SUMMER OF 85 (2020)

 

Written & Directed By: Francois Ozon Based on the book “Dance On My Grave” By Aidan Chambers  Cinematography: Hichame Alouie Editor: Laurie Gardette 

Cast: Felix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, Isabelle Nanty 

When 16-year-old Alexis is caught up in the deceitful Normandy sea, David heroically saves him from drowning. And, this is how Alexis meets the person of his life. But, how long will this tumultuous, dreamy relationship last? Will the dream last for more than one summer, the summer of 85?

JUMBO (2020)

 

Written & Directed By: Zoe Wittock  Cinematography: Thomas Buelens Editor: Thomas Fernandez 

Cast: Noemie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Bastien Bouillon, Sam Louwyck, Tracy Dossou

Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated with carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That's when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park's new flagship attraction.

UNDINE (2020)

 

Written & Directed By: Christian Petzold Cinematography: Hans Fromm  Editor: Bettina Bohler

Cast: Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz, Anne Ratte-Polle, Gloria Andres De Oliveira 

Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.

I CARE A LOT (2020)

 

Written & Directed By: J. Blakeson  Cinematography: Doug Emmett  Editor: Mark Eckersley 

Cast: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza Gonzalez, Dianne Wiest, Alicia Witt, Chris Messina, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Macon Blair, Damian Young, Nicholas Logan 

A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.

WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH (2020)

 

Directed By: Dallas Jackson  Written By: Dallas Jackson & Gene Quintano Based On An Original Screenplay By: Gene Quintano  Cinematography: Mark Irwin  Editor: Eric Potter & Irit Raz 

Cast: Michael Jai White, Gary Owen, Michael Eklund, Anthony Grant, Kristen Harris, Stephanie Sy, Sabryn Rock, Nakai Takawira

A security guard (ex-special forces) brings his two kids to work at a basketball arena on the day, the governor, mayor, thousands of other spectators, and 8 terrorists are there.

FATAL AFFAIR (2020)

 

Directed By: Peter Sullivan  Written By: Peter Sullivan & Rasheeda Garner Story By: Peter Sullivan & Jeffrey Schneck Cinematography: Eitan Almagor Editor: Randy Carter 

Cast: Nia Long, Omar Epps, Stephen Bishop, Aubrey Cleland, Maya Stojan, KJ Smith, Estelle Swaray 

Ellie tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus after a brief encounter with an old friend, David, only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she'd realized.

EDUCATION (2020)

 

Story By & Directed by: Steve McQueen  Written by: Alastair Siddons  Cinematography: Shabier Kirschner Editor: Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen 

Cast: Naomi Ackie, Kenyah Sandy, Jade Anouka, Nigel Boyle, Daniel Francis, Sharlene Wyte 

Education is the coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley, who has a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is pulled to the headmaster's office for being disruptive in class, he discovers he's being sent to a school for those with "special needs." Distracted by working two jobs, his parents are unaware of the unofficial segregation policy at play, preventing many Black children from receiving the education they deserve, until a group of West Indian women takes matters into their own hands.

BLACK BEAR (2020)

 

Written & Directed By: Laurence Michael Levine Cinematography: Robert Leitzell Editor: Matthew L. Weiss 

Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lozaro, Grantham Coleman, Jennifer Kim, Lindsay Burge, Lou Gonzalez, Shannon O’Neill, Alexander Koch

At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously convoluted their lives will soon become in the filmmaker's pursuit of a work of art, which blurs the boundaries between autobiography and invention.

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (2020)

 

Written & Directed By: Aaron Sorkin  Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael  Editor: Alan Baumgarten

Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Alex Sharp, John Carroll Lynch, Yahya Abdul-Manteen II, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ben Shenkman, Frank Langella, Michael Keaton, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Caitlin Fitzgerald 

What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest--including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, and Bobby Seale--were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot. The trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.

LET HIM GO (2020)

 

Written & Directed By: Thomas Bezucha Based On The Novel By: Larry Watson Cinematography: Guy Godfree Editor: Jeffrey Ford & Meg Reticker

Cast: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Lesley Manville, Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter, Booboo Stewart, Will Brittain, Greg Lawson, Ryan Bruce, Adam Stafford, Connor Mackay 

A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.

SCARE ME (2020)

 

Written & Directed By: Josh Ruben  Cinematography: Brendan H. Banks Editor: Patrick Lawrence 

Cast: Aya Cash, Josh Ruben, Chris Redd, Rebecca Drysdale 

During a power outage, two strangers tell scary stories. The more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in their Catskills cabin. The horrors of reality manifest when Fred confronts his ultimate fear.

VEROTIKA (2020)

 

Written & Directed By: Glenn Danzig  Cinematography: David Newbert  Editor: Brian Cox 

Cast: Sean Kannan, Ashley Wisdom, Alice Tate, Kayden Kross, Natalia Borowsky, Kansas Bowling, Rachel Alig

Follows the surreal and bloody trilogy of erotic horror stories culled from Danzig's comic.

VIVARIUM (2020)

Directed By: Lorcan Finnegan Written By: Garrett Shanley Story By: Lorcan Finnegan & Garett Shanley  Cinematography: MacGregor Editor: Tony Cranston

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Jonathan Aris, Eanna Hardwicke

A young couple is thinking about buying their starter home. And to this end, they visit a real estate agency where they are received by a strange sales agent, who accompanies them to a new, mysterious, peculiar housing development to show them a single-family home. There they get trapped in a surreal, maze-like nightmare.

NOCTURNE (2020)

Written & Directed By: Zu Quirke Cinematography: Carmen Cabana  Editor: Andrew Drazek 

Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Julie Benz, Rodney To, Jacques Colimon, Ivan Shaw

An incredibly gifted pianist makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at a prestigious institution for classical musicians.

THE NEW MUTANTS (2020)

Directed By: Josh Boone Written By: Josh Boone & Knate Lee Cinematography: Peter Deming  Editor: Andrew Buckland, Robb Sullivan & Matthew Rundell 

Cast: Blu Hunt, Alice Braga, Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga, Adam Beach 

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

UNHINGED (2020)

 

Directed By: Derrick Borte  Written By: Carl Ellsworth Cinematography: Brendan Galvin  Editor: Michael McCusker, Steve Mirkovich & Tim Mirkovich 

Cast: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Jimmi Simpson, Gabriel Bateman, Austin P. McKenzie, Juliene Joyner, Stephen Louis Grush, Anne Leighton

A divorced mother honks impatiently at a deranged middle-aged stranger at a red light while running late on her way to work. His road rage escalates to horrifyingly psychotic proportions as he becomes single-mindedly determined to teach her a deadly lesson for provoking him.

PIECES OF A WOMAN (2020)

 

Directed By: Kornel Mundruczo Written By: Kata Weber Cinematography: Benjamin Loeb Editor: David Jancso

Cast: Vanessa Kirby, Shia Lebouf, Molly Parker, Ellen Burstyn, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Sarah Snook, Jimmie Fails 

When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.

FATALE (2020)

 

Directed By: Deon Taylor  Written By: David Loughery  Cinematography: Dante Spinotti  Editor: Eric L. Beason & Peck Prior 

Cast: Hillary Swank, Michael Ealy, Mike Colter, Damaris Lewis, Tyrin Turner, Danny Pino, Geoffrey Owens, David Holpin, Sam Daly 

After a one-night stand, a successful married man finds himself entangled in a cunning police detective's latest investigation.

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)

 

Written & Directed: Emerald Fennell  Cinematography: Benjamin Kracun  Editor: Frederic Thoraval 

Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Adam Brody, Sam Richardson, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverene Cox, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon, Loren Paul, Christopher Lowell, Steve Monroe

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

LOVE & MONSTERS (2020)

 

Directed By: Michael Matthews  Written By: Brian Duffield & Matthew Robinson Story by: Brian Duffield  Cinematography: Lachlan Milne  Editor: Debbie Berman & Nancy Richardson 

Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker, Ariana Greenblatt, Dan Ewing, Ellen Hellman, Tre Hale, Amali Golden, Pacharo Mzembe, Senie Priti

Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson, along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over the radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee. who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there's nothing left for him underground, he decides against all logic to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.