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.

Nationtime (1972) | May 31

A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, and H. Carl McCall. – JustWatch.com

Director: William Greaves

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Amiri Baraka, Coretta Scott King, Dick Gregory, Jesse Jackson, Bobby Seale, Harry Belafonte, Isaac Hayes

Country: United States

Distributor: Kino Lorber

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 20 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema, Classic Cinema

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The Infiltrators (2019) | May 30

A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center. – JustWatch.com

Director: Alex Rivera , Cristina Ibarra

Cast: Maynor Alvarado, Manuel Uriza, Chelsea Rendon, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Vik Sahay

Country: United States

Distributor: Oscilloscope

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Platform: Kanopy

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema

Special Events: Centerpiece Screening, Filmmaker Conversations

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CENTERPIECE SCREENING

Filmmaker Conversations

La Llorona (2020) | May 30

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes. – JustWatch.com

Director: Jayro Bustamante

Cast: María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kénefic, Julio Diaz, María Telón, Juan Pablo Olyslager

Country: Guatemala

Distributor: Shudder

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes

Platform: Shudder

Special Programming: Midnight Movies

Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations

Where to Watch

Filmmaker Conversations

Bitter Money (2016) | May 30

In a fast growing city of East China, migrants have been arriving and living for a dream of a better life. But what they find there is little opportunities and poor living conditions that push people, even couples, into violent and oppressive relations. – JustWatch.com

Director: Wang Bing

Country: Hong Kong

Distributor: Icarus Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hours, 32 minutes

Platform: OVID

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema

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Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013) | May 30

Somewhere in the forest, a stranded ladybug joins forces with a squad of black ants to retrieve a tin box of delicious sugar cubes to the hive. A battalion of fierce red ants has already set their sights on the loot. Who shall prevail? – IMDb.com

Director: Hélène Giraud , Thomas Szabo

Country: Belgium

Distributor: Le Pacte

Rating: PG

Runtime: 1 hour, 29 minutes

Platform: Prime Video

Special Programming: Family Films

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Carmilla (2019) | May 29

An atmospheric, coming-of-age love story steeped in eerie mystery and inspired by the gothic novel of the same name. – JustWatch.com

Director: Emily Harris

Cast: Hannah Rae, Devrim Lingnau, Tobias Menzies, Greg Wise, Jessica Raine, Scott Silven, Lorna Gayle

Country: United Kingdom

Distributor: Film Movement

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 34 minutes

Platform: Shudder

Special Programming: Midnight Movies

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Mickey and the Bear (2019) | May 29

In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she risks family, heartbreak, and her standing in the only place she can call home. – JustWatch.com

Director: Annabelle Attanasio

Cast: Camila Morrone, James Badge Dale, Calvin Demba, Ben Rosenfield, Rebecca Henderson, Stephen Little, Joel Scheett

Country: United States

Distributor: Utopia

Rating: R

Runtime: 1 hour, 28 minutes

Platform: Kanopy

Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations

Where to Watch

Filmmaker Conversations

She Dies Tomorrow (2020) | May 29

Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane discovers Amy’s feeling of imminent death to be contagious, they both begin bizarre journeys through what might be the last day of their lives. – JustWatch.com

Director: Amy Seimetz

Cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley, Katie Aselton, Chris Messina, Tunde Adebimpe, Jennifer Kim

Country: United States

Distributor: Neon

Rating: R

Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes

Platform: Hulu

Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations

Where to Watch

Filmmaker Conversations