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Thought-provoking films exclusively from

Swank Motion Pictures.

Thought-provoking films exclusively from

Swank Motion Pictures.

INDEPENDENT FILMS

FALL 2016

Linda Cardellini, Michael Keaton, Patrick Wilson The Weinstein Company; Directed by John Lee Hancock Rated PG-13; 115 minutes; 2016

The story of McDonald’s founder, Ray Kroc.

1 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© The Weinstein Company

Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart Lions Gate Films, Inc.; Directed by Woody Allen Rated PG-13; 96 minutes; 2016

Set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life.

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© Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc.

© IFC Films

Documentary Feature Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, Barbara Morgan IFC Films; Directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman Rated R; 96 minutes; 2016

Profiling Anthony Weiner as he runs for mayor of NYC in 2013. During the campaign, he becomes embroiled in a second widely publicized sexting scandal, which ultimately derails his once-promising political career.

© Miramax Films

Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway Miramax Films; Directed by Richard Tanne Rated PG-13; 84 minutes; 2016

Chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago’s South Side.

3 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© The Weinstein Company

Edgar Ramírez, Robert De Niro, Ana de Armas The Weinstein Company; Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz Rated R; 111 minutes; 2016

Biopic about legendary boxer Roberto Duran and his trainer Ray Arcel.

© A24 Films

Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden A24 Films; Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos Rated R; 119 minutes; 2015

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

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© Oscilloscope Pictures

Royalty Hightower, Alexis Neblett, Inayah Rodgers Oscilloscope Pictures; Directed by Anna Rose Holmer 72 minutes; 2015

While training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.

© Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc.

Dale Dickey, Ben Foster, Chris Pine LCBS Films; Directed by David Mackenzie Rated R; 102 minutes; 2016

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family’s ranch in West Texas.

5 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© 2016 STX Entertainment

Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali STX Entertainment; Directed by Gary Ross Rated R; 139 minutes; 2016

As civil war divides the nation, a poor farmer from Mississippi leads a group of rebels against the Confederate army.

© 2016 Broad Green Pictures LLC.

Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger Broad Green Pictures; Directed by Brad Furman Rated R; 127 minutes; 2016

A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

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© Open Road Films

Shailene Woodley, Ben Schnetzer, Scott Eastwood Open Road Films; Directed by Oliver Stone Rated R; 134 minutes; 2015

NSA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

© Bleecker Street Media LLC.

Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman Bleecker Street Media; Directed by Gavin Hood Rated R; 102 minutes; 2015

Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.

7 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© The Weinstein Company

Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel The Weinstein Company; Directed by Garth Davis 129 minutes; 2014

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Animated Feature Voices by: Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara Focus Features; Directed by Travis Knight Rated PG-13; 101 minutes; 2016

Kubo lives a quiet, normal life in a small shoreside village until a spirit from the past turns his life upside down by re-igniting an age-old vendetta.

© Focus Features LLC.

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© Samuel Goldwyn Films

Enid-Raye Adams, David Lewis, Ali Skovbye Samuel Goldwyn Films; Directed by Mark Sawers 80 minutes; 2015

In a world where women have become asexual and are no longer giving birth to males, a quiet, unassuming housekeeper named Andrew Myers finds himself at the center of a battle to keep men from going extinct.

© Focus Features LLC.

Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton Focus Features; Directed by Jeff Nichols Rated PG-13; 123 minutes; 2016

Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, are sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1958 for getting married.

9 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© Paramount Pictures

Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg Paramount Pictures; Directed by Stephen Frears Rated PG-13; 111 minutes; 2016

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

© RLJ Entertainment

Ethan Hawke, Paul Giamatti, Johnny Simmons RLJ Entertainment; Directed by Noah Buschel 90 minutes; 2016

A Major League rookie pitcher loses control over his pitching and is sent down to the minor leagues, where he begins sessions with an unorthodox sports psychologist.

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© A24 Films

Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough A24 Films; Directed by Andrea Arnold Rated R; 163 minutes; 2016

A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.

Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby Directed by Jacques Audiard; IFC Films; Rated R; 115 minutes; 2015

Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.

Julian Dennison, Sam Neill, Oscar Kightley; Directed by Taika Waititi The Orchard; Rated PG-13; 101 minutes; 2016

A rebellious teenage orphan and his reluctant caretaker survive in the New Zealand wilderness after the former attempts to run away from his foster home.

© IFC Films © The Orchard

11 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© Gravitas Ventures

Documentary Feature Rik Akey, Andrea Mendez Black, Katie Foster Gravitas Ventures; Directed by Angela Lee 87 minutes; 2015

The journey of 12 people who share the common bond of losing 100 pounds on average and then embarking on one of the biggest challenges of their lives - the 200 mile mega distance Ragnar Relay Race.

© A24 Films

Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead A24 Films; Directed by Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Rated R; 95 minutes; 2016

A hopeless man stranded in the wilderness befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.

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© Cohen Media Group

Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Clotilde Mollet Cohen Media Group; Directed by Benoît Jacquot 96 minutes; 2015

A scheming servant works for a wealthy couple in France during the late 19th century.

Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Ben Wheatley Rated R; 119 minutes; 2015

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

© Magnolia Pictures

13 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© Magnolia Pictures

Jennifer Ehle, Greg Kinnear, Alfred Molina Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Ira Sachs Rated PG; 85 minutes; 2016

A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents’ battle over a dress shop lease.

Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Asier Etxeandia Oscilloscope Pictures; Directed by Julio Medem Rated R; 111 minutes; 2015

In the aftermath of a tragedy a woman, Magda, reacts with a surge of newfound life that engulfs her circle of family and friends.

© Oscilloscope Pictures

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© 2016 Broad Green Pictures LLC.

© A24 Films

Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella A24 Films; Directed by Patricia Rozema Rated R; 101 minutes; 2015

After a massive power outage, two sisters learn to survive on their own in their isolated woodland home.

Ewan McGregor, Ciarán Hinds, Tye Sheridan Broad Green Pictures; Directed by Rodrigo García Rated PG-13; 98 minutes; 2015

An imagined chapter from Jesus’ forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis.

15 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc.

Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts Lions Gate Films, Inc.; Directed by Daniel Ragussis Rated R; 109 minutes; 2016

Idealistic FBI agent Nate Foster goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group.

© Bleecker Street Media LLC.

Rachel Weisz, Andrew Scott, Timothy Spall Bleecker Street Media; Directed by Mick Jackson Rated PG-13; 110 minutes; 2016

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

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HBO Documentary Films Directed by Jason Benjamin Rated TV14; Approximately 78 minutes

Through the stories of six clients, this inspiring documentary focuses on a custom-suit company in NYC that’s helping members of the LGBTQ community embrace their identities – and look the way they feel.

© 2016 Home Box Office, Inc. All Rights Reserved. HBO ® and related service marks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc

®

© 2016 Home Box Office, Inc. All Rights Reserved. HBO ® and related service marks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc

Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson CooperHBO Documentary Films Rated TVPG; Approximately 109 minutes

Gloria Vanderbilt and her son, TV journalist Anderson Cooper, take a candid look back on Vanderbilt’s remarkable life as an artist, entrepreneur and celebrity who has spent over nine decades in the public eye.

17 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear HBO Films; Directed by Rick Famuyiwa Rated TV14; Approximately 109 minutes

Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce and Greg Kinnear lead a stellar cast in a riveting HBO Films drama that pulls back the curtain on the 1991 Supreme Court nomination hearings of Clarence Thomas – a man whose nomination came under fire when a former employee, Anita Hill, accused him of sexual harassment.

Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo HBO Films; Directed by Jay Roach Rated TV14; Approximately 132 minutes

Bryan Cranston reprises his Tony-winning role as Lyndon B. Johnson in this HBO Films premiere, a riveting behind-the-scenes look at LBJ’s first year in office, when he battled southern party leaders who brought him to power to forge an unlikely alliance with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and fight for the passage of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Bill.

© 2016 Home Box Office, Inc. All Rights Reserved. HBO ® and related service marks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc

®

© 2016 Home Box Office, Inc. All Rights Reserved. HBO ® and related service marks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc

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© Amazon Studios

Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel Amazon Studios; Directed by Whit Stillman Rated PG; 92 minutes; 2016

Lady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws’ estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica – and herself too, naturally.

Sally Field, Beth Behrs, Max Greenfield; Directed by Michael Showalter Columbia Pictures; Rated R; 95 minutes; 2015

Sixty-something spinster Doris tries to woo her much-younger coworker John after she attends a self-help seminar.

Malcolm Brickhouse, Jarad Dawkins, Alec Atkins; Directed by Luke Meyer RLJ Entertainment; 92 minutes; 2015

Breaking a Monster chronicles the break-out year of the band Unlocking the Truth, following 13-year-old members Alec Atkins, Malcolm Brickhouse and Jarad Dawkins

© Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. © RLJ Entertainment

19 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© A24 Films

Brian De Palma, Noah Baumbach A24 Films; Directed by Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow Rated R; 108 minutes; 2015

A look at filmmaker Brian De Palma’s career includes clips from his movies and extensive interviews with the director. De Palma candidly recalls his triumphs and flops, the influence of Alfred Hitchcock on his work and Hollywood’s 1970s golden age.

© Magnolia Pictures

Kåre Conradi, Huyen Huynh, Anders Baasmo Christiansen Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Hans Petter Moland Rated R; 116 minutes; 2014

The honorable citizen Nils ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, when his son is mistakenly murdered, Nils takes action, which ignites a war between the vegan gangster “the Count” and the Serbian mafia boss Papa.

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© The Orchard

Documentary Feature Gennadiy Mokhnenko The Orchard; Directed by Steve Hoover Rated R; 96 minutes; 2015

Gennadiy calls himself “Pastor Crocodile.” He’s known throughout Ukraine for his years working to rehabilitate drug-addicted kids. But he’s also a vigilante who uses any force necessary to carry out his moral vision. Gennadiy believes he has made Mariupol a better place, but now, the violence in Ukraine threatens everything.

© Amazon Studios

Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates Amazon Studios; Directed by Joshua Marston

Rated R; 90 minutes; 2016

As a man contemplates moving to a new state with his wife for her graduate program, an old flame - a woman who often

changes identities - reenters his life at a birthday dinner party.

21 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© Monterey Media Inc.

Dennis Hopper, Chris Kattan, Jacqueline Bisset Monterey Media; Directed by Linda Yellen Rated R; 90 minutes; 2016

There are 4,000 film festivals around the world. Where would you go if your film was turned down by 3,999 of them?

Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams; Directed by Tom McCarthy Open Road Films; Rated R; 128 minutes; 2015

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe Dronne; Directed by Thomas Bidegain Cohen Media Group; Rated R; 104 minutes; 2015

When his daughter goes missing from their prairie town east of France, Alain and his young son, Kid, head out to find her.

© Amazon Studios © Amazon Studios

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© Bleecker Street Media LLC.

Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn Bleecker Street Media; Directed by Matt Ross Rated R; 120 minutes; 2016

A father raises his children in a remote forest in the Pacific Northwest, but a tragedy forces the family to face the outside world.

Juliette Binoche, Giorgio Colangeli, Lou de Laâge; Directed by Piero Messina Oscilloscope Pictures; 100 minutes; 2015

A mother unexpectedly meets her son’s fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive.

Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves; Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Amazon Studios; Rated R; 117 minutes; 2016

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

© Oscilloscope Pictures © Amazon Studios

23 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© Amazon Studios

Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer Amazon Studios; Directed by Liza Johnson Rated R; 86 minutes; 2016

The untold true story behind the meeting between Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n Roll, and President Richard Nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.

© Cinedigm

Kris Kristofferson, Trace Adkins, Michael Paré Cinedigm; Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. 98 minutes; 2016

A gunslinger must rescue his daughter from sex traffickers in 1880s Kansas.

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© The Orchard

© 2016 Broad Green Pictures LLC.

Keenan Kampa, Nicholas Galitzine, Jane Seymour The Orchard; Directed by Michael Damian Rated PG; 97 minutes; 2016

A violinist falls for a ballerina, despite their differing interests and personality clashes. The pair soon decide to work together to prepare for a dance competition in this musical romance.

Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance Broad Green Pictures; Directed by James Napier Robertson Rated R; 124 minutes; 2016

A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.

25 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© The Weinstein Company

Aidan Gillen, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Maria Doyle Kennedy The Weinstein Company; Directed by John Carney Rated PG-13; 105 minutes; 2016

In 1985 Dublin, a 14-year-old boy forms a glam band and tries to win over a beautiful woman who stars in their music videos.

© A24 Films

Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, Ken Watanabe A24 Films; Directed by Gus Van Sant Rated PG-13; 110 minutes; 2015

A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.

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© Outsider Pictures

© Amazon Studios

Lucas Quintana, Martin Sheen, Jacqueline Duprey Outsider Pictures; Directed by Julio Quintana Rated PG-13; 86 minutes; 2016

Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school’s remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.

Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth Amazon Studios; Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse Rated R; 119 minutes; 2016

A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

27 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

© A24 Films

Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan’Sandy’ Sanderson A24 Films; Directed by Barry Jenkins Rated R; 110 minutes; 2016

Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

© The Orchard

Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts The Orchard; Directed by Antonio Campos Rated R; 115 minutes; 2016

The story of 1970s TV reporter Christine Chubbuck.

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Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Le Bon, Jamie Dornan; Directed by Sean Ellis Bleecker Street Media; Rated R; 120 minutes; 2016

Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich.

Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Helen-Jean Arthur; Directed by Jim Jarmusch Amazon Studios; Rated R; 113 minutes; 2015

Set in the present in Paterson, New Jersey, this is a tale about a bus driver and poet.

Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiée Conn; Directed by Damien Chazelle Summit Entertainment; Rated PG-13; 126 minutes; 2016

A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.

Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler; Directed by Kenneth Lonergan Amazon Studios; Rated R; 135 minutes; 2016

An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.

© Bleecker Street Media LLC.

© Amazon Studios

© Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc.

© Amazon Studios

29 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

August Diehl, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner; Directed by Christian Carion Cohen Media Group; Rated R; 114 minutes; 2015

In May 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people the of a small village of Pas-de-Calais decide to give up everything to go on the road.

Documentary Feature Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Ron Asheton; Directed by Jim Jarmusch Magnolia Pictures; 108 minutes; 2016

An in-depth look at the legendary punk band, The Stooges.

Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo; Directed by Jonás Cuarón STX Entertainment; Rated R; 94 minutes; 2015

A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a man who has taken border patrol duties into his own racist hands.

Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi; Directed by Asghar Farhadi Cohen Media Group; 125 minutes; 2016

Forushande (The Salesman) is the story of a couple whose relationship begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.

© Cohen Media Group

© Magnolia Pictures

© 2016 STX Entertainment

© Cohen Media Group

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Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Moises Arias, Rafi Gavron; Directed by Steven Caple Jr. IFC Films; Rated R; 104 minutes; 2016

The Land tells the story of four teenage boys who devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio to pursue a dream life of professional skateboarding.

Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie; Directed by Terence Davies Magnolia Pictures; Rated R; 135 minutes; 2015

A young woman comes of age while enduring tragedy and hardship in rural Scotland on the eve of WWI. Based on the classic novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.

Documentary Feature Samantha Montgomery, Ophir Kutiel; Directed by Ido Haar Magnolia Pictures; 83 minutes; 2015

A New Orleans singer collaborates with an Israeli artist who makes mash-ups of online videos.

Jason Biggs, Janet Montgomery, Ashley Tisdale; Directed by Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse Cinedigm; 89 minutes; 2016

Guy Carter is an award-winning graduate student of architecture. He’s got a beautiful wife and a baby on the way. The problem? He doesn’t have “his ducks in a row,” which only fuels his doubts about being a good father.

© IFC Films

© Magnolia Pictures

© Magnolia Pictures

© Cinedigm

31 The best independent, documentary and international films of 2016!

Documentary Feature Tony Bark, T. Colin Campbell, Jim Morris Hicks; Directed by Michal Siewierski Gravitas Ventures; 91 minutes; 2016

This documentary follows filmmaker Michal Siewierski as he explores the impact that food choice has on people’s health, the health of our planet and on the lives of other species sharing our world.

© Gravitas Ventures

Documentary Feature; Directed by Clay Tweel Amazon Studios; Rated R; 110 minutes; 2016

At the age of 34, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS. Doctors gave the former NFL defensive back and New Orleans hero two to five years to live. So that is what Steve chose to do - LIVE

Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Lina Keller; Directed by Chad Hartigan A24 Films; Rated R; 91 minutes; 2016

The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.

Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Luis Gnecco; Directed by Pablo Larraín The Orchard; Rated R; 147 minutes; 2016

An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.

© Amazon Studios © A24 Films

© The Orchard

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Jesse Eisenberg, Devin Druid, Gabriel Byrne; Directed by Joachim Trier The Orchard; Rated R; 109 minutes; 2015

A widower and his two sons deal with new revelations about the death of their wife and mother, a famed war photojournalist who was killed in a car accident while back from assignment.

Greg Stuhr, Alicja Bachleda, Camilla Belle; Directed by Jenna Ricker The Orchard; 90 minutes; 2016

Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.

Documentary Feature Kevin Mitnick, Elon Musk, Lucianne Walkowicz; Directed by Werner Herzog Magnolia Pictures; Rated PG-13; 98 minutes; 2016

Werner Herzog’s exploration of the Internet and the connected world.

Yvan Attal, Bérénice Bejo, Antoine Basler; Directed by Eric Barbier Cohen Media Group; Rated R; 108 minutes; 2014

Simon has just been released from prison and is on parole. His friend, Albert, lures him back to his old ways for one more score.

© The Orchard

© The Orchard

© Magnolia Pictures

© Cohen Media Group

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Parker Young, Evan Todd, Chord Overstreet; Directed by Andrew Nackman Gravitas Ventures; 86 minutes; 2015

An upstate New York mechanic decides to finally come out to his three buddies, and while at first they are very much taken aback by the news, eventually they get a wake-up call in the form of a woman one of them dates, and they rally around their friend.

Benjamin Helstad, Jakob Oftebro, Nikolaj Lie Kaas; Directed by Nils Gaup Magnolia Pictures; Rated R; 99 minutes; 2016

In 13th-century Norway, two men must protect a royal heir from being assassinated.

Greta Gerwig, Charlie Tahan, Danny DeVito; Directed by Todd Solondz Amazon Studios; Rated R; 90 minutes; 2016

A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.

Documentary Feature Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut, David Fincher; Directed by Kent Jones Cohen Media Group; Rated PG-13; 78 minutes; 2015

The impact of the 1966 book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” is discussed by filmmakers.

© Gravitas Ventures

© Magnolia Pictures

© Amazon Studios

© Cohen Media Group

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