What’s New – Movies
Incredibles 2
Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in “Incredibles 2” – but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell) and Dash (voice of Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life. It’s a tough transistion for everyone, made tougher by the fact that the family is still unaware of baby Jack-Jack’s emerging superpowers. When a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone (voice of Samuel L. Jackson) must find a way to work together again—which is easier said than done, even when they’re all Incredible.
Blackkklansman
From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It’s the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. Together, they team up to take down the extremist hate group as the organization aims to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream. Produced by the team behind the Academy-Award® winning Get Out.
Mile 22
CIA operative James Silva leads a small but lethal paramilitary team on an urgent and dangerous mission. They must transport a foreign intelligence asset from an American embassy in Southeast Asia to an airfield for extraction — a distance of 22 miles. Silva and the soldiers soon find themselves in a race against time as the city’s military, police and street gangs close in to reclaim the asset.
Death of a Nation
Through historical re-creations and a searching examination of fascism and white supremacy, filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza exposes hidden history and truths.
Papillon
Based on the international best-selling autobiographic books “Papillon” and “Banco”, PAPILLON follows the epic story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape.
No Postage Necessary
Sam, a convicted computer hacker, makes ends meet by working at the local Twistee Treat and stealing mail while disguised as a postal worker. Then, one stolen letter changes everything. Written by the beautiful Josie to her late husband, a Marine killed in Afghanistan, the heart-wrenching missive wakes something in Sam. Desperate to become worthy of such love, he conspires to meet the heartbroken war widow and become a better man.
The Cakemaker
Thomas, a young German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who has frequent business visits in Berlin. When Oren dies in a car crash in Israel, Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking answers regarding his death. Under a fabricated identity, Thomas infiltrates into the life of Anat, his lover’s newly widowed wife, who owns a small café in downtown Jerusalem. Thomas starts to work for her and create German cakes and cookies that bring life into her café.
Hotel Artemis
In the near future, Los Angeles has been torn apart by gang violence and riots, and it is a truly dangerous place to live. Making things worse is the fact that proper medical care is scarce. A medical professional known simply as the Nurse has set up a special emergency room to combat this problem, but it is only for members, a way for the criminal element to receive much-needed medical treatment. How long can this secret emergency room continue to operate without becoming overrun with desperate patients?
Never Goin' Back
Never Goin’ Back is a fresh and funny look at female friendship, following Angela (Maia Mitchell) and Jessie (Camila Morrone), who dream of escaping their waitressing jobs at a low-rent Texas diner, even if it’s only to Galveston. Taking place over just a few days, the film follows their hilarious and unpredictable misadventures on the streets of suburban Dallas as they attempt increasingly madcap and wild schemes to try and raise some cash.
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Audrey and Morgan are two fairly ordinary 30-year-old women who live in Los Angeles. They are best friends, and they always stick together, so when Audrey discovers her ex-boyfriend is an international spy, Morgan joins her on an unlikely adventure. Together, the two of them must try to save him from assassins and help to save the world from a dangerous threat. As they travel around the globe with killers hot on their heels, they will discover hidden reserves of strength and cleverness that neither one of them knew they had.
Sorry To Bother You
Thirty something Cassius Green lives in his uncle’s garage in Oakland. Not overly blessed with ambition, Cassius spends a good deal of time with his girlfriend, contemplating his exact purpose in life. As his life seems to be drifting into the abyss, he discovers a hidden talent. He’s a black man who can speak perfectly as a powerful white man. That works well for him as he moves up the ranks as one of his company’s top phone sales executives. Just as things start turning around, Cassius in confronted with the reality that to continue down this path, he has to deny the real person who lives inside.
Slender Man
The Slender man is a mysterious, faceless and tall creature with elongated arms who dwells in the forest. It preys seemingly exclusively on teens and children, eventually kidnapping them. The creature infiltrates its future victim’s minds with horrific hallucinations of shadows and its imminent arrival. This, combined with visions of mysterious symbols slowly drives its young prey completely mad, preparing them for whatever the enigmatic Slender Man has in store for them.
Valley of Shadows
Searching for his dog, Aslak ventures into a dark, misty forest that may be home to a werewolf.
The Darkest Minds
When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. One of the most powerful young people, Ruby, escapes from her camp and joins a group of runaways who are seeking a safe haven. Betrayed by the adults in power, this newfound family soon realizes that running is not enough — they must use their collective powers to wage a resistance and take back their future.
A Life For Ballet
For ballet fans, as well as those interested in the dance arts, A Life for Ballet offers a stunning look at the master Pierre Lacotte and his impressive career. Lacotte and his wife and dance partner, Ghislaine Thesmar, influenced the world of ballet with their work, including adaptations of romantic ballets such as Coppelia in Shanghai in 2002, Daughter of the Danube in Tokyo in 2007 and La Sylphide in 2011 in Vienna and Moscow. Thesmar was Prima Ballerina in La Sylphide in Buenos Aires and Tokyo and in Swan Lake with Ruolf Noureev, and has been an esteemed professor at the Opera de Paris.
This film explores the ballet over a span of 60 years, including new archival footage, and features ballet greats such as Rudolph Noureev, Agnes Letestu, Michael Denard, Evgenia Obratsova, and Svetlana Zakharova.