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.
Viola Davis, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Cathy Schulman, Adrienne Warren, Dana Stevens, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim
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.
Sam Rockwell, David Oyelowo, Saoirse Ronan, Shirley Henderson, Damian Jones, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Tom George
Crime Mystery
Blonde
The biopic will be based on an imaginary Marilyn Monroe memoir.
Dede Gardner, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dominik, Xavier Samuel, Scoot McNairy, Brad Pitt, Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody
Drama Biography True Story
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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.
Cameron Arnett, Marty Roberts, Jimmy Womble, Brett Varvel, Gigi Orsillo, Todd Terry
Drama Sports Family
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.
Asami Seto, Hiroyasu Ishida, Hayashi Mori, Mutsumi Tamura, Daiki Yamashita, Yumiko Kobayashi, Inori Minase, Kana Hanazawa
Kids Animation
Pearl
Mia Goth stars as Pearl in a prequel to the horror film X.
David Corenswet, Mia Goth, Ti West, Tandi Wright
Horror
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...
Andy Fickman, Ailsa Davidson, Simon Gordon, Maddison Firth, Vivian Panka, Teleri Hughes, Mhairi Angus, Liam Doyle
Musical Teen
Mija
Documents two daughters of undocumented immigrants navigating the music industry.
Isabel Castro
Documentary
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, Joshua Boone, Solea Pfeiffer, Amirah Vann, Austin Scott, Ryan Eggold
Drama
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, Lorraine Ashbourne, Leo Long, Eddie Sternberg, Ed Skrein, Eleanor Matsuura, Stanley Morgan
Music
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
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.
Atsuko Ishizuka, Ayumu Murase, Natsuki Hanae, Yuuki Kaji, Kana Hanazawa, Adam McArthur, Nick Wolfhard, Jonathan Leon
Adventure Animation
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.
Ben Pugh, Letitia Wright, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Joshua Horsfield, Ewa Puszczyńska, Anita Gou, Alicia Van Couvering
Drama
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.
Cameron Crovetti, Naomi Watts, 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, Annie Mumolo, Ayden Mayeri, Marcia Gay Harden, Roy Wood Jr., Greg Mottola, Zev Borow, John Slattery
Comedy Crime
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, Jefferson White, Thandiwe Newton, Jeremy Bobb, Joris Jarsky, Kai Lennox, Tanaya Beatty
Thriller
Moonage Daydream
A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie’s creative and musical journey.
Brett Morgen
Documentary Music IMAX
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, Jack Kornfield, Luisah Teish, Alex Grey, Michael Beckwith, Norman Lear
Documentary
Do Revenge
Unlikely cohorts Drew and Eleanor agree to go after one another's bullies.
Talia Ryder, Maya Hawke, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Celeste Ballard, Austin Abrams, Alisha Boe, Jonathan Daviss, Ava Capri
Drama Comedy Dark Comedy