Virginia Film Festival 2016 VFF
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1. Liberty & Slavery (2016 Video)
86 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Our Founding Fathers were yearning for a nation of individual liberty. But, the origins of America were overflowing with a deep-seated paradox. Our Founding Fathers were rallying the colonists to liberty, while many were slave owners.
Director: A. Troy Thomas | Stars: Jay Ali, David Azerrad, H. Robert Baker, Richard Beeman
Votes: 38 | Gross: $0.02M
Thursday 4:00 - 6:00, Violet Crown A
2. Eva Hesse (2016)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary feature film focusing on the life and times of Eva Hesse, a ground-breaking artist who was active in New York and Germany in the 1960's.
Director: Marcie Begleiter | Stars: Selma Blair, Bob Balaban, Patrick Kennedy, Julia-Maria Köhler
Votes: 182 | Gross: $0.11M
Thursday 5:00 - 7:00, Violet Crown B
3. After Spring (2016)
TV-14 | 101 min | Documentary
After Spring is a feature documentary that focuses on the Syrian refugee crisis. With the Syrian conflict entering its sixth year, millions of people continue to be displaced. This is the ... See full summary »
Directors: Steph Ching, Ellen Martinez
Votes: 106
Thursday 6:00 - 8:00, Newcomb Hall Theater
4. Being 17 (2016)
Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father is on a tour of duty abroad. He is bullied by Thomas, whose mother is ill. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila, Alexis Loret
Votes: 7,259 | Gross: $0.05M
Thursday 6:30 - 8:30, Culbreth Theater
5. Memories of Gehenna (2015)
56 min | Documentary
Ten years after the Grande-Synthe racist homicide, we trace the murderer's footsteps. The sound design weaves in a voiceover linking architecture to discourse, past the news item itself.
Director: Thomas Jenkoe
Thursday 6:45 - 7:50, Violet Crown A
6. Loving (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton, Dean Mumford
Votes: 36,387 | Gross: $7.70M
Thursday 7:00 - 9:45, The Paramount Theater
7. Restoring Tomorrow (2016)
PG | 82 min | Documentary
In these divided times, religious institutions are losing young members and even closing their doors at an alarming rate. Director Aaron Wolf's personal journey of rediscovery comes alive ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Wolf | Star: Aaron Wolf
Votes: 76
Thursday 7:30 - 9:00, Vinegar Hill Theatre
8. Bugs (2016)
73 min | Documentary
In an effort to determine their sustainability as a food source, two chefs travel throughout the world tasting insects.
Director: Andreas Johnsen | Stars: Josh Evans, Roberto Flore, Ben Reade
Votes: 243 | Gross: $0.00M
Thursday 7:45 - 9:00, Violet Crown B
9. The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)
TV-MA | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Suffering from delusions of fortune, a young hermit hides out in the forest hoping to crack an ancient mystery, but pays a price for his mania.
Director: Joel Potrykus | Stars: Ty Hickson, Amari Cheatom, Fiji
Votes: 1,785
Thursday 8:30 - 10:15, Violet Crown A
10. Don't Call Me Son (2016)
Unrated | 82 min | Drama
After discovering the truth about being stolen by the woman he thought was his mother as a child, Pierre (AKA Felipe) must deal with the consequences of his mother's actions and must try to cope with his biological family.
Director: Anna Muylaert | Stars: Naomi Nero, Daniel Botelho, Dani Nefussi, Matheus Nachtergaele
Votes: 1,569 | Gross: $0.01M
Thursday 8:45 - 10:15, Newcomb Hall Theater
11. Trespass Against Us (I) (2016)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man looks to find a way to escape the criminal ways of his outlaw family.
Director: Adam Smith | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Lyndsey Marshal, Georgie Smith
Votes: 9,155
Thursday 9:15 - 11:00, Culbreth Theatre
12. Old Stone (2016)
Unrated | 80 min | Thriller
A psychological thriller about a taxi driver battling bureaucracy and legal manipulation in China.
Director: Johnny Ma | Stars: Gang Chen, Nai An, Hongwei Wang, Zebin Zhang
Votes: 606 | Gross: $0.00M
Thursday 9:45 - 11:15, Violet Crown B
13. Landfill Harmonic (2015)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Landfill Harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra. An unlikely orchestra made out of recycled trash. As this group takes its inspiring spectacle of trash-into-music around the world, we ... See full summary »
Directors: Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley, Juliana Penaranda-Loftus
Votes: 245
Friday 3:00 - 4:45, Newcomb Hall Theater
14. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,278 | Gross: $4.14M
Friday 3:00 - 6:00, The Paramount Theater
15. Lupe Under the Sun (2016)
78 min | Drama
The story of an aging Mexican migrant who spent his entire life working in the California fields, separated from his family back home. A melancholy alcoholic, one morning he realizes life ... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigo Reyes | Star: Daniel Muratalla
Votes: 43
Friday 4:00 - 5:45, Vinegar Hill Theatre
16. Hope (V) (2014)
86 min | Drama
On his clandestine journey from Cameroon to Europe through the Sahara desert, Léonard meets Hope, a Nigerian girl who's following the same dream.
Director: Boris Lojkine | Stars: Justin Wang, Endurance Newton, Nabyl Fally Koivogui, Abdessalam Hessoun
Votes: 189
Friday 4:15 - 6:00, Violet Crown B
17. She Started It (2016)
84 min | Documentary
She Started It is an award-winning documentary that provides a rare look in the lives of five ambitious young women entrepreneurs (Thuy, Stacey, Sheena, Brienne and Agathe) who will stop at nothing to pursue their startup dreams.
Directors: Nora Poggi, Insiyah Saeed | Stars: Sheena Allen, Stacey Ferreira, Brienne Ghafourifar, Agathe Molinar
Votes: 22
Friday 5:00 - 7:00, Violet Crown A
18. The Anthropologist (2015)
TV-14 | 78 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
THE ANTHROPOLOGIST considers the fate of the planet from the perspective of an American teenager. Over five years, she travels alongside her mother, an anthropologist studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities.
Directors: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger | Stars: Mary Catherine Bateson, Susan Crate, Margaret Mead, Kathryn Yegorov-Crate
Votes: 131
Friday 6:00 - 7:45, PVCC Dickinson Center
19. Girl Flu. (2016)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Bird, 12, has to become a woman whether she wants to or not when - in the worst week of her life - she gets her first period, is ditched by her impulsive, free spirited mom, and learns that you can never really go back to The Valley.
Director: Dorie Barton | Stars: Katee Sackhoff, Jade Pettyjohn, Jeremy Sisto, Heather Matarazzo
Votes: 532
Friday 6:15 - 8:15, Newcomb Hall Theater
20. Farewell Ferris Wheel (2016)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, Drama, News
Farewell Ferris Wheel explores how the U.S. Carnival industry fights to keep itself alive by legally employing Mexican migrant workers with the controversial H-2B guestworker visa.
Directors: Miguel 'M.i.G.' Martinez, Jamie Sisley
Votes: 71
Friday 6:30 - 8:15, Vinegar Hill Theatre
21. Tower (2016)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Animation, Crime
Animation, testimony, and archival footage combine to relate the events of August 1, 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the University of Texas clock tower, killing 16 people.
Director: Keith Maitland | Stars: Monty Muir, Violett Beane, Cole Bee Wilson, Aldo Ordoñez
Votes: 8,290 | Gross: $0.09M
Friday 6:30 - 8:00, St. Anne's-Belfield
22. Chronically Metropolitan (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A cynical and clever coming-of-age film about first-time novelist Fenton Dillane, who returns to New York City unannounced to confront his family, his ex-girlfriend, and a few lingering childhood fears.
Director: Xavier Manrique | Stars: Shiloh Fernandez, Chris Noth, Victor Cruz, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 1,596
Friday 6:45 - 9:15, Violet Crown B
23. Vice Principals (2016–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
An overprotective father is obsessed with becoming a principal and competes against the popular vice principal. However, something happens that makes them work together to save the day.
Stars: Danny McBride, Walton Goggins, Sheaun McKinney, Georgia King
Votes: 31,304
Friday 6:45 - 8:20, Culbreth Theatre
24. Six LA Love Stories (2016)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Over the course of one afternoon, in six different parts of Los Angeles, six couples connect, reconnect, or fall apart. Love Actually (2003) meets Magnolia (1999).
Director: Michael Dunaway | Stars: Beth Grant, Matthew Lillard, Carrie Preston, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 83
Friday 7:45 - 9:30, Violet Crown A
25. Before the Fall (I) (2016)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A re-imagining of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" set in modern day, rural Virginia with Elizabeth Bennet as a man. Ben Bennet is an affluent but seemingly arrogant attorney who ... See full summary »
Director: Byrum Geisler | Stars: Ethan Sharrett, Chase Conner, Brandi Price, Jason Mac
Votes: 1,375
Friday 8:45 - 10:45, PVCC Dickinson Center
26. Heaven's Floor (2016)
88 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Julia, a Los Angeles photographer, journeys to the Canadian arctic. Her whimsical trip becomes a life threatening disaster. Julia, abandoned ill equipped, and stranded on sea ice is rescued... See full summary »
Director: Lori Stoll | Stars: Clea DuVall, Toby Huss, Timothy V. Murphy, Pelina Ageeakok
Votes: 36
Friday 9:00 - 11:00, St. Anne's-Belfield
27. As I Open My Eyes (2015)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Music
A few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor.
Director: Leyla Bouzid | Stars: Baya Medhaffar, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari, Lassaad Jamoussi
Votes: 1,465 | Gross: $0.03M
Friday 9:00 - 10:50, Vinegar Hill Theatre
28. Into the Inferno (2016)
104 min | Documentary
An exploration of active volcanoes around the world.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Clive Oppenheimer
Votes: 9,976
Friday 9:15 - 11:15, Culbreth Theatre
29. The Love Witch (2016)
Unrated | 120 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.
Director: Anna Biller | Stars: Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Laura Waddell, Gian Keys
Votes: 19,926 | Gross: $0.23M
Friday 9:15 - 11:30, Violet Crown B
30. Elle (I) (2016)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling
Votes: 71,179
Friday 9:30 - 11:45, The Paramount Theater
31. Dead Slow Ahead (2015)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Drama
The freighter Fair Lady crosses the ocean. The hypnotic rhythm of its gears reveals the continuous movement of machinery devouring its workers: the last gestures of the old sailors' trade ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Herce
Votes: 392
Friday 10:15 - 11:30, Violet Crown A
32. Les messagers (2014)
70 min | Documentary
From the Sahara to Mellila, witnesses talk about how they narrowly escaped death, unlike their companions - all migrants who were literally and symbolically swallowed up by the frontier.
Directors: Hélène Crouzillat, Lætitia Tura
Votes: 6
Saturday 11:00 - 12:30, Newcomb Hall Theater
33. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
PG | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
An orphan who lives with his two cruel aunts befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow
Votes: 74,027 | Gross: $28.93M
Saturday 12:30 - 2:00, Culbreth Theatre
34. Good Work: Masters of the Building Arts (2018)
66 min | Documentary
A group portrait of artisans in the building arts in America that celebrates art, craftsmanship, tradition and the importance of Good Work.
Directors: Marjorie Hunt, Paul Wagner
Saturday 1:00 - 2:30, Violet Crown A
35. Land of Mine (2015)
R | 100 min | Drama, History, War
In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.
Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Votes: 45,799 | Gross: $0.44M
Saturday 1:00 - 2:45, St. Anne's-Belfield
36. Putuparri and the Rainmakers (2015)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
A documentary about an Aboriginal man living in Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia that maps out his ancestors' spiritual connection to the land and his family's continuing custodianship of it.
Director: Nicole Ma
Votes: 63
Saturday 1:15 - 3:15, Newcomb Hall Theater
37. Happy Mother's Day (1963)
26 min | Documentary, Short
In 1963, the first US quintuplets to survive were born in Aberdeen, South Dakota. We meet the Fischers - the babies' parents - two weeks after the babies' birth; we see the physician and ... See full summary »
Directors: Joyce Chopra, Richard Leacock
Votes: 122
Joyce Chopra: 1963 - 1972, Saturday 1:15 - 3:30, Vinegar Hill Theatre
38. Joyce at 34 (1972)
Not Rated | 28 min | Documentary, Short
The film stars Chopra and examines the effect her pregnancy had on her film making career. The documentary received the American Film Festival Blue Ribbon award. The film is considered an ... See full summary »
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Joyce Chopra, Tom Cole, Tillie Kalina
Votes: 126
Joyce Chopra: 1963 - 1972, Saturday 1:15 - 3:30, Vinegar Hill Theatre
39. Care (I) (2016)
70 min | Documentary
Let's face it. We're all aging. With good habits, we may stay healthy and independent for a long time. But in the end, most of us will need some help. What will it look like? Who will ... See full summary »
Director: Deirdre Fishel
Votes: 9
Saturday 1:30 - 3:15, PVCC Dickinson Center
40. Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker (1981)
63 min | Documentary
Director: Joanne Grant | Star: Harry Belafonte
Votes: 8
Saturday 2:00 - 3:30, Violet Crown C
41. Staying Vertical (2016)
Unrated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
A film maker has to raise a child by himself whilst looking for an inspiration for his new film.
Director: Alain Guiraudie | Stars: Damien Bonnard, India Hair, Raphaël Thiéry, Christian Bouillette
Votes: 2,506 | Gross: $0.01M
Saturday 2:30 - 4:15, Violet Crown B
42. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
G | 84 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.
Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart
Votes: 479,819 | Gross: $218.97M
Saturday 3:00 - 5:00, Culbreth Theatre
43. A Late Style of Fire: Larry Levis, American Poet (2016)
92 min | Documentary, Biography
The brilliant poetry and scandalous life of Californian Larry Levis came to an abrupt halt when he died at age 49. Is self-destruction required for a serious life of art? Featuring an ... See full summary »
Director: Michele Poulos | Stars: Gregory Donovan, Carolyn Forché, Philip Levine, Stanley Plumly
Votes: 8
Saturday 3:45 - 5:45, St. Anne's-Belfield
44. Not the Last Butterfly (2016)
59 min | Documentary, History
NOT The Last Butterfly tells the inspiring tale of The Butterfly Project, a grass roots arts and education initiative that memorializes the 1.5 million children killed in the Holocaust ... See full summary »
Directors: Cheryl Rattner Price, Joe Fab, Cheryl Rattner-Price
Saturday 3:45 - 5:15, Violet Crown A
45. Fire at Sea (2016)
114 min | Documentary
Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi | Stars: Samuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Samuele Caruana, Pietro Bartolo
Votes: 6,056 | Gross: $0.12M
Saturday 4:00 - 6:15, PVCC Dickinson Center
46. Exil (2016)
77 min | Biography, Drama
Exil is a visionary narration of the exile of Cambodians during the Red Khmer regime, during which the country was renamed Democratic Kampuchea.
Director: Rithy Panh | Star: Randal Douc
Votes: 112
Saturday 4:00 - 5:20, Newcomb Hall Theater
47. Wakefield (2016)
R | 106 min | Drama
A lawyer on the edge of madness decides to disassociate himself from his own life.
Director: Robin Swicord | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner, Victoria Bruno, Ellery Sprayberry
Votes: 18,057 | Gross: $0.26M
Saturday 4:30 - 6:45, The Paramount Theater
48. Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
A feature-length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Narrated by Keanu Reeves.
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Wataru Akashi, Kyôko Kagawa, Takeshi Katô, Hisao Kurosawa
Votes: 1,382 | Gross: $0.06M
Saturday 5:00 - 6:30, Violet Crown B
49. Contemporary Color (2016)
PG-13 | 97 min | Documentary, Music
In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles,... See full summary »
Directors: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | Stars: Simon Bennett, David Byrne, Christian Delmotte, Nelly Furtado
Votes: 203 | Gross: $0.02M
Saturday 6:00 - 7:45, Newcomb Hall Theater
50. The War Room (1993)
PG | 96 min | Documentary, History
A documentary of the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it.
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, Heather Beckel, Paul Begala
Votes: 4,431 | Gross: $0.90M
Saturday 6:00 - 8:15, Culbreth Theatre
51. Split (II) (2016)
127 min | Drama, Fantasy
Split is the surreal and epic journey a young woman takes to claim her own darkness and sexuality so she can stop putting it into the hands of her abusive lover. When Inanna, a young ... See full summary »
Director: Deborah Kampmeier | Stars: Amy Ferguson, Morgan Spector, Anna Mouglalis, Fredric Lehne
Votes: 511
Saturday 6:15 - 9:00, Violet Crown A
52. Driftwood (I) (2016)
75 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young woman washes ashore and is taken in by a stranger. As she convalesces in his remote cabin, the relationship with her would-be savior tears down archaic ideas of patriarchy and gender roles still prevalent in modern society.
Director: Paul Taylor | Stars: Michael Fentin, Joslyn Jensen, Paul C. Kelly, Paul Patrick Taylor
Votes: 107
Saturday 6:45 - 8:30, Violet Crown C
53. Hunter Gatherer (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
After a 3-year stint in prison, an unreasonably optimistic middle-aged man returns to his stagnant neighborhood to win back his girlfriend only to find that she and his family have done what they always wanted to do - forget he exists.
Director: Josh Locy | Stars: Andre Royo, George Sample III, Kellee Stewart, Ashley Wilkerson
Votes: 684
Saturday 6:45 - 8:30, Vinegar Hill Theatre
54. The Eagle Huntress (2016)
G | 87 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Thirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her nomad family to become an eagle huntress.
Director: Otto Bell | Stars: Aisholpan Nurgaiv, Daisy Ridley, Rys Nurgaiv
Votes: 4,188 | Gross: $3.17M
Saturday 6:45 - 8:15, St. Anne's-Belfield
55. The Rebound (2016)
76 min | Documentary, Sport
Miami is a city known for its sports and diversity. For the Miami Heat Wheels it is a city of opportunity, second chances, and a call to win - against all odds. The Rebound is a real ... See full summary »
Director: Shaina Koren Allen | Stars: Orlando Carrillo, Mario Moran, Jeremie Phenom Thomas
Votes: 60
Saturday 7:00 - 9:00, PVCC Dickinson Center
56. One Week and a Day (2016)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
As Eyal finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife Vicky urges him to return to their routine -- but just because the shiva has ended doesn't mean it's life as usual.
Director: Asaph Polonsky | Stars: Sharon Alexander, Shai Avivi, Tomer Capone, Evgenia Dodina
Votes: 959 | Gross: $0.04M
Saturday 7:15 - 9:00, Violet Crown B
57. Killing for Love (2016)
Unrated | 130 min | Documentary, Crime
The gruesome murders of Nancy and Derek Haysom in 1985 were an international media sensation. The Haysoms were wealthy, respected members of Virginia society, and the murder conviction of ... See full summary »
Directors: Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger | Stars: Imogen Poots, Daniel Brühl, Jens Söring, Chuck Reid
Votes: 1,698
Saturday 7:30 - 10:00, The Paramount Theater
58. The Sweet Life (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kenny Pantalio and Lolita Nowicki, each struggling with their own brand of demons, meet by chance in Chicago and form a pact to travel across the country to the Golden Gate Bridge to commit suicide together.
Director: Rob Spera | Stars: Chris Messina, Abigail Spencer, Brian Shortall, Karan Soni
Votes: 1,914
Saturday 8:30 - 10:30, Newcomb Hall Theater
59. Shepherds and Butchers (2016)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Director: Oliver Schmitz | Stars: Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Garion Dowds, Eduan van Jaarsveldt
Votes: 3,137
Saturday 9:00 - 11:00, St. Anne's-Belfield
60. London Town (I) (2016)
R | 92 min | Drama, Music
In '70s London, a 14 year-old boy is introduced to the Clash by his estranged mother. It changes his life forever.
Director: Derrick Borte | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Daniel Huttlestone, Dougray Scott, Natascha McElhone
Votes: 2,555
Saturday 9:30 - 11:30, Vinegar Hill Theatre
61. Macbeth Unhinged (2016)
131 min | Drama, History
This is a modern interpretation of the bard's tragedy, set in the claustrophobic confines of a stretch limousine which prowls the streets of a contemporary landscape as its agoraphobic ... See full summary »
Director: Angus Macfadyen | Stars: Angus Macfadyen, Taylor Roberts, Kevin McNally, Harry Lennix
Votes: 32
Saturday 9:45 - 11:45, Violet Crown A
62. Always Shine (2016)
Unrated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two women with differing degrees of success travel north from Los Angeles to Big Sur for a weekend vacation. Both see the trip as an opportunity to reconnect after years of competition and jealousy have driven a wedge between them.
Director: Sophia Takal | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, Lawrence Michael Levine, Khan Baykal
Votes: 5,661 | Gross: $0.01M
Saturday 9:45 - 11:15, Violet Crown B
63. After Coal: Welsh and Appalachian Mining Communities (2016)
60 min | Documentary
After Coal profiles inspiring individuals who are building a new future in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky and South Wales. Meet ex-miners using theater to rebuild community ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Hansell
Sunday 11:00 - 12:15, Vinegar Hill Theatre
64. Boone (2016)
75 min | Documentary
Haunting and deeply human, Boone tells the story of three young goat farmers as they transition with the seasons and come to terms with the physical and emotional grit required to live in ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher LaMarca | Stars: Zac Jasper-Miller, Dana Kristal, Mookie Moss
Votes: 20
Sunday 11:00 - 12:15, PVCC Dickinson Center
65. Julieta (2016)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events involving her estranged daughter.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta
Votes: 33,923 | Gross: $1.49M
Sunday 12:00 - 1:45, Culbreth Theatre
66. All the Way (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination, and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo, Frank Langella
Votes: 15,247
Sunday 1:00 - 4:00, Newcomb Hall Theater
67. Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016)
Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The first feature documentary about the remarkable writer, poet, actress, activist Maya Angelou.
Directors: Rita Coburn, Bob Hercules | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Guy Johnson, Diahann Carroll, Don Martin
Votes: 581
Sunday 1:00 - 3:15, PVCC Dickinson Center
68. Unlocking the Cage (2016)
TV-14 | 91 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Between 2013 and 2015, a group of nonprofit attorneys seek nonhuman clients for whom they can advocate in two U.S. territories, in order to establish legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans and nonhuman apes in the U.S.
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Barbara Jaffe, Elizabeth Stein, Steven M. Wise
Votes: 420 | Gross: $0.03M
Sunday 1:00 - 3:15, St. Anne's-Belfield
69. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
PG | 86 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The story of the Disney Renaissance, an incredibly prolific, successful and prestigious decade lasting from 1984 to 1994 that saw the fallen Walt Disney Animation Studios' unexpected progressive triumphant return to excellence.
Director: Don Hahn | Stars: Roy Edward Disney, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Don Hahn
Votes: 3,274 | Gross: $0.08M
Sunday 1:00 - 3:00, Vinegar Hill Theatre
70. The Tenth Man (2016)
Unrated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After years away, Ariel (Alan Sabbagh) returns to Buenos Aires seeking to reconnect with his father Usher, who founded a charity foundation in Once, the city's bustling Jewish district ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Burman | Stars: Alan Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Usher Barilka, Elvira Onetto
Votes: 1,232 | Gross: $0.06M
Sunday 1:30 - 3:00, Violet Crown B
71. The Red Turtle (2016)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a big red turtle, which changes his life.
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit | Stars: Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers
Votes: 38,790 | Gross: $0.92M
Sunday 1:45 - 3:15, The Paramount Theater
72. Lost in Paris (2016)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.
Directors: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Pierre Richard, Emmy Boissard Paumelle, Céline Laurentie
Votes: 3,633 | Gross: $0.69M
Sunday 2:30 - 4:15, Culbreth Theatre
73. The Yellow Ticket (1918)
40 min | Short, Drama
A story of a Jewish girl forced to hide her identity in order to attend medical school in St. Petersburg, the movie is a melodrama of multiple oppression.
Directors: Eugen Illés, Victor Janson, Paul L. Stein | Stars: Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, Victor Janson, Adolf E. Licho
Votes: 95
Sunday 3:30 - 5:30, Old Cabell Hall
74. Seed: The Untold Story (2016)
PG | 94 min | Documentary
A film about the importance of heirloom seeds to the agriculture of the world, focusing on seed keepers and activists from around the world.
Directors: Jon Betz, Taggart Siegel | Stars: Vandana Shiva, Andrew Kimbrell, Jane Goodall, Winona LaDuke
Votes: 358
Sunday 3:45 - 5:20, Violet Crown B
75. Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show (2017)
75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
East Meets West in this live stand-up comedy, sketch, and rock n' roll/spoken word concert film focused on Asian American themes - immigration, bowl cuts, personal identity, math nerds, ... See full summary »
Director: Carrie Preston | Stars: Lyris Hung, Kate Rigg
Sunday 3:45 - 5:15, Vinegar Hill Theatre
76. Life, Animated (2016)
PG | 92 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.
Director: Roger Ross Williams | Stars: Owen Suskind, Cornelia Suskind, Ron Suskind, Walter Suskind
Votes: 6,178 | Gross: $0.26M
Sunday 4:00 - 6:00, St. Anne's-Belfield
77. The Million Dollar Duck (2016)
PG | 71 min | Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck follows the humorous and heartfelt journey of six wildlife artists competing to win the Federal Duck Stamp Contest - the only juried art competition run by the U.S. ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Davis | Stars: Adam Grimm, Rob McBroom, Dee Dee Murry, Rebekah Nastav
Votes: 116
Sunday 4:00 - 6:00, St. Anne's-Belfield
78. Bleed for This (2016)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports' most incredible comebacks.
Director: Ben Younger | Stars: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 30,267 | Gross: $4.85M
Sunday 4:15 - 6:45, The Paramount Theater
79. Best and Most Beautiful Things (2016)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
In a celebration of outcasts, a precocious young blind woman vanishes into quirky obsessions and isolation. With humor and bold curiosity, she chases love and freedom in the most unexpected of places: a provocative fringe community.
Director: Garrett Zevgetis | Stars: Michael Roche, Julie Smith, Michelle Smith
Votes: 179 | Gross: $0.00M
Sunday 5:00 - 7:00, Violet Crown A
80. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,513 | Gross: $7.12M
Sunday 5:00 - 6:45, Culbreth Theatre
81. Apprentice (2016)
115 min | Drama
Inevitably, a transfer to a maximum security prison will eventually challenge the integrity and ethics of a young correctional officer on his way to become a chief executioner.
Director: Junfeng Boo | Stars: Firdaus Rahman, Wan Hanafi Su, Mastura Ahmad, Peter Boon Koh
Votes: 1,817 | Gross: $0.00M
Sunday 6:00 - 7:45, Vinegar Hill Theatre
82. Sand Storm (2016)
87 min | Drama
When their entire lives shatter, two Bedouin women struggle to change the unchangeable rules, each in her own individual way.
Director: Elite Zexer | Stars: Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari, Khadija Al Akel
Votes: 3,977 | Gross: $0.08M
Sunday 6:15 - 7:45, Violet Crown B
83. Hot Air (II) (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man meets a quirky stranger at his father's funeral. They embark on an adventure, one pursuing a love interest while the other leaves chaos behind, involving broken relationships and financial troubles.
Director: Derek Sieg | Stars: Jere Burns, Matthew Gray Gubler, Schuyler Fisk, Christa Miller
Votes: 207
Sunday 7:00 - 9:00, St. Anne's-Belfield
84. A Tickle in the Heart (1996)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Music
Captures the past, present, and future of the remarkable Epstein brothers - Max, Julie and Willie - Klezmer music legends on a joyous international comeback tour.
Director: Stefan Schwietert | Stars: Harriet Goldstein Darr, Julius Epstein, Max Epstein, William Epstein
Votes: 82
Sunday 7:00 - 8:50, PVCC Dickinson Center
85. Lion (2016)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama
A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Director: Garth Davis | Stars: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar
Votes: 251,294 | Gross: $51.74M
Sunday 7:30 - 9:45, Culbreth Theatre
86. The Son of Joseph (2016)
113 min | Drama
A discontented Parisian teenager in search of a father with (Mathieu Amalric) and (Fabrizio Rongione) as his, respectively, callous and gentle alternative paternal options, and (Natacha Régnier) as his single mother.
Director: Eugène Green | Stars: Victor Ezenfis, Natacha Régnier, Fabrizio Rongione, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 900 | Gross: $0.03M
Sunday 7:30 - 9:30, Newcomb Hall Theater
87. La La Land (2016)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 672,053 | Gross: $151.10M
Sunday 7:30 - 9:45, The Paramount Theater
88. Suntan (2016)
Unrated | 104 min | Drama
On a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.
Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos | Stars: Makis Papadimitriou, Elli Tringou, Hara Kotsali, Milou Van Groesen
Votes: 8,092
Sunday 7:45 - 9:30, Violet Crown A
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