Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
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The general manager at a highway-side ''sports bar with curves" has her incurable optimism and faith, in her girls, her customers, and herself, tested over the course of a long, strange day.
Director:
Andrew Bujalski
Stars:
Regina Hall,
Haley Lu Richardson,
Dylan Gelula
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust-Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.
Director:
Ali Abbasi
Stars:
Eva Melander,
Eero Milonoff,
Jörgen Thorsson
Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
Director:
Christina Choe
Stars:
Andrea Riseborough,
Steve Buscemi,
Ann Dowd
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
The movie takes place in the 1980s. But when the boys shoplift at the convenience store, the Visa logo displayed at the store entrance is the one which first went into use in the 2000s. See more »
Quotes
Manny:
Yo, that was fucked up.
Joel:
Nah, that was just fucking.
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If you enjoyed Moonlight or The Florida Project, chances are you'll enjoy this one as well. A simple, bleak view into the lives of a family with nothing to hold onto other than each other. A boy finding himself and the circumstances he's in as he grows. A beautiful simple concept that you wouldn't expect to see as a film. Nothing but appreciation for this movie. Don't expect to be blown away, this isn't in any way shape or form a blockbuster entertainer. But see it as you see an abstract painting by Van Gogh, and let it take you where it chooses.
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If you enjoyed Moonlight or The Florida Project, chances are you'll enjoy this one as well. A simple, bleak view into the lives of a family with nothing to hold onto other than each other. A boy finding himself and the circumstances he's in as he grows. A beautiful simple concept that you wouldn't expect to see as a film. Nothing but appreciation for this movie. Don't expect to be blown away, this isn't in any way shape or form a blockbuster entertainer. But see it as you see an abstract painting by Van Gogh, and let it take you where it chooses.