Country: Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom, United StatesLanguage: EnglishExplores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father. A bloody revenge epic and breathtaking visual marvel, The Northman finds celebrated genre filmmaker Robert Eggers expanding his scope without sacrificing any of his signature style.
Country: FranceLanguage: FrenchCharlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of reserve. Using a camera lens, they expose themselves to each other, begin to step back, leaving space for a mother-daughter relationship. Cannes 2021
Country: United States, FranceLanguage: American Sign Language, English As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.Siân Heder’s CODA won Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor at the 94th Academy Awards.
World Premiere, SXSW 2022. In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives. | Country: United States | Language: English
New year, new universe. An aging Chinese immigrant is just trying to finish her taxes. Instead she is continuously swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world. This surreal and exhilarating exploration of identity and existence won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. | Country: United States | Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese
Country: United States Language: EnglishThe most Nicolas Cage movie ever. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters.
Country: Japan Language: JapaneseDirected by veteran animator Takayuki Hirao and produced by brand-new animation studio CLAP, Pompo the Cinephile is a rollicking, exuberant ode to the power of the movies, and the joys and heartbreak of the creative process.
Country: France Language: FrenchPresented at the Film Center and in our Virtual Screening Room as part of Young French Cinema 2022.While writer-director Emilie Carpentier captures our attention—and emotions—with a charming tale of first love between two young people from different backgrounds, her real subject here is the dawning of political and social awareness at the cusp of maturity. In capturing Adja’s gradual decision to step up and fight for her future, she pays tribute to the courage of a generation for whom the fight for environmental justice is an urgent matter of survival.
Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game. The writer-director’s haunting debut feature had its World Premiere at Sundance and its Midwest Premiere at Gateway Film Center as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2021. | Country: United States | Language: English
