In China’s popular live-streaming showrooms, three millennials – a karaoke singer, a migrant worker and a rags-to-riches comedian – seek fame, fortune and human connection. They quickly discover the same promises and perils online as in their real lives. – Telescope Film
Director: Hao Wu
Country: China
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Platform: Amazon Prime
Special Programming: Documentary Cinema
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. – Telescope Film
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg
Country: France, Iran, United States
Distributor: Netflix
Rating: R
Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes
Platform: Netflix
Special Programming: Classic Cinema
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
The short documentary A Final Cut for Orson can be accessed under the “Additional Videos” section for The Other Side of the Wind on Netflix.
Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up. – IMDb.com
Director: Benh Zeitlin
Cast: Devin France, Shay Walker, Tommie Lynn Milazzo, Gage Naquin,
Yashua Mack
Country: United States
Distributor: Searchlight Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes
Platform: Video-On-Demand
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
Standing on the edge of adulthood, Andrew yearns to find his purpose as a young African-American in today’s America. With his mother longing to find more to her life then parenting, Andrew is forced to take on the mounting pressure of family responsibility. His search for connection with an absent father, leads him to a dangerous crossroads. – Telescope Film
Director: Antonio Méndez Esparza
Cast: Andrew Bleechington, Regina Williams, Robert Williams, Ry’nesia Chambers
Country: Spain, United States
Distributor: CFI Releasing
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 53 minutes
Platform: Amazon Prime
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them. – JustWatch
Director: Richard Stanley
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight
Country: Portugal, United States, Malaysia
Distributor: RLJE Films
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes
Platform: Hoopla
Special Programming: Midnight Movies
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
Inseparable mother Lyn and daughter Iona (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for a fresh start in a new town. However, things don’t start out well. As a result, Iona decides to branch out — becoming “best friends” with some girls at school. In response, Lyn tries to branch out herself, but, for both of them, change doesn’t come so easily… – Telescope Film
Director: Deborah Haywood
Cast: Joanna Scanlan, Lily Newmark, John Henshaw, Chanel Cresswell
Country: United Kingdom
Distributor: Cleopatra Entertainment
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hour, 22 minutes
Platform: Amazon Prime
Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations
Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of Emma. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along. – Universal Pictures UK
Director: Autumn de Wilde
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, Amber Anderson, Tanya Reynolds, Connor Swindells
Country: United Kingdom
Distributor: Focus Features
Rating: PG
Runtime: 2 hours, 4 minutes
Platform: Video-On-Demand
Special Events: Opening Night Gala, Filmmaker Conversations
