FEBRUARY 4, 2022
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Directed By: Jeff Tremaine
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Jackass Forever
Celebrating the joy of being back together with your best friends and a perfectly executed shot to the dingdong, the original jackass crew return for another round of hilarious, wildly absurd, and often dangerous displays of comedy with a little help from some exciting new cast.
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, and Preston Lacy
Genre: Documentary | Action | Comedy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for strong crude material and dangerous stunts, graphic nudity and language throughout)
Runtime: 96 minutes
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Directed By: Roland Emmerich
Studio: Lionsgate
Moonfall
In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler (Academy Award® winner Halle Berry) is convinced she has the key to saving us all — but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson, “Midway”) and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (John Bradley, “Game of Thrones”) believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is.
Starring: Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, and Donald Sutherland.
Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
Country: USA | UK | China (English & )
Rating: PG-13 (for violence, disaster action, strong language, and some drug use)
Runtime: 130 minutes
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Directed By: Joachim Trier
Studio: Neon
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World is a modern dramedy about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It chronicles four years in the life of Julie (Renate Reinsve), a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Grazia Di Meo, and Herbert Nordrum
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance | International
Country: Norway | France | Sweden | Denmark (Norwegian)
Rating: R (for sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and some language)
Runtime: 128 minutes
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Directed By: Tim Kirkby
Studio: RLJE Films
Last Looks
Charlie Waldo (Charlie Hunnam) is an ex-LAPD superstar who left the force and now lives a life of simplicity and solitude deep in the woods. Alistair Pinch (Mel Gibson) is an eccentric actor who spends his days drunk on the set of his TV show. When Pinch’s wife is found dead, he is the prime suspect and Waldo is convinced to come out of retirement to investigate what happened. The case finds Waldo contending with gangsters, Hollywood executives and pre-school teachers, all in pursuit of clearing Pinch’s name… or confirming his guilt.
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Mel Gibson, Morena Baccarin, Lucy Fry, Rupert Friend, Dominic Monaghan, Jacob Scipio and Clancy Brown
Genre: Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for pervasive language)
Runtime: 110 minutes
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Directed By: Drew Mylrea
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
Last Survivors
Troy and his son Jake have been living off the grid for over twenty years. Every day is a fight for survival with Troy warning his son of dire consequences should he go beyond the barriers of the woodland Utopia they have built together as all interlopers are dealt with in the most brutal fashion. But the sheltered and naïve Jake is naturally becoming curious about life outside their isolated wilderness. And a chance encounter with a beautiful stranger is about to see their world unravel in a shocking flood of secrets, lies and homegrown horror.
Starring: Drew Van Acker, Alicia Silverstone and Stephen Moyer
Genre: Sci-Fi | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Directed by: Giga Agladze
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
The Other Me
Irakli (Jim Sturgess) is an aspiring architect thrown into turmoil when diagnosed with a debilitating eye disease. As his condition worsens, a surreal visual world opens up to him causing him to question his life’s choices, his career, and his marriage to an increasingly frustrated Nutsa (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) who struggles with her loyalties to her husband and the realities of daily survival. As the visions become more intense, he falls for a mysterious woman Nino (Andreja Pejic), a beautiful artist who lives alone. She becomes his artistic muse and they form a deep connection that turns from fascination to infatuation to love. They learn to speak in poetic language and understand each other completely, which helps Irakli confront the truth about his own identity.
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Andreja Pejic, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, and Rhona Mitra
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Directed By: Rich Ragsdale
Studio: Well Go USA
The Long Night
While searching for the parents she’s never known, New York transplant Grace (Scout Taylor-Compton) returns to her childhood southern stomping grounds with her boyfriend (Nolan Gerard Funk) to investigate a promising lead on her family’s whereabouts. Upon arrival, the couple’s weekend takes a bizarre, terrifying turn as a nightmarish cult and their maniacal leader terrorize the pair en route to fulfilling a twisted ancient apocalyptic prophecy.
Starring: Scout Taylor-Compton, Nolan Gerard Funk, Jeff Fahey, Deborah Kara Unger
Genre: Horror
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for violence, language, some disturbing images and nudity)
Runtime: 91 minutes
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Directed By: Ezio Massa
Studio: Indican Pictures
Alter Ego
This is a story of a reclusive paranoia genius author who spends a night in his isolated mansion waiting for his creation to come and destroy him.
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Steve Stanulis, Eric Roberts, Rodrigo Guirao Díaz, and Deborah Twiss
Genre: Crime | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 74 minutes
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Directed By: Kate Bohan
Studio: Indican Pictures
Harper
Our story begins as HARPER, an 11 year old girl finds her life shattered when her single father dies suddenly. Forced to live on a dilapidated farm with an Aunt she’s never met, Harper must adjust to her new reality. However, just as she settles in, ISABELLA, her rich Southern Belle mother appears to claim the child she abandoned at birth. Faced with an uncertain future this young girl inspires us all with her resiliency and determination in the face of secrets, lies and a battle for her.
Starring: Kayla Bohan, Gina Vitori, Carly Sullivan, Conor Kowalski
Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 104 minutes
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Directed By: Matt Glass & Jordan Wayne Long
Studio: XYZ Films
Ghosts of the Ozarks
Tim Blake Nelson, David Arquette, Angela Bettis, Thomas Hobson, Phil Morris and Tara Perry star in this exciting new take on the southern ghost story. In post-Civil War Arkansas, a young doctor is mysteriously summoned to a remote town in the Ozarks only to discover that the utopian paradise is filled with secrets and surrounded by a menacing, supernatural presence.
Starring: Thomas Hobson, Phil Morris, Tara Perry, Tim Blake Nelson, Angela Bettis, David Arquette
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller | Western
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 107 minutes
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Directed By: Trevor Hawkins
Studio: Mammoth
Lotawana
A monotonous life has pushed the unfulfilled Forrest (Todd Blubaugh) to a voyage of self-discovery by living aboard his sailboat on an alluring, Missouri lake. Soon he catches wind of the rebellious and free-spirited Everly (Nicola Collie) and their idealistic dreams align for a thrilling and thought-provoking, romantic adventure. Can they survive, reconnect with nature, and rewrite their own rules of modern existence, or will they discover that society operates the way it does for a reason?
Starring: Todd Blubaugh, Nicola Collie
Genre: Adventure | Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Directed By: Hirokazu Koreeda
Studio: Dekanalog
Air Doll
A present-day fable for the increasing disconnect we find in urban life, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll transports the Galatea myth to present day Tokyo. When an inflatable sex doll named Nozomi (Bae Doona) finds that she has grown consciousness and a heart, she begins to wander the city in quiet awe and fascination. As she takes on a new life of her own, Nozomi also discovers the innate complexities of being human, including the heartbreak of loneliness. Joining forces with cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing (In The Mood for Love), Kore-eda’s intimate direction relays the struggles of finding human connection in the mess of modern society.
Starring: Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao, and Joe Odagiri
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | International | Romance
Country: Japan (Japanese)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 125 minutes
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Directed By: Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks
Studio: Dark Star Pictures
Alone with You
As a young woman painstakingly prepares a romantic homecoming for her girlfriend, their apartment begins to feel more like a tomb when strange voices, shadows and hallucinations reveal a truth she’s been unwilling to face.
Starring: Emily Bennett, Barbara Crampton, Meghan Lane, Dora Madison, and Emma Myles
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 83 minutes
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Directed By: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Studio: MUBI
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
On the outskirts of N’Djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her already fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her daughter is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance…
Starring: Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro, Briya Gomdigue, Hadjé Fatimé Ngoua
Genre: Drama | International
Country: France | Germany | Belgium | Chad (French)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 87 minutes
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Directed By: Gilles de Maistre
Studio: Blue Fox Entertainment
The Wolf and the Lion
After her grandfather’s death, 20-year-old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home — a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. Whilst there, she rescues two helpless cubs: a wolf and a lion. They forge an inseparable bond, but their world soon collapses as the forest ranger discovers the animals and takes them away. The two cub brothers must now embark on a treacherous journey across Canada to be reunited with one another and Alma once more.
Starring: Molly Kunz, Graham Greene, Charlie Carrick, Derek Johns, Rhys Slack, Evan Buliung
Genre: Family | International
Country: France | Canada (French & English)
Rating: PG (for thematic elements, language and some peril)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Directed By: Cire Hensman
Studio: LENNEXE FILMS
The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus
A Platoon of U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan searching for Taliban become trapped in a cave and are hunted down by a deadly creature.
Starring: Danny Trejo, Nick Chinlund, Adrian Paul, and Kevin Grevioux
Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 90 minutes
Directed By: Philipp Yuryev
Studio: Film Movement
The Whaler Boy
15-year-old Leshka lives in a secluded village on the Bering Strait. Like most men where he lives, he is a whale hunter. When internet arrives in the village, Leshka becomes infatuated with a webcam model from America — so far away and yet almost close enough to see across the waters of the Strait. Coming of age in the male-dominated whaling community, Leshka’s encounter with this mysterious woman awakens in him a desire to find love outside of the confines of his tiny world.
Starring: Vladimir Onokhov, Kristina Asmus, Vladimir Lyubimtsev, and Nikolay Tatato
Genre: Drama | International
Country: Russia | Poland | Belgium (English & Russian)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Directed By: Beth Elise Hawk
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Breaking Bread
BREAKING BREAD follows Arab and Jewish chefs in Haifa, Israel as they collaborate in the kitchen. Connected through a shared love of food, the chefs unite to celebrate their cultures and the food of their region free from political and religious boundaries. Welcome to the A-Sham Arabic Food Festival. Founded by Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Muslim Arab to win Israel’s MasterChef, the festival invites Arab and Jewish chefs to celebrate their shared culinary history as they exchange stories, recipes and techniques. A celebration of the region’s diverse cuisines and people, BREAKING BREAD offers a mouth-watering taste of rich culinary traditions that will leave you wanting more.
Starring: Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, Shlomi Meir, Ali Khattib, and Osama Dalal
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA | Israel (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 85 minutes
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