“Mapplethorpe”
Director: Ondi Timoner
Cast: Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, John Benjamin Hickey
Synopsis: In the late 1960s, art-school dropout Robert Mapplethorpe moves into the Chelsea Hotel with dreams of stardom. He quickly becomes the enfant terrible of the photography world as the downtown counterculture of 1970s New York reaches its zenith.
“The Seagull”
Director: Michael Mayer
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Corey Stoll
Synopsis: A sumptuous adaptation of the classic Chekhov play transports the audience to a picturesque lakeside estate, where a love triangle unfolds between the legendary diva Irina , her lover Boris, and the ingénue Nina.
“It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It”
Director: Madeleine Sackler
Synopsis: An animated documentary. A glimpse at the stories of thirteen incarcerated men at the Pendelton Correctional Facility in Indiana. Director Sackler’s camera closes in on these inmates as they attend a weeklong cinematic workshop inside the prison. The director shows the jailed men documentaries they’ve never seen before such as “Grizzly Man,” and then lets them film each other so they can tell their own stories in front of the camera.
“The Party’s Just Beginning”
Director: Karen Gillan
Cast: Karen Gillan, Lee Pace, Matthew Beard, Paul Higgins
Synopsis: Liusaidh is a sharp-witted, foul-mouthed, heavy-drinking twenty-something who is still reeling from a recent loss. Written by, directed by, and starring Karen Gillan, this surreal coming-of-age tale is a love letter to her hometown in the Scottish Highlands.