FIL M PREVIEWS BLACKFISH
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite This film traces a 39-year history of killer whales in captivity leading up to a 2010 incident where an experienced Sea World trainer was killed by the 12,000 pound Orca whale Tilikum, a whale previously associated with the death of two other people. Blackfish chillingly shows that this incident of violence is hardly an isolated one, along the way exploring the extraordinary nature of Orcas, thought to be one of the most intelligent species in the animal kingdom. Ultimately, it is a story about the life and death consequences of a spectacle that has thrilled millions.
BLANCANIEVES Director: Pablo Berger
This re-telling of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale “Snow White,” is a breathtakingly beautiful film and a uniquely spirited homage to the black-and-white Golden Age of Europe’s silent cinema. Set in a romanticized 1920s Seville, Berger's “Snow White” is Carmen, the daughter of a famous bullfighter who lives under the tyrannical rule of her monstrous, evil stepmother Encarna. She escapes and joins a troupe of bullfighting dwarves where her beauty and natural talent in the ring attract notices from the press. But soon the news reaches Encarna who at last knows where to find Carmen, and she prepares for the final showdown.
THE BLING RING Director: Sofia Coppola
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online and stole more than three million dollars in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.” Oscar-winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes us inside the world of these teens where their youthful naiveté and excitement is amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury-brand obsession.
BLUE JASMINE
Director: Woody Allen Woody Allen’s newest film stars Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Bobby Cannavale, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg. The film was mostly shot in New York and San Francisco and the story focuses on of the final stages of an acute crisis and the lifestyle of a fashionable New York housewife.
DISCONNECT
Director: Henry-Alex Rubin A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyberbullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen who performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today’s wired world.
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