopsis: Danny Says is a documentary
on the life and times of Danny Fields. Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a
pivotal role in music and “culture” of the late 20th century: working for the
Doors, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and managing groundbreaking artists like
the Stooges, the MC5 and the Ramones. Danny Says follows Fields from Harvard
Law dropout, to the Warhol Silver Factory, to Director of Publicity at Elektra
Records, to “punk pioneer” and beyond. Danny’s taste and opinion, once deemed
defiant and radical, has turned out to have been prescient. DANNY SAYS is a
story of marginal turning mainstream, avant garde turning prophetic, as Fields
looks to the next generation.
Title: Among the Believers
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Unrated
Director(s): Mohammed Naqvi, Hemal Trivedi
Writer(s): Jonathan Goodman Levitt
Producer(s): Hemal Trivedi, Jonathan Goodman Levitt
Synopsis: Charismatic cleric Abdul
Aziz Ghazi, an ISIS supporter and Taliban ally, is waging jihad against the
Pakistani state. His dream is to impose a strict version of Shariah law
throughout the country, as a model for the world. A flashpoint in Aziz's holy
war took place in 2007, when the government leveled his flagship mosque to the
ground, killing his mother, brother, only son and 150 students. With
unprecedented access, Among the Believers follows Aziz on his very personal
quest to create an Islamic utopia, during the bloodiest period in Pakistan's
modern history.
The film also follows the lives of two teenage students who have attended
madrassahs (Islamic seminaries) run by Aziz's Red Mosque network. Throughout
the film, their paths diverge: Talha, 12, detaches from his moderate Muslim
family and decides to become a jihadi preacher. Zarina, also 12, escapes her
madrassah and joins a regular school. Over the next few years, Zarina's
education is threatened by frequent Taliban attacks on schools like her own.
Aziz’s foil is nuclear physicist and leading educational activist Dr.
Pervez Hoodbhoy. He passionately opposes Aziz through his public appearances,
lectures, and the media. Opposition against Aziz comes to a head in December,
2014, when Aziz insults a grieving nation by trying to justify the brutal
massacre of 132 school children in Peshawar by the Taliban. The attack ignites
a movement to end extremism in Pakistan’s mosques and madrassahs. Led by
Hoodbhoy and others, Pakistan's moderate majority focuses on Aziz and calls for
his arrest.
Intimate and shocking, Among the Believers offers rare
insights into the ideological battles shaping Pakistan and the Muslim world.
Title: Denial
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13
Director(s): Mick Jackson
Writer(s): David Hare, Deborah Lipstadt (book)
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Tom
Wilkinson, Mark Gatiss, Jack Lowden
Producer(s): Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff
Synopsis: Based on the acclaimed book
"History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier," Denial recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt's
(Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against
David Irving (Cannes Award winner Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when
she declared him a Holocaust denier. In the English legal system, the burden of
proof is on the accused, therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team to
prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred.
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