About My Father
(2023. Fiction: Comedy. Director: Laura Terruso)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sebastian Maniscalco, Leslie Bibb, Kim Cattrall, David Rasche, Anders Holm, Brett Dier
The film centers around Sebastian who is encouraged by his fiancée to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo, to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family. The weekend develops into what can only be described as a culture clash, leaving Sebastian and Salvo to discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
(2023. Fiction: Comedy. Director: Kelly Fremon Craig)
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Abby Ryder Fortson, Benny Safdie, Elle Graham, Jecobi Swain, Wilbur Fitzgerald
For over fifty years, Judy Blume’s classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life’s biggest questions. In Lionsgate’s big-screen adaptation, eleven-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who is also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring grandmother, Sylvia, who isn’t happy they moved away and likes to remind them every chance she gets.
Better Call Saul Season 6
(2022. Fiction: Television Series)
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Giancarlo Esposito, Tony Dalton
Better Call Saul’s final season concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, Jimmy McGill, into criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks Jimmy, Saul, and Gene as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with Kim, who is in the midst of her existential crisis. Meanwhile, Gus, Nacho, and Lalo are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes.
Blackberry
(2023. Fiction: Drama. Director: Matt Johnson)
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Rich Sommer, Michael Ironside, Martin Donovan, Cary Elwes
The “true story” of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone, BLACKBERRY is a whirlwind ride through a ruthlessly competitive Silicon Valley at breakneck speeds.
Boogeyman
(2023. Fiction: Horror. Director: Rob Savage)
Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, Madison Hu, Maddie Nichols
Still reeling from the heartbreaking death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves hounded by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
California’s Forgotten Children
(2023. Non-Fiction: Documentary. Director: Melody C. Miller)
Starring: Withelma T. Ortiz Walker Pettigrew, Carissa Phelps, Minh Dang, Nikolas Al-Kahdra, Leah Albright-Byrd
The documentary follows a diverse group of survivors who’ve overcome the commercial sexual exploitation they experienced as children as they work to change the world.
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
(2022. Fiction: Anime. Director: Makoto Shinkai)
Starring: Hisako Kanemoto, Kazuhiko Inoue, Miyu Irino
Life hasn’t been easy for Asuna since the death of her father. With her mother forced to work long hours to make ends meet, Asuna spends most of her time alone, listening to the crystal radio her father left behind. It’s a curious thing, requiring neither electricity nor an amplifier, but the strange music that plays over it is an even greater mystery. Where does it come from? And what does it mean?
Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 16
(2023. Fiction: Television Series)
Starring: Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook, Zach Gilford, Joe Mantegna, Adam Rodriguez, Josh Stewart, Aisha Tyler, Kirsten Vangsness
The BAU is back! The FBI’s elite team of criminal profilers faces their greatest threat, an UnSub who built a network of serial killers during the pandemic. Let the mind games begin. Original cast members Joe Mantegna (David Rossi), A.J. Cook (JJ Jareau), Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia), Aisha Tyler (Dr. Tara Lewis), Adam Rodriguez (Luke Alvez), and Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss) return and are joined by Zach Gilford (Elias Voit).
Door Mouse
(2023. Fiction: Drama. Director: Avan Jogia)
Starring: Hayley Law, Keith Powers, Donal Logue, Famke Janssen
A comic-book creator enlists the help of a colleague to investigate the disappearances of women in this oddball neo-noir.
Garden of Words
(2020. Fiction: Anime. Director: Makoto Shinkai)
When young high school student Takao decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues and evolves with random meetings in the same garden on each rainy day.
Gringa
(2023. Fiction: Drama. Director: E.J. Foerster, Marny Eng)
Starring: Steve Zahn, Jess Gabor, Roselyn Sanchez, Jorge A. Jimenez, Valentina Buzzurro, Nico Bracewell, Judy Greer
An outcast teen and a disgraced, alcoholic ex-soccer star get a last chance to form a family when she unexpectedly reunites with him in Mexico. Both hoping things can be put back together, even if all you have are the missing pieces.
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
(2023. Fiction: Crime. Director: Daniel Goldhaber)
Starring: Ariela Barer, Xochitl, Kristine Froseth, Rowan, Lukas Gage, Logan, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard
A crew of young environmental activists executes a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in this taut and timely thriller that is a part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the climate crisis.
Machine
(2023. Fiction: Comedy. Director: Peter Atencio)
Starring: Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill, Jimmy Tatro, Iva Babic, Robert Maaser, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jess Gabor, Rita Bernard-Shaw
Bert Kreischer rose to fame as a stand-up comedian known as The Machine, and in his signature set he recounts his true experience with Russian mobsters while on a booze-soaked college trip. Now, 23 years later, that trip has come back to haunt him as he and his estranged father are kidnapped back to Russia by the mob to atone for something they say he did. Together, Bert and his father must retrace the steps of his younger self amid a war within a sociopathic crime family, all while attempting to find common ground in their often fraught relationship.
No Hard Feelings
(2020. Fiction: Foreign Drama. Director: Faraz Shariat)
Starring: Benny Radjaipour, Banafshe Houmazdi, Eidin Jalali
Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians, copes with life in his small hometown by immersing himself in pop culture, Grindr dates, and raves. After being caught shoplifting, he is sentenced to community service at a refugee shelter where he meets siblings Banafshe and Amon, who have fled Iran. As a romantic attraction between Parvis and Amon grows, the fragile relationship between the three is put to a test.
No Hard Feelings
(2023. Fiction: Comedy. Director: Gene Stupnitsky)
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, Matthew Broderick
On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to “date” their introverted nineteen-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.
Of An Age
(2023. Fiction: Romance. Director: Goran Stolevski)
Starring: Elias Anton, Thom Green, Hattie Hook
Of an Age is set in the summer of 1999 as a 17-year-old Serbian-born Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother.
Panda! Go, Panda!
(2022. Fiction: Anime. Director: Isao Takahata)
Mimiko is a cheerful, young girl who is left on her own while her grandmother is away. When little Panny Panda and his father Papanda stumble into her home, Mimiko welcomes them in as her new family. Adventures ensue as Mimiko discovers the challenges of taking care of her new cuddly friends.
Place Promised in our Early Days
(2022. Fiction: Anime. Director: Makoto Shinkai)
Starring: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuka Nanri
In an alternate post-war Japan, three teenagers become obsessed with a mysterious tower across the Union border, which reaches far into the sky, Hiroki and Takuya work on a makeshift airplane, which they promise their friend Sayuri they will use to visit the tower someday, but she disappears before is it completed. Several years later, the tower suddenly activates, staring a phenomenon that threatens the world. And the young men now discover their long-lost friend Sayuri may hold the key to it all…
Polite Society
(2023. Fiction: Martial Arts. Director: Nida Manzoor)
Starring: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Nimra Bucha, Akshay Khanna, Seraphina Beh, Ella Bruccoleri
A merry mashup of sisterly affection, parental disappointment, and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan, who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Quiet Epidemic
(2023. Non-Fiction: Documentary. Directors: Lindsay Keys, Winslow Crane-Murdoch)
After years of living with mysterious symptoms, a young girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with a disease said to not exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The Quiet Epidemic follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a vicious medical debate. What begins as a patient story evolves into an investigation into the history of Lyme disease, dating back to its discovery in 1975. A paper trail of suppressed scientific research, and buried documents reveals why ticks, and the diseases they carry, have been allowed to quietly spread around the globe.
Quiet Girl
(2023. Fiction: Drama. Director: Colm Bairead)
Starring: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Michael Patric, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Joan Sheehy
Rural Ireland 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one. In Irish with forced English subtitles.
Return to Seoul
(2023. Fiction: Foreign Drama. Director: Davy Chou)
Starring: Park Ji-Min, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer, Hur Ouk-Sook, Louis-Do De Lencquesang
The compelling and unpredictable film from director Davy Chou (Diamond Island). Freddie has returned to South Korea for the first time since her adoption and move to France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country where she knows very little, including the language, to learn about where she was born.
Skinamarink
(2023. Fiction: Horror. Director: Kyle Edward Ball)
Starring: Jaime Hill, Ross Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Lucas Paul
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(2023. Fiction: Animated. Directors: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson)
Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, Brian Tyree Henry
Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
Sweetwater
(2023. Fiction: Sports. Director: Martin Guigui)
Starring: Everett Osborne, Cary Elwes, Jeremy Piven, Richard Dreyfuss, Kevin Pollak, Eric Roberts
Inspired by true events, witness the extraordinary journey of Nat ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton, who made history as the first Black player to sign an NBA contract. At a time when segregation divided sports, New York Knicks coach Joe Lapchick and team executive Ned Irish see the future of basketball in Sweetwater’s dazzling and unorthodox displays of entertaining athleticism. Together, they challenge convention and break through barriers that would change the game forever.
Three Christs
(2020. Fiction: Drama. Director: Jon Avnet)
Starring: Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Walton Goggins, Bradley Whitford, Charlotte Hope, Julianna Margulies, Kevin Pollak, James Monroe Iglehart, Stephen Root, Jane Alexander
In 1959, psychiatrist Dr. Alan Stone arrives at a mental hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan armed with the radical belief that schizophrenic patients should be treated with empathy and understanding. As his first study, he takes on the particularly challenging case of three men: Joseph, Leon, and Clyde, each of whom believes they are Jesus Christ. Dr. Stone begins a risky, unprecedented experiment that will push the boundaries of psychiatric medicine and leave everyone involved profoundly changed.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
(2023. Fiction: Action. Director: Steven Caple Jr.)
Starring: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Ron Perlman, Michelle Yeoh, Pete Davidson
Set in the ’90s, Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on an action-packed, globetrotting adventure as the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorons join the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth. Noah, a sharp young guy from Brooklyn, and Elena, an ambitious, talented artifact researcher, are swept up in the conflict as Optimus Prime and the Autobots face a terrifying new nemesis bent on their destruction name Scourge.
You Hurt My Feelings
(2023. Fiction: Drama. Director: Nicole Holofcener)
Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, Owen Teague, Jeannie Berlin
Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they’re actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others including their son, Charlie mad. Should it come as a surprise then that his marriage is in crisis? But when Beth discovers that Don has been untruthful to her about his opinion of her work for years Beth’s world comes crashing down. Has their whole relationship been one Big Fat Lie?