Movies Released July 23, 2021

Many know the name Alvin Ailey, but how many know the man? Ailey’s commitment to searching for truth in movement resulted in pioneering and enduring choreography that centers on African American experiences. Director Jamila Wignot’s resonant biography grants artful access to the elusive visionary who founded one of the world’s most renowned dance companies, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

The story follows Ellie (Jones), a young female journalist in contemporary London who uncovers a series of love letters in the archives which tell the story of an intensely romantic but star-crossed affair in the 1960s between Jennifer Stirling (Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Turner). As Ellie is drawn into the story, she becomes obsessed with discovering the lovers’ identities and finding out how their love story ends.

In the stinky town of Smelliville a kid named Max hopes to solve the town’s odor problem. When he meets a new family in town — the Ogglies — life starts to get... funky. The Ogglies live at the dump and are green, garbage-eating, good-natured creatures; a perfect solution to help regulate the overwhelming amount of garbage in the town. But when a unscrupulous contractor plans to build a wellness temple on the dump, the Ogglies realize they may be forced to leave Smelliville for good. Together Max, his best friend Lotta, and the Ogglies must hatch a plan to save their new home.