September 25
TOUCH/SNERTING*. Iceland/US/UK, 2024 (romantic drama,121 min.) Dir.: Baltasar Kormákur. With: Egill Ólafsson, Kôki, Palmi Kormákur. A romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents; Touch follows one man's emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out.
+ UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE/UNE LANGUE UNIVERSAL*. Canada, 2024 (comedy, 89 min.) Dir.: Matthew Rankin. With: Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Menati. An absurdist triptych of seemingly unconnected stories finds a mysterious point of intersection in this tale set somewhere between Winnipeg and Tehran. Winner, Directors' Fortnight Audience Award, Cannes Film Festival, 2024
October 16
I’M STILL HERE*. Brazil/France, 2024 (political bio-drama, 137 min.) Dir.: Walter Salles. With: Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mell. A woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act. Winner, Best International Feature Film, Oscar, 2025.
November 13
VERMIGLIO*. Italy/France/Belgium, 2024 (war drama, 119 min.) Dir.: Maura Delpero. With: Tommaso Ragno, Martina Scrinzi, Giuseppe De Domenico. 1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the family of the local teacher, and his love for the teacher's eldest daughter will change the course of everyone's life. Winner, Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival, 2024; Nominee, Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language, Golden Globe, 2025.
December 18
THE PENGUIN LESSONS. UK/Spain, 2024 (drama, 111 min.) Dir.: Peter Cattaneo. With: Steve Coogan, Vivian El Jaber, Jonathan Pryce. A disillusioned Englishman who goes to work in a school in a divided Argentina in 1976 finds his life transformed when he rescues an orphaned penguin from the beach.
January 22
CONCLAVE. UK/US, 2024 (drama, 125 min.) Dir.: Edward Berger. With: Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini, Carlos Diehz. When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a web of conspiracies and intrigue that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church. Winner, Best Film BAFTA Film Awards, 2025.
February 19
SHEPHERDS/BERGERS*. Canada, 2024 (drama, 113 min.) Dir.: Sophie Deraspe. With: Félix-Antoine Duval, Jean-Claude Baudracco, Luc Palun. A young Montreal advertising executive, converted to a Provençal shepherd, has various misadventures with a civil servant who has cavalierly quit her job. Winner, Best Canadian Feature Film, TIFF, 2024
March 19
LEE. UK, 2023 (biographical war drama, 117 min.) Dir.: Ellen Kuras. With: Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Samberg. War correspondent Lee Miller travels to the front lines of World War II to embark on a mission to uncover the hidden truths of the Third Reich. But, in the wake of betrayal, a reckoning will come over the truths of her own past. Nominee, Outstanding British Film of the Year, BAFTA Film Awards, 2025
April 16
ALL STIRRED UP/ TOUS TOQUÉS*. Canada, 2024 (comedy,112 min.) Dir.: Manon Briand. With: Edouard Baer, Julie Le Breton, Élodie Fontaine. In a remote village somewhere on the border of Quebec and the United States, the unyielding customs officer Sonia confiscates the contents of the car belonging to Victor, a French chef working in New York; she might end up regretting it.
+ FLOW/STRAUME*. Latvia/Belgium/France, 2024 (survival-adventure, 85 min.) Dir.: Gints Zilbalodis. Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. Winner, Best Animated Feature Film Oscar 2025; Nominee, Best International Feature Film, Oscar, 2025.
May 14
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND. UK, 2025 (comedy, 99 min.) Dir.: James Griffiths. With: Tim Key, Tom Basden, Carey Mulligan. An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favorite musicians to perform at his home.
