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Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim’s discovery of a bone and a rusty old gun in the yard. Tim is excited by the idea of a mystery, but Lee doesn’t want him to dig any further, preferring that he focus on the family taxes, which he promised to do weeks ago. This disagreement sends them on separate and unexpected adventures over the course of a weekend, as Tim and his friends seek clues to the mystery while Lee searches for answers to the bigger questions of marriage and parenthood.

“Equal parts film noir, relationship drama, dark comedy and mood piece, Digging for Fire is a movie made by someone who clearly loves the art of movies.” -Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

“…an attractively shot, gracefully edited and, finally, emotionally satisfying mystery about the nature of marriage itself.” -Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

“The film has an appealing honesty and an enjoyably low-key comic style.” -A.O. Scott, New York Times

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85 MIN

Elle Reid (Lily Tomlin) has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle’s granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.

“A sublime match of performer and role.” – David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

“It gives a national treasure who never asked to become one, Lily Tomlin, a showcase to display everything she’s got as a performer, especially the offhand courage to not play at being likable.” – Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News

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79 MIN

A spellbinding mystery of identity, illusion, and deception unfolds against the turmoil of post-World War II Germany in the stunning new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold (Barbara, Jerichow). Nelly (Nina Hoss), a German-Jewish nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp, but with her face disfigured by a bullet wound. After undergoing reconstructive surgery, Nelly emerges with a new face, one similar but different enough that her former husband, Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld), doesn’t recognize her. Rather than reveal herself, Nelly walks into a dangerous game of duplicity and disguise as she tries to figure out if the man she loves may have been the one who betrayed her to the Nazis. Evoking the shadows and haunted mood of post-war Berlin, Phoenix weaves a complex tale of a nation’s tragedy and a woman’s search for answers as it builds towards an unforgettable, heart-stopping climax.

“Provocative, profoundly moving and the acting is virtuosic.” -John Anderson, Newsday

“‘Phoenix’ is an intoxicating witches’ brew, equal parts melodrama and moral parable, that audaciously mixes diverse elements to compelling, disturbing effect.” -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

“Beautiful and mysteriously powerful from beginning to end.” -Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

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98 MIN

Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother’s (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend, “the handsomest man in the world,” Monroe Rutherford (Alexander Skarsgård). What follows is a sharp, funny and provocative account of one girl’s sexual and artistic awakening, without judgment.

“The first thing to know about The Diary of a Teenage Girl is that young British actress (Bel) Powley is staggeringly good in it.” -Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine

“A strikingly intimate look at a teenager’s sexual life in an outstanding debut film.” -Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

“Big summer action movies can be thrilling, but if you really want to feel your heart pounding out of your chest, try being a 15-year-old girl for 101 minutes.” -Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times

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102 MIN

What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong? In 1971 Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo (Billy Crudup) cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days.

“Alvarez captures an emotional immediacy and risk that is deliberately excluded from academic debate.” -Andrew O’Hehir, Salon

“Tim Talbott’s dense script provides much to discuss and argue about, providing both left and right with talking points.” -Kyle Smith, New York Post

“Billy Crudup gives a fine performance as Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who engineered the whole thing and was then pulled into his own power trip.” -J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader

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122 MIN