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Sound Of Falling and The Smashing Machine
Bad Apples
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Jonatan Etzler; Writer: Rasmus Lindgren, Jess O'Kane; Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Jacob Anderson, Robert Emms, Sean Gilder, Jack Ashton, Jaye Jacobs, Rakie Ayola, Kerry Howard)
A struggling primary school teacher begins to make some questionable decisions after one of her students is injured.
Ballad Of A Small Player
(Country: Germany, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Edward Berger; Writer: Rowan Joffe, based on the book by Lawrence Osborne; Stars: Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, Alex Jennings, Adrienne Tau, Jason Tobin)
When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.
California Schemin'
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2025; Director: James McAvoy; Writer: Gavin Bain, Elaine Gracie, Archie Thomson; Stars: James McAvoy, Seamus McLean Ross, Amber Anderson, Samuel Bottomley, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong)
Two Scottish lads from Dundee conned the music industry by pretending to be an established Californian rap duo, bagging a record deal and appearing on MTV until their scam unraveled.
Calle Málaga
(Country: France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Morocco; Year: 2025; Director: Maryam Touzani; Writer: Maryam Touzani; Stars: Marta Etura, Carmen Maura, María Alfonsa Rosso, Miguel Garcés, Ahmed Boulane)
An aging Spanish woman in Tangier resists her daughter's decision to sell her home. Determined to stay, she does everything she can to keep her home and reclaim the belongings of a lifetime.
The Captive
(El Cautivo)
(Country: Spain, Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Alejandro Amenábar; Writer: Alejandro Amenábar, Alejandro Hernández; Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Julio Peña, Roberto Álamo)
In 1575, the young Miguel de Cervantes is taken prisoner and sold to the fearsome Hassan, Bajá of Alger. While awaiting a ransom, he discovers an unexpected refuge in the art of storytelling...And he devises a daring escape plan.
Franz and Ballad Of A Small Player
Charlie Harper
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Tom Dean, Mac Eldridge; Writer: Tom Dean; Stars: Nick Robinson, Emilia Jones, Nicholas Cirillo, Ja'Quan Monroe-Henderson, Gralen Bryant Banks, Christina Spencer, Jessica Blackmore)
Harper and Charlie try to build a life together. While Harper strives to carve out a career as a chef, Charlie is stuck. Facing challenges in their relationship, they struggle to prove they are meant for each other, but will it be enough?
The Christophers
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Steven Soderbergh; Writer: Ed Solomon; Stars: Ian McKellen, James Corden, Michaela Coel, Jessica Gunning)
The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies.
Christy
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: David Michôd; Writer: Mirrah Foulkes, David Michôd; Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Merritt Wever, Ben Foster, Ethan Embry, Katy O'Brian, Tony Cavalero)
The story of Christy Martin, the most successful female boxer of the Nineties.
Couture
(Country: France, US; Year: 2025; Director: Alice Winocour; Writer: Alice Winocour; Stars: Angelina Jolie, Louis Garrel, Ella Rumpf, Garance Marillier)
American filmmaker Maxine arrives in Paris for Fashion Week on a life-and-death journey, facing challenges and self-discovery.
Dead Man's Wire
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Gus Van Sant; Writer: Austin Kolodney; Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Al Pacino, Cary Elwes, Colman Domingo, Dacre Montgomery, Myha'la)
On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis, entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck.
Sirât and Calle Málaga
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Lisa Rideout; Writer: Lisa Rideout, Celine Wong; Stars: Shenae Grimes-Beech, Jake Epstein, Drake, Miriam McDonald, Shane Kippel, Melinda Shankar)
A nostalgic journey through the groundbreaking Canadian teen series Degrassi, featuring interviews with cast members, devoted fans, and hip-hop icon Drake, who explore the show's lasting cultural impact.
Dog 51
(Chien 51)
(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Cédric Jimenez; Writer: Olivier Demangel, Laurent Gaudé, Cédric Jimenez; Stars: Mehmet Arikan, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louis Garrel, Daphné Patakia, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Romain Duris, Gilles Lellouche, Artus)
In a future Paris divided by class, an AI named ALMA oversees society. When its creator is assassinated, a top agent and a jaded cop are forced to work together to solve a murder that may expose the dark secrets of the system they serve.
Easy's Waltz
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Nic Pizzolatto; Writer: Nic Pizzolatto; Stars: Al Pacino, Kate Mara, Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders, Mary Steenburgen, Simon Rex, Shane Gillis)
A down-on-his-luck crooner is given a chance at a comeback by an old-school Vegas personality, but his brother's schemes and his own penchant for self-sabotage threaten to ruin the deal.
Eternal Return
(Country: US, UK, Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Yaniv Raz; Writer: Yaniv Raz; Stars: Naomi Scott, Kit Harington, Sonoya Mizuno, Simon Callow)
Follows Cass a young woman who has come to a personal point of emotional invulnerability, until she meets Virgil, a cartographer. Along with his partner Malcolm, the pair will attempt to travel back in time to awaken Cass to love again.
The Fence
(Le Cri des Gardes)
(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Claire Denis; Writer: Claire Denis, Suzanne Lindon, Andrew Litvack; Stars: Tom Blyth, Matt Dillon, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Isaach De Bankolé)
As supervisor Horn is welcoming his partner Léone into the hut he shares with engineer Cal, a man called Alboury appears outside. He is determined to stay there until they return the body of his brother to him, who was killed on the site.
Frankenstein and Nouvelle Vague
Frankenstein
(Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2025; Director: Guillermo Del Toro; Writer: Guillermo Del Toro, based on the book by Mary Shelley; Stars: Ralph Ineson, Mia Goth, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Oscar Isaac, Charles Dance, Christian Convery, David Bradley)
A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation
Franz
(Country: Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, France, Turkey; Year: 2025; Director: Agnieszka Holland; Writer: Marek Epstein, Agnieszka Holland; Stars: Karel Dobrý, Peter Kurth, Stanislav Majer, Katharina Stark, Sebastian Schwarz)
The life of the writer Franz Kafka, from his birth to his death.
Good News
(Gut Nuiuseu)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Byun Sung-hyun; Writer: Byun Sung-hyun; Stars: Sul Kyung-gu, Hong Kyung, Ryu Seung-beom, Takayudi Yamada, Derek Chouinard)
In the 1970s, a covert team is determined to land a hijacked plane by any means necessary.
Hedda
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Nia DaCosta; Writer: Nia DaCosta, based on the play by Henrik Ibsen; Stars: Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Nicholas Pinnock, Tom Bateman, Finbar Lynch)
A woman is trapped in an unwanted marriage and house.
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Mary Bronstein; Writer: Mary Bronstein; Stars: Rose Byrne, Danielle Macdonald, Josh Pais, Daniel Zolghadri, Ivy Wolk, Conan O'Brien, A$AP Rocky, Helen Hong, Ella Beatty, Delaney Quinn, Mark Stolzenberg, Lark White, Eva Kornet)
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and California Schemin'
It Was Just an Accident
(Un Simple Accident)
(Country: Iran, France, Luxembourg; Year: 2025; Director: Jafar Panahi; Writer: Jafar Panahi; Stars: Madjid Panahi, Ebrahim Azizi, Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari)
What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.
It Would Be Night In Caracas
(Country: Mexico, Venezuela; Year: 2025; Director: Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugas; Writer: Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugas; Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Natalia Reyes, Diana Noris Smith, Samantha Castillo)
In crumbling Caracas, after burying her mother, Adelaida finds her home taken by armed militia. With society falling apart, she must risk all, including her identity, to survive.
Kokuho
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Sang-il Lee; Writer: Satoko Okudera, Shûichi Yoshida; Stars: Ai Mikami, Takahiro Miura, Emma Miyazawa, Nana Mori, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyûsaku Shimada, Mitsuki Takahata, Min Tanaka, Shinobu Terajima, Ken Watanabe, Ryûsei Yokohama, Ryô Yoshizawa)
A boy born into a family of gangsgters is taken in by a kabuki theatre actor and finds a talent for the craft.
Ky Nam Inn
(Country: Vietnam; Year: 2025; Director: Leon Le; Writer: Leon Le, Minh Ngoc Nguyen; Stars: Lien Binh Phat, Do Thi Hai Yen, The Manh Tran, Tham Nguyen Thi, Ho Thanh Trung)
In post-war Saigon, a young translator and an older widow find comfort with each other.
The Lost Bus
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Paul Greengrass; Writer: Paul Greengrass, Brad Ingelsby, Lizzie Johnson; Stars: Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson, Danny McCarthy)
Explores what went wrong in California's Camp Fire, the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century, and how to prevent future tragedies, also including stories of a bus driver and school teacher who helped through a wildfire.
The Secret Agent and Wrong Husband
Lovely Day
(Mille Secrets Mille Dangers)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Philippe Falardeau; Writer: Philippe Falardeau, Alain Farah; Stars: Rose-Marie Perreault, Paul Ahmarani, Georges Khabbaz, Neil Elias Abdulwahab, Natalie Tannous)
Alain weds Virginie at Saint-Joseph Oratory's crypt. Despite family attending, including his divorced Lebanese-Egyptian immigrant parents, his joy fades as insomnia, anxiety, and illness return.
Meadowlarks
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Tasha Hubbard; Writer: Tasha Hubbard, Emil Sher; Stars: Michael Greyeyes, Carmen Moore, Alex Rice, Michelle Thrush, Rachel Cantin, Jordan Jayde)
Four siblings, torn apart by the Sixties Scoop, reunite for one week.
Mile End Kicks
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Chandler Levack; Writer: Chandler Levack; Stars: Devon Bostick, Jay Baruchel, Barbie Ferreira, Juliette Gariépy, Stanley Simons, Robert Naylor)
A 24-year-old music critic gets romantically involved with members of an indie band she decides to publicise, in a story set against Montreal's indie music scene in 2011.
Monkey In A Cage
(Country: India; Year: 2025; Director: Anurag Kashyap; Stars: Bobby Deol, Sanya Malhotra, Sapna Pabbi, Indrajith Sukumaran, Saba Azad)
An ageing TV star is falsely accused of rape by his ex-girlfriend and finds himself struggling against a corrupt system.
Nouvelle Vague
(New Wave)
(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Richard Linklater; Writer: Holly Gent, Laetitia Masson, Vincent Palmo Jr, Michèle Pétin; Stars: Zoey Deutch, Alix Bénézech, Paolo Luka Noé, Nicolas Dozol, Guillaume Marbeck, Tom Novembre, Jade Phan-Gia, Aubry Dullin, Côme Thieulin, Blaise Pettebone, Adrien Rouyard, Matthieu Penchinat, Jodie Ruth-Forest, Roxane Rivière, Jean-Jacques Le Vessier)
This is the story of Godard making Breathless, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made Breathless.
Sentimental Value and It Was Just an Accident
A Pale View Of The Hills
(Toi Yamanami no Hikari)
(Country: Japan, UK, Poland, Singapore; Year: 2025; Director: Kei Ishikawa; Writer: Kazuo Ishiguro, Kei Ishikawa; Stars: Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaidô, Yoh Yoshida, Camilla Aiko, Kôhei Matsushita, Tomokazu Miura, Rie Shibata, Lynette Edwards, Daichi Watanabe, Romain Danna)
UK 1982. An young aspiring Japanese-British writer plans to write a book based on her mother Etsuko’s post-war experiences in Nagasaki. Haunted by the suicide of her older daughter, Etsuko begins to recount her memories from 1952 as a young mother-to-be. The writer begins to find troubling inconsistencies in the recollections.
A Poet
(Una Poeta)
(Country: Colombia, Germany, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Simón Mesa Soto; Writer: Simón Mesa Soto; Stars: Guillermo Cardona, Rebeca Andrade, Ubeimar Rios, Humberto Restrepo, Margarita Soto, Allison Correa)
Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings some light to his days, but dragging her into the world of poets may not be the way.
Poetic License
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Maude Apatow; Writer: Raffi Donatich; Stars: Nico Parker, Leslie Mann, Cooper Hoffman, Method Man, Andrew Barth Feldman, Maisy Stella)
Two inseparable best friends, Sam and Ari, start to unravel as they compete for the affection of Liz, the middle-aged mom auditing their college poetry workshop.
Primavera
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2025; Director: Damiano Michieletto; Writer: Tiziano Scarpa, Ludovica Rampoldi, Damiano Michieletto; Stars: Tecla Insolia, Michele Riondino, Andrea Pennacchi, Fabrizia Sacchi)
A talented violinist, Cecilia, confined in an orphanage, meets Vivaldi who becomes her teacher. Under his mentorship and through his music, she gains courage to break free from the life she was destined for and pursue her passion.
Project Y
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Lee Hwan; Writer: Lee Hwan-kyung, Kwak Jae-min, Oh Yu-kyung; Stars: Han So-hee, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Shin-rock, Kim Sung-cheol, Lee Jae-kyoon, Yooa)
Two women are friends and of the same age. They make an audacious plan to steal $6 million USD in gold bars and flee from the area.
Christy and The Voice Of Hind Rajab
Rental Family
(Country: Japan, US; Year: 2025; Director: Hikari; Writer: Hikari, Stephen Blahut; Stars: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman, Nihi, Akira Emoto)
A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese 'rental family' company to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his built-in family.
Rose Of Nevada
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Mark Jenkin; Writer: Mark Jenkin; Stars: George MacKay, Callum Turner, Rosalind Eleazar, Francis Magee, Mary Woodvine)
A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.
Sacrifice
(Country: UK, Greece, US; Year: 2025; Director: Romain Gavras; Writer: Will Arbery, Romain Gavras; Stars: Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek, John Malkovich, Vincent Cassel, Sam Richardson, Charli XCX)
A star-studded charity event turns chaotic when a radical group crashes it, seeking a mystical artifact tied to an ancient prophecy.
Scarlet
(Hateshinaki Scarlet)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Mamoru Hosoda; Writer: Mamoru Hosoda; Stars: Mana Ashida, Masaki Okada, Masachika Ichimura)
A character's grief and vengeance disrupt both world and afterlife, blending timeframes.
The Secret Agent
(O Agente Secreto)
(Country: Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho; Writer: Kleber Mendonça Filho; Stars: Wagner Moura, Udo Kier, Gabriel Leone, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Hermila Guedes, Alice Carvalho, Thomás Aquino, Isabél Zuaa, Suzy Lopes, João Vitor Silva, Roney Villela, Rubens Santos, Luciano Chirolli, Buda Lira, Jimmy Astley)
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realises that the city is far from being the non-violent refuge he seeks.
The Fence and The Testament Of Ann Lee
Sentimental Value
(Affeksjonsverdi)
(Country: Norway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Joachim Trier; Writer: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt; Stars: Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve, Cory Michael Smith, Jesper Christensen, Catherine Cohen, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Bjørn Alexander, Jonas Jacobsen, Pia Borgli)
In the wake of their mother's death, two sisters grapple with their relationship with their filmmaker father as he tries to involve one of them in his latest project.
Silent Friend
(Country: Greece, France, Hungary; Year: 2025; Director: Ildikó Enyedi; Writer: Ildikó Enyedi, Tina Kaiser; Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Léa Seydoux, Sylvester Groth, Yun Huang)
Tales told from the perspective of a lonely old tree standing in the middle of a botanical garden.
Sirât
(Sirat)
(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2025; Director: Óliver Laxe; Writer: Santiago Fillol, Óliver Laxe; Stars: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez)
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
The Smashing Machine
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Benny Safdie; Writer: Benny Safdie; Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt)
The story of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
& Sons
(Country: US, Canada, UK, Argentina; Year: 2025; Director: Pablo Trapero; Writer: Sarah Polley, Pablo Trapero; Stars: Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Johnny Flynn, George MacKay, Imelda Staunton, Noah Jupe)
A writer tries to reconnect with his sons.
The Wizard Of The Kremlin and Train Dreams
Sound Of Falling
(In Die Sonne Schauen)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Mascha Schilinski; Writer: Louise Peter, Mascha Schilinski; Stars: Luise Heyer, Filip Schnack, Lea Drinda, Susanne Wuest, Lena Urzendowsky, Luzia Oppermann, Lucas Prisor, Konstantin Lindhorst, Gode Benedix, Martin Rother, Hanna Heckt, Bärbel Schwarz, Florian Geißelmann)
Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka, each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other.
Steal Away
(Country: Belgium, Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Clement Virgo; Writer: Tamara Berger, Clement Virgo; Stars: Angourie Rice, Mallori Johnson, Lauren Lee Smith, Idrissa Sanogo, Matteo Simoni, Nola Elvis Kemper)
A teenager forms an intense bond with a refugee taken in by her family. As their obsessive relationship deepens, she becomes enamored with the refugee's lifestyle, leading to desire, jealousy, and a world that is not as it appears.
The Testament Of Ann Lee
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Mona Fastvold; Writer: Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet; Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott, Matthew Beard, Scott Handy, Jamie Bogyo, Viola Prettejohn, David Cale)
An epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s.
Three Goodbyes
(Tre Ciotole)
(Country: Italy, Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Isabel Coixet; Writer: Enrico Audenino, Isabel Coixet, based on the book by Michela Murgia; Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Elio Germano, Silvia D'Amico, Galatea Bellugi, Francesco Carril, Sarita Choudhury)
As her partner embarks on a new restaurant venture, a teacher discovers that she's facing serious health problems.
Train Dreams
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Clint Bentley; Writer: Clint Bentley, Denis Johnson, Greg Kwedar; Stars: Kerry Condon, Felicity Jones, Joel Edgerton, William H. Macy, Clifton Collins Jr., Sean San Jose, Ron Ford, Frank A. Gaimari, Alfred Hsing, Johnny Arnoux, Bonni Dichone, Tim Altevers, Zoe Rose Short, Jennifer Simmons, Chris Kardos)
Robert Grainier is a day laborer building America’s railroads at the start of the 20th century as he experiences profound love, shocking defeat, and a world irrevocably transforming before his very eyes.
Tuner
(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2025; Director: Daniel Roher; Writer: Robert Ramsey, Daniel Roher; Stars: Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, Tovah Feldshuh)
A talented piano tuner's meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.
The Ugly
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: Yeon Sang-ho; Writer: Yeon Sang-ho; Stars: Park Jeong-min, Kwon Hae-hyo, Im Sung-jae, Shin Hyun-been, Han Ji-hyeon)
A man investigates the truth behind his long-lost mother's death.
The Voice Of Hind Rajab
(Country: Tunisia, France; Year: 2025; Director: Kaouther Ben Hania; Writer: Kaouther Ben Hania; Stars: Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, Amer Hlehel)
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Rian Johnson; Writer: Rian Johnson; Stars: Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, Thomas Haden Church)
Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.
The Wizard Of The Kremlin
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Olivier Assayas; Writer: Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrère, based on the novel by Giuliano Da Empoli; Stars: Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander)
Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path. First an artist, then a reality show producer, he becomes the spin doctor to a rising KGB agent: Vladimir Putin.
Wrong Husband
(Uiksaringitara)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Zacharias Kunuk; Writer: Samuel Cohn-Cousineau, Zacharias Kunuk; Stars: Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, Mark Taqqaugaq, Emma Quassa, Leah Panimera)
An Arctic fairy tale about a couple who, though promised to each other at birth, become separated.
You Had To Be There: How The Toronto Godspell Ignited The Comedy Revolution...
(You Had To Be There: How The Toronto Godspell Ignited The Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, And Created A Community That Changed The World (In A Canadian Kind Of Way))
(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2025; Director: Nick Davis; Writer: Nick Davis, Jane Mendelsohn; Stars: Heidi Gardner, Catherine O'Hara, John Candy, Mike Myers, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Victor Garber, Janeane Garofalo)
A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, which launched many illustrious careers and ignited a comedy revolution.
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