Starring: Shih-Yuan Ma, Janel Tsai, Nina Ye
Join The FOFIF for a special screening of LEFT-HANDED GIRL, recently shortlisted for 98th Oscars International Feature Film and including a Q&A with director Shih-Ching Tsou. To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female (a non-profit org), select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.
A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. Each in their way will have to adapt to this new environment to make ends meet and maintain the family unity. But when their traditional grandfather forbids his youngest left-handed granddaughter from using her “devil hand,” generations of family secrets begin to unravel.
Starring: Lily Gilliam, Francesca Calo, Page Leong, Jayne Taini, Brent Mukai, Jessica DiSalvo
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family’s housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family’s idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan. Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain tells a tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.
Starring: Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Aisling Franciosi
In Twinless, two young men meet in a twin support group and form an unlikely friendship. Roman (Dylan O’Brien) and Dennis (James Sweeney) both search for solace and an identity without their other halves and soon become inseparable outside the group. But when Roman meets Dennis’ ebullient co-worker, Marcie (Aisling Franciosi), all is revealed to be not what it seems, as each man harbors secrets that could unravel everything.
Starring: Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper
Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, is on vacation in Los Angeles with his brother Gary (Jason Segel) and Gary’s girlfriend, Mary (Amy Adams). They discover that greedy Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) plans to raze Muppet Studios and drill for oil on the spot. Desperate to save the Muppets’ former stomping grounds, the three friends join forces with Kermit to reunite Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the rest of the gang to hold a telethon to raise the $10 million they need to save the studio .
Starring: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Goran Visnjic, Jack Black, Cedric The Entertainer, Stephen Root, Diedrich Bader
Twenty-thousand years ago, Earth is a wondrous, prehistoric world filled with great danger, not the least of which is the beginning of the Ice Age. To avoid a really bad frostbite, the planet’s majestic creatures – and a few small, slothful ones – begin migrating south . The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, known as Scrat.
Starring: Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman
F2L Network, a community effort working to end the incarceration of Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color who are queer, trans, and Two-Spirit in NY. To make an additional $10 donation to F2L Network, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.
We’ve all had our share of bad bosses and this is what makes it so much fun to watch three of our favorite women – Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin – get revenge on their sexist and egotistical boss! 9 to 5 may be famous for its theme song, but it’s the brilliant combination of humor mixed with tackling real gender issues that makes it a classic. Watch these ladies get stoned, fantasize about killing their boss, and then actually eek out a plan to make him pay (S&M outfit anyone)?
While you may remember 9 to 5 as that funny harmless comedy from the 1980s, it’s actually bitingly devious which, of course, always makes for the very best time! Plus did we mention… Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin?!
How the book giveaway works: Purchase your tickets in advance (at least two days before the showtime), and you will be entered into a random lottery drawing. If your name is drawn, we will email you to notify you that you can pick up your book before the screening.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak
Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is a military lawyer defending two U.S. Marines charged with killing a fellow Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Although Kaffee is known for seeking plea bargains, a fellow lawyer, Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore), convinces him that the accused marines were most likely carrying out an order from a commanding officer. Kaffee takes a risk by calling Col. Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson) to the stand in an effort to uncover the conspiracy.
For over 100 years, Hank’s Saloon existed, under various names and owners, as a beloved local Brooklyn dive bar.
In 2018, after nearly a decade of speculation and financial uncertainty, the rickety little building on the corner of Third Avenue and Atlantic announced that they would finally be closing their doors for good.
This feature documentary follows Hank’s—along with its colorful staff and rotating cast of oddball patrons—through its stressful and celebratory final months. It also takes a deep-dive into the fascinating history of the building, from its roots as a working-class Irish bar, through its various roles as Prohibition-era speakeasy, Indigenous ironworker hangout, and safe haven in an era of danger and decay, up to its final state as a quintessential “old man bar” turned legendary indie music venue, all pitted against the backdrop of a rapidly changing New York.
