Michael

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Studio: Lionsgate

Michael is the cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists the world has ever known. The film tells the story of Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world. Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before. This is where his story begins.

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Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Nia Long, Miles Teller, Laura Harrier, Kendrick Sampson, Larenz Tate, Kat Graham, Juliano Krue Valdi
Biography | Drama | History | Music
PG-13 (for some thematic material, language, and smoking)
USA (English)
127 minutes

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Over Your Dead Body

Directed by: Jorma Taccone
Studio: IFC Films | XYZ Films

When miserable couple Dan and Lisa retreat to a remote cabin for a romantic reset, each arrives with a secret plan to kill the other. However, their carefully plotted traps and counterplots quickly unravel when strangers crash the weekend with plans of their own. As the toxic getaway spirals into chaotic carnage, Dan and Lisa must soon figure out if they want to save their marriage or survive it.

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Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, Keith Jardine
Action | Comedy | Thriller
R (for strong bloody violence, gore, sexual assault, pervasive language, and sexual content)
USA (English)
105 minutes

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Apex

Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
Studio: Netflix

A grieving woman testing her limits in the Australian wilderness is suddenly ensnared in a deadly game with a ruthless predator.

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Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, Eric Bana, Caitlin Stasey, Bessie Holland
Action | Thriller
R (for some strong violence, grisly images, nudity, and language)
USA | Australia | Canada | Iceland (English)
95 minutes

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Desert Warrior

Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Studio: Vertical

Defying a ruthless emperor, a princess flees into the Arabian desert, hunted by mercenaries. Forged into a warrior and aided by a legendary bandit, she unites warring tribes for a last stand that will change history.

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Aiysha Hart, Anthony Mackie, Ben Kingsley, Sharlto Copley, Ghassan Massoud, Sami Bouajila
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | International | War
R (for violence/bloody images)
Saudi Arabia (English)
114 minutes

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Fight Club (1999 Re-Release)

Directed by: David Fincher
Studio: 20th Century Studios

A depressed man suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are fed up with their mundane lives. Their perfect partnership frays when Marla, a fellow support group crasher, attracts Tyler’s attention.

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Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Crime | Drama | Thriller
R (for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language)
USA | Geramny (English)
139 minutes

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Fuze

Directed by: David Mackenzie
Studio: Roadside Attractions | Saban Films

Set in contemporary London, Fuze unfolds after an unexploded World War II bomb is unearthed at a busy construction site, forcing a massive citywide evacuation. Amid the escalating tension and chaos, a daring criminal operation is set in motion–one that uses the evacuation as cover for a meticulously planned heist. As authorities race against time to contain the crisis, alliances blur and moral boundaries are crossed, the film deftly propels audiences through a series of calculated twists delivering a wildly entertaining ride.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, Saffron Hocking, Honor Swinton Byrne
Action | Crime | Drama | International | Mystery | Thriller | War
R (for strong violence and language)
UK (English)
97 minutes

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I Swear

Directed by: Kirk Jones
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

Scottish setting, true life story of John Davidson. Diagnosed with Tourette’s at 15, targeted as ‘insane’ by his peers, he struggled with a condition few had witnessed. Campaigning for better understanding and acceptance of the condition of Tourette’s as an adult, he finds his life’s purpose and accepted his MBE from the Queen in 2019.

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Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Peter Mullan, Shirley Henderson, Scott Ellis Watson
Biography | Comedy | Drama | International
R (for language throughout and some violence)
UK (English)
120 minutes

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Omaha

Directed by: Cole Webley
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment

A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.

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John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam
Drama
PG-13 (for thematic material)
USA (English)
83 minutes

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The Silence of the Lambs
(35th Anniversary)

Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Studio: Fathom Entertainment

With a psychopath named Buffalo Bill murdering women and believing it takes one to know one, the FBI sends Agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) to interview a demented prisoner: Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a cannibalistic psychiatrist whose fascination with the young agent is as great as his hunger for murder. As their relationship develops, Starling is forced to confront not only her own demons, but also an evil so powerful she may not have the courage to stop!

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Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Chris Isaak
Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
R (for strong, grisly long sequences of violence, disturbing images, language and some nudity)
USA (English, Latin)
118 minutes

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I Live Here Now

Directed by: Julie Pacino
Studio: Utopia

In the surreal landscape of I LIVE HERE NOW, struggling actress Rose finds her life upended by unexpected news. She’s suddenly forced to confront a future she never thought possible, just as a major career opportunity comes into view. Things spiral further when her casual boyfriend brings his overbearing mother into the fold, pushing Rose to the brink. She flees to a crumbling motel at the edge of nowhere, where time fractures and reality bends. Haunted by sleep paralysis, splintered memories, and eerie motel dwellers, Rose begins to unravel. To move forward, she must confront the buried truth of her past that her body has never forgotten.

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Lucy Fry, Madeline Brewer, Sheryl Lee, Matt Rife, Cara Seymour, Sarah Rich, Lara Clear
Drama | Horror | Thriller
Not Rated
USA (English)
93 minutes

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Ricky

Directed by: Rashad Frett
Studio: Blue Harbor Entertainment

Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult.

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Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titus Welliver, Maliq Johnson, Imani Lewis, Simbi Kali, Andrene Ward-Hammond
Drama
Not Rated
USA (English)
109 minutes

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Two Women

Directed by: Chloé Robichaud
Studio: Joint Venture

When neighbors Violette and Florence bond over the ennui of parenthood, they realize that the solution to reviving their joie de vivre may be in listening to their libidos. As the two start finding sex in unexpected places, they examine the larger unfulfilled needs that brought them to their current moment, and choose to pursue a life of joy over compromise.

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Laurence Leboeuf, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Mani Soleymanlou, Félix Moati
Comedy | International
Not Rated
Canada (French)
100 minutes

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Dirty Hands

Directed by: Kevin Interdonato
Studio: Saban Films

When a routine drug deal goes south for the Denton brothers, they must fight for their lives if they’re going to survive the night.

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Patrick Muldoon, Kevin Interdonato, Denise Richards, Michael Beach, Guy Nardulli
Crime | Thriller
Not Rated
USA (English)
80 minutes

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Orangutan

Directed by: Mark Linfield & Vanessa Berlowitz
Studio: Disneynature

High in the treetops of Southeast Asia lives a magnificent and mysterious community filled with playful personalities. Narrated by Josh Gad, Disneynature’s “Orangutan” takes viewers into the world’s most majestic rainforest canopy to meet Indah, an inquisitive adolescent orangutan learning how to navigate life as she prepares to leave her family and venture out on her own for the first time.

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Josh Gad
Documentary
G (for all audiences)
USA (English)
80 minutes

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Kangaroo Island

Directed by: Timothy David
Studio: Blue Harbor Entertainment

When Lou returns home to Kangaroo Island, years of family secrets resurface.

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Rebecca Breeds, Adelaide Clemens, Erik Thomson, Joel Jackson, Lauren Koopowitz, Nicholas Hope
Comedy | Drama | International
Not Rated
Australia (English)
113 minutes

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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond

Directed by: Yasuhito Kikuchi
Studio: Crunchyroll

A long-running conspiracy is swirling over a mysterious power wielded by the Queen in Raja, a small country west of Tempest. When a slime who evolved into a Demon Lord named Rimuru Tempest crosses paths with Hiiro, a survivor of the Ogre race, an incredible adventure packed with new characters begins. The power of bonds will be put to the test!

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Miho Okasaki, Yuma Uchida, Riko Fukumoto, Makoto Furukawa
Animation | Action | Fantasy | Adventure | Anime | International
PG-13 (for sequences of strong violence, some suggestive material and partial nudity)
Japan (Japanese)
114 minutes

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The Wolf and the Lamb

Directed by: Michael Schilf
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

When a schoolteacher’s son mysteriously vanishes, her desperate search leads her through a maze of folklore, paranoia and faith. When the boy returns, his eerie behavior spreads paranoia and violence throughout their town. Facing hostility from neighbors and local authority figures, she must confront terrifying forces that challenge everything she believes.

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Cassandra Scerbo, Adrianne Palicki, Jaydon Clark, Eric Nelsen, Angus Macfadyen, Q’orianka Kilcher, Zach McGowan, James Landry Hébert, Sammi Rotibi, Clint Howard
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller | Western
Not Rated
USA (English)
— minutes

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Horseshoe

Directed by: Edwin Mullane & Adam O’Keeffe
Studio: Juno Films

All Families Are Mad… Not least the Canavans. A drama comedy with a twist set in the wild West of Ireland. When Colm, the head of the family, dies, there are few who mourn his passing, not even his four estranged adult children. But the legalities of his will must be observed and more than one Canavan sibling is harboring secrets. As the Canavans return to the family home, the fate of the family unit, their sanity and the Canavan estate all hang in the balance.

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Carolyn Bracken, Lalor Roddy, John Connors, Mary Murray, Jed Murray, Neill Fleming, Eric O’Brien, Caroline Harvey
Comedy | Drama | International
Not Rated
Ireland (English)
88 minutes

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Whisper of the Heart
(20th Anniversary)

Directed by: Yoshifumi Kondō
Studio: GKIDS | Studio Ghibli

A chance encounter with a mysterious cat sends Shizuku, a quiet schoolgirl, on a quest for her true talent. Together with Seiji, a boy determined to follow his dreams, and enchanted by The Baron, a magical cat figurine who helps her listen to the whispers of her heart, Shizuku embarks on a life-changing adventure that takes her beyond the boundaries of her imagination.

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Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Keiju Kobayashi
Animation | Drama | Family | Romance
G (for all audiences)
Japan (Japanese)
111 minutes

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A Blind Bargain

Directed by: Paul Bunnell
Studio: Vitagraph Films

Reimagining the lost 1922 Lon Chaney silent film of the same name, a desperate young man strikes a dark deal with an unhinged doctor, unknowingly offering his mother as a subject for the dark and twisted experiments of a morally ambiguous physician. However, he soon realizes that he failed to read the fine print and that every bargain has a price. Things at the Gruder Institute are far more sinister than he ever imagined in this evocative psychological thriller–a stylized throwback to 1970.

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Crispin Glover, Jake Horowitz, Lucy Loken, Annalisa Cochrane, Amy Wright
Drama | Fantasy | Horror
Not Rated
USA (English)
95 minutes

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No Ordinary Heist

Directed by: Colin McIvor
Studio: Epic Pictures

Based on the true 2004 Northern Bank robbery, two feuding bank employees are forced to execute Ireland’s biggest heist after criminals kidnap their families and threaten to kill them.

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Eddie Marsan, Éanna Hardwicke, Michelle Fairley, Eva Birthistle, Desmond Eastwood
Crime | International | Thriller
Not Rated
Ireland | USA | UK (English)
99 minutes

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Mistura

Directed by: Ricardo de Montreuil
Studio: Outsider Pictures

In 1960’s Peru, a privileged French-Peruvian woman’s life unravels when her husband’s betrayal ostracizes her from elite society and leads her to embrace people from the very communities that she was raised to disregard. Amidst the backdrop of newfound alliances, she embarks on a transformative journey that challenges societal norms and reveals Peru’s authentic identity through a daring culinary venture that celebrates the country’s remarkably diverse cuisine and peoples and ignites a revolution that redefines her life.

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Barbara Mori, Christian Meier
Drama | International
Not Rated
Peru (Spanish, French)
97 minutes

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Original Sound

Directed by: Gregory Jbara
Studio: Cromono International

A down on his luck aspiring musician gets his big break when an up and coming singer agrees to collaborate with him after she is caught stealing his song. Their work together introduces him to Manhattan’s music scene and leads both of them to pivot their careers — amid disappointment and betrayal, he finds solace and strength within his original sound.

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Eric Stoltz, Bridget Moynahan, Laura Marano, Ted King, David Lambert, Luis Antonio Ramos, Constantine Maroulis, Ari Notartomaso
Drama | Music
Not Rated
USA (English)
98 minutes

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The School Duel

Directed by: Todd Wiseman Jr.
Studio: Altered Innocence

In a near-future Florida where gun control has been abolished, the state’s ambitious governor introduces a chilling solution to school shootings: a state-wide, televised fight-to-the-death competition known as “The School Duel.” Sammy, a troubled 13-year-old, secretly enlists against his mother’s wishes — seduced by promises of purpose, patriotism, and notoriety. But as the deadly spectacle unfolds, that dream begins to crumble.

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Kue Lawrence, Christina Brucato, Oscar Nuñez, Clayton Royal Johnson, Eugenie Bondurant, Thomas Philip O’Neill, Kelsey Darragh, Jamad Mays
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Not Rated
USA (English)
90 minutes

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The Seduction of Mimi
(1974 Re-Release)

Directed by: Lina Wertmüller
Studio: Kino Lorber

This raucous sex comedy that brought international fame to director Lina Wertmüller centers on sad sack Mimi, a Sicilian laborer whose refusal to vote for the Mafia’s candidate leads him to lose his job, his wife, and his home. At rock bottom, he revives his spirits by falling in love with the beautiful, radical Fiorella, with whom he starts a new life as a reliable husband and father. But the past comes back to haunt him, piling on comical complexities as all his energies surge into defending his honor, an obsession that has horrendous but hilarious consequences. A blistering satire of Italy in the 1970s, The Seduction of Mimi takes aim at a corrupt government, compromised labor leaders and the Neanderthal sexual politics of men in power, with uproarious results.

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Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Luigi Diberti, Elena Fiore, Turi Ferro
Comedy | Drama | International
R
USA (English)
108 minutes

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Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks

Directed by: Ilya Chaiken
Studio: Giant Pictures

Punk music icons, Lunachicks, reunite after 20 years in an unfiltered, hilarious, and electric documentary. Packed with rare archival footage, the film traces their rise from gritty NYC teens to feminist trailblazers of the 90s grunge era. Fans and newcomers alike will thrill as the band recounts old antics, rekindles bonds, and embarks on their long-awaited journey back to the stage.

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Gina Volpe, Theo Kogan, Sydney Silver, Sindi Benezra Valsamis, Chip English, Becky Wreck, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein
Documentary | Music
Not Rated
USA (English)
91 minutes

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Just Sing

Directed by: Angelique Molina & Abraham Troen
Studio: Abramorama

It follows a make-or-break season with the SoCal VoCals, one of the most celebrated college a cappella teams in America, as they chase a record-setting sixth ICCA title. A coming-of-age documentary set in a real-life Pitch Perfect-esque competition, the film is a joyous, feel-good documentary bursting with incredible music.

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Mateo Gonzales, Sam Avila, Jillian Batt, Yohanna Bauerdorf
Documentary | International | Music
Not Rated
UK (English)
93 minutes

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My Own Normal

Directed by: Alexander Freeman
Studio: Freestyle Digital Media

Filmmaker Alexander Freeman, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of two, was raised by his loving and supportive parents but the one thing he has always wanted was to be in a loving relationship with a woman and to have a family of his own. When Alexander meets his life partner Orina by chance at a film screening, his life changes forever, especially when his daughter Maya is born. As Alexander and Orina raise Maya, start their lives together, and struggle with life’s challenges, Alexander’s parents learn to accept that Alexander can live a normal life independently and can be a great father despite their original views on the pregnancy.

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Alexander Freeman, Orina Umansky Freeman, Maya Freeman, Linda Freeman
Documentary | Drama | Romance
Not Rated
USA (English)
57 minutes

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Maintenance Artist

Directed by: Toby Perl Freilich
Studio: Framework Films

After becoming a mother, pioneering artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles published a daring manifesto: from that moment on, all of her childcare and household maintenance would be acts of performance art. The manifesto propelled her into the male-dominated avant-garde art world. This feminist artist and observant Jew soon became a staple of the New York scene, using her revelatory experimentations to link child-raising, cleaning, and sanitation as an interrogation into how maintenance work is valued and connected to issues of class, race, and gender. MAINTENANCE ARTIST is the first feature documentary about this revolutionary public artist.

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Mierle Laderman Ukeles
Documentary | Biography
Not Rated
USA (English)
95 minutes

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Eraserheads: Combo on the Run

Directed by: Maria Diane Ventura
Studio: Abramorama

When the Eraserheads formed in 1989, their music swept the country. But the real story behind the group has remained untold. Until now. This documentary traces the band’s meteoric rise from their formation in UP Diliman to becoming a defining voice of a generation, their painful breakup, and their eventual resurgence years later — set against the backdrop of the Philippines’ shifting socio-political landscape.

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Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Marcus Adoro, Buddy Zabala
Documentary | International | Music
Not Rated
Philippines (English, Filipino)
102 minutes

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Frankie, Maniac Woman

Directed by: Pierre Tsigaridis
Studio: Two Witches Films

Battling against the legacy of childhood trauma, internalized misogyny, and the image-obsessed fat shaming of the LA music business, aspiring singer-songwriter Frankie Ramirez finally snaps, with bloody results.

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Dina Silva, Stefanie Estes, Tim Fox, Jordan DeBarge, Rocío de la Grana, Pierre Tsigaridis, Daniella Mendoza
Comedy | Horror
Not Rated
USA (English)
95 minutes

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His Monster

Directed by: Erich Cannon
Studio: Compassionate Disaster Films

When his young daughter is mysteriously swept out to sea, a struggling alcoholic remains alone, hunting the woods to find what he believes is responsible.

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Gabriel Casdorph, Meranda Long, Ashley Song, Brace Evans
Horror | Thriller
Not Rated
USA (English)
87 minutes

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Two Seasons, Two Strangers

Directed by: Shô Miyake
Studio: Several Futures

In summer, Nagisa and Natsuo meet by the sea, their vacant gazes reflecting each other as they exchange awkward words and wade into the rain-drenched ocean. In winter, Li, a screenwriter, travels to a snow-covered village where she finds a guesthouse run by Benzo. Despite disconnected talks they embark together on an unexpected journey. Based on two mangas by Yoshiharu Tsuge, the film draws parallels between a summertime meet-cute and a snowbound winter encounter, exploring loneliness and the desire for human connection.

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Shim Eun-kyung, Yuumi Kawai, Mansaku Takada, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Shirô Sano
Drama | International
G (for all audiences)
Japan (Japanese)
89 minutes

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Saturnalia

Directed by: Daniel John Lerch
Studio: Terror Films

The year is 1979, and Miriam Basconi has been shipped off to the prestigious Alstroemerias Academy, a preparatory school for America’s elite orphaned children. Miriam must survive the cruel and sadistic behavior of Headmistress Ms. Hemlock. From day one, Miriam can tell something is off with her new home. Now she must discover the truth of what’s happening to her fellow students behind closed doors.

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Sophia Anthony, Velvet, Dante Blake, Amariah Dionne, Maddie Siepe, Morgan Messina
Horror | Thriller
Not Rated
USA (English)
85 minutes

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