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Black Phone 2

(2025.  Fiction: Horror.  Director: Scott Derrickson)

Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Demián Bichir, Miguel Mora, Arianna Rivas

Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber. But true evil transcends death… and the phone is ringing again. As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake. Determined to solve the mystery and end the torment for both her and her brother, Gwen persuades Finn to visit the camp during a winter storm. There, she uncovers a shattering intersection between The Grabber and her own family’s history. Together, she and Finn must confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

Bone Lake

(2025.  Fiction: Horror.  Director: Mercedes Bryce Morgan)

Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Marco Pigossi, Andra Nechita

A couple’s vacation at a lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious couple. A dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light.

Coda

(2021.  Fiction: Drama.  Director: Sian Heder)

Starring: Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durante

As a CODA (child of deaf adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her home. When she discovers a passion for singing, Ruby must choose between family obligations and her dreams. Winner of 3 Oscars : Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur).

Compensation

(1999.  Fiction: Drama.  Director: Zeinabu Irene Davis)

Starring: John Earl Jelks, Michelle A Banks

A poignant portrait of Deaf African Americans and the complexities of love at both ends of the twentieth century, Zeinabu irene Davis’s film is a groundbreaking story of inclusion and visibility. In dual performances, Michelle A. Banks and John Earl Jelks play an educated dressmaker and an illiterate migrant in 1910s Chicago, and a resilient graphic artist and an endearing librarian living in the same city eight decades later. Employing archival photography, an original score blending ragtime and African percussion, and lyrical editing, Davis deftly intertwines the two couple’s stories, in ways both tender and tragic. Compensation is a landmark of American independent cinema that confronts the social forces and prejudices that hinder love. In English and American Sign language with English intertitles and forced English subtitles. Includes audio description track with English SDH.

Dead of Winter

(2025.  Fiction: Thriller.  Director: Brian Kirk)

Starring: Emma Thompson, Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca, Laurel Marsden, Gaia Wise, Cúán Hosty-Blaney, Brían F. O’Byrne

A grief-stricken loner caught in a brutal Minnesotan blizzard discovers a young woman imprisoned by a desperate armed couple, forcing this unlikely hero into a dangerous fight for her and the victim’s survival.

Eleanor the Great

(2025.  Fiction: Comedy.  Director: Scarlett Johansson)

Starring: June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht, Erin Kellyman, Rita Zohar, Stephen Singer, Elaine Bromka, Will Price, Lia Lando, Swanmy Sampaio, Cole Tristan Murphy

After seventy years with her best friend, Eleanor moves to New York City for a fresh start. Making new friends at ninety proves difficult. Longing for connection, she befriends a 19-year-old student.

Elsbeth Season 2

(2024.  Fiction: Television Series)

Starring: Carrie Preston, Wendell Pierce, Carra Patterson, Rob Riggle, Vanessa Williams, Pamela Adlon, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick

Elsbeth Tascioni, the astute but unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to catch New York’s most well-heeled murderers utilizing her unique point of view. Season two of the critically acclaimed series brings new cases and challenges when mistakes of the past come back to haunt Elsbeth, her boss Captain Wagner, and detective in training Officer Kaya Blanke.

Equalizer Final Season

(2024.  Fiction: Television Series)

Starring: Queen Latifah, Tory Kittles, Adam Goldberg, Liza Lapira, Laya Deleon Hayes, Lorraine Toussaint, Jennifer Ferrin, Donal Logue, Indira G. Wilson, Stephen Bishop, Danny Johnson

In the explosive fifth and final season of The Equalizer, Robyn McCall continues her work as a guardian angel for those in need, facing various challenges and threats while also navigating her personal life, including her relationship with her partner Dante and, in particular, her daughter Delilah. McCall investigates a death in a building believed to be haunted, a soldier going AWOL, and a series of copycat murders inspired by a serial killer she previously put away.

House Party

(1990.   Fiction: Comedy.  Director: Reginald Hudlin)

Starring: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Robin Harris, Tisha Campbell, AJ Johnson

When Kid’s father forbids him from attending Play’s party, Kid sneaks out anyway, kicking off a wild night full of dance-offs and rap battles, run-ins with bullies and cops, and a bit of romance. With an ensemble cast that also includes Tisha Campbell, AJ Johnson, Martin Lawrence, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, and members of the music group Full Force, plus a hit soundtrack, House Party is a beloved, feel-good snapshot of early-1990s hip-hop culture that brought Black teenage experience to the mainstream, and that shines bright to this day.

Last Tango in Halifax Season 1

(2012.  Fiction: Television Series)

Starring: Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire, Sir Derek Jacobi, Nicola Walker

Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia’s respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys and dealing with her husband’s infidelity.

One Battle After Another

(2025.  Fiction: Drama.  Director: Paul Thomas Anderson)

Starring: Leonardo Dicaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris, Alana Haim, Chase Infiniti

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

Regretting You

(2025.  Fiction: Drama.  Director: Josh Boone)

Starring: Allison Williams, McKenna Grace, Dave Franco, Mason Thames, Sam Morelos, Scott Eastwood, Willa Fitzgerald, Clancy Brown

When a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal, Morgan Grant and her daughter, Clara, explore what’s left behind as they confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover each other.

Remember the Night

(1940.  Fiction: Comedy.  Director: Mitchell Leisen)

Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Sterling Holloway

Lee Leander is a petty shoplifter on trial for swiping an expensive bracelet from a local jewelry store. When her trial is postponed until after New Year’s, sympathetic Assistant District Attorney John Sargent bails her out of jail. Together, they find themselves falling in love when he invites her to his family’s home for the holidays where she discovers the warmth and love she’s never had but always wanted.

Sisu: Road to Revenge

(2025.  Fiction: Action.  Director: Jalmari Helander)

Starring: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake, Einar Haraldsson, Jaakko Hutchings

Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the Red Army commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues a fight to the death, full of clever, unbelievable action set pieces.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

(2025.  Fiction: Comedy.  Director: Rob Reiner)

Starring: Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Fran Drescher, Paul Shaffer, Elton John, Paul McCartney

Forty-one years after the release of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, the now estranged bandmates David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls are forced to reunite for one final concert. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues also marks the resurrection of documentarian Marty Di Bergi, who once again tries to capture his favorite metal gods as they contemplate mortality and the hope that their 12th drummer doesn’t join them in The Great Beyond. Joined by music royalty Paul McCartney and Elton John, Spinal Tap wrestles with their checkered past to put on a concert that they hope will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock ‘n’ roll.

St. Denis Medical Season 1

(2024.  Fiction: Television Series)

Starring: Wendi Mclendon Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Mekki Leeper, Kahyun Kim

At St. Denis Medical Center, the dedicated doctors and nurses are trying their best to treat patients without completely losing their own minds. Overworked and often underappreciated, these everyday heroes are busy saving lives with a healthy dose of humor and heart.

Truth and Treason

(2025.  Fiction: Drama.  Director: Matt Whitaker)

Starring: Ewan Horrocks, Rupert Evans, Ferdinand McKay, Daf Thomas, Nye Occomore, Joanna Christie

As World War II rages, a teenage boy in Germany is forced to confront a terrible truth loyalty to his country now means loyalty to a lie. When his trusted bishop urges obedience to the Nazi regime, he begins to question everything. And after his Jewish friend is taken away, he secretly listens to banned radio broadcasts and launches a resistance, exposing the truth. But in a nation ruled by fear, defiance comes at a cost and as the regime closes in, he must decide what it truly means to be a good German. Includes Spanish audio description.

When We Went Mad!

(2025.   Non-Fiction: Documentary.   Director: Alan Bernstein)

Starring: Quentin Tarantino, Bryan Cranston, Judd Apatow, Howie Mandel, Gilbert Gottfried

MAD Magazine redefined humor with fearless satire of politics and pop culture. Featuring icons like Quentin Tarantino, this doc celebrates its wild legacy, free speech and the “Usual Gang of Idiots” who helped shape comedy forever.

Wicked: For Good

(2025.  Fiction: Drama.  Director: Jon M Chu)

Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh

Elphaba, cast out as the Wicked Witch, hides in the forest, fighting for Oz’s oppressed Animals and seeking to reveal the Wizard’s lies. Glinda, now a beloved public figure, enjoys fame in Emerald City but is troubled by her lost bond with Elphaba. As she tries to reconcile them, tensions rise, affecting Boq, Fiyero, and Nessarose, especially when a girl from Kansas arrives. In the face of rising conflict, Elphaba and Glinda must reunite, confronting truth and empathy to change Oz forever.

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