May 21
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.
Violation (2020) | May 27
A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge. – JustWatch.com
Director: Dusty Mancinelli , Madeleine Sims-Fewer
Cast: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili, Jasmin Geljo
Country: Canada
Distributor: Shudder
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 47 minutes
Platform: Shudder
Special Programming: Midnight Movies
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
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The Painted Bird (2019) | May 27
A young boy wanders Eastern Europe during World War II. – JustWatch.com
Director: Václav Marhoul
Cast: Petr Kotlár, Nina Šunevič, Alla Sokolova, Udo Kier, Michaela Doležalová, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands
Country: Czech Republic
Distributor: IFC Films
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 2 hours, 49 minutes
Platform: Hulu
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
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Filmmaker Conversations
Out 1: Parts 7 & 8 (1971)
Once thought an impossible-to-see legend of cinephilia, Jacques Rivette’s multi-part epic has been revived, restored, and is available for your delirious immersion. It was originally conceived for French television by the director and Cahiers du cinéma editor and critic, but never properly shown. In its astoundingly adventurous, freeform creation—taking improvisation beyond dialog and performance into storytelling itself—the opus represents what might be considered the last great gesture of the French New Wave. – MUBI
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Pierre Baillot, Marcel Bozonnet, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Country: France
Distributor: Carlotta Films
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 2 hours, 51 minutes
Platform: MUBI, Kanopy
Special Programming: Long-Form Cinema, Classic Cinema
Where to Watch
Difret (2014) | May 27
A young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14-year-old girl who shot her would-be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation’s oldest traditions: abduction into marriage. – IMDb.com
Director: Zeresenay Mehari
Cast: Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Haregewine Assefa, Brook Sheferaw, Mekonen Laeake
Country: Ethiopia
Distributor: Amplify
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Platform: Kanopy
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House of Hummingbird (2019) | May 27
Whatever she does, Eunhee feels like an outsider. Then her new Chinese teacher turns out to be so utterly different from everybody else. A compassionate and meticulously told narrative of a seemingly regular summer that leaves nothing unchanged. – JustWatch.com
Director: Kim Bora
Cast: Park Ji-hu, Kim Sae-byuk, Jung In-gi, Lee Seung-yeon, Park Soo-yeon, Son Sang-yeon, Seol Hye-in
Country: South Korea
Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Platform: Hoopla
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The Reckoning (2021) | May 26
In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind. – JustWatch.com
Director: Neil Marshall
Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington, Joe Anderson, Suzanne Magowan, Ian Whyte, Callum Goulden
Country: United Kingdom
Distributor: RLJ Entertainment
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 50 minutes
Platform: Shudder
Special Programming: Midnight Movies
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Holiday (2018) | May 26
Sascha, the young and beautiful trophy girlfriend of a Danish drug lord, arrives at his holiday villa in the seaside town of Bodrum, on the Turkish Riviera, where she is welcomed into his inner circle. Under the summer sun, she lives a carefree dream of luxury and fun until she meets Tomas, a Dutch traveler trying to discover himself. – JustWatch.com
Director: Isabella Eklöf
Cast: Victoria Carmen Sonne, Lai Yde, Thijs Römer, Yuval Segal, Bo Brønnum, Adam Ild Rohweder, Morten Hemmingsen
Country: Denmark
Distributor: Breaking Glass Pictures
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes
Platform: MUBI
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Pelo Malo (2013) | May 26
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale. – JustWatch.com
Director: Mariana Rondón
Cast: Samuel Lange Zambrano, Samantha Castillo, Beto Benitez, Nelly Ramos
Country: Venezuela
Distributor: Cinema Tropical
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes
Platform: Kanopy
Where to Watch
Out 1: Parts 5 & 6 (1971) | May 26
Once thought an impossible-to-see legend of cinephilia, Jacques Rivette’s multi-part epic has been revived, restored, and is available for your delirious immersion. It was originally conceived for French television by the director and Cahiers du cinéma editor and critic, but never properly shown. In its astoundingly adventurous, freeform creation—taking improvisation beyond dialog and performance into storytelling itself—the opus represents what might be considered the last great gesture of the French New Wave. – MUBI
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Pierre Baillot, Marcel Bozonnet, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Country: France
Distributor: Carlotta Films
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 3 hours, 10 minutes
Platform: MUBI, Kanopy
Special Programming: Long-Form Cinema, Classic Cinema