Frida

Set in Mexico City, Julie Taymor’s visually evocative biopic focuses on the bold and controversial artist Frida Kahlo. The film traces Kahlo’s lifelong, tempestuous relationship with her mentor, Diego Rivera, along with her illicit affairs with Trotsky and various women. Her forward-thinking artistic, political, and sexual attitudes are explored as we witness a hard-drinking, passionate woman of the early 1900s, which earned an Oscar nomination for Salma Hayek. 

Hello, Bookstore

In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore. A landmark in Lenox, Massachusetts, The Bookstore is a magical, beatnik gem thanks to its owner, Matt Tannenbaum, whose passion for stories runs deep. This intimate portrait of The Bookstore and the family at its heart offers a journey through good times, hard times, and the stories hidden on the shelves. 
86 minutes

¡VIVA MAESTRO!

When conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s international tours are disrupted by deadly protests across his native Venezuela, one of the world’s finest and most beloved musicians faces a daunting set of challenges—to his commitment to the mentor who changed his life, to friends and musicians he’s led since his teens, and to his belief in art’s transformative capacity. 
99 minutes

 

Happening

“With clear-eyed poise, the director Audrey Diwan captures the wrenching loneliness that can come with terminating an unwanted pregnancy—and how judgment of such a choice can be even more crushing than the possibility of breaking an unjust law.” Shirley Li, The Atlantic.

Audrey Diwan’s Venice Golden Lion winner revolves around a bright college student in early 1960s France who finds her emancipation threatened when she gets pregnant with no avenues for legal abortion.

R; 100 minutes; French with English subtitles

 

Petite Maman

“Is the film a shivery gothic? Sci-fi? A fairytale? A little of each and entirely itself, a brief masterpiece of parents and childhood, past and future.” Danny Leigh, Financial Times.

The Duke

“Jim Broadbent is priceless in this canny, tender British comedy, based on a real-life art heist that bamboozled the police, as well as the scriptwriters of Bond adventure Dr. No.” Charlotte O'Sullivan, London Evening Standard.

Memoria

“What passes between Jessica (Tilda Swinton) and Hernán (Elkin Díaz), and the sequence of images that follows, represent a quietly mind-blowing moment of cinema, something as wild and argument-provoking now as the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey was in 1968. You have to see it to believe it.” A. O. Scott, New York Times.

“Designed and deserving to be seen big and loud, Memoria is a hypnotic, unquantifiable, occasionally impenetrable  sonic odyssey from a unique cinematic voice.” Jake Cunningham, Empire Magazine.

Mothering Sunday

On a warm spring day in 1924, housemaid and foundling Jane (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, played by Colin Firth and Olivia Colman, are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover. Paul (Josh O'Connor) is the boy from the manor house nearby, Jane's long-term love despite the fact that he's engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents' friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever.

Paris, 13th District

“These characters all radiate a classic French cinema glamour—they're as swoon-worthy here as any nouvelle vague beauty or heartthrob.” Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph.

Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy—they're friends, sometimes lovers, and often both.
105 minutes; French with English subtitles