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NICKEL BOYS – Last Day: Thursday, February 20th

Watch Trailer Director: RaMell Ross
Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Awards: Best Picture (nom) Golden Globes, Best Director (nom) - Critic's Choice Awards, AFI's Top 10 Films of 2024

Elwood, a young African-American boy, is coming of age in Florida during the 1960’s Jim Crow era. Even in the midst of the tense racial attitudes that were dividing society at that time, Elwood’s future appears bright: he is awarded an opportunity to attend an HBCU’s honor’s program tuition-free. While hitchhiking to class, however, Elwood is picked up by a man driving a stolen car and the two are pulled over by the police. Elwood is unfairly arrested as an accomplice, and his hopeful trajectory through life is forever changed as he is transferred to a segregated reform school – The Nickel Academy – which is notorious for is brutal abuse of black students. He meets and befriends Turner, another student, and the two learn to rely on each other to make it through the tough environment even though their ideas about how black people should integrate into white society are very different.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead about the infamous “Dozier School”, and written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys uses the unique approach of presenting the visual narrative of the film through the first-person perspective – in other words, through the eyes of the protagonists. The film has also been nominated for and won several prestigious awards on the film festival circuit for its script, cinematography, and direction.

 

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PADDINGTON IN PERU – Last Day: Thursday, February 27th

Watch Trailer Director: Dougal Wilson

The lovable Paddington Bear is back for his third round on the big screen with a new adventure in the world’s southern hemisphere!

When he receives word from a Peruvian home for retired bears that his Aunt Lucy is acting oddly, Paddington packs his bags and sets off to South America to pay her a visit. Upon arriving, however, he learns that Aunt Lucy has mysteriously disappeared into the jungle. Luckily, Paddington finds a map among Aunt Lucy’s belongings and uses it to start a quest to track her down.

This wonderfully exciting animated feature film includes the voice talents of a whole host of top-notch stars, including Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Coleman, and Antonio Banderas.

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Running Time: 106 MIN106 MIN
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THE BRUTALIST

Watch Trailer Director: Brady Corbet
Cast: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Isaach de Bankolé

Adrien Brody stars in a new sweeping historical drama from A24 Studios!

Lázló Tóth (Brody) is a Hungarian Jew who, after becoming separated from his wife during the Holocaust of World War II, makes his way to Philadelphia to start a new life and pursue the American Dream. A chance encounter with a wealthy man gives Tóth the opportunity to use his skills as an architect to not only refurbish a lavish estate, but also his marriage and his life.

Directed by Brady Corbet (Melancholia, The Clouds of Sils Maria), The Brutalist is being hailed by critics and audiences for the full scope of its quality. In addition to Brody, the film also stars Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce.

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Running Time: 215 MIN215 MIN
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Similar in tone to such Paul Thomas Anderson films as There Will Be Blood and The Master, Mr. Corbet’s often-staggering movie casts an unsentimental look at the price of greatness.

Kyle Smith
The Wall Street Journal
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THE LAST SHOWGIRL – Last Day: Thursday, February 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Gia Coppola
Cast: Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Jason Schwartzman

When a seasoned Las Vegas showgirl learns that her current gig is suddenly about reach its end, she is forced to examine her life and make a new plan for what she will do with the rest of her life.

Pamela Anderson stars in this new film from Gia Coppola which has already received high praise from critics and audiences on the international film festival circuit. Rounding out the supporting cast are Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men), and Jason Scwartzman.

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THE ROOM NEXT DOOR – Last Day: Thursday, February 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola
Awards: Golden Lion - Venice Film Festival

From award-winning director Pedro Almodóvar comes a heart-wrenching film that examines the true tests of friendship and mortality.

Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were once close friends when they were employed at the same magazine many years ago. As is often the case with friends, career trajectories, personal goals, and other life circumstances caused them to drift apart. However, a chance encounter puts the women back in touch with one another, and Ingrid learns that Martha is dying from terminal cancer. As they reconnect, they decide to move from the city to the quiet countryside where their newfound friendship can bloom again as they share the meaningful moments from the past, present, and future of their lives. Martha desires to end her own life before the cancer can take it from her, and Ingrid does what any true friend would do — offer support.

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JANET PLANET – Last Day, Thursday August 8th

Watch Trailer Director: Annie Baker
Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Sophie Okonedo, Will Patton

It’s the summer of 1991, and Janet (Julianne Nicholson), an aging down-to-earth acupuncturist, has retreated to rural Massachusetts to spend some quality time with her young daughter Lacy (Zoe Zeigler). The girl is at the age where being sociable is a real challenge, and Janet tries to gently sever the proverbial “apron strings” by inviting three people over to her home for a visit: her boyfriend, a close female companion, and the leader of a local theater troupe. Lacy, however, is not exactly ready to let go of her dependence on her mother and warily struggles to embrace the demands of young adulthood.

From A24 Studios, Janet Planet has been an immediate hit with critics who have praised the realism and heartfelt quality of the relationship between a mother and her daughter at emotionally impactful stages of life. Written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker, the film stars a strong cast that includes Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Sophie Okonedo, and Will Patton.

 

 

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NATIONAL ANTHEM – Last Day, Thursday August 8th

Watch Trailer Director: Luke Gilford
Cast: Charlie Plummer, Eve Lindley, Mason Alexander Park

Dylan (Charlie Plummer) is a construction worker in rural New Mexico burdened with supporting his young brother and a mother struggling with alcohol abuse. Instead of plugging along into a dead-end existence, he decides to change direction in life and embark on a search for “The American Dream” by joining up with a group of queer rodeo performers.

Directed by Luke Gilford, and based on his photography monograph documenting the gay experience within the culture of western rodeos, National Anthem is a unique film that takes viewers into a world they think they know well and shows them a new perspective on the search for self-determination.

 

 

 

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Beyond its touching love story, National Anthem shares with Gilford’s monograph a striking directness in its presentation of the queer rodeo community. The film feels delicately radical.

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THELMA: Last Day Thursday, July 18th

Watch Trailer Director: Josh Margolin
Cast: June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg

From Magnolia Pictures comes a “road movie” of a different stripe: Veteran character actress of stage and screen June Squibb stars as “Thelma”, a 93-years-young grandma who falls victim to a phone scammer and sets out on a wildly hilarious adventure with her elderly sidekick Ben (played by Richard “Shaft” Roundtree) to recover her stolen goods…and her dignity!

Squibb’s career in entertainment has lasted nearly 70 years – she debuted in Gypsy on Broadway in 1959 and has starred in countless films, including Woody Alan’s Alice for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress – and, in Thelma, she shows no signs of slowing down. Written and directed by Josh Margolin, this film (based on real-life events that happened to Margolin and his own grandmother) is sure to make you laugh so hard your hair will turn grey!

 

 

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RUMOURS

Watch Trailer Director: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Charles Dance, Alicia Vikander

An ambiguous global crisis prompts the convening of a G7 summit, bringing together the leaders of the world’s seven most prominent and wealthiest democracies. In order to effectively put their heads together and draft a statement about how they’ll handle the crisis, the group ends up getting lost in the woods while wandering the grounds of the estate where the event is being held. They soon find themselves bedeviled by a thick fog, assailed by re-animated bog bodies, and thoroughly flummoxed by a giant brain — all adding to the trickiness of maneuvering through an already-tricky political situation.

From the Canadian writing/directing team of Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, Rumours blends the best of dark comedy, creepy horror, and political drama and features a solid ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Charles Dance, and Alicia Vikander.

 

 

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Running Time: 103 MIN103 MIN
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Sporadically ingenious, occasionally chilling and entirely bonkers...!

Jeanette Catsoulis
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JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX

Watch Trailer Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Zazie Beetz

Former-clown and psychopath Arthur Fleck is back! Two years after the events of Joker, Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is now an inmate at Arkham State Hospital where he meets fellow prisoner Harleen “Lee” Quinzel (Lady Gaga) in a music therapy class. Lee encourages Arthur, who has tamed his ego a bit during his stint in Arkham, to once again embrace the more flamboyant aspects of his personality. The pair ends up kindling a romance around their mutual love for song (and dance) , and as this wicked affair builds up steam, a waltz of havoc begins as Arthur’s followers try to hatch a plot to set him free.

Todd Phillips directs this sequel to mega-successful film about the greatest villain in DC Comics history. In addition to Phoenix and Gaga, the supporting cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, and Zazie Beetz.

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