A great mash-up of the movies playing at this year’s Festival, courtesy of the team at MOVIECLIPS. What are you most excited to see?
A great mash-up of the movies playing at this year’s Festival, courtesy of the team at MOVIECLIPS. What are you most excited to see?
Written and directed by Woody Allen, this is a star-studded story about people in Italy—some residents, some visitors—and the romances and predicaments they get into. ★ North American Premiere
When their plans for constructing the world’s largest home are halted by the 2008 economic collapse, a flamboyant billionaire couple must reconcile their grandiose dreams with new financial realities in Lauren Greenfield’s award-winning documentary.
Writer/director/star Alex Karpovksy reveals his sterling comic chops playing an indie filmmaker named Alex Karpovsky who, unexpectedly dumped by his girlfriend, takes to the road for a misbegotten mini-tour of film screenings and overly ardent groupies. ★ World Premiere
A balmy eastern summer and a lush, rambling backyard are the perfect settings for this mirthful tale of unlikely friendships and rekindled neighborliness amongst a quirky and charming cast of bohemians. ★ World Premiere
Assembled for their regular Sunday brunch, a clique of hip Angelinos become hilariously entangled in a web of personal drama so complex they hardly notice the apocalypse is knocking on their front door. ★ World Premiere (Summer Showcase, 2012)
How do you maintain a marriage when your husband has been sentenced to eight years in prison? Writer/director Ava DuVernay’s elegant and powerful portrait marks the arrival of a bold new voice in independent cinema.
Set in the world of male strippers, the dramatic comedy follows Mike (Tatum) as he takes a young dancer called The Kid (Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of partying and making easy money.
This stunningly imaginative, boldly original film follows six-year-old Hushpuppy as she fights to protect her father and their unique way of life in a remote, dreamlike area of the Delta threatened by apocalyptic floods.
Set in a too-near future against an epic backdrop of Earth’s final days, the film explores what people will do and how they will feel when humanity’s end is near.
The streets of Havana are alive with the undead in Cuba’s first zombie comedy, a wild and bloody romp that sinks its sharp satirical teeth into the Cuban body politic. Castro may not be amused, but you will be.
In this breathtaking Russian film, a loving husband and father relocates his family to the idyllic countryside, but this would-be Eden soon disintegrates when his wife reveals a terrible secret: she’s pregnant with another man’s child.
