By Amy Renner Jul. 4, 2023
Friday, December 30
A Man Called Otto
An ill-tempered, isolated retiree, who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Celia Costas, Marc Forster, Fredrik Wikstrom Nicastro, David Magee
Drama Comedy Remake Adaptation
White Noise
Jack Gladney is the world expert on Hitler Studies. He is afraid of death. His wife Babette is also afraid of death. In this black comedy, Jack must deal with death, air born toxic events, mysterious pills and the strange complexities that make up life.
Noah Baumbach, David Heyman, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Andre Benjamin, Uri Singer, Adam Driver, Raffey Cassidy
Drama Adaptation
Alice, Darling
Anna Kendrick is Alice in this taut thriller about a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.
Mary Nighy, Katie Bird Nolan, Christina Piovesan, Noah Segal, Lindsay Tapscott, Sam Tipper-Hale, Alanna Francis, Anna Kendrick
Thriller Psychological
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Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Turn Every Page explores the remarkable fifty-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. Now 86, Caro is working to complete the final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 91, waits to edit it. The task of finishing their life’s work looms before them. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects at the culmination of a journey that has consumed both their lives and impacted generations of politicians, activists, writers, and readers.
Lizzie Gottlieb
Documentary
Wildcat
Wildcat follows the emotional and inspiring story of a young veteran on his journey into the Amazon. Once there, he meets a young woman running a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center, and his life finds new meaning as he is entrusted with the life of an orphaned baby ocelot. What was meant to be an attempt to escape from life, turns out to be an unexpected journey of love, discovery, and healing.
Melissa Lesh, Trevor Beck Frost, Alysa Nahmias, Joshua Altman
Documentary Nature
