Starring: Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, Micah Hauptman, Sean O’Bryan, Daniel R. Hill, John Marshall Jones
An ordinary woman must summon extraordinary courage to survive a nightmare odyssey in this harrowing survival thriller. Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) is an ambitious, overachieving college senior with a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the frozen Kentucky woods. Suddenly, the young woman with everything to live for finds herself facing her own mortality as she’s punished by the elements and pursued by a band of ruthless outlaws. With nowhere left to run, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with Lowell (Jay Paulson), an enigmatic loner with shadowy intentions. Though she’s not sure she can trust him, Sawyer must take a chance if she hopes to escape Rust Creek alive.
Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep
In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael’s three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.
Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry
The story of Dick Cheney, the most powerful Vice President in history, and how his policies changed the world as we know it.
VICE explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Carel Struycken, Joan Cusack
When an adorable baby boy is added to the Addams household, Wednesday and Pugsley do not hate the baby, they just aren’t necessarily excited about his existence. Ok, yeah they do hate the baby. So Wednesday and Pugsley must get rid of the new addition one way or another. Meanwhile a new nanny is added to the household who overtakes Fester. The Addams must stop the nanny, but how?
Starring: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy
Starring: Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez
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Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
Starring: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rita Wilson, Bill Pullman, David Hyde Pierce, Ross Mallinger
After the death of his wife, Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) moves to Seattle with his son, Jonah (Ross Mallinger). When Jonah calls in to a talk-radio program to find a new wife for his father, Sam grudgingly gets on the line to discuss his feelings. Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), a reporter in Baltimore, hears Sam speak and falls for him, even though she is engaged. Unsure where it will lead, she writes Sam a letter asking him to meet her at the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day.
Seating begins at 6:30; film starts at 7
Curated by Willy Hartland
Q & A to follow with many of the participating filmmakers.
THE TANTALIZING FLY
d. Dave Fleischer / 1919 / 4:15
A menacing fly pays a visit to Max Fleischer and Koko the Clown.
THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF TEN POINT FONT
d. Greg Condon / 2017 / 1:11
Animated on a smith corona galaxie deluxe typewriter.
BRAINWORM BILLY
d. Emily Hubley & Max Rosenthal / 2018 / 2:36
A mother and son collaboration about a young man haunted by a famous comedian.
SECRET RAGE
d. Sheila Sofian / 1990 / 3:11
Experimental black & white animation about the hidden rage of an ordinary man.
KOKO
d. George Griffin / 1988 / 3:00
Set to the music of Charlie Parker, scraps of colored paper animate to evoke the excitement of bebop.
LOVE AND THEFT
d. Film Bilder / 2010 / 6:50
Tour de force of metamorphosis.
8 ECSTASIES
d. David Brody / 2014 / 11:00
Abstract digital 3D drawing animated to the rhythms of heavy breathing.
I SAW YOU YESTERDAY
d. John Valeriani / 2017 / 3:18
A stream of consciousness exploration of characters and ideas suspended on a wall.
CROSSING THE STREAM
d. Skip Battaglia / 2006 / 4:00
A poem in the shape of a stream, this short animation is a meditation on water.
FRANK FILM
d. Frank Mouris / 1973 / 9:00
A self portrait of the filmmaker, this groundbreaking animation uses found images from magazines. (Academy Award winner)
PENCIL BOOKLINGS (35mm)
d. Kathy Rose / 1978 / 14:00
Through rotoscope the filmmaker is able to enter the fantasy world where her hand drawn pencil creations live.
