Into the Dark
Darkness brings an artist into confrontation with everything he can’t control.
Lone Rider
After stealing his dad’s old 1989 Mustang, a lonely millennial drifts along through midnight summer drives, fleeting reunions, fractured friendships, old regrets, and the pull of roads that keep leading him back to the life he’s trying to outrun.
Meow
The search for her lost cat changes the path of a Hasidic girl’s world.
My Friend Sam
Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor’s life changed forever when, as a child, she was taken under the wings of musicians Sonia Vargas and Samuel Marder. The film tells the life story of Marder, violinist and Holocaust survivor, who, in his 90s, has made it a mission to speak to children about the dangers of prejudice and the importance of being kind.
My Grandmother is a Skydiver
In 1960s Tajikistan, a skydiver gets a call from her granddaughter in 2022 Ukraine, sparking an intergenerational journey through trauma, memory and identity.
Niagara
Our Film Noir Friday screening this year is the wonderful 1953 Technicolor thriller starring Marilyn Monroe as Rose Loomis, a femme fatale plotting to murder her older, jealous husband, George, while vacationing at Niagara Falls. The plot intensifies when another couple becomes entangled in the couple’s dangerous, deceitful, and turbulent relationship.
Poor Me
Nora is caught shoplifting, sparking a major argument with her parents about family values. But she isn’t the only thief in the family.
Rage
Eric lives in a juvenile center and hopes to live with his mother again when he turns 18. When she doesn’t show up to visit him, he runs away to her house.
Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts
After a volcanic eruption, Ramón walks the island of La Palma with his microphone, looking for ghosts.
Second Bedroom
Over the course of a day, 12-year-old Agnes goes apartment hunting in Brooklyn with her dad Peter and struggles to come to terms with her parents’ separation.
Somewhere to Be
In this dark comedy, an eight-year-old girl has to grow up quickly during a tense car ride. Set in the 1980s.
Swim Sistas
Narrated by Academy Award® nominee Naomie Harris as Mami Wata, Swim Sistas follows four Black British women, from an Olympic trailblazer to a 54-year-old first-time swimmer, in a lyrical celebration of joy, sisterhood, and resilience.
The Flowers of Malva
In a small village in the Ukrainian countryside, Nina, a grandmother deeply attached to her land, welcomes her granddaughter Yana for what appears to be a simple holiday. In reality, she is trying to hide the war that is ravaging the country from her granddaughter by creating an imaginary world where everything is fine.