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September 17, 2026

Elephants in the Fog

Pirati is the matriarch of her village’s Kinnar community, a spiritual group of third-gender people whose blessings are historically considered sacred. Though the Kinnar must adhere to a strict vow of chastity and a commitment to protecting their own, Pirati secretly dreams of running away to Del...

September 17, 2026

Eight Bridges

An extended, observational examination of eight different bridges across the United States, landmark experimentalist James Benning offers a stunning entry into his “numbered” cycle of films—including Ten Skies (2004), 13 Lakes (2004), and Twenty Cigarettes (2011). Following a similar formula to t...

September 17, 2026

Edward Said: Between Worlds

Celebrated as a prophet and vilified as a terrorist, Edward Said was America’s most outspoken, charismatic, and eloquent supporter of Palestine for over 25 years. This fascinating documentary traces Said’s personal and professional life—born a Catholic in Jerusalem in 1935, he went on to teach at...

September 17, 2026

The Echo Chamber

When physical therapist Anne (Alicia Vikander) starts making house calls to treat successful music producer Leo’s (Luca Marinelli) chronic pain, the two are inexorably drawn into an unlikely affair. As the months pass, the lovers endure an endless cycle of longing and separation, intimacy and dis...

September 17, 2026

The Dreamed Adventure

A seemingly sleepy Bulgarian border town is expertly excavated when Said (a local worker reacclimating to an old life) and Veska (an archaeologist home to initiate a dig near the Turkish border) return home after extended time away. When Said mysteriously vanishes, Veska takes it upon herself to ...

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