In the thick heat of central Florida, Rosie, a musician fresh out of high school, can’t shake her boredom. Before long, she meets Jules, a hustler from New York. She falls hard for his streetwise charms and his easy confidence. On the other side of town, Brandon returns home after a decade in prison, but his transition to life on the outside is dogged by the scars of his past. The summer drags on, pushing these three characters together down a dangerous path.
17-year-old Ashley Reeves is left for dead in the woods following a brutal attack. After spending 30 horrific hours in the cold, gravely wounded, lying in the dirt, and paralyzed, the police find her alive.
On a dark night, Xueming hits a pedestrian with his car and flees the scene. Desperate to escape his feelings of guilt, he decides to approach the dead man's wife, Mrs. Liang. He develops an ambiguous relationship with the widow, while a policeman tries to resolve the investigation that will change his life forever.
On Chicago's South and West sides, the scourge of guns and gangs is destroying countless lives. Taking matters into their own hands, two men dedicate their lives educating, empowering and healing young Black men at high risk for being victims—or perpetrators—of deadly gun-violence.
Matt’s passion transforms his bread from bland to brilliant. But when his bread loses its magic, the island locals panic and turn to Annie - Matt’s childhood friend and true love - for help.
In 1986, counsellors at Camp Trustfall are preparing for the new summer. It's all fun and games until one of the new counsellors goes missing. Now, an evil lurks in the darkness. Is it the camp legend come to life or does someone else have an axe to grind?
A driver is confronted by years of pent up trauma and unresolved emotional damage when he meets the love of his life and her abusive boyfriend. It's one hell of a ride.
Told largely through video calls and digital diaries, Naomi navigates a problematic roommate and a burgeoning romance all while locked down during the Coronavirus pandemic.
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.
Famed architect Jeremy Angust is approached on his trip to the Paris Airport by a chatty girl named Texel Textor who needs a ride. He obliges and after they part ways at the airport entrance, he misses his flight. As he settles in the lounge, he encounters the mysterious young Texel again, who insists on telling her strange story — and the conversation grows stranger and more twisted until it turns sinister and deadly.
Drag queen Malibu Rivers realizes her prized wig has been stolen the night before the biggest pageant of the year. The only culprit could be her biggest rival, Velma Hope Williams. Malibu decides to break into Velma’s house to steal the wig back, but can Malibu escape with her wig... and her life?
Out in public, Ivy is a New Orleans lounge singer trying to make a name for herself. When alone, though, she suffers from a terrifying eating disorder. And the more she hides her struggles, the stronger her inner demons become.
Refusing to comply with Tommy's demands, Max and Paul conspire to have the British gangster eliminated and Serena arrested. With Tommy dead and Serena in handcuffs, it appears as though Max has succeeded. His plan goes awry, however, when MI6 force Max to help Serena bring down her employers: the Russian mob. Torn between a life of crime with Serena or happiness with Ava, nothing is ever simple in the life of Max Mayfair.—MSR Media
New York City disability rights activists fight for a fully accessible transit system, facing off against the State-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority run by Governor Cuomo.
A photo found by the filmmaker at her grandmother’s house after her death seemed strange. She has a pregnant belly. But she had told the story of adopting the director’s father because she was not able to conceive. Her old friends explained the kibbutz decided state-building efforts preclude giving birth, and she had an abortion that damaged her womb. This set the director’s curiosity about her biological grandmother. The adoption file told of Shoshana, 16, an Iraqi immigrant who got pregnant out of wedlock. Her sister revealed that the family abused her but she refused to give up the baby, who was eventually taken from her. Both suffered patriarchal oppression and remained silent. The grandmothers’ stories led the filmmaker to confront her parents about her own silence on sexual abuse in the family. For the sake of the three, she must break silence.
Carlos Ghosn – the former CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, charged with financial crimes – stunned the world with his escape from Japan to Lebanon. What triggered Ghosn’s spectacular downfall from industry leader to international fugitive? Is there any truth to Ghosn’s claims of a corporate conspiracy? Nick Green’s documentary sheds light on this multilayered story, drawing out a portrait of a fascinating character.
A new documentary about the life of Nobel Prize winning American author, Saul Bellow. The film combines interviews with Philip Roth, Martin Amis, and others, and presents rare footage of Bellow in Jerusalem and at Mishkenot Sha’ananim.