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61) The Nest
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Rory (Jude Law), an ambitious entrepreneur and former commodities broker, persuades his American wife, Allison (Carrie Coon), and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the 1980's. Sensing opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor. Soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, the couple has to face the unwelcome truths lying beneath...
63) My Art
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When she is offered the summer house of a famous friend in upstate New York, single artist Ellie Shine seizes the opportunity to hit the reset button on her life and work. She unwittingly finds inspiration in three local men- two out-of-work actors and a disillusioned lawyer. This unlikely trio helps Ellie reinvent her art by participating in a series of DIY videos, which recreate classic Hollywood films. Together, they accompany Ellie on an odd and...
65) Chain Letters
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Made in Manhattan during the worst early depths of the AIDS epidemic, this LA RONDE-style series of twosomes and threesomes never directly mentions that crisis. But the intricately interconnecting relationships glimpsed in mosaic-like shards here exist in a similarly embattled milieu, an urban war zone: war between the sexes (or perhaps between the urges toward and against any kind of intimacy). With Tin Pan Alley standard "Taking a Chance on Love"...
66) The Ticket
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After James (Dan Stevens), a blind man, inexplicably regains his vision, he becomes possessed by a drive to make a better life for himself. However, his new improvements-a nicer home, a higher paying job, tailored suits, luxury car-leave little room for the people who were part of his old, simpler life: his plain wife (Malin Akerman) and close friend Bob (Oliver Platt). As his relationships buckle under the strain of his snowballing ambition, it becomes...
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this hilarious satire of the film festival world, THE LAST FILM FESTIVAL brings Hollywood right into your own town. The late Dennis Hopper stars, in his last film role. There are over 4,000 film festivals around the world. Where would you go if your film was turned down by 3,999 of them?. When an obscure film festival is the last hope for failing producer (Dennis Hopper) and his "disaster" of a movie collide with the homespun innocence of small...
68) Away From Her
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Married for almost 50 years, Grant and Fiona's serenity is interrupted by Fiona's increasingly frequent memory lapses. When it is no longer possible for either of them to ignore the fact that she is being consumed by Alzheimer's disease, the limits of love and loyalty are wrenchingly redefined.
69) Short Term 12
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Short Term 12 follows Grace (Brie Larson), a twenty-something staff member at a foster care facility as she reckons with caring for the teens in her charge and her own past. This lovingly realized film finds truth and humor in unexpected places.
70) Incendiary
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
While her son and husband are away at a soccer match, a young mother (Michelle Williams) finds herself in the throes of passion with an alluring journalist (Ewan McGregor) who lives near her tower block apartment. But their lovemaking is suddenly interrupted by a TV broadcast that shatters her reality: terrorists have bombed the soccer stadium, and her husband and son are missing. Consumed with guilt, she finds herself increasingly drawn to her husband's...
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Written and directed by Ava DuVernay, who won the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Best Director Award for her work, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE chronicles a woman's separation from her incarcerated husband and the journey to maintain her marriage and her identity amidst crisis and chaos. Winner of the 2013 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.
72) Copenhagen
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After weeks of traveling through Europe the immature William finds himself at a crossroads in Copenhagen. Not just another European city, Copenhagen is also the birthplace of his father. When the youthful Effy befriends the older William they set off on an adventure to find William's grandfather. Effy's mix of youthful exuberance and wisdom challenges William unlike any woman ever has. As the attraction builds and William truly connects with someone...
73) Lamb
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, LAMB traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an awkward and unpopular eleven-year-old girl from a broken home. Lamb is convinced that he can help her avoid a destiny of apathy and emptiness, and takes Tommie for a road trip from Chicago to the...
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i. Revealed in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past. Incorporating familial history and mythology, dream logic and surrealism, I WAS A SIMPLE MAN is a time-shifting, kaleidoscopic story of a fractured family facing the death of their patriarch that will take us from the high-rises of contemporary...
75) Changeland
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Directed by and starring Seth Green, the film follows two estranged best friends on a life-changing trip to Thailand. This epic journey reminds them that there's no problem that friendship and a few rounds in a Thai boxing ring can't fix. *"this endearing dramedy explores its relaxing, lush visuals while contemplating an inert, introverted, but surprisingly relatable character." - Jeffrey M. Anderson, **Common Sense Media***
76) Wobble Palace
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Days before Halloween and America's traumatic 2016 election, a couple on the verge of a subversive break-up decides to split their house up over the weekend and test the turbulent waters of independence. Desperate to make new connections, Jane and Eugene find themselves in a series of unpredictable misadventures, ill-advised quixotic sexual escapades, and emotional traumas. From this simple premise, WOBBLE PALACE charges headfirst into a manic and...
77) I'm Not Here
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A man named Steve (played by J.K. Simmons and Sebastian Stan) struggles with the tragic memories of his past as he tries to make sense of the present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is. Nominated for Best Directorial Debut at **Camerimage**. *"J.K. Simmons does not speak a word in I'm Not Here,but his performance is eloquent, anguished, and moving." - Nell Minow, **RogerEbert.com***
78) PVT CHAT
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
**WARNING**: This film contains graphic sexual content and may be upsetting and/or offensive to some viewers. Jack is an internet gambler living in NYC who becomes fixated on Scarlet - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy Chinatown street.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Premiered to critical acclaim at the **Toronto International Film Festival**, and based on the celebrated novel by Richard Van Camp, THE LESSER BLESSED is an eye-opening depiction of what it is like to be a vulnerable teenager in today's modern world. Through the eyes of Larry Sole, a First Nation teenager filled with bravado and angst, fragile and yet angry, seeking clarity clouded by confusion, seeking to belong without belonging, comes the story...
80) In the Loop
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
During an interview, British Cabinet Minister Simon Foster (Tom Hollander) delivers an off-the-cuff remark that war in the Middle East is "unforeseeable." Profane political spin doctor Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) tries to cover up Foster's faux pas, but the ill-conceived comment is picked up by a warmongering American official. Foster is invited to Washington, D.C., where a war of words brews as politicians maneuver, manipulate and deceive each...
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