Author: Josh Hornbeck

Josh is the founder of Cinema Cocktail, and he is a writer and director, podcaster and critic, and communications and marketing professional living and working in the greater Seattle area.

Falling (2020) | June 4

John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los Angeles who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide. – JustWatch.com

Director: Viggo Mortensen

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney, Hannah Gross, Terry Chen, David Cronenberg, Paul Gross

Country: Canada

Distributor: Quiver Distribution

Rating: R

Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes

Platform: Hoopla

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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, Parts 13-14 (2019) | June 4

As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Mark Cousins asks how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour and death, all through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers – all of them women. – JustWatch.com

Director: Mark Cousins

Cast: Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Kerry Fox, Debra Winger, Thandiwe Newton, Sharmila Tagore

Country: United Kingdom

Distributor: Janus Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 3 hours, 12 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema, Long-Form Cinema

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Girls of the Sun (2018) | June 4

Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists. – JustWatch.com

Director: Eva Husson

Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Zübeyde Bulut, Behi Djanati Atai, Evin Ahmad, Erol Afsin, Arabi Ghibeh

Country: France

Distributor: Cohen Media Group

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes

Platform: Prime Video

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Dark Touch (2013) | June 3

In a remote Irish village, police are called to the scene of a bloody massacre, but they ignore the lone survivor’s claim that the house was responsible for the carnage that killed her parents and brother. – IMDb.com

Director: Marina de Van

Cast: Missy Keating, Marcella Plunkett, Charlotte Flyvholm, Padraic Delaney, Art Parkinson, Anabel Sweeney, Mark Huberman, Olga Wehrly

Country: Ireland

Distributor: IFC Midnight

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Platform: Hulu

Special Programming: Midnight Movies

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Beginning (2020) | June 3

In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah Witness community is attacked by an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict, the familiar world of Yana, the wife of the community leader, slowly crumbles. Yana’s inner discontent grows as she struggles to make sense of her desires. – JustWatch.com

Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili

Cast: Ia Sukhitashvili, Rati Oneli, Kakha Kintsurashvili, Saba Gogichaishvil, Giorgi Tsereteli, Ia Kokiashvili

Country: Georgia

Distributor: MUBI

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes

Platform: MUBI

Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations

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Filmmaker Conversations

Asako I & II (2018) | June 3

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality. – IMDb.com

Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Cast: Erika Karata, Masahiro Higashide, Rio Yamashita, Sairi Itoh, Kōji Seto, Daichi Watanabe, Kôji Nakamoto, Misako Tanaka

Country: Japan

Distributor: Grasshopper Film

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes

Platform: Kanopy, Hoopla

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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, Parts 10-12 (2019) | June 3

As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Mark Cousins asks how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour and death, all through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers – all of them women. – JustWatch.com

Director: Mark Cousins

Cast: Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Kerry Fox, Debra Winger, Thandiwe Newton, Sharmila Tagore

Country: United Kingdom

Distributor: Janus Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 3 hours, 12 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema, Long-Form Cinema

Where to Watch

Polina (2016) | June 3

Polina is a young dancer from a modest family. After years of ballet academy, she is accepted by the Bolshoi; still, she decides to try and audition of a modern dance company in France. She makes it, but her journey will not end there… – JustWatch.com

Director: Valérie Müller, Angelin Preljocaj

Cast: Anastasia Shevtsova, Juliette Binoche, Niels Schneider, Miglen Mirtchev, Aleksey Guskov, Kseniya Kutepova, Bakhtiyar Askarov, Jeremie Belingard

Country: France

Distributor: Oscilloscope

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 1 hour, 48 minutes

Platform: OVID, Kanopy

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