Mandabi (1968) | May 31

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one. – JustWatch.com

Director: Ousmane Sembene

Cast: Makhouredia Gueye, Ynousse N’Diaye, Isseu Niang, Mustapha Ture, Mouss Diouf, Christoph Colomb, Serigne N’Diayes

Country: Senegal

Distributor: Janus Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

Special Events: Shorts Included

Where to Watch

Smooth Talk (1985) | May 31

Based on the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” by Joyce Carol Oates, this film chronicles 15-year-old Connie’s sexual awakening in the Northern California suburbs. Her experimentation gets out of hand when the mysterious Arnold Friend takes an interest in her. – JustWatch.com

Director: Joyce Chopra

Cast: Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place, Levon Helm, Elizabeth Berridge, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis

Country: United States

Distributor: Janus Films

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 1 hour, 32 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations, Shorts Included

Where to Watch

Filmmaker Conversations

Joyce at 34 (1971)

Girls at 12 (1975)

Clorae and Albie (1976)

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, Parts 1-3 (2019) | May 31

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

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

Where to Watch

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

Where to Watch

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

Where to Watch

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

Where to Watch

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

Where to Watch

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