By Amy Renner Feb. 28, 2024
Friday, December 8
The Oath
400 A.D., in a forgotten time of Ancient America, a lone Hebraic fugitive must preserve the history of his fallen nation while being hunted by a ruthless tyrant but rescuing the King's abused mistress could awaken a warrior's past.
Billy Zane, Karina Lombard, Darin Scott, Eugene Brave Rock, Nora Dale, Wasé Chief
Drama Action Romance
Poor Things
Described as the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Tony McNamara, Emma Stone, Christopher Abbott, Mark Ruffalo, Yorgos Lanthimos, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael
Drama Adaptation
The Cello
Like many musicians, accomplished Saudi cellist Nasser (Samer Ismail) has aspirations for greatness, though he feels like he’s held back by the old, dilapidated instrument he’s forced to play. When Nasser is offered the chance to take possession of a gorgeous red cello by a mysterious shop owner (Tobin Bell), he finds new inspiration both for his playing and for his composing. What Nasser doesn’t realize is that this cello has a nefarious past. As he prepares for an important audition with a prominent philharmonic, that past shows itself in the form of an ancient conductor (Jeremy Irons) and the suffering and death of those close to him. Nasser must now decide if achieving his dreams is worth the horror that comes with playing such a perfect instrument.
Darren Lynn Bousman, Jeremy Irons, Tobin Bell, Samer Ismail, Elham Ali
Thriller Horror Mystery
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Magazine Dreams
A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence.
Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Elijah Bynum, Jonathan Majors, Harrison Page, Harriet Sansom Harris, Michael O'Hearn
Drama
Eileen
Set in the early 1960s, a lonely 20-something woman working in a boys’ prison outside Boston is pulled into a very strange crime.
Anne Hathaway, Stefanie Azpiazu, Erin Cressida Wilson, Marin Ireland, William Oldroyd, Scott Rudin, Luke Goebel, Ottessa Moshfegh
Thriller Crime Adaptation
The Boy and the Heron
The story follows "a 15-year-old boy in Tokyo, small for his age and fond of mischief, whose father has recently died."
Toshio Suzuki, Hayao Miyazaki, Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Aimyon, Ko Shibasaki, Yoshino Kimura
Drama Adventure Animation
The End We Start From
A woman and her newborn child must try to find her way home amid an environmental crisis that submerges London in flood waters and sees their young family torn apart in the chaos.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Mahalia Belo, Alice Birch, Jodie Comer, Joel Fry, Gina McKee, Katherine Waterston
Drama Thriller
Origin
While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery. Despite the colossal scope of her project, she finds beauty and bravery while crafting one of the defining American books of our time.
Nick Offerman, Jon Bernthal, Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Niecy Nash-Betts
Drama
Lord of Misrule
Set in a small town in the English countryside, a desperate search takes place for the young daughter of the town's new minister. The girl went missing during a Solstice Festival. The closer the locals and police get towards finding the girl, the more secrets from the town's past emerge.
Matt Stokoe, Jason Newmark, Tuppence Middleton, Laurie Cook, William Brent Bell, James Tomlinson, Tom De Ville, Ralph Ineson
Drama Horror
Leave The World Behind
Two families, strangers to each other, are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.
Julia Roberts, Sam Esmail, Marisa Yeres Gill, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Bacon, Chad Hamilton, Lisa Gillan, Mahershala Ali
Drama Thriller Adaptation Based on Book
Total Trust
A documentary about surveillance technology and censorship that follows the stories of people in China who have been monitored. A warning for democracies, it sounds an alarm about the increasing worldwide use of surveillance tools.
Jialing Zhang
Documentary
Raging Grace
An undocumented Filipina immigrant and her daughter become ensnared by a terrible secret while working as a caretaker for a terminally ill old man.
Max Eigenmann, David Hayman, Paris Zarcilla, Leanne Best, Jaeden Boadilla
Drama Horror Mystery
Into The Weeds
Tells the story of groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrichemical giant Monsanto, the manufacturer of the weed killer, Roundup.
Jennifer Baichwal, Dewayne 'Lee' Johnson
Documentary
The Zone of Interest
Story about the family of Rudolf Höss, the camp commandant at Auschwitz.
Ralph Herforth, Stephanie Petrowitz, Jonathan Glazer, Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Max Beck, Marie Rosa Tietjen, Freya Kreutzkam
Drama Historical
Fast Charlie
Charlie Swift has worked for his aging mob boss Stan for twenty years, skillfully operating as a prolific fixer and efficient hitman. When a rival boss moves to eliminate Stan and his entire team, he fails in wiping the team clean. Now on his own, Charlie will stop at nothing to avenge his friend, and has no plans to leave anyone alive.
James Caan, Morena Baccarin, Phillip Noyce, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Grodni, Mitchell Welch, Richard Wenk, Morgan Freeman
Thriller Crime
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
The winter holidays are turning out to be especially stressful for Greg Heffley this year. After accidentally damaging a snowplow while making a snowman with best friend Rowley Jefferson, Greg worries he won’t get the new video game console he so desperately wants for Christmas. To make matters worse, he gets snowed in with his family, including his grumpy older brother Rodrick and annoying younger brother Manny.
Hunter Dillon, Luke Cormican, Erica Cerra, Wesley Kimmel, Gracen Newton
Family Animation
Santa Isn't Real
After suffering a brutal attack on Christmas eve, a young woman, Nikki, struggles to convince her friends that the assailant was none other than Ol' Kris Kringle. When Santa returns to terrorize the group in their remote cabin the next Christmas, Nikki and her friends must overcome disbelief as they fight to stay alive.
Zac Locke, Scarlett Sperduto, Dana Millican, Kaya Coleman, Michelle Damis
Horror
The Sacrifice Game
Trapped in boarding school for the holidays, Samantha and Clara's silent nights turn deadly as a murderous gang crashes their Christmas.
Madison Baines, Derek Johns, Chloe Levine, Jenn Wexler, Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Gus Kenworthy, Laurent Pitre
Horror
Our Son
Long-term partners Gabriel and Nicky have created what appears to be the perfect life with their young son. Despite appearances, Gabriel is unhappy and initiates a divorce that forces them to confront the changing reality of all their lives.
Kate Burton, Luke Evans, Phylicia Rashad, Bill Oliver, Billy Porter, Robin Weigert, Andrew Rannells, Christopher Woodley
Drama
Merry Little Batman
This Christmas, Damian Wayne wants to be a superhero like his dad—the one and only Batman. When Damian is left home alone while Batman takes on Gotham's worst supervillains on Christmas Eve, he stumbles upon a villainous plot to steal Christmas and leaps at the chance to save the day.
Yonas Kibreab, James Cromwell, Mike Roth, Luke Wilson, David Hornsby
Action Animation
Cello
An aspiring cellist learns that the cost of his cello is a lot more insidious than he thought.
Darren Lynn Bousman, Jeremy Irons, Turki Al Alshikh, Tobin Bell
Horror Supernatural
