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A group of young adults in a crowded nightclub, a man and woman energetically dance together in the center amid the haze and colored lights.

September 8, 2026

Club Kid

After ten years of living the hard-partying life of a New York City club promoter, Peter (Jordan Firstman) wakes up one morning to find a very unexpected visitor at his door: the 10-year-old British son he never knew he had. At first, he is utterly shocked and comically unprepared to take care of...

August 24, 2026

Sense and Sensibility

From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.

July 16, 2026

Late Fame

Late Fame is the story of Ed Saxberger (Dafoe), who wrote a book of poetry a long time ago that no one ever cared about. When a group of young artists rediscovers his work, he must reassess his genius. The wild card in the group is Gloria (Lee), a talented and mercurial theatre actress who toys w...

May 21, 2026

The Invite

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

April 22, 2026

Bike Vessel

After undergoing a quadruple bypass operation, Donnie Seals, Sr. decides to completely overhaul his life and takes up cycling. He convinces his son (the film’s director Eric Seals) to join him, and together the duo embark on an epic ride from St. Louis to Chicago. This stirring documentary inspir...

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