Friday, September 16
The Woman King
Inspired by true events that took place in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries, The Woman King tells the story of Nanisca (Davis), general of the all-female military unit known as the Amazons, and her daughter, Nawi (Nyong’o), who together fought the French and neighboring tribes who violated their honor, enslaved their people and threatened to destroy everything they’ve lived for.
Cathy Schulman, Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Dana Stevens, Thuso Mbedu, Adrienne Warren
Drama Historical True Story
See How They Run
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody, Sam Rockwell, Harris Dickinson, Shirley Henderson, Tom George, Gina Carter
Crime Mystery
Pearl
Mia Goth stars as Pearl in a prequel to the horror film X.
David Corenswet, Ti West, Mia Goth, Tandi Wright
Horror
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Blonde
The biopic will be based on an imaginary Marilyn Monroe memoir.
Dede Gardner, Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Julianne Nicholson, Sara Paxton, Xavier Samuel, Anthony Bregman, Brad Pitt
Drama Biography True Story
God's Country
A character-driven thriller set in the snowy wilderness of the American West. Thandiwe Newton plays Sandra Guidry, a Black professor living and working in a rural college town. She discovers a mysterious red truck parked in her driveway and soon learns it belongs to a pair of local hunters seeking to enter the forest behind her house. Sandra turns them away politely but firmly – her experience tells her these are not the sort of men to welcome freely into her world. But they won’t take no for an answer, and soon Sandra finds herself drawn into an escalating battle of wills that puts her most deeply held values to the test.
Julian Higgins, Thandiwe Newton, Jeremy Bobb, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Kai Lennox, Tanaya Beatty
Thriller
Goodnight Mommy
When twin brothers arrive at their mother’s (Naomi Watts) country home to discover her face covered in bandages—the result, she explains, of recent cosmetic surgery—they immediately sense that something doesn’t add up.
Naomi Watts, Cameron Crovetti, Nicholas Crovetti
Thriller Horror
Confess, Fletch
Investigative journalist, Fletch, is declared the prime suspect in a murder investigation and must work to prove his innocence.
Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Kyle MacLachlan, Greg Mottola, Zev Borow, Annie Mumolo, Lorenza Izzo, Ayden Mayeri
Comedy Crime
I Used to be Famous
Vince (Ed Skrein) used to be in the hottest boy band around. Now he’s alone and desperate. An impromptu jam with Stevie (Leo Long), an autistic drummer with an incredible gift for rhythm, sparks an unexpected friendship. Together they form a unique bond through the power of music.
Eoin Macken, Eddie Sternberg, Ed Skrein, Leo Long, Eleanor Matsuura, Lorraine Ashbourne, Stanley Morgan
Music
A Jazzman's Blues
"A Jazz Man's Blues" is set in the post-World War II South, where a young black jazz singer leaves his rural town in search of fame. During his absence, it's discovered that he had an affair with a local married woman. But all is not as it seems: the woman is actually his former lover and a light skinned black who has been passing as white. Her racist husband has no idea about her color or her past, and organizes the local Klan chapter to hunt down the jazz singer. Now a successful performer in Chicago, the jazz singer finds himself drawn back South to help save his mother's ailing nightclub and face his accusers.
Tyler Perry, Amirah Vann, Ryan Eggold, Joshua Boone, Solea Pfeiffer, Austin Scott
Drama
Goodbye, Don Glees
Goodbye, Don Glees follows the story of three friends over the course of one summer, as their backyard adventures turn one small incident to a life changing journey.
Ayumu Murase, Barbara Goodson, Atsuko Ishizuka, Natsuki Hanae, Yuuki Kaji, Kana Hanazawa, Adam McArthur, Nick Wolfhard
Adventure Animation
Running The Bases
When a small-town baseball coach gets the offer of a lifetime from a larger 6A High School, he uproots his family and leaves the only home he's ever known. But as a man of faith, he soon faces extreme opposition to his coaching methods from the school superintendent.
Marty Roberts, Jimmy Womble, Brett Varvel, Gigi Orsillo, Todd Terry, Cameron Arnett
Drama Sports Family
Moonage Daydream
A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie’s creative and musical journey.
Brett Morgen
Documentary Music IMAX
The Silent Twins
The astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives.
Letitia Wright, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Ben Pugh, Andrea Seigel, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Joshua Horsfield, Ewa Puszczyńska, Anita Gou
Drama
Mija
Documents two daughters of undocumented immigrants navigating the music industry.
Isabel Castro
Documentary
Heathers: The Musical
Welcome to Westerberg High, where Veronica Sawyer is just another one of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. Until JD shows up – the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that everyone fears being a nobody, but its murder being a somebody...
Simon Gordon, Chris Parkinson, Andy Fickman, Ailsa Davidson, Maddison Firth, Vivian Panka, Teleri Hughes, Mhairi Angus
Musical Teen
Drifting Home
Sixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. During summer break, while playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they can see around them is a vast sea. Will Kosuke and the others make it back to their world? A journey of farewells in summer has just begun.
Hiroyasu Ishida, Hayashi Mori, Mutsumi Tamura, Asami Seto, Daiki Yamashita, Yumiko Kobayashi, Inori Minase, Kana Hanazawa
Kids Animation
Gratitude Revealed
An epic journey forty years in the making, GRATITUDE REVEALED from acclaimed filmmaker, Louie Schwartzberg, the director of cult hit Fantastic Fungi, takes us on a transformational, cinematic experience of how to live a more meaningful life full of Gratitude through his intimate conversations with everyday people, thought leaders, and personalities revealing Gratitude is a proven pathway back from the disconnection we feel in our lives; disconnection from ourselves, our planet, and each other.
Louie Schwartzberg, Norman Lear, Jack Kornfield, Luisah Teish, Alex Grey, Michael Beckwith
Documentary
Do Revenge
Unlikely cohorts Drew and Eleanor agree to go after one another's bullies.
Talia Ryder, Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Maia Reficco, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Celeste Ballard, Austin Abrams, Alisha Boe
Drama Comedy Dark Comedy
Riotsville, USA
Welcome to Riotsville, USA, a turning point in American history where the protest movements of the late 1960s came into conflict with increasingly militarized police departments. Focusing on unearthed military training footage of Army-built model towns called “Riotsvilles,” where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder in the aftermath of the Kerner Commission created by President Lyndon B. Johnson, director Sierra Pettengill’s kaleidoscopic all-archival documentary reconstructs the formation of a national consciousness obsessed with maintaining law and order by any means necessary. Drawing insight from a time similar to our own, Riotsville, USA pulls focus on American institutional control and offers a compelling case that if the history of race in America rhymes, it is by design.
Sierra Pettengill,, Tobi Haslett, Charlene Modeste
Documentary