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A woman stands in a cluttered, art filled workspace, creating a sculpture. Her expression is focused and determined.

September 18, 2025

Showing Up

Lizzy (Michelle Williams), a sculptor preparing to open a new show, is trying to hold things together. Her hot water heater is busted, her brother might be going off the rails, her divorced parents are exasperating, and her neighbor and landlord Jo (Hong Chau) is frustratingly aloof. When she sud...

An angry man covered in grime sits at the steering wheel of a car. The windshield has bullet holes.

September 18, 2025

Sisu: Road to Revenge

Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” (Jorma Tommila) dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the Red Army commander who killed his family (Stephen Lang) comes back...

A man in a sparkly costume sits at a piano, surrounded by red light and smoke.

September 18, 2025

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible

Sonic experimentation, radical community-building, and an imagination that is far beyond this world are pieces of the impossible whole of Afrofuturist pioneer Sun Ra. This documentary explores the mind of one of the most visionary figures of the 20th century—layering rare archival footage, pulsin...

A woman in a pale yellow dress tenderly cradles the face of a bearded man as they lie together outdoors at dusk, the fading light illuminating the trees behind them.

September 18, 2025

Train Dreams

Based on the beloved novella by Denis Johnson, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Golden Globe nominee Joel Edgerton), whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th century America. Orphaned at a young age, Robert grows into adulthood among the toweri...

In black and white, a man stands at a podium wearing a knit cap and a shirt with a graphic of a raised fist and the words “Black Power.” He leans into the microphone, flanked by two men on either side, with books titled Black Poetry and Black Pride displayed prominently in front.

September 18, 2025

True North

This captivating documentary directed by visionary filmmaker Michèle Stephenson (co-director of Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project), is a provocative confrontation of Canada’s historical and ongoing anti-Black racism. Through a masterful blend of insightful interviews and evocative archiva...

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