April 2020 Movies

With Spike Jonze

Beastie Boys Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz tell you an intimate, personal story of their band and 40 years of friendship in this live documentary experience directed by their longtime friend and collaborator, and their former PE Coach, filmmaker Spike Jonze.

With Fernando Chien • Stephen Lang • Will Yun Lee • Chris Mulkey • Mike Gunther • Katie Keene • Jermaine Love • Rory Markham • Gina Decesare • Michael Blalock • Essam Ferris • Andrew Emilio DeCesare • Bertrand-Xavier Corbi

When the leader of an elite team of soldiers is captured by terrorists, it is up to the team to find and rescue him before it is too late.

With Ryan Eggold • Eliza Hittman • Sara Murphy • Talia Ryder • Adele Romanski • Théodore Pellerin • Sidney Flanigan • Sharon Van Etten • Rose Garnett

The story focuses on two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn and her cousin Skylar embark on a brave, fraught journey across state lines to New York City.

With Diane Weyermann • Barak Goodman • Chris Durrance • Jeff Skoll • Coralie Charriol Paul • William von Mueffling

A secretive, high-tech gerrymandering initiative launched 10 years ago threatens to undermine our democracy. Slay the Dragon follows everyday people as they fight to make their votes matter.

With Edgar Ramirez • Jesse Eisenberg • Matthias Schweighöfer • Ed Harris • Bella Ramsey • Jonathan Jakubowicz • Malgorzata Szumowska • Clemence Poesy • Karl Markovics • Géza Röhrig • Félix Moati • Vica Kerekes

Before he was the world-famous mime Marcel Marceau, he was Marcel Mangel, an aspiring Jewish actor who joined the French Resistance to save the lives of thousands of children orphaned at the hands of the Nazis. Jesse Eisenberg stars in this compelling drama about a group of unsung heroes who put themselves in harm’s way to rise above hatred and oppression during World War II. As a young man growing up in Nazi-occupied Europe, Marcel has no intention of getting involved in the war – his pursuits include impersonating Charlie Chaplin in burlesque clubs, painting backdrops for his plays, and antagonizing his obstinate father. His life is thrown into upheaval when he is recruited into the French Resistance, putting his acting skills to the ultimate test in teaching orphaned Jewish children how to survive in the horrifying reality of the Holocaust.

With Allison Janney • Jim Rash • Margo Martindale • Sean Hayes • Carrie Aizley • J.R. Ramirez • Kiel Kennedy • Danny Johnson • Darlene Hunt • Skipp Sudduth

Susan has always been the self-centered oddball in her family, who lazily skated through life with their grudging support until one day she wakes up to realize she’s middle-aged with no job, no relationship, and an increasingly estranged family. She finally decides to take charge and turn things around, but never having done anything herself before, the struggle is real (and hilarious) as Susan becomes the woman she always wanted to be, all on her own.

With Malgorzata Szumowska • Eve Connolly • Michiel Huisman • Raffey Cassidy • Denise Gough • C.S. McMullen • Kelly Campbell • Isabelle Connolly

For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah (Raffey Cassidy) has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd (Michiel Huisman), a controlling, messiah-like figure with a frightening dark side. But when her insular world is rocked by a series of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins to question everything about her existence—including her allegiance to the increasingly dangerous Shepherd.

With Taraji P. Henson • Ed Helms • Shane McCarthy • Michael Dowse • Mike Falbo • Terrence Little Gardenhigh

While police officer James Coffee (Ed Helms) enjoys his new relationship with Vanessa Manning (Taraji P. Henson), her beloved 12-year-old son Kareem (Terrence Little Gardenhigh) plots their break-up. Attempting to scare away his mom’s boyfriend for good, Kareem tries to hire criminal fugitives to take him out but accidentally exposes a secret network of criminal activity, making his family its latest target. To protect Vanessa, Kareem teams up with Coffee — the partner he never wanted — for a dangerous chase across Detroit.

With Tom Holland • Chris Pratt • Octavia Spencer • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • John Ratzenberger • Mel Rodriguez • Dan Scanlon • Lena Waithe • Dan Scanlan • Ali Wong • C. S. Anderson

A suburban fantasy tale which centers on two teen elf brothers who go on a quest to discover if there is still magic left in the world.

With Natalie Portman • Alastair Fothergill • Keith Scholey • Jane Hamlin

Echo is a youngster who can't quite decide if it's time to grow up and take on new responsibilities-or give in to her silly side and just have fun. Dolphin society is tricky, and the coral reef that Echo and his family call home depends on all of its inhabitants to keep it healthy. But Echo has a tough time resisting the many adventures the ocean has to offer.

With Mark Linfield • Vanessa Berlowitz • Meghan Markle

Documentary following a family of elephants as they journey across Africa. Narrated by Meghan Markle.

With Fernanda Montenegro • Karim Ainouz • Carol Duarte • Julia Stockler

Rio de Janeiro, 1950. Eurídice, 18, and Guida, 20, are two inseparable sisters living at home with their conservative parents. Although immersed in a traditional life, each one nourishes a dream: Eurídice of becoming a renowned pianist, Guida of finding true love. In a dramatic turn, they are separated by their father and forced to live apart. They take control of their separate destinies, while never giving up hope of finding each other. A tropical melodrama from the director of Madame Satã.

With Armando Gutierrez • Amiah Miller • Kendall Vertes • Emily Carey • Aliyah Moulden • Brandon Routh • Blake Harris • Anastasia Romanoff • Donny Murphy • Jo Koy

Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.

With Jamie Bernadette • Drew Lindsey Mitchell • Kelcey Watson • Timothy Muskatell • Sean Cain • Bo Burroughs • Bobby Slaski • Detra Hicks • Skylar Dominique

A suicidal man in a remote cabin is suddenly faced with protecting a kidnapped woman from three killers and their sadistic games. Unable to contact the outside world and with night falling, he falls backs on creating traps to prevent the criminals from gaining entry. It’s a fight to the death where only the strongest will survive until dawn.

With Elizabeth Chatwin • Werner Herzog • Bruce Chatwin • Nicholas Shakespeare • Kerin Eberhard

Werner Herzog turns the camera on himself and his decades-long friendship with the late travel writer Bruce Chatwin, a kindred spirit whose quest for ecstatic truth carried him to all corners of the globe. Herzog’s deeply personal portrait of Chatwin, illustrated with archival discoveries, film clips, and a mound of “brontosaurus skin,” encompasses their shared interest in aboriginal cultures, ancient rituals, and the mysteries stitching together life on earth.

With Josh Duhamel • Leslie Bibb • Nora Dunn • Vicky Wight • Kevin Alejandro • Bridget Stokes

A young woman (Leslie Bibb) attempting to put her life back together after the death of her husband, moves into her estranged Aunt's (Nora Dunn) goat farm with her children in Central Texas. The city girl is out of her element as she gets to know the residents of the small town, and eventually falls for the handsome farm manager (Josh Duhamel) with a tragic past.

With Connie Nielsen • Dougray Scott • Hermione Corfield • Olwen Fouéré • Neasa Hardiman • Ardalan Esmaili

Siobhán's a marine biology student who prefers spending her days alone in a lab. She has to endure a week on a ragged fishing trawler, where she’s miserably at odds with the close-knit crew. But out in the deep Atlantic, an unfathomable life form ensnares the boat. When members of the crew succumb to a strange infection, Siobhán must overcome her alienation and anxiety to win the crew’s trust, before everyone is lost.

With Justin Timberlake • Sam Rockwell • Anna Kendrick • Gwen Stefani • Rachel Bloom • James Corden • Mary J. Blige • Karan Soni • J Balvin • Ester Dean • Anthony Ramos • Chance the Rapper • Wallace Wolodarsky • Charlyne Yi • Jamie Dornan • Flula Borg • Kenan Thompson • Kelly Clarkson • Maya Forbes • Walt Dohrn • Kunal Nayyar • Elizabeth Tippet • Ozzy Osbourne • Jonathan Aibel • Glenn Berger • Gina Shay • Ron Funches • Caroline Hjelt • Aino Jawo • David P. Smith • Gustavo Dudamel • Anderson .Paak • Betsy Sodaro • George Clinton • Kelly Cooney Cilella

In an adventure that will take them well beyond what they’ve known before, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder.

A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie (James Corden), Chenille (Caroline Hjelt), Satin (Aino Jawo), Cooper (Ron Funches) and Guy Diamond (Kunal Nayyar) — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.

With Salma Hayek • Elle Fanning • Javier Bardem • Laura Linney • Sally Potter • Branka Katic • Milena Tscharntke

Sally Potter’s THE ROADS NOT TAKEN follows a day in the life of Leo (Javier Bardem) and his daughter, Molly (Elle Fanning) as she grapples with the challenges of her father’s chaotic mind. As they weave their way through New York City, Leo’s journey takes on a hallucinatory quality as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future.

With Alexandra Daddario • Johnny Knoxville • Alan Trezza • Logan Miller • Maddie Hasson • Marc Meyers • Keean Johnson • Amy Forsyth • and Austin Swift

On the way to a heavy metal concert, Alexis (Alexandra Daddario) and two girlfriends hear a news report of a local murder believed to be tied to a series of satanic killings. After the show, the girls invite three guys to join them at the estate owned by Alexis’s father, a fire-and-brimstone preacher (Johnny Knoxville). What starts as a party suddenly turns dark and deadly in this devilishly entertaining thriller.

With Tichina Arnold • Jay Karas • Adam Pally • Lucie Guest • Lisa Durupt • Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin

When 11-year-old Leo Thompson (Seth Carr) discovers a magical wrestling mask that grants him super strength, he uses it to enter a WWE competition. With the support of his grandmother (Tichina Arnold), Leo will do whatever it takes to achieve his dream of becoming a WWE Superstar. Can one kid win it all, in the face of epic challengers in the ring?

With Freida Pinto • Sam Claflin • Olivia Munn • Joel Fry • Tim Key • Eleanor Tomlinson • Dean Craig • Allan Mustafa • Jack Farthing • Aisling Bea

In this romantic comedy about the power of chance, alternate versions of the same wedding unfold as Jack (Sam Claflin) tries to make sure his little sister has the perfect wedding day. But he'll have to juggle an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and unexpectedly reuniting with the girl of his dreams who got away, Dina (Olivia Munn). If he succeeds, Jack might find a happy ending of his own.

With Steve Tientcheu • Al-Hassan Ly • Damien Bonnard • Ladj Ly • Giordano Gederlini • Alexis Manenti • Djibril Zonga • Issa Perica • Almamy Kanouté • Nizar Ben Fatma • Raymond Lopez

follows Stéphane (Damien Bonnard), a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, as he joins the local anti-crime squad. Working alongside his unscrupulous colleagues Chris (Alexis Manenti) and Gwada (Djebril Zonga), Stéphane struggles to maintain order amidst the mounting tensions between local gangs. When an arrest turns unexpectedly violent, the three officers must reckon with the aftermath and keep the neighborhood from spiraling out of control.

With Olga Kurylenko • Brian Cox • Alice Krige • Caroline Goodall • Claes Bang • Paula van der Oest • Assaad Bouab • Shalisha James-Davis • Litiana Biutanaseva • Lilibet Biutanaseva • Duncan Duff • Maroussia Frank

Will believes his wife Rosalind is innocent of their son's suspected murder, only to discover the devastating truth behind her past links her to another unsolved crime.

With Vincenzo Nemolato • Pietro Marcello • Jessica Cressy • Carlo Cecchi • Luca Marinelli

Set in a provocatively unspecified moment in Italy’s history yet adapted from a 1909 novel by American author Jack London, Martin Eden is a passionate and enthralling narrative fresco in the tradition of the great Italian classics. Martin (played by the marvelously committed Luca Marinelli) is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university student (Jessica Cressy). The twinned dissatisfactions of working-class toil and bourgeois success lead to political reawakening and destructive anxiety in this enveloping, superbly mounted bildungsroman.

With Sam Riley • Tim McInnerny • Jenny Agutter • Alice Lowe • John Westley • Bill Nighy • Frank Cottrell Boyce • Roy Boulter • Alan Latham • Carl Hunter • Solon Papadopoulos

A man searches for his missing son, who he has not seen in years. The family's life is turned upside down when a body is found. They must then learn to reconnect with each other.

With Noah Schnapp • Arian Moayed • Mark Margolis • Seu Jorge • Dagmara Dominczyk • Carlos Eduardo Ciampolini • Fabiano Gullane • Gero Camilo • Noberto Pinheiro Jr. • Caio Gullane • Fernando Grostein Andrade • Salem Murphy • Tom Mardirosian • Daniel Oreskes

12-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef, but his family—half-Israeli, half-Palestinian—have never had a meal together without a fight. But when Abe ditches his traditional summer camp to spend time with radical street chef Chico, his mentor’s fusion cuisine inspires him to unite his family through food. Abe decides to cook a meal that will bring everyone to the table, but he’s about to learn that the kitchen can’t heal some age-old divides.

With Omar Chaparro • Kim Jun-Han • Paul Fruchbom • Mauricio Ochmann • Miguel Rodarte • Mauricio Barrientos • Ariel Winograd • Zuria Vega • Kim Tae-Sik

A mild mannered man, Tomás, goes to Puerto Vallarta to confront the cabdriver having an affair with his wife, only to end up driving back to Mexico City with him. Over the course of an eventful long distance drive, a strange bond develops between the pair.

With Michael Shannon • Shea Whigham • Catalina Sandino Moreno • Scott Teems • Bruno Bichir • Bobby Soto

After murdering a traveling preacher, a fugitive drifter (Shea Whigham, Joker) travels to a small town and poses as the man he killed. Though the congregation loves the drifter’s sermons of forgiveness, the local police chief (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water) is suspicious of the man. Soon a gruesome discovery at a local quarry forces the killer to fight for his freedom.

With Sebastian Stan • Shailene Woodley • Kyra Sedgwick • Lindsay Sloane • Matthew Gray Gubler • Jamie Dornan • Drake Doremus • Jardine Libaire

Set in current day Los Angeles follows Daphne (Woodley), a thirtysomething woman navigating love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.

With Alicia Silverstone • Rob Corddry • Bill Teitler • Haley Joel Osment • David Paymer • Gina Resnick • Michaela Watkins • Anna Pniowsky • Nancy Doyne

Married couple Bob and Susan Howard (Rob Corddry & Alicia Silverstone) decide to see a marriage counselor named Judy Small (Michaela Watkins), who recently relocated close to their home in Los Angeles. When Bob and Susan first meet Judy, she appears competent, intelligent, and trustworthy, with a track record of other couples that she's treated successfully without incident. But Bob and Susan's particular emotional dynamic is a trigger for Judy's dark and conflicted impulses. Suggesting that she see them separately, Judy subtly puts them at odds with one another and brings their marriage to the breaking point in a comically escalating series of manipulations.

With Ana de Armas • Bradley Whitford • Wagner Moura • Greg Barker • Brian F. O'Byrne • Clemens Schick

Charismatic and complex, Sergio Vieira de Mello (Wagner Moura) has spent the majority of his storied career as a top UN diplomat working in the world’s most unstable regions, deftly navigating deals with presidents, revolutionaries, and war criminals for the sake of protecting the lives of ordinary people. But just as he readies himself for a simpler life with the woman he loves (Ana de Armas), Sergio takes one last assignment — in Baghdad, newly plunged into chaos following the US invasion. The assignment is meant to be brief, until a bomb blast causes the walls of the UN headquarters to come literally crashing down upon him, setting into motion a gripping life-or-death struggle.

With David Kross • Frederick Lau • Janina Uhse • Anne Schäfer • Sophia Thomalla

Ready to do anything to get rich, a young man upends the Berlin property market with his shady pal, till the good times threaten to destroy it all.

With Jesse Williams • Jharrel Jerome • Lovie Simone • Gina Torres • Celeste O’Connor • Tayarisha Poe

In the closed world of an elite Pennsylvania boarding school, Haldwell, the student body is run by five factions. Seventeen-year-old Selah Summers (Lovie Simone) runs the most dominant group, the Spades, with unshakable poise, as they cater to the most classic of vices and supply students with coveted, illegal alcohol and pills. Tensions between the factions escalate, and when Selah’s best friend/right hand Maxxie (MOONLIGHT’s Jharrel Jerome) becomes distracted by a new love, Selah takes on a protégée, enamored sophomore Paloma (Celeste O'Connor), to whom she imparts her wisdom on ruling the school. But with graduation looming and Paloma proving an impressively quick study, Selah’s fears turn sinister as she grapples with losing the control by which she defines herself.

With Michael Glantschnig • Robert Buchschwenter • Elisabeth Wabitsch • Dominik Hartl • Karin Lomot • Valerie Huber • Ferdinand Seebacher

Sun, sand, sex and all-night dancing at a beautiful island resort is the perfect graduation celebration for a group of young friends looking for one last taste of freedom before they go their separate ways. But the dancing and drinking comes to a halt when people start disappearing, and a masked murderer sends the ominous message…this party will be their last! With escape to the mainland suddenly cut off and the body count rising, a wild weekend turns into a desperate and bloody nightmare of survival.

With Martin Short • Terry Crews • Jane Krakowski • Maya Rudolph • Alessia Cara • Ricky Gervais • Will Forte • Sean Cullen • Kris Pearn • Luke Carroll • Cory Evans

The four Willoughby children -- Timothy; his twin brothers, Barnaby A and Barnaby B; and their little sister, Jane -- are abandoned by their oblivious parents and must learn how to adapt their old-fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.

With Russell Crowe • Charlie Hunnam • Travis Fimmel • Nicholas Hoult • Earl Cave • Dacre Montgomery • Thomasin McKenzie • Essie Davis • Sean Keenan • Harry Greenwood • Louis Hewison • Justin Kurzel • Shaun Grant • George MacKay • Earl Cave. • Marlon Williams • Orlando Schwerdt

Legendary outlaw Ned Kelly (George MacKay) leads a band of rebel warriors to wreak havoc on their oppressors in this gritty and veracious western thriller.

With Tony Hale • Malin Akerman • Shea Whigham • Lucas Jade Zumann • Kara Hayward • Martha Stephens • Jordana Spiro • Adelaide Clemens • Liana Liberato • Shannon Bradley-Colleary

Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer's daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.

With Jared Harris • Mhairi Calvey • Patrick Fugit • Zach McGowan • Angus MacFadyen • Richard Gray • Anna Hutchinson • Emma Kenney • Daniel Portman • Talitha Eliana Bateman • Eric Belgau

King Robert the Bruce is injured and on the run from the English army. On the brink of defeat, a widow and her family nurse him back to health and join The Bruce as he sets out to claim the long-awaited freedom of Scotland.

With Ekaterina Valdimirova • Ed Westwick • Corey Johnson • John Hannah • Michael Wright • Tom Wisdom • Tom George • Anders Banke

November 1943. A British commando squad is teamed with an American officer on a covert mission into Poland, deep behind enemy lines. Working with the resistance they cross the harsh wilderness intent on kidnapping and extracting a sought-after Polish scientist, Dr Fabian, from the Germans.

With Chris Hemsworth • David Harbour • Golshifteh Farahani • Anthony Russo • Sam Hargrave • Joe Russo • Randeep Hooda • Manoj Bajpayee • Priyanshu Painyuli • Rudhraksh Jaiswal

Set in an underworld of weapon dealers and traffickers where a young boy becomes a pawn in a war between notorious drug lords. As kidnappers trap the boy inside one of the world’s most impenetrable cities, his plight attracts a skilled mercenary named Tyler Rake (Hemsworth). Rake is a broken man with nothing to lose, harboring a death wish that makes an already deadly mission even more appealing to him.

With Hugh Jackman • Julia Lebedev • Allison Janney • Geraldine Viswanathan • Eddie Vaisman • Brian Kavanaugh-Jones • Oren Moverman • Cory Finley • Ray Romano • Fred Berger • Mike Makowsky

Inspired by a school district scandal on Long Island, Bad Education deals with the public and private lives of the superintendent Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman), assistant/office coordinator Pam Gluckin (Allison Janney), and school board president Bob Spicer (Ray Romano). Slowly we see things start to unravel revealing Frank's double life, including a fling with a former pupil. In addition, Pam has been using the Official office credit card for more than school business.