NOVEMBER 11, 2022
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Directed By: Ryan Coogler
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures + Marvel Studios
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T’Challa.
Starring: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Angela Bassett
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of strong violence, action and some language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 161 minutes
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Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Studio: Universal Pictures
The Fabelmans
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Starring: Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13 (for some strong language, thematic elements, brief violence and drug use)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 151 minutes
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Directed By: Sean Anders
Studio: Apple Original Films
Spirited
A musical version of Charles Dickens’s story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.
Starring: Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Sunita Mani, and Patrick Page
Genre: Comedy | Family | Musical
Rating: PG-13 (for language, some suggestive material and thematic elements)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 127 minutes
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Directed By: Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson
Studio: Netflix
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Academy Award®-winning director Guillermo del Toro and award-winning, stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson reimagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy with a whimsical tour de force that finds Pinocchio on an enchanted adventure that transcends worlds and reveals the life-giving power of love.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton
Genre: Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Rating: PG (for dark thematic material, violence, peril, some rude humor and brief smoking)
Country: USA | Mexico | France (English)
Runtime: 117 minutes
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Directed By: Florian Zeller
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
The Son
A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. THE SON centers on Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth is upended when his ex-wife Kate appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing school for months and is deeply troubled. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have wanted his own father to have taken care of him while juggling his and Beth’s new son, and at work an offer of a dream position in Washington. However, by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto Nicholas in the present.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Hugh Quarshie, and Anthony Hopkins
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic content involving suicide, and strong language)
Country: UK | France (English)
Runtime: 123 minutes
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Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Studio: Netflix
Slumberland
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
Starring: Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley, Chris O’Dowd, Kyle Chandler, and Weruche Opia
Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Rating: PG (for peril, action, language, some thematic elements and suggestive references)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 117 minutes
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Directed By: Matthew Heineman
Studio: National Geographic Documentary Films
Retrograde
RETROGRADE captures the final nine months of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan from multiple perspectives: one of the last U.S. Special Forces units deployed there, a young Afghan general and his corps fighting to defend their homeland against all odds, and the civilians desperately attempting to flee as the country collapses and the Taliban take over. From rarely seen operational control rooms to the frontlines of battle to the chaotic Kabul airport during the final U.S. withdrawal, Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman’s latest film offers a cinematic and historic window onto the end of America’s longest war, and the costs endured for those most intimately involved.
Starring: Sami Sadat
Genre: Documentary
Rating: R (for some language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 94 minutes
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Directed By: Chuck Russell
Studio: Saban Films
Paradise City
Movie icons and Pulp Fiction costars Bruce Willis and John Travolta face off in this action-packed thriller. When bounty hunter Ian Swan is shot and presumed dead after disappearing in Maui waters, Swan’s son, Ryan, his ex-partner, and a local detective set out to find his killers. After being threatened by a ruthless power broker, it appears Ryan and his team are out of options — until an excursion to the closely guarded island community of Paradise City unites them with an unforeseen ally.
Starring: Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Stephen Dorff, and Amber Abara
Genre: Action | Thriller
Rating: R (for violence and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Directed By: Scooter Corkle
Studio: RLJE Films
The Friendship Game
The Friendship Game follows a group of teens as they come across a strange object that tests their loyalties to each other and has increasingly destructive consequences the deeper into the game they go.
Starring: Peyton List, Brendan Meyer, Miriam Smith, and Jennifer Copping
Genre: International | Sci-Fi
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 87 minutes
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Directed By: Janeen Damian
Studio: Netflix
Falling for Christmas
In the days leading up to Christmas, a young and newly engaged heiress experiences a skiing accident. After being diagnosed with amnesia, she finds herself in the care of the handsome lodge owner and his daughter.
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young, and Jack Wagner
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Rating: TV-PG
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Directed By: Philippe Martinez
Studio: Lionsgate
Christmas in Paradise
Joanna’s holiday is shattered when her sisters tell her that their dad has dumped, he isn’t responding to any calls and disappeared to a Caribbean island. The sisters decide to go to save their father and bring him home for Christmas.
Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Elizabeth Hurley, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Nathalie Cox
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG (for some thematic elements, suggestive references, brief language and smoking)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 88 minutes
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Directed By: Matt Sauter
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Dylan & Zoey
In Los Angeles for one more night, Zoey decides to reach out to her estranged best friend, Dylan. Dylan hesitates but ultimately accepts her proposal to meet up. From there, they embark on what will become the turning point of their lives.
Starring: Blake Scott Lewis, Claudia Doumit, Kim Hamilton, and Malcolm Barrett
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 82 minutes
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Directed By: Darren Le Gallo
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
Sam & Kate
A life-affirming family dramedy starring Oscar®-winners Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek, Sam & Kate takes place in a small town in the heart of the country. Hoffman plays Bill, the larger-than-life father to Sam (Jake Hoffman), who has returned home to take care of his ailing dad. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate (Schuyler Fisk). And at the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina (Spacek). But finding love is complicated and for these four, it is no different. They all must confront their past in order to make their new love work for the future. Truly a family affair, art imitates life with the father/son casting of Dustin & Jake and the mother/daughter casting of Sissy & Schuyler.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Sissy Spacek, Jake Hoffman, and Schuyler Fisk
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R (for some drug use and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 110 minutes
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Directed By: Jim Mahoney
Studio: IFC Films
Bar Fight!
Nina and Allen split everything in their lives after their break-up and must compete in a ridiculous custody battle for their prized watering hole in which lines will be drawn, sides will be chosen, and beers will be drunken.
Starring: Melissa Fumero, Rachel Bloom, Dot-Marie Jones, Vik Sahay, Julian Gant, David Carzell, Luka Jones, and Shontae Saldana
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 84 minutes
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Directed By: Joe Dietsch & Louie Gibson
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Manifest West
MANIFEST WEST is a coming-of-age story, told through the eyes of a ten-year old girl whose family moves off the grid into untamed North American wilderness. It’s their attempt to establish normalcy, to thrive off the land, and escape the pressures of modern society. But the family has its own internal pressures building, and you can’t escape what’s going on in your own household, no matter how far you move up a mountain.
Starring: Annet Mahendru, Michael Cudlitz, Tim Heidecker, Milo Gibson, Ava Kolker, and Lexy Kolker
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 91 minutes
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Directed By: Elvis Mitchell
Studio: Netflix
Is That Black Enough For You?
The film examines the craft and power of cinema from a perspective often overlooked: the African American contribution to films released from the landmark era of the 70s. It is a deep dive into the impact that point of view had on movies, as well as popular culture. A love letter to film, it poses questions that have never been asked, let alone answered. Crucial artistic voices offer their distinctive prism on the creators and films that dazzled and inspired, providing insight into the history of Black representation going back to the earliest days of cinema, and the cultural impact of witnessing unapologetic Blackness.
Starring: Margaret Avery, Harry Belafonte, Laurence Fishburne, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Glynn Turman, Billy Dee Williams, and Zendaya
Genre: Documentary
Rating: R (for nudity, some sexual content, language, violence and drug material)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 135 minutes
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Directed By: Mark Pellington
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Going All The Way: The Director’s Cut
After returning home from the Korean War, two young men search for love and fulfillment in middle America.
Starring: Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck, Amy Locane, Rose McGowan, Rachel Weisz, and Nick Offerman
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Rating: R (for strong sexuality)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 103 minutes
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Directed By: Lorenzo Vigas
Studio: MUBI
The Box
Teenager Hatzín travels from Mexico City to collect the remains of his father, found in a communal grave in Northern Mexico. But a casual encounter with a seemingly familiar man introduces both doubt and hope around the truth.
Starring: Elián Gonzalez, Hernán Mendoza, Hatzín Navarrete, and Cristina Zulueta
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA | Mexico | Venezuela (Spanish)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Directed By: Gabriela Tagliavini
Studio: Netflix
Christmas With You
Feeling career burn out, pop star Angelina escapes to grant a young fan’s wish in small town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.
Starring: Aimee Garcia, Freddie Prinze Jr., Grace Dumdaw, and Gabriel Sloyer
Genre: Comedy | Family | Romance
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 89 minutes
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Directed By: Lynne Davison
Studio: Shudder
Mandrake
Mandrake follows probation officer Cathy Madden, who is given the task of rehabilitating notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw back into society after twenty years in jail. Cathy has always believed that every client deserves a shot at redemption, but her beliefs are firmly tested when two children disappear near Mary’s farm.
Starring: Deirdre Mullins, Derbhle Crotty, Paul Kennedy, and Seamus O’Hara
Genre: Horror | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Directed By: Frederick Wiseman
Studio: Zipporah Films
A Couple
Leo and Sophia Tolstoy were married for 36 years, had 13 children. Each kept a diary. A COUPLE is Sophia’s monologue about the joys and struggles of their life together, loosely drawn from her diary and their letters to each other.
Starring: Nathalie Boutefeu
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA | France (French)
Runtime: 63 minutes
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Directed By: Nora Twomey
Studio: Netflix
My Father’s Dragon
Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.
Starring: Charlyne Yi, Judy Greer, Dianne Wiest, Leighton Meester, Jacob Tremblay, Jackie Earle Haley, Gaten Matarazzo, Ian McShane, Adam Brody, Chris O’Dowd, Alan Cumming, Whoopi Goldberg, Rita Moreno, and Mary Kay Place
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Rating: PG (for some peril)
Country: USA | Ireland (English)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Directed By: Marcel Mettelsiefen & Tamana Ayazi
Studio: Netflix
In Her Hands
Filmed across two turbulent years, In Her Hands tells the story of Zarifa Ghafari, who at 26 became one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors and the youngest to ever hold the position. The film documents her fight for survival against the backdrop of her country’s accelerated unraveling. As Western forces announce their retreat and the Taliban start their sweep back to power, Zarifa and women across the country face a new reality. Amid these tectonic changes, Zarifa must make the most difficult decision of her life.
Starring: Zarifa Ghafari
Genre: Documentary
Rating: PG-13 (for violent content, brief strong language and brief drug use)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Directed By: Stéphanie Lamorré
Studio: Film Movement
Being Thunder
Sherente, a two spirit-genderqueer teenager from Rhode Island’s Narragansett tribe performs traditional dance in competitions at annual regional pow wows of New England tribes. There is no written rule which prohibits two spirit-genderqueer people to compete in dances different from their birth gender. Wearing traditional female dress, Sherente performs with joy and beauty. However, behind the scenes, tribal leaders manipulate scores or disqualify him outright because they believe in traditional (White) gender roles. In spite of being blindsided by ongoing dishonesty and deception, Sherente continues to perform regardless of insensitive behavior from tribal elders and others in his native community. Sherente’s enduring courage and self respect are met with an outpouring of support from family, pow wow attendees, and fellow dancers.
Starring: Sherenté Mishitashin Harris
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France (English)
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Directed By: Sam Bradford
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
The Pay Day
Jennifer is a broke and frustrated IT technician who is tapped by crime boss Gates to steal valuable data in a sophisticated hack worth millions on the black market. As if the dangerous pitfalls of her mission weren’t enough, the sting grows more complicated when a charming con artist attempts to swipe the loot for himself.
Starring: Simon Callow, Ellen Thomas, Rae Lim, and Sam Benjamin
Genre: Comedy | Crime | International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Directed By: Joseph Sackett
Studio: Cinedigm
Homebody
Melanie’s last afternoon babysitting 9-year-old gender-questioning Johnny takes an inexplicable turn when her body is inhabited by Johnny’s spirit. What seems like fun at first becomes a rollercoaster of emotions.
Starring: Colby Minifie, Tre Ryder, Maria Dizzia, and Whitmer Thomas
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 76 minutes
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Directed By: Guillaume Pierret
Studio: Netflix
Lost Bullet 2
After the death of Charras, Lino (Alban lenoir) and Julia (Stéfi Celma) took over and form the new narcotic unit. Determined to find the murderers of his brother and his mentor, Lino continues his hunt and won’t let anyone get in his way.
Starring: Alban Lenoir, Stéfi Celma, Sébastien Lalanne, and Pascale Arbillot
Genre: Action | Crime | International | Thriller
Rating: TV-MA
Country: France (French)
Runtime: 98 minutes
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