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Italy/Belgium | 2023 | 121
Matteo Garrone cements his status as one of cinema’s finest craftspeople with this harrowing and wondrous epic following two Senegalese teenagers who leave home for Europe on an adventure full of magic, mystery and danger across the Sahara Desert.
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Saudi Arabia/Egypt/Jordan | 2023 | 117
Two young Bedouin brothers beat the odds to become top jockeys in the cutthroat world of camel racing in this thrilling, David-and-Goliath tale set in the Saudi Arabian desert.
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Canada | 2022 | 125
In this remarkable story of perseverance and resilience, a farmer in India seeks justice for his 13-year-old daughter after she is sexually assaulted by three men. Risking retaliation as tensions mount during the court process, the family refuses to back down, and becomes a beacon of hope for survivors in India.
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USA/France | 2023 | 112
Steve Zahn stars as an overeager small-town private eye alongside John Magaro as a suicidal cuckold who’s mistaken for a hitman in this twisty, darkly funny neo-noir set in a dusty Texas town where blackmail seems to be the local sport.
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Switzerland/Italy | 2023 | 88
In this wacky comedy poking fun at the multilingual Swiss, a referendum leaves the country with French as the only national language, catalyzing a crisis among the German and Italian speakers.
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Spain | 2023 | 144
Based on a true story, a rugby team is aboard Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 when it crashes in the Andes. Trapped in a hostile and inaccessible environment, the surviving passengers must resort to extreme measures to stay alive.
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USA | 2023 | 99
Join us for a post-screening Q&A with director Noah Pritzker and actors Griffin Dunne and Miles Heizer on January 13.
In this beguilingly bittersweet seriocomedy, a newly divorced dad (a great Griffin Dunne) finds himself at a Mexican beach resort where his about-to-be-married son (James Norton) has gathered his friends for a bachelor party that goes awry. It’s a party you won’t want to miss.
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Netherlands/Sweden/Indonesia/France | 2023 | 102
This audacious take on the demise of colonialism follows the repercussions of a Dutch plantation owner leaving his island estate to his illegitimate son, the child of his Indonesian housemaid. Blistering satire meets lavish aesthetics in this tantalizing cat-and-mouse game.
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Hungary | 2024 | 85
After his wife's death, a stubborn boxing coach agrees to allow his estranged Orthodox Jewish son from Israel to sit shiva, as long as he brings the grandson he has never met, in this heartwarming dramedy set in contemporary Budapest.
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Poland/France/Czech Republic/Belgium | 2023 | 152
This tough and timely cri de coeur shines a spotlight on the horrors facing refugees from the Middle East and Africa in the treacherous, swampy forests that comprise the exclusion zone between Poland and Belarus.
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Singapore/Malaysia/USA | 2023 | 125
After his daughter moves to the United States for school, Loke befriends his neighbor Tan, who helps him translate letters to and from his only child. When bad news comes from overseas, Tan must decide how to tell his new friend.
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United Kingdom | 2023 | 101
Helen’s humdrum world takes a surprisingly interesting romantic turn with the return of her charismatic childhood friend Joanne. Moving, funny and charming, this is the musical rom-com set in a Welsh chicken processing plant you never knew you needed.
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Greece/Germany/North Macedonia | 2023 | 118
Told in three chapters, each focusing on a different family member and their secrets, this contemporary Greek tragedy is set in a small town near the North Macedonian border as large numbers of refugees begin surging through the “Balkan corridor.”
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Canada/India | 2023 | 89
In this inspiring story of grit and determination, a runaway child from the streets of India is adopted by a Canadian family and becomes the chef-owner of Sash, one of Toronto’s trendiest restaurants.
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South Korea | 2023 | 94
When her husband’s strange sleeping habits escalate from disruptive to disturbing, Soo-jin is forced to take desperate measures to protect herself and her newborn. Director Jason Yu’s startling, genre-hopping debut will keep you guessing till the very end.
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Turkey/France/Germany/Sweden | 2023 | 197
Assigned to a remote Turkish village, a middle-aged teacher from Istanbul is accused of an inappropriate relationship with one of his pupils in this searing, slow-burn drama from Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
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South Korea | 2023 | 135
In this chaotically entertaining dark comedy, a film director (Song Kang-ho) obsessed with completing his masterpiece decides to reshoot the ending of a long-completed project despite increasing interference from the studio, censors, and his ragtag cast and crew.
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Sudan/Egypt/Germany/France/Saudi Arabia/Sweden | 2023 | 120
Tensions between Northern and Southern Sudanese communities erupt into violence, forever changing two families in this moving story of an unlikely bond between two women as they confront issues of class, gender and race.
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Philippines/Thailand | 2023 | 90
When mouthless young Eric learns that his uncle has passed away, he begins to hallucinate of an alien visitation – a shadowy figure from his hazily remembered childhood.
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USA | 2023 | 85
As reservoir levels dwindle, farmers in the desert valleys of Yuma, Imperial, and Coachella dependent on the Colorado River to produce their winter vegetables are racing to conserve. In a time of unprecedented scarcity, can this country’s agricultural mainstay survive?
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USA | 2023 | 104
In the borderlands of South Texas, the Edinburg North High School’s acclaimed mariachi band starts a year off with inexperienced musicians, a limited budget and intense competition. Will their dedicated coach and unwavering spirit catapult them back to the top?
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USA | 2023 | 75
In the final days of their season, Joshua Tree’s own Copper Mountain College men’s basketball team, the Fighting Cacti, make one last push for the playoffs in an unforgettable, nail-biting game against the visiting Cypress College Chargers.
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Mexico/Denmark/France | 2023 | 95
Seven-year-old Sol spends the day helping her family prepare for a surprise party for her father. As the day goes on, it becomes clear that this gathering is more than just a celebration, as it transforms into a loving – living – farewell.
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South Korea | 2011 | 135
In one of the most influential Korean films of the 21st century, a chance encounter with an old friend has a middle-aged housewife pining for her glory days of the ’80s, and inspires her to track down the gang for a reunion.
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Morocco/Egypt/Saudi Arabia/Qatar | 2023 | 96
In this artful documentary from Morocco, a woman turns the camera on her parents and stern camera-shy grandmother, who rules over her clan with an iron cane, to uncover a web of family secrets.
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USA/Spain | 2023 | 99
Gloria Gaynor’s radiant spirit shines in this inspiring portrait of the great disco queen of the ’70s. Overcoming one hurdle after another – a crippling back injury, an abusive husband, a murdered sister – Gaynor roars back with her Grammy-winning gospel album.
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USA | 2023 | 118
As air raid sirens blare in wartime London, the aging Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) and the Christian convert C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) engage in a sparkling debate about God, life and sex in this surprising imaginary encounter between two intellectual giants.
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France/USA | 2023 | 145
In this feast for lovers of splendid food and swoon-worthy romance, chef Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) and gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) have worked side by side for decades, their growing feelings for each other reflected in the mouthwatering dishes they prepare.
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USA | 2023 | 99
Join us for a post-screening Q&A with director Noah Pritzker and actors Griffin Dunne and Miles Heizer on January 13.
In this beguilingly bittersweet seriocomedy, a newly divorced dad (a great Griffin Dunne) finds himself at a Mexican beach resort where his about-to-be-married son (James Norton) has gathered his friends for a bachelor party that goes awry. It’s a party you won’t want to miss.
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France | 2023 | 116
The sensational 1975 trial of radical leftist activist and armed robber Pierre Goldman – accused of murdering two pharmacists – inspired this electrifying courtroom drama in which the mesmerizing hero (or antihero?) takes on French antisemitism, the police, and even his own lawyer.
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Bulgaria/Germany | 2023 | 114
Director Stephan Komandarev (The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, PSIFF 2010) completes his trilogy on social problems and moral ills in contemporary Bulgaria with this cautionary drama about an older woman duped by a telephone scam.
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USA/Vietnam/China | 2023 | 92
Susan Feniger. FORKED…a culinary disaster film. This documentary follows celebrity chef Susan Feniger on her first solo restaurant and struggle to bring global street food under one roof: the LA restaurant, STREET. Shot by filmmaker (and Feniger’s spouse) Liz Lachman, it’s an intimate, behind-the-scenes story of starting over and about not IF one fails… but how.
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Turkey/Spain/Romania/France | 2023 | 84
This engrossing Turkish drama focuses on a public defender who oscillates between her ailing mother’s bedside and the courtroom, where her young client is accused of murder, and finds herself caught in an impossible moral dilemma.
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Czech Republic/Germany/Slovakia | 2023 | 135
Based on true events, brothers Josef and Ctirad Mašín partake in armed resistance to communist Czechoslovakia in 1953, and mobilize 20,000 German police and Soviet Army members to hunt them down.
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India | 2023 | 111
This Hindi remake of the highly popular The Great Indian Kitchen follows Richa, who as a newly married woman is expected to be relegated to the kitchen. Desperate for autonomy, Richa must find a way to fight for her own aspirations.
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USA | 2023 | 96
Worshiped by jazz musicians and critics but largely unknown to the general public, Carol Sloane’s brilliance as a jazz singer is abundantly clear in this affectionate portrait which finds her in her 80s, preparing for a crowning comeback performance at Birdland.
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USA | 2023 | 96
In this marvelous reflection on a life lived in the creative realm, documentarian and This American Life producer Chris Wilcha revisits both the New Jersey record store of his Gen X youth and the uncompleted projects that haunt him.
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Norway/UK | 2023 | 132
Not only one of cinema’s greatest actors and Ingmar Bergman’s muse, Liv Ullmann has been a prolific writer, director and world-traveling humanitarian. The self-effacing Norwegian icon opens up about her extraordinary life in this insightful, wide-ranging celebration.
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USA | 2023 | 92
When aimless late-twentysomething Louise (Karen Gillan) lands in the hospital, she makes quick enemies with Antonia, an elderly Polish woman who speaks no English. Despite their mutual distaste, Louise becomes her caregiver, and the odd couple form an unlikely bond.
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Tunisia/France/Germany/Saudi Arabia | 2023 | 107
Join us for a post-screening Q&A with director Kaouther Ben Hania on January 9.
In this highly inventive and moving documentary, professional actresses and real-life subjects collaborate to tell the true story of a Tunisian single mother of four whose two eldest daughters disappear after becoming radicalized by ISIS.
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Morocco/Qatar/France | 2023 | 91
In this highly original and suspenseful Moroccan feature, an expectant mother finds herself separated from her wealthy in-laws and left to fend for herself while a mysterious, menacing force threatens the world around her.
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Austria | 2022 | 115
Children of celebrities often have a hard time existing in (and out of) their famous parent’s shadows. This fascinating hybrid documentary centers on Vera Gemma, daughter of a popular spaghetti Western star, who plays a version of herself.
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USA | 2023 | 96
At the center of Hollywood gay life in the 1970s, Studio One was an erotic, liberating mecca in an anything-goes era. This star-studded documentary takes us back to the wild disco nights, and bears witness to the devastating morning after.
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USA | 2023 | 110
Here is the definitive chronicle of the filmmaking collective behind such beloved, groundbreaking films as A Room with a View, Howards End, The Remains of the Day and Maurice, spearheaded by director James Ivory and his producer and partner Ismail Merchant.
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United Kingdom | 2023 | 89
Here’s a twisty, suspenseful black comedy of which even Hitchcock would have been proud, following a well-to-do couple on the brink of financial crisis who confront the moral dilemma of their lives after an uninvited guest does the unthinkable.
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Sweden/Denmark | 2023 | 115
You don’t need to have seen Lukas Moodysson’s 2000 masterpiece Together, about a Stockholm commune in the ‘70s, to fall in love with this big-hearted, bittersweet follow-up, in which the aging friends gather for a reunion that goes hilariously awry.
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Mongolia/France/Germany/Netherlands/Portugal/Qatar | 2023 | 103
Mysterious, meditative and transportive, this unique coming-of-age tale follows 17-year-old Ze, a hardworking student and the shaman in his Mongolian village. When he develops feelings for a city girl, he begins to see a different future for himself.
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Pakistan/Canada | 2023 | 98
After the death of the family patriarch, a young medical student struggles to prevent her mother from making impetuous, life-altering mistakes, all while being surrounded by supernatural forces she can’t understand.
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USA/Mexico | 2024 | 88
In this heartfelt documentary, a young couple and their baby flee violence in Honduras only to find themselves caught in the complexweb of the United States’ draconian immigration system, before finding shelter in an unlikely place.
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Belgium/France | 2023 | 107
A Brussels literature instructor tries to inculcate a love of reading and freedom of expression as well as a sense of cohesion among her diverse class, but some of the students come from a fundamentalist background.
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USA | 2023 | 104
After Lillian (Talia Ryder) separates from her classmates on a school trip, she embarks on a Kafkaesque journey across America’s East that quickly begins to resemble a modern-day Wonderland. Deliriously funny, dreamy and freewheeling, here’s a trip like no other.
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France | 2023 | 76
This award-winning charmer is a deliciously original animated tale about a single mom who tries to placate her daughter with the yummy chicken dish her late father used to cook. Simple, right? Not in a strike-paralyzed Paris, where chaos ensues.
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Iran | 2023 | 77
Banned in Iran, this brilliant and biting satire presents a series of darkly comic vignettes – encounters that offer acerbic commentary on the indignities facing Iranians as they navigate absurd government bureaucracy.
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USA | 2023 | 90
Desperate to locate her missing sister, Native American swindler Jax (Lily Gladstone in a tour-de-force performance) hits the road with her teenage niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) for the Oklahoma state powwow in director Erica Tremblay’s unpredictable and moving debut feature.
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