12-year-old Luis befriends a trio of awkward aliens who’ve gotten stuck on Earth after watching too much home-shopping network. With a neglectful father at home, Luis decides to escape with the aliens so he can avoid being sent away to a boarding school. - Hulu https://youtu.be/C7jPsACD-O0 Director: Christoph Lauenstein Cast: Michaël Gregorio,…
Judy is struggling to take control of her life while facing advanced Parkinson's disease. Her son, Jamie, is battling his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps. Together, they hope to understand each other and themselves. - Amazon Primehttps://youtu.be/5XJo9fc_FHEDirector: Kathleen Hepburn Cast: Shirley Henderson, Théodore Pellerin,…
Wu is in her mid-twenties and lives with her mother in a traditional one-story house in one of Beijing’s hutongs. Both consider themselves to be writers, but success has so far eluded them. The fact that Wu is supported by a divorced, elderly man helps the women through lean periods.…
Huang Ji's brave personal film is one of the most auspicious debuts in recent Chinese cinema. Set in her home village in rural Hunan province, Egg and Stone is a powerful autobiographical portrait of a 14-year-old girl's attempts to come to terms with her emerging sexual maturity. Since her parents…
Inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris, Stéphane, a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, joins the local anti-crime squad. Working alongside his unscrupulous colleagues Chris and Gwada, Stéphane struggles to maintain order amidst the mounting tensions between local gangs. When an arrest turns unexpectedly violent, the three…
A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems. - Telescope Film https://youtu.be/RLHfG5Oi7F8 Director: Sion Sono Cast: Kippei Shiina, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Kyoko Hinami, Eri Kamataki Country: Japan Distributor: Netflix Rating: TV-MA Runtime: 2 hours, 31 minutes Platform: Netflix Special Programming: Midnight Movies WATCH…