Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Director: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Run Time: 139 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022
Starring: James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jonathan Ke Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu
Country: United States Language: English, Mandarin, CantoneseNew 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 by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. Received 11 nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and four acting nominations.
Tár (2022)
Director: Todd Field Run Time: 158 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Julian Glover, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant
Country: United States Language: EnglishSet in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra. World Premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival where Cate Blanchett was awarded Best Actress. Received six nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress (Cate Blanchett).
Living (2022)
Director: Oliver Hermanus Run Time: 102 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2022
Starring: Adrian Rawlins, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Bill Nighy, Tom Burke
Country: United Kingdom, Japan Language: EnglishAn ordinary man discovers the extraordinary key to life. A veteran civil servant receives a medical diagnosis that inspires him to move to the south coast and cram some fun into his remaining days. World Premiere, 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Nominated for Best Actor (Bill Nighy) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Kazuo Ishiguro) at the 95th Academy Awards.
Women Talking (2022)
Director: Sarah Polley Run Time: 104 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2022
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara
Country: United States Language: EngilshWomen in an isolated religious community struggle to reconcile with their faith after a series of sexual assaults. Official Selection, 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 95th Academy Awards.
Aftersun (2022)
Director: Charlotte Wells Run Time: 96 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022
Starring: Ayse Parlak, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Francesca Corio, Paul Mescal, Sally Messham
Country: United States Language: EnglishMemory burns. Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a childhood holiday with her father, trying to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't. Jury Prize winner at International Critics' Week during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Nominated for Best Actor (Paul Mescal) at the 95th Academy Awards.
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Director: Martin McDonagh Run Time: 109 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022
Starring: Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Kerry Condon, Pat Shortt
Country: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom Language: EnglishEverything was fine yesterday. On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, events escalate after a lifelong friendship is ended with no explanation. Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Colin Farrell) at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. Received nine nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and four acting nominations.
Knock at the Cabin (2023)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Ben Aldridge, Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Kristen Cui, Nikki Amuka-Bird
Country: United States Language: EnglishSave your family or save humanity. Make the choice. While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.
To Leslie (2022)
Director: Michael Morris Run Time: 119 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022
Starring: Andre Royo, Andrea Riseborough, James Landry Hébert, Owen Teague, Stephen Root
Country: United States Language: EnglishYears after a lottery win, a West Texas single mother is alone, living hard at the bottom of a bottle. Nowhere left to go, she is forced to come home and confront her past. Official Selection, 2022 South by Southwest Film Festival. Nominated for Best Actress (Andrea Riseborough) at the 95th Academy Awards.
Alcarràs (2022)
Director: Carla Simón Run Time: 120 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2023
Starring: Ainet Jounou, Albert Bosch, Anna Otin, Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Xenia Roset
Country: Spain, Italy Language: Catalan, Spanish, EnglishThe life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood. Winner: Golden Bear, 2022 Berlin Film Festival. Spain's submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Director: Edward Berger Run Time: 147 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: Aaron Hilmer, Adrian Grünewald, Albrecht Schuch, Felix Kammerer, Moritz Klaus
Country: Germany, United States, United Kingdom Language: German, FrenchWhen 17-year-old Paul joins the Western Front in World War I, his initial excitement is soon shattered by the grim reality of life in the trenches. The first-ever German adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war classic. Received nine nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best International Feature Film, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
EO (2022)
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski Run Time: 88 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jacek Murański, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Murański, Sandra Drzymalska
Country: Poland, Italy Language: Polish, Italian, English, FrenchEO, a gray donkey with melancholic eyes and a curious spirit, begins his life as a circus performer before escaping on a trek across the Polish and Italian countryside in a journey marked by absurdity and warmth in equal measure. Jury Prize winner, 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
Remember This (2023)
Director: Derek Goldman, Jeff Hutchens Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: David Strathairn
Country: United States Language: EnglishThe true story of Jan Karski who told of humanity’s greatest crimes while there was still time to stop them. In a virtuoso solo performance, Academy Award nominee David Strathairn portrays Karski in this genre-defying true story of a reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness.
Producer Alex Hyde (Springsteen on Broadway and the 2022 docuseries The Lincoln Project) in attendance on Sat, Feb 4
Infinity Pool (2023)
Director: Brandon Cronenberg Run Time: 117 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2023
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Amanda Brugel, Cleopatra Coleman, Mia Goth, Thomas Kretschmann
Country: Canada, Hungary, France Language: EnglishFind out what kind of a creature you really are. James and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors. World Premiere, 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
Filmmakers for the Prosecution (2023)
Director: Jean-Christophe Klotz Run Time: 60 min. Rating: NR
Country: France, United States Language: English, FrenchThe thrilling story of how motion pictures were used to convict the nazis at the first Nuremberg trial—a startling example of the power of the moving image to change hearts and minds and to indelibly shape our collective memory.
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night (2023)
Director: Ayako Kono Run Time: 90 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022
Starring: Haruka Tomatsu, Hiroki Yasumoto, Inori Minase, Shiori Izawa, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Country: Japan Language: JapaneseThe exciting next installment in the Sword Art Online The Movie -Progressive- series.
Pioneers of African American Cinema: The Scar of Shame (1929)
Director: Frank Perugini Run Time: 120 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 1929
Starring: Ann Kennedy, Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses, Norman Johnstone, William E. Pettus
Country: United States Language: EnglishPioneers of African American Cinema — Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by opening remarks and feature presentation with select short films at 7:00 p.m. The Gallery at Gateway Film Center is open for viewing throughout the evening.When a young woman escapes from her abusive father, she is rescued by an aspiring composer, but encounters opposition from his class-conscious mother. Frank Peregini’s 1929 feature film has been called "quite possibly the best independent black film of the silent era".
Baby Ruby (2023)
Director: Bess Wohl Run Time: 89 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: Jayne Atkinson, Kit Harington, Meredith Hagner, Noémie Merlant, Reed Birney
Country: United States Language: EnglishA mother's instincts never lie. The tightly scripted world of a vlogger and influencer unravels as postpartum depression, a lack of support from those in her orbit, and her baby’s apparent hostility all mount. World Premiere, 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
Decision to Leave (2022)
Director: Park Chan-wook Run Time: 138 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022
Starring: Go Kyung-pyo, Lee Jung-hyun, Park Hae-il, Park Yong-woo, Tang Wei
Country: South Korea Language: Korean, ChineseThe closer you look, the harder you fall. A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains becomes attracted to the dead man's mysterious wife. Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
Arthur, Malédiction (2023)
Director: Barthélémy Grossmann Run Time: 87 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022
Starring: Jade Pedri, Marceau Ebersolt, Mathieu Berger, Thalia Besson, Yann Mendy
Country: France Language: FrenchAlex has been a fan of the Arthur fantasy film series ever since he was a kid. When his tight-knit group of friends surprises him with a trip to the abandoned house where the film was shot, they unintentionally head into a twisted, deathly trap.
Skinamarink (2023)
Director: Kyle Edward Ball Run Time: 100 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2023
Starring: Dali Rose Tetreault, Jaime Hill, Lucas Paul, Ross Paul
Country: Canada Language: EnglishTwo children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished. Official Selection, 2022 Fantasia Film Festival.
