Starring: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr
Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow ex-prisoners to try and confirm Eghbal’s identity. Master filmmaker Jafar Panahi creates a deeply felt moral thriller, where high stakes tension combines with unexpected flurries of humor and thoughtful, sometimes devastating questions regarding persecution and revenge.
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It was a time of Men on a Mission Movies — The Wild Geese, Uncommon Valour, The Dogs of War, Rambo: First Blood Part II — and this is the Hong Kong version. Early ‘80s commando fever, where men pump iron and cut throats, weapons are exotic, jungles are full of booby traps, and sometimes you get castrated with garden shears. No taste, no limits, no regrets! It’s a sweaty muscles, track suits and camouflage, hardcore macho testosterone bullet party. Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached the ultimate Man Movie ever made. Prepare to explode!
Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling
Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Riley’s emotions — led by Joy (Amy Poehler) — try to guide her through this difficult, life-changing event. However, the stress of the move brings Sadness (Phyllis Smith) to the forefront. When Joy and Sadness are inadvertently swept into the far reaches of Riley’s mind, the only emotions left in Headquarters are Anger, Fear and Disgust.
Starring: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix, Tico Wells, Hawthorne James, Chuck Patterson, Diahann Carroll
Coming in on the tail end of a rhythm and blues singing group explosion, The Five Heartbeats (Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix, Tico Wells) rise and fall within the space of seven years. Along the way, the group deals with all manner of fame and fortune distractions — jealousy, greed, too much womanizing and drugs all take a toll. Their troubles culminate when executive Big Red (Hawthorne James) is arrested for the murder of manager Jimmy Potter (Chuck Patterson).
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack
Elliot (Jeremy Irons), a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly (also Irons). Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire (Geneviève Bujold), but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas
The mid-1990s delivered one of Hollywood’s last great sweeping romance epics—the kind that smelled like leather harnesses and forbidden love. Edward Zwick’s Legends of the Fall is a full-bodied melodrama served with a side of frontier grit, supported by the trifecta of Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt and Aidan Quinn.
Set against the Montana wilderness, the story follows three brothers and the woman who upends their lives, as war, grief, and passion tear them apart. Director Zwick merges his Glory-forged battle instincts with the tender eye from his years showrunning thirtysomething, turning gunfire and longing glances—especially at hot dudes on horseback—into pop art. A prestige weepie disguised as a Western, Legends of the Fall remains peak “big feelings, big hair, big sky” filmmaking and cemented Pitt as the smoldering golden-haired god of ’90s hunkdom—the kind of flick “they truly don’t make anymore.”
Starring: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
Set in the future on a remote planet, a young Predator (Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Erin Kellyman, Alfie Williams, Emma Laird, Chi Lewis-Parry
Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Years Later — but turning that world on its head — Nia DaCosta directs 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship — with consequences that could change the world as they know it — and Spike’s (Alfie Williams) encounter with Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) becomes a nightmare he can’t escape. In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival — the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.
Starring: Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Tarik Kopty
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A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter’s wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom, in this rousing family drama.
