By Amy Renner Jan. 15, 2017
Friday, October 2
The Martian
An astronaut gets stranded on Mars in an accident, and then must figure out how to stay alive long enough to get back home.
Sebastian Stan, Simon Kinberg, Aditya Sood, Michael Peña, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ridley Scott, Drew Goddard, Matt Damon
Action Adventure Thriller Sci-Fi 3D
He Named Me Malala
The then 15-year-old teenager, who had been targeted for speaking out on behalf of girls’ education in her region of Swat Valley in Pakistan, was shot in the head, sparking international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
Walter F. Parkes, Davis Guggenheim, Laurie MacDonald
Documentary
Hell & Back
A comedy about two best friends who must rescue their pal when he is accidentally dragged to hell.
Mila Kunis, Susan Sarandon, Maria Bamford, Ross Shuman, Tommy Gianas, Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Nick Swardson
Comedy Animation Stop-Motion
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Shanghai
An American returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.
Mikael Hafstrom, Hossein Amini, Gong Li, John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat, Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Drama Thriller
Addicted to Fresno
Shannon is fresh out of sex rehab when her younger, overly optimistic lesbian sister Martha lands her a job as a maid at Fresno Suites, the local hotel. When Shannon jeopardizes her fresh start by accidentally killing a hotel guest after a post-rehab relapse, Martha goes to great lengths to help her sister cover up the crime. Shannon finally learns to take responsibility for her actions, and the sisters begin to resolve their tortured relationship.
Natasha Lyonne, Aubrey Plaza, Jamie Babbit, Judy Greer, Clea DuVall, Molly Shannon
Comedy
Freeheld
A New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she is diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Steve Carell, Luke Grimes, Stacey Sher, Ron Nyswaner, Josh Charles, Mary Birdsong, Peter Sollett, Michael Shamberg
Drama
This Is Happening
Pic about a people-pleasing brother (Wolk) and pot-dealing sister (Sumner) who embark on a road trip to take their grandmother (Leachman) to an assisted-living facility.
Cloris Leachman, James Wolk, Ryan Jaffe, Scott Einziger, Lisa Barrett, Matthew Weinberg, Mickey Sumner, Judd Nelson
Comedy
Partisan
A vengeful man raises his children to attack the world that wronged him.
Vincent Cassel, Ariel Kleiman, Sarah Shaw, Anna McLeish, Jeremy Chabriel, Florence Mezzara
Drama Thriller
Olvidados
After suffering a heart attack, retired General José Mendieta (Damián Alcázar) is haunted by his dark past as an officer in Operation Condor, the CIA-backed campaign of political repression in Latin America that was responsible for executions, torture, and imprisonments in the 1970’s. It is estimated that over 400,000 people were imprisoned and 30,000 forcibly disappeared as a result of these government actions.
In a letter to his son Pablo (Bernardo Peña), Mendieta confesses the role he played in the abduction, persecution, and execution of countless men and women during his posting to Chile. Journalist Marco (Carlotto Cotta) and his pregnant wife Luciá (Carla Ortiz) are among those who were arrested, along with their activist friend Antonio (Tomás Fonzi) and revolutionary Andrea (Ana Calentano). They suffer terribly under Mendieta and his cohort Sanera (Rafael Ferro), which leads to a cascade of betrayals, secrets, and stolen lives that spans generations.
In a letter to his son Pablo (Bernardo Peña), Mendieta confesses the role he played in the abduction, persecution, and execution of countless men and women during his posting to Chile. Journalist Marco (Carlotto Cotta) and his pregnant wife Luciá (Carla Ortiz) are among those who were arrested, along with their activist friend Antonio (Tomás Fonzi) and revolutionary Andrea (Ana Calentano). They suffer terribly under Mendieta and his cohort Sanera (Rafael Ferro), which leads to a cascade of betrayals, secrets, and stolen lives that spans generations.
Carlos Bolado, Damian Alcazar, Rafael Ferro, Carla Ortiz, Tomas Fonzi
Drama
A Christmas Horror Story
Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, peace and goodwill. But for some folks in the small town of Bailey Downs, it turns into something much less festive. When Krampus - the anti-Santa who punishes the naughty children - is summoned by a young boy, everyone’s fight for survival begins.
Grant Harvey, Rob Archer, Steven Hoban, Brett Sullivan, William Shatner, George Buza
Horror
Narcopolis
While investigating a grisly overdose death, hard-boiled cop Frank Grieves (Elliot Cowan) gets drawn into a deadly conspiracy involving a lethal new super-drug and a shadowy mega-corporation.
Elliot Cowan, Jonathan Pryce, Justin Trefgarne, Elodie Young
Action Thriller
Finding Keepers
Recovering addict and amputee John Wood finds himself in a stranger-than-fiction battle to reclaim his mummified leg from Southern entrepreneur Shannon Whisnant, who found it in a grill he bought at an auction and believes it to therefore be his rightful property.
Bryan Carberry, Clay Tweel
Documentary
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Jafar Panahi (This is Not a Film) drives a yellow cab through the vibrant streets of Tehran, picking up a diverse (and yet representative) group of passengers in a single day. Each man, woman, and child candidly expresses his or her own view of the world, while being interviewed by the curious and gracious driver/director.
Jafar Panahi
Documentary
