OPENS AUG. 15 | When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington) is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-of-death moral dilemma in modern New York City. Directed by Spike Lee, and based on Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low.”
OPENS AUGUST 22 | The legendary ventriloquist Shari Lewis rose to stardom with her beloved sock puppet Lamb Chop. When her popular children’s show gets cancelled, Shari must find a way to make peace with her alter ego. Together they spend decades reinventing themselves until Shari’s unlikely comeback where she becomes a fierce advocate for children’s education.
OPENS AUG. 22 | Margaret Qualley stars as Honey O’Donahue — a quick-witted, old school film noir private eye in this dark comedy/crime drama from Ethan Coen. Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans also star.
WORLD OF ANIMATION | LIMITED RUN August 28-31 | FILMMAKER Q&A Thursday, August 28 | A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age comedy. With pastel 2000s video game aesthetics, aliens, the economics of fruit juice companies, and lo-fi musical numbers, The Little promises this is one of the most bizarrely-charming and original animated films you’ll see this year.
OPENS AUG. 29 | Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined. Directed by Darren Aronofsky.
OPENS AUG. 29 | A tinderbox of competition and resentments underneath the façade of a picture-perfect couple is ignited when the husband’s professional dreams come crashing down.