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Between the Temples

A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.

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The Blackening

THE BLACKENING tells the story of a group of friends celebrating the Juneteenth weekend, but they end up trapped in a cabin in the woods with a killer who forces them to play by his rules. But this is no game.

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Tár

As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.

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Arcadian

In the near future, pollution has destroyed the living conditions, making normal life impossible. Paul and his two sons, Thomas and Joseph, have been trying to survive in a post-catastrophe world on a remote farm. But they live in constant fear, as the pollution has opened a gateway for terrifying creatures that seek to wipe out the remaining remnants of humanity. During the day, they are left in peace, but every night after sunset, they face relentless attacks from these beings. One day, when Thomas fails to return home before sundown, Paul must go out to find him — and the family is forced to carry out a desperate plan in order to survive.

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Belfast

Buddy is a young boy on the brink of adolescence, whose life is filled with family love, childhood mischief, and a blossoming romance. However, as his beloved hometown is thrown into increasing turmoil, his family faces a choice: to hope the conflict will pass or to leave everything familiar behind and start a new life.

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Ambulance

Veteran Will is desperately trying to find the money to pay for his wife’s hospital bills. He turns to the one person he really shouldn’t — his adoptive brother, Danny. Danny is a professional criminal, and he offers Will a chance to take part in the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history, with the potential to make millions. With his wife’s life on the line, Will feels he has no choice.

The escape from the bank goes completely wrong. In a desperate move, the brothers hijack an ambulance carrying a wounded police officer and paramedic Cam Thompson. What follows is a high-speed chase, during which Will and Danny must survive — and keep their hostages alive.

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Thelma

93-year-old Thelma Post lives alone in Los Angeles. Her aimless but loving grandson, Daniel “Danny” Markowitz, often visits her and takes care of her needs, even though he doesn’t take responsibility for his own life. Thelma finds Danny’s constant help to be overbearing. When a phone scammer calls Thelma pretending to be Danny and claims he has been arrested, Thelma sends $10,000 to a local address as instructed. Thelma later discovers, together with her daughter Gail and son-in-law Alan, that Danny is safe and was tricked. Since Thelma receives no help from the police and refuses to remain a victim of the scam, she sets out to get her money back. She tries to reach out to old friends for assistance but finds that most have either passed away or moved away. Ultimately, she asks for help from Ben, her friend and widower, who lives in a nursing home.

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Boogie

A boy born in America to an immigrant Taiwanese family dreams of an NBA career and faces the pressures of expectations both on and off the court.

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Honey

Honey is a shy 13-year-old who hides the truth about herself and her chaotic family, trying to show her true self to her new class. She loves music and playing instruments and is really talented — but no one knows it yet, and Honey just wants a spot in Liam’s band. When Honey discovers that her grandfather Marcel, who was thought to be dead but also loved music, might actually be alive, she sets out to find him. Maybe this journey is exactly what Honey needs to finally learn to stand up for herself.

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Love Hurts

Marvin Gable sells single-family homes in Milwaukee’s sleepy suburbs. One day, he receives a letter from Rose, a former criminal accomplice whom Marvin once left to die. Rose does not look back on the past with fondness. Marvin is dragged back into the world of hitmen he left behind, where backstabbing is a more common greeting than a handshake, and open house showings turn into deadly battlegrounds. Marvin’s brother, the hot-tempered crime boss Knuckles, is on his tail, and Marvin must face head-on the choices he made that still haunt him, as well as a past he has failed to bury.