Starring: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane

Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an undercover cop, Fred, is one of many agents hooked on the popular drug Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalities. Fred, for instance, is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, Fred sets up an elaborate scheme to catch Bob and tear down his operation.

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Ninetto Davoli, Riccardo Scamarcio

Abel Ferrara documents the final day in the life of Italian writer, director and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini in this deeply reflective biopic starring Willem Dafoe.

The year is 1975. The fiercely political Pasolini (Dafoe) is in the process of defending his latest film Salo, 120 Days of Sodom from the censors when he returns home to his mother’s house in Rome and prepares to discuss his career in a candid interview. In the midst of all of this inspiration strikes, and Pasolini begins making preparations for his next film. Meanwhile, the director takes a handsome young hustler to a local beach for a late night tryst, never sensing the danger that dwells out there in the darkness until it’s already too late.

Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time. Stop Making Sense stars core band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison along with Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry and Edna Holt. The live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads’ most memorable songs.

NoBudge is happy to present nine new narrative short films made by New York filmmakers, all in attendance for a post-film Q&A and after-party. Seven are New York premieres. Loosely connected by characters longing for rejuvenation, or finding unexpected connections, this set of unique visions is presented with a vivid playfulness and offbeat sense of humor, ranging from the surreal (Daydreaming, Mata Laya Pata and Outer Space Love Story) to the desirous (Catherine, Medusa, and Intimacy).

NoBudge is an online platform spotlighting the best in low-budget indie filmmaking. “One of the best places to sample what’s happening in low-budget cinema worldwide,” says Glenn Kenny of The New York Times. Its mission is to provide a supportive home for emerging indie filmmakers working with limited resources and without major industry connections, and to be a trusted discovery platform helping audiences find their new favorite movies and filmmakers.

The movies:
Mata Laya Pata
New York Premiere. Director Kevin Vu present.
An underachiever participates in a self-help program. Will she succeed?
(13 minutes)

Daydreaming
New York Premiere. Director Eren Gulfidan present.
A young woman daydreams of escaping a mundane day at the office with her boss and co-worker.
(6 minutes)

Intimacy
New York Premiere. Director Jess Magee present.
We follow Lulu as she contemplates her inner desires and the paradox of close relationships.
(7 min)

Medusa
New York Premiere. Director India Donaldson present.
A woman lusts after a marble statue, but has to settle for her human boyfriend.
(11 min)

Yanvalou
Director Angeline Gragasin present.
An awkward computer programmer learns to dance to impress his next-door neighbor.
(5 min)

Outer Space Love Story
Director Iva Gocheva present.
After an unspoken line is crossed, three women are forced to navigate strange passageways and painful secrets.
(10 minutes)

May
New York Premiere. Director Julian Turner present.
A weary French professor and a young drug dealer share an impalpable connection on a single night in Philadelphia.
(11 min)

Catherine
New York Premiere. Director Jake Kolton present.
A woman momentarily evades her discontent by adopting a stranger’s identity.
(20 min)

In Color
New York Premiere. Director José Andrés Cardona present.
A woman on the run goes to a 24 hour barbershop to get a midnight makeover and befriends a young barber’s apprentice.
(10 minutes)

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner

Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant is hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon to investigate an adultery scandal involving Jessica Rabbit, the sultry wife of Maroon’s biggest star, Roger Rabbit. But when Marvin Acme, Jessica’s alleged paramour and the owner of Toontown, is found murdered, the villainous Judge Doom vows to catch and destroy Roger.

Starring: Johnny Depp, Bernicio del Toro

Selected by Rachael Willmer, Assistant General Manager

Journalist Raoul Duke and his lawyer Dr Gonzo drive from LA to Las Vegas on a drug binge. They nominally cover news stories, including a convention on drug abuse, but also sink deeper into a frightening psychedelic otherworld. As Vietnam, Altamont and the Tate killings impinge from the world of TV news, Duke and Gonzo see casinos, reptiles and the American dream.

Starring: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen, Richard Ayoade, Tilda Swinton

A shy film student begins finding her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship which comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams.

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley, James Le Gros

When a gang of masked stick-up men start holding up banks all over Los Angeles, the FBI sends a hotshot young agent named Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) on their trail. Following a left field hunch from his salty partner (Gary Busey), Utah starts combing the beach looking for surfers who might be motivated or crazy enough to light up banks for quick cash. Utah quickly finds his mark: a tight group of adrenaline junkies held together with the cultish charms of their leader Bodhi (Patrick Swayze).

Director Kathryn Bigelow’s best trick in Point Break is taking what could have been a crass and violent spectacle and giving it a new age twist. Bodhi’s gang is motivated by visceral thrills, but at heart, they’re a bunch of spiritualists trying to find God. Listen to them talk for long enough, and robbing a bank doesn’t seem like such a bad idea.

Starring: Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier, Ronald Selmour, Clifton Powell

Cinematographer turned director Ernest Dickerson returns to the horror genre with this African-American, urban twist on haunted house stories. Rap star Snoop Doggy Dogg makes his debut as a leading man in the title role of Jimmy Bones, stylish protector of a thriving inner-city neighborhood in 1979. When he refuses to knuckle under to powerful interests bent on introducing crack cocaine into his turf, Bones is betrayed by some of his own people, murdered, and buried in the basement of his gothic home.

More than two decades later, the neighborhood is a drug and crime-infested nightmare, and Bones’ decrepit, allegedly haunted domicile is about to become a hip-hop dance club. Although Bones’ one-time girlfriend, Pearl (Pam Grier), and his right-hand man, Shotgun (Ronald Selmour), have remained loyal to his memory, the children of his traitor, Jeremiah (Clifton Powell), are the principal owners of the new club. They become the primary targets when Bones’ vengeful spirit rises up to exact bloody retribution for past misdeeds.

Starring: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, Jared Rushton, Amy O’Neill

An absent-minded inventor leaves his latest creation, a shrinking ray, unattended in his attic, where it is accidentally triggered by his young children. When the newly tiny youngsters are tossed out with the trash, they must survive the long journey across the lawn to make it home in this fantasy-adventure.