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Hearts Beat Loud and The Happy Prince
The Catcher Was A Spy (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ben Lewin; Writer: Nicholas Dawidoff, Robert Rodat; Stars: Paul Rudd, Mark Strong, Connie Nielsen, Jeff Daniels, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti, Shea Whigham, Tom Wilkinson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Bobby Schofield, Giancarlo Giannini, Pierfrancesco Favino, Anna Geislerová, William Hope)
The true story of a baseball player recruited as a spy and sent to assassinate the physicist Werner Heisenberg before he can build the Nazis an atomic bomb.
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World premiere
Colette (Country: UK, US, Hungary; Year: 2018; Director: Wash Westmoreland; Writer: Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Wash Westmoreland; Stars: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, Arabella Weir, Aiysha Hart, Robert Pugh, Ray Panthaki, Eleanor Tomlinson, Caroline Boulton, Shannon Tarbet, Karen Gagnon, Attila C. Arpa, Janine Harouni, Máté Haumann)
The story of author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette's rise to fame.
Full Review See: Wash Westmoreland ‪in conversation on‬ Guy de Maupassant, Citizen Kane, Max Ophüls connections to Colette, and Susanna Jones's The Earthquake Bird
, Wash Westmoreland ‪in conversation on‬ La Belle Époque, Keira Knightley's Colette, Dominic West's Willy, and Dickie Beau's Wague in Colette
, Wash Westmoreland ‪in conversation on‬ Richard Glatzer, costume designer Andrea Flesch, nature, and the relationships in Colette
World premiere
Come Sunday (Year: 2018; Director: Joshua Marston; Writer: Marcus Hinchey; Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jason Segel, Lakeith Stanfield, Danny Glover, Martin Sheen, Condola Rashad, Juan Gaspard, Allie McCulloch, Brian Kayode-Patrick Johnson, Ric Reitz, Selena Anduze, Joni Bovill, Wil Gonzalez, William Willet, Andrew Masset)
Internationally-renowned pastor Carlton Pearson - experiencing a crisis of faith - risks his church, family and future when he questions church doctrine and finds himself branded a modern-day heretic. Based on actual events.
World premiere
Damsel (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner; Writer: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner; Stars: Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, Robert Forster, Joseph Billingiere, Morgan Lund, Ray Kelleher, Gabe Casdorph, David Wingo, Palmer Scott, Russell Mael, Gary Brookins, Landon Weeks, Larry Zeng)
Several suitors pursue a young woman in the Wild West.
Full Review See: ‪David Zellner and Nathan Zellner in conversation on Butterscotch and Bunzo, the look of a Western, and Terry Anderson's costumes for Damsel
, David Zellner and Nathan Zellner in conversation on Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, cowboy ballads, and the complexity to the characters for Damsel
, David Zellner and Nathan Zellner in conversation on Westerns, Butterscotch, and being epic in scope for Damsel
World premiere
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Gus Van Sant; Writer: John Callahan, Gus Van Sant; Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Beth Ditto, Olivia Hamilton, Udo Kier, Kim Gordon, Carrie Brownstein, Emilio Rivera, Ken Tatafu, Angelique Rivera, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Anne Lane, Rebecca Field)
Portrait of cartoonist John Callahan and his battle with alcoholism.
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World premiere
Damsel Damsel
Damsel and Leave No Trace
Futile And Stupid Gesture (Year: 2018; Director: David Wain; Writer: John Aboud, Michael Colton, Josh Karp; Stars: Emmy Rossum, Domhnall Gleeson, Seth Green, Natasha Lyonne, Annette O'Toole, Paul Scheer, Joe Lo Truglio, Finn Wittrock, Will Forte, Thomas Lennon, Bambadjan Bamba, Joel McHale, Matt Lucas, Martin Mull, Camille Guaty)
The story of comedy wunderkind Doug Kenney, who co-created the National Lampoon, Caddyshack, and Animal House. Kenney was at the centre of the 70’s comedy counter-culture which gave birth to Saturday Night Live and a whole generation's way of looking at the world.
World premiere
The Happy Prince (Country: Germany, Belgium, UK, Italy; Year: 2018; Director: Rupert Everett; Writer: Rupert Everett; Stars: Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor, Ronald Pickup, Béatrice Dalle, Julian Wadham, Joshua McGuire, John Standing, Daniel Weyman, André Penvern, Edwin Thomas, Tom Colley)
The last days of Oscar Wilde.
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World premiere
Hearts Beat Loud (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Brett Haley; Writer: Brett Haley, Marc Basch; Stars: Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Toni Collette, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Alex Reznik, Andrea Morales, Michael Abbott Jr., Harrison Chad)
In Red Hook, Brooklyn, a father and daughter become an unlikely songwriting duo in the last summer before she leaves for college.
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World premiere
Juliet, Naked (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jesse Peretz; Writer: Tamara Jenkins, Evgenia Peretz, Phil Alden Robinson, Jim Taylor, based on the novel by Nick Hornby; Stars: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd, Denise Gough, Megan Dodds)
Annie is the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of a record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to an encounter with the elusive rocker himself.
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World premiere
A Kid Like Jake (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Silas Howard; Writer: Daniel Pearle, Daniel Pearle, Daniel Pearle; Stars: Claire Danes, Priyanka Chopra, Octavia Spencer, Jim Parsons, Ann Dowd, Amy Landecker, Julia Chan, Cindy Cheung, Aaron Serotsky, Kelly Deadmon, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Leo James Davis, Ian Unterman, Kelly McAndrew, Meghan Strange)
Parents struggle to do the right thing after realising that their child is gender nonconforming.
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World premiere
Puzzle Puzzle
Puzzle and Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot
Leave No Trace (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Debra Granik; Writer: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini; Stars: Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Korber, Dale Dickey)
A father and daughter find themselves searching for a place to call their own after their off-the-grid lives are discovered by the authorities.
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World premiere
The Negotiator (Beirut) (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Brad Anderson; Writer: Tony Gilroy; Stars: Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Idir Chender, Shea Whigham, Mark Pellegrino, Dean Norris, Leïla Bekhti, Kate Fleetwood, Douglas Hodge, Jonny Coyne, Alon Aboutboul, Larry Pine, Sonia Okacha, Anton Obeid, Jay Potter,)
A US diplomat flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is called back to war-torn Beirut by CIA operatives to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
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World premiere
Ophelia (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Claire McCarthy; Writer: Semi Chellas, Semi Chellas, Lisa Klein, based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare; Stars: Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Tom Felton, Clive Owen, George MacKay, Daisy Head, Sebastian De Souza, Anna Rust, Dominic Mafham, Devon Terrell, Martin Angerbauer, Adriana Hercigonja, Issy Stewart, Noel Czuczor, Jack Cunningham-Nuttall)
A mythic spin on Hamlet through a lens of female empowerment: Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.
World premiere
Puzzle (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Marc Turtletaub; Writer: Oren Moverman, Natalia Smirnoff; Stars: Kelly Macdonald, David Denman, Irrfan Khan, Austin Abrams, Liv Hewson, Annie Pisapia, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Abigail Friend, Helen Coxe, Lori Hammel, Sebastian Chacon, Bubba Weiler, Ronald Scott Maestri, Mandela Bellamy, Myrna Cabello)
Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world – where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.
Full Review See: Marc Turtletaub ‪in conversation on‬ David Denman, Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, and Mirren Gordon-Crozier's costumes for Puzzle
, Kelly Macdonald ‪in conversation on‬ Mirren Gordon-Crozier's costumes, cinematographer Chris Norr, and her character in Marc Turtletaub's Puzzle
, Marc Turtletaub ‪in conversation on‬ Mike Leigh, Alfonso Cuarón, the screenplay, and locations for Puzzle
, Dustin O'Halloran on composing the score for Puzzle
World premiere
What They Had (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Elizabeth Chomko; Writer: Elizabeth Chomko; Stars: Michael Shannon, Hilary Swank, Aimee Garcia, Taissa Farmiga, Blythe Danner, Robert Forster, Jay Montepare, Jennifer Robideau, Isabeau Dornevil, Clarence E. Davis, Eric Ian, Cassie Mann, Annie McKinnie, Gabriella Moore, Ric Morgan)
Bridget returns home to Chicago at her brother’s urging to deal with her mother’s Alzheimer’s and her father’s reluctance to let go of their life together.
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World premiere
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