1990; R; 1h 48m
When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man’s girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.
Director: Ken Loach
Writer: Jim Allen
Stars: Frances McDormand; Maurice Roëves; Robert Patterson
2024; 2h 13m
Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time and place, disappears.
“Rich in atmospherics and thematic resonance, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s new film, starring Caleb Landry Jones and Harry Melling and adapted from the acclaimed novel by British writer Jim Crace, takes place in a remote village in medieval England marked by superstition and the scapegoating of outsiders.”
https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2024/films/harvest/
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Writers: Joslyn Barnes; Athina Rachel Tsangari; Jim Crace
Stars: Caleb Landry Jones; Harry Melling; Neil Leiper
1968; G; 2h 21m
An Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that will change people’s lives, including a struggling farmer and African American citizens threatened by a bigoted politician.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writers: E.Y. Harburg; Fred Saidy
Stars: Fred Astaire; Petula Clark; Tommy Steele
1975; 1h 31m
This drama explores the grim lives of Turkish “guest workers” living in Germany.
Director: Sohrab Shahid Saless
Writers: Helga Houzer; Sohrab Shahid Saless
Stars: Parviz Sayyad; Cihan Anasai; Muhammet Temizkan
2026; R; 1h 22m
A small town musician pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of Mexican-American music after a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral.
Director: Michael Greene
Writers: Michael Greene, Sean McBride, Ski-ter Jones
Stars: Jay Dee, Daniel ‘Doknow’ Lopez, Uziel Pantoja Delgado
Original title: Im Schatten der Netzwelt
2018; 1h 28m
A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed. The documentary details the work experience of content moderators who have to decide which content needs to be removed by employing a moderation system for social media websites.[1]
The film won seven awards and was nominated for nine more. The Cleaners shines a light on a corner of the internet that is meant to be hidden from the average user. The film contrasts the poverty of those who work in content moderation and those in the technology profiting off of their labor.[2] Run Time: 88 minutes[2]
Directors: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck
Writers: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck, Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Stars: Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Nicole Wong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cleaners_(2018_film)
2025; Not Rated; 1h 34m
A look at the toll of social media through the eyes of Daisy Moriarty, who while dealing with a chaotic personal life, finds herself sucked into the underbelly of the internet.
Director: Uta Briesewitz
Writer: Matthew Nemeth
Stars: Lili Reinhart, Daniela Melchior, Jeremy Ang Jones
2025; 1h 30m
NYC’s first Sanitation Department artist-in-residence, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, blends art with waste management in Maintenance Artist, exploring her groundbreaking public art career.
Director: Toby Perl Freilich
Writers: Anne Alvergue; Toby Perl Freilich
Stars: Mierle Ukeles
https://www.maintenanceartist.com/about
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