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Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson A24 Films; Directed by Alex Garland Rated R; 108 minutes; 2015

The reclusive CEO of a hi-tech company (Oscar Isaac) recruits a brilliant young computer programmer (Domhnall Gleeson) to evaluate his latest invention -- a highly advanced android named Ava (Alicia Vikander), which is supplied with the most advanced Artificial Intelligence ever conceived. Meanwhile, despite their intelligence and formidable reputations, the two men fail to realize just how easily they can be manipulated by a machine that’s as beautiful as it is brilliant.

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Michael Fassbender, Rory McCann, Kodi Smit-McPhee A24 Films; Directed by John Maclean Rated R; 84 minutes; 2015

Slow West follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.

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© The Weinstein Company

Rachel McAdams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rita Ora The Weinstein Company; Directed by Antoine Fuqua 2015

A boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him.

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Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh The Orchard Directed by Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi 86 minutes; 2014

Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane - like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.


© IFC Films

Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall IFC Films Directed by Jennifer Kent Not Rated; 93 minutes; 2014

A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.


© Cohen Media Group

Documentary Feature Orson Welles, Simon Callow, Christopher Welles Feder, Norman Lloyd, Julie Taymor, Peter Bogdanovich Cohen Media Group; Directed by Chuck Workman Rated PG-13; 94 minutes; 2014

A detailed look at the life and career of Orson Welles, the celebrated actor and filmmaker.

© Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc.

Jack O’Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris Lions Gate Films, Inc.; Directed by Yann Demange Rated R; 99 minutes; 2014

A young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971.



Guillaume Canet, Catherine Deneuve, Adèle Haenel Cohen Media Group; Directed by André Téchiné Rated R; 116 minutes; 2014

Nice, 1976. Agnès Le Roux, daughter of the owner of the Palais de la Méditerranée, falls in love with a beautiful lawyer ten years his senior Maurice Agnelet.


Elizabeth Banks, John Cusack, Paul Dano Lions Gate Films, Inc. Directed by Bill Pohlad Rated PG-13; 120 minutes; 2014

The life of reclusive Beach Boys song-writer and musician Brian Wilson, from his successes with highly influential orchestral pop albums to his nervous break-down and subsequent encounter with controversial therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.


© Freestyle Releasing

Portia Doubleday, Marc-André Grondin, Chris Noth Freestyle Releasing; Directed by Sean Garrity 101 minutes; 2015

After a young fashion designer runs afoul of her corrupt stepmother and stepsisters, she dons a disguise to help save the family business for her father.

© Gravitas Ventures

Documentary Feature Jimmy Kimmel, Liam Neeson, Jinkee Pacquiao Gravitas Ventures; Directed by Leon Gast, Ryan Moore; Rated PG-13; 88 minutes; 2015

A man who overcame insurmountable odds to become one of the most loved and respected athletes of all time. From a starving teenager who fought to feed his family, to a Congressman working tirelessly to improve the lives of his people, Manny is a hard hitting feature length documentary film that explores the many triumphs and tribulations of Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao.


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Mo’Nique, Julian Walker, Kevin Allesee Image Entertainment; Directed by Patrik-Ian Polk Rated R; 99 minutes; 2014

Seventeen-year-old Randy (Julian Walker) tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father (Isaiah Washington) left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother (Mo’Nique), and he’s the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, Randy is hiding a secret inner struggle and denial of his true self. It’s not until he opens himself up to love that he discovers that becoming a man means accepting who you really are.

© Image Entertainment

Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene, Alexandra Daddario Image Entertainment; Directed by Joe Dante Not Rated; 89 minutes; 2015

A guy’s regrets over moving in with his girlfriend are compounded when she dies and comes back as a zombie.


© Magnolia Pictures

Documentary Feature Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Crystal Moselle Rated PG-13; 80 minutes; 2015

Six bright teenage brothers have spent their entire lives locked away from society in a manhattan housing project. All they know of the outside is gleaned from the movies they watch obsessively (and recreate meticulously). Yet as adolescence looms, they dream of escape, ever more urgently, into the beckoning world.


Documentary Feature Cecilie Bull, Marah Strauch, John B. Macaulay Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Marah Strauch Rated R; 100 minutes; 2014

A heart-racing documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular -and dangerous- feats of foot-launched human flight.


© MMXIV Like Sunday, Like Rain, LLC.

Leighton Meester, Debra Messing, Olivia Luccardi Monterey Media; Directed by Frank Whaley Rated R; 104 minutes; 2014

A struggling musician becomes the guardian of a 12-year-old music prodigy one summer.

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Fran Kranz, Jocelin Donahue, Kenny Wormald Monterey Media; Directed by Jack Bryan Rated R; 89 minutes; 2014

After an alcohol induced blacked-out night of drinking, Teddy discovers he has severely beaten his wife, Molly. As he attempts to redeem himself to her she must decide whether or not she will take him back as her mother, Angela, continuously expresses her disapproval, all the while her brother, Gordon, falls in way over his head as he tries to hire an ex-con, Howard, to kill Teddy.


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Documentary Feature New World Distribution Directed by Andrew James Benson, Randy Murray 80 minutes

This is the story of teachers as heroes during a tough time to be a teacher. In 2007, one teacher at Mitchell School in Phoenix, AZ set out to change her school. Little did she know she was starting a movement that would inspire others and change schools in Arizona and around the country.

© 2015 Freebie, LLC.

Sarah DeVincentis, Kyle Field, Judith Godrèche, Taylor Schilling The Orchard; Directed by Patrick Brice Rated R; 80 minutes; 2015

Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.


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Documentary Feature Raf Simons, Marion Cotillard, Anna Wintour The Orchard; Directed by Frédéric Tcheng 90 minutes; 2014

Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director–a true labor of love created by a dedicated group of collaborators.

© Oscilloscope Pictures

Martin Dubreuil, Hadas Yaron, Luzer Twersky Oscilloscope Pictures Directed by François Delisle, Maxime Giroux Rated R; 105 minutes; 2014

In Félix and Meira, an unusual romance blossoms between two lost souls who inhabit the same neighborhood but vastly different worlds.


© Relativity Media

© Relativity Media

Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Haley Lu Richardson Relativity Media; Directed by Bryan Buckley 108 minutes; 2015

A foul-mouthed former gymnastics bronze medalist must fight for her local celebrity status when a new young athlete’s star rises in town.

Reece Ritchie, Freida Pinto, Tom Cullen Relativity Media Directed by Richard Raymond Rated PG-13; 104 minutes; 2014

A group of Iranian friends form an underground dance troupe during the tense days of the 2009 presidential elections. In order to perfect their moves, they risk their lives by watching Internet videos of such legendary dancers as Michael Jackson and Gene Kelly.

THE BRONZE


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Thalita Carauta, Juliano Cazarré, Milhem Cortaz Outsider Pictures; Directed by Fernando Coimbra 100 minutes; 2013

A journey to the dark cutting edge of desires, lies and wickedness of a love triangle, from the moment a child is mysteriously kidnapped.

© Oscilloscope Pictures

David Dastmalchian, Kim Shaw, John Heard Oscilloscope Pictures; Directed by Collin Schiffli 90 minutes; 2014

Animals tells the story of Jude and Bobbie: a young couple that exist somewhere between homelessness and the fantasy of their imaginations. Though they masterfully con and steal in an attempt to stay one step ahead of their addiction, they are ultimately forced to face the reality of their situation when one of them gets hospitalized.



Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Daniel Brühl, Charles Dance The Weinstein Company; Directed by Simon Curtis Rated PG-13; 109 minutes; 2015

Six decades after WWII, an elderly Jewish woman (Helen Mirren) returns to Vienna in order to reclaim family belongings that were once seized by the Nazis in this poignant drama based on a true story. Chief among those items is the Gustav Klimt painting “The Lady in Gold.” With the help of her ambitious young lawyer (Ryan Reynolds), the woman takes her fight all the way from Austria to the U.S. Supreme Court.



Daniel Brühl, Marta Etura, Alberto Ammann The Weinstein Company; Directed by Kike Maíllo Rated PG-13; 94 minutes; 2011

A shy genius is employed by his former university to design robot software.

© A24 Films

Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky, Mamie Gummer A24 Films; Directed by James Ponsoldt 106 minutes; 2015

A magazine reporter recounts his travels and conversations with author David Foster Wallace during a promotional book tour.

THE END OF THE TOUR


© ALCHEMY LLC.

© ALCHEMY LLC.

Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Ezra Miller, Laura Carmichael, Paul Giamatti, Logan Marshall-Green Alchemy; Directed by Sophie Barthes Rated R; 118 minutes; 2014

The beautiful wife of a small-town doctor engages in extra marital affairs in an attempt to advance her social status.

Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Linda Cardellini Alchemy; Directed by Shira Piven Rated R; 105 minutes; 2014

When Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig) wins the Mega-millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.



Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke, David Thewlis The Weinstein Company; Directed by Alejandro Amenábar 2015

A father is accused of a crime he has no memory of committing.

© Focus Features LLC.

Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton, Carrie Preston Focus Features; Directed by Richard Loncraine Rated PG-13; 92 minutes; 2015

A long-time married couple who’ve spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.


© Bleecker Street

Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott Bleecker Street; Directed by Brett Haley Rated PG-13; 92 minutes; 2015

Blythe Danner stars as a widow who’s settled into her life and her age, until a series of events propel her into a renewed engagement with the people and the world around her.

© Cinedigm

Elliott Gould, Gene Pietragallo, William Katt Cinedigm; Directed by Fred A. Sayeg 2011

The Encore of Tony Duran chronicles the day Tony finally hits bottom and his inspiring rebound from the brink. Even a has been who never really was can come back.


© Bleecker Street

Toby Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Lily Rabe, Liev Schreiber Bleecker Street; Directed by Edward Zwick Rated PG-13; 114 minutes; 2014

American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.

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Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner Bleecker Street; Directed by Dan Fogelman Rated R; 106 minutes; 2015

Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can’t give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.


© A24 Films

Amanda Seyfried, Ben Stiller, Adam Driver A24 Films; Directed by Noah Baumbach Rated R; 94 minutes; 2014

Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama While We’re Young stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as Josh and Cornelia, a childless New York married couple in their mid-forties. As their other friends all start having children, the duo gravitate toward a young hipster couple named Jamie and Darby. Soon, the older couple begin enjoying the energy they feel hanging out with the younger generation, but eventually Josh begins to suspect his new best friend might not be as straightforward and trustworthy as he thought.


Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Sean Baker 88 minutes; 2015

A working girl tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.



Documentary Feature Ziggy Gruber, Fyvush Finkel, Jerry Stiller, Larry King, Freddie Roman, Alan Dershowitz Cohen Media Group Directed by Erik Anjou Rated PG-13; 91 minutes; 2015

A look at delicatessens and Jewish cuisine includes a profile of a third-generation deli owner named Ziggy Gruber.


Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni Cohen Media Group; Directed by Benoît Jacquot Rated PG-13; 106 minutes; 2014

A tax inspector (Benoît Poelvoorde), his new bride and her sister become entwined in a love triangle.




Rachel Melvin, Cortney Palm, Lexi Atkins Freestyle Releasing; Directed by Jordan Rubin Rate R; 85 minutes; 2014

A fun weekend turns into madness and horror for a bunch of groupies looking for fun in a beaver infested swamp.

Georgie Henley, Kara Hayward, Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman Freestyle Releasing; Directed by Caryn Waechter Rated PG-13; 104 minutes; 2014

An exposed secret society of teenage girls brings to light accusation of sexual deviance, molestation and more in a small town in New York. Taking a vow of silence, the group’s ringleaders refuse to explain their actions, fueling even more secrets and hysteria.



Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Abel Jafri, Layla Walet Mohamed, Fatoumata Diawara, Mehdi Ag Mohamed Cohen Media Group; Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako Rated PG-13; 97 minutes; 2014

A cattle herder living in the mountains near Timbuktu, Mali, clashes with religious fundamentalists after he accidentally kills a man who slaughtered his cow.

© New World Distribution

Documentary Feature Lisa Allen, Dan Ariely, Ava Arpaio New World Distribution; Directed by Randy Murray 105 minutes; 2014

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the world’s most famous and entertaining law enforcement officer, knows that in today’s politically competitive world of instant fame, politicians need their time in the spotlight. And Joe loves the spotlight.




Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horváth Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Kornél Mundruczó Rate R; 121 minutes; 2014

Thirteen-year-old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen. She is devastated when her father eventually sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to find her dog and save him.

Documentary Feature Iris Apfel Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Albert Maysles Rated PG-13; 83 minutes; 2014

A documentary about fashion icon Iris Apfel from legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles.



Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom, Viktor Gyllenberg Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Roy Andersson 101 minutes; 2014

A story centered on a pair of traveling salesmen who peddle novelty items.

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Milo Ventimiglia, William H. Macy, Neve Campbell Entertainment One; Directed by Anna Mastro Rated R; 94 minutes; 2015

A ticket-taker at the local cinema believes he is the son of God. He has agreed to decide the eternal fate of everyone he comes in to contact with.



Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, Chiwetel Ejiofor Lions Gate Films, Inc. Directed by Craig Zobel 95 minutes; 2015

In the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last known survivors.


© A24 Films

Chloë Grace Moretz, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult A24 Films; Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner Rated R; 2015

A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day by a secret society obsessed with solving notorious crimes.


Matthew Goode, Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez Focus Features; Directed by Tarsem Singh Rated PG-13; 2015

In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man.


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Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, Mark Margolis The Orchard; Directed by Sebastián Silva 100 minutes; 2015

A close-knit trio navigates the idea of creating life, while at the same time being confronted with a brutal scenario that causes them to take a life.

Aislinn Derbez, Mauricio Ochmann, Papile Aurora Lions Gate Films, Inc.; Directed by Pedro Pablo Ibarra Rate PG-13; 99 minutes; 2015

When aspiring actress Maria Laura’s best friend begs her to flirt with her boyfriend to test his fidelity, Maria finds a lucrative new career. After being hired by women across the city, Maria is given a gig that should be business as usual until she ends up falling head over heels for her latest mark.

NASTY BABY



Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew Lions Gate Films, Inc.; Directed by Lee Toland Krieger Rated PG-13; 110 minutes; 2015

A young woman, born at the turn of 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After years of a solitary life, she meets a man who might be worth losing her immortality for.


Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci Focus Features; Directed by Alan Rickman Rated R; 117 minutes; 2014

A female landscape-gardener is awarded the esteemed assignment to construct the grand gardens at Versailles, a gilt-edged position which thrusts her to the very centre of the court of King Louis XIV.


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