Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Jake Gyllenhaal, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Favreau

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter’s plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks is quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks. Spider-Man and Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) join forces to fight the havoc unleashed across the continent but all is not as it seems..

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, William Sadler, Joss Ackland

Everything’s excellent for everyone’s favorite surf-speaking dudes! With their own apartment, a pair of bodacious princess babes and a spot on the upcoming Battle of the Bands, life couldn’t be any better! But all that goes down the tubes when Bill and Ted’s evil robot twins kill the San Dimas duo and then take over their lives! Replaced on Earth by the bogus robots, the real Bill and Ted embark upon a most unwanted expedition – straight to Hell! Can Bill and Ted cheat death, save the world from evil, rescue the princess babes and be back in time to win the Battle of the Bands? Or will their heinous metal twins change the duo’s destiny forever?

Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves, Swoosie Kurtz

Adapted for stage and screen several times over the past century, French author Francois Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 novel Les Liasons Dangeureuses was the basis for this Academy Award-winning Stephen Frears film. The plot is motivated by a cruel wager between the beautiful but debauched Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) and her misogynistic former lover, the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovitch). The Marquise challenges Valmont to seduce the virginal Cecile de Volanges (Uma Thurman) before the girl can be wed. Valmont offers a more difficult counter-challenge: He bets the Marquise that he will be able to bed the very moral and very married Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer). In the course of carrying out his plan, Valmont is stricken with a sudden case of honor and remorse, while the Marquise becomes all the more vicious.

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.