East Side Sushi
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Category: Romantic Comedy
Country: USA
Language: English
Rating: PG
Runtime: 95 min.
Director: Anthony Lucero
Producer: Julie Rubio
Synopsis:
Single mom Juana can slice and dice anything with great speed and precision. After working at a fruit-vending cart for years, she decides to take a job at a local Japanese restaurant. Intrigued by the food, she learns to make a multitude of sushi on her own. Eventually she attempts to become a sushi chef, but is unable to because she is the ‘wrong’ race and gender. Against all odds, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery, determined to not let anyone stop her from achieving her dream.
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Mousse
Mousse
Category: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 40 min.
Director: John Hellberg
Producer: N/A
Synopsis:
Mousse is a medium length droll and blackly comic tale of an “honest criminal” and police ineptitude. Through the enigmatic but engaging lead character Mousse, we are invited to empathies with his position of seeming desperation that leads him to a petty criminal act. In the face of his existential motivations, we see the real pettiness of contemporary society, where small time gambling and scrambling for small financial rewards battle for supremacy against bigger, ethical issues; where the inanities of a police force that represent the state and authority demonstrate the ridiculous nature of order and control.
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The Other One
The Other One
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Country: US
Language: English
Rating: PG
Runtime: 99 min.
Director: Josef Steiff
Producer: Grace McPhillips, Elizabeth Theiss, Erica Schmeck
Synopsis:
Amber returns to her childhood home to care for her mother, Vera, who has been diagnosed with dementia. Just three years earlier, Amber lost her husband in a high school shooting where they were both teachers. Amber survived but still struggles with the loss of her husband and is traumatized by the act of violence. Her strained relationship with her mother only amplifies her stress and depression. During sleepless nights, Amber begins to discover hidden photos and unopened letters that unleash a dark family secret. A past that still haunts Vera and kept hidden from Amber for her entire life. Ultimately a story of acceptance and redemption, The Other One is a beautiful and serene film haunted – like each of us is – by the pasts that we embrace, hide from, lie about, and make peace with.
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Someone You Love
Someone You Love
The HPV Epidemic
Category: Documentary
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: n/a
Runtime: 80 min.
Director: Frederic Lumiere
Producer: n/a
Synopsis:
“I wish the cancer would have killed you!” These are the chilling words of Susie’s husband when he learned that her cancer was caused by HPV, a sexually transmitted virus.
Narrated by Vanessa Williams, this poignant documentary takes a look into the lives of five women affected by HPV, the widely misunderstood and controversial virus that causes several types of cancer, including cervical. Each of these women has an intimate story to tell. For Susie, Tamika and Christine, it’s a story of survivorship that comes with misconceptions, stigma, shame, heartbreak, pain and triumph. For the Forbes’ family, it’s about coping with the loss of their daughter Kristen and trying to prevent it from happening to others like her. Others like Kelly, who at 31 years began her cancer journey. The cameras follow Kelly on her epic battle to save her marriage, her career, her family and ultimately, her life.
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Hank and Asha
Hank and Asha
Category: Comedy
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: n/a
Runtime: 73 min.
Director: James E. Duff
Producer: n/a
Synopsis:
“In this award-winning romance, an Indian woman studying in Prague and a lonely New Yorker begin an unconventional correspondence through video letters – two strangers searching for deeper connection in a hyper-connected world.
Before long their online relationship grows intimate as they share hopes and dreams, secrets and confidences, and they must decide whether to take a chance on meeting face to face.
Told with immense charm and played to perfection by Mahira Kakkar (‘Asha’) and Andrew Pastides (‘Hank’), Hank and Asha is an infectiously entertaining and heartwarming look at how new technology is influencing contemporary global relationships.”
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Sam & Amira
Sam & Amira
Category: Comedy
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 88 min.
Director: Sean Mullin
Producer: n/a
Synopsis:
An army veteran attempts to assimilate back into a country he barely recognizes while trying to win the heart of an Iraqi immigrant who is on the verge of being deported.
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Food Patriots
Food Patriots
It’s not rude to ask about food
Category: Documentary
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: n/a
Runtime: 72 min.
Director: Jeff Spitz
Producer: Jennifer Amdur Spitz, Jeff Spitz
Synopsis:
Touched by their teenage son’s battle with a foodborne superbug, filmmakers Jeff & Jennifer Spitz document their family’s struggle to raise backyard chickens, grow food, and transform into Food Patriots. Food Patriots features people from all walks of life who are trying to change the way Americans eat and buy food, and educate the next generation of consumers.
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When The King Tilts
When The King Tilts
Category: Comedy, Drama
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 77 min.
Director: Drew Britton
Producer: Drew Britton, Logan Lark
Synopsis:
Two women arrive unannounced at a quaint bed and breakfast in hopes of finding a location for next year’s family reunion. The two best friends are greeted by Sam, the owner, informing them he’s closed for the season. Using their wit, Carol and J.L. convince Sam to stay open a day or two longer, just for them. While getting to know each other Sam expresses his distaste for previous guests who constantly talk about themselves and their pasts. Carol empathizes with Sam’s weariness and quickly agrees not to talk about herself. Meanwhile, J.L. becomes more and more frustrated with Sam’s guarded personality and secretive life. A whirlwind of hostility, manipulation, and discomfort kicks-up as J.L. begins to suspect her best friend forming an inappropriate bond with Sam.
Through insight and humor, ‘When The King Tilts’ explores obscure hidden corners of the human psyche, namely the many different ways we react when faced with the unknown. Making use of a small handful of characters in a picturesque setting, the film presents a complex conflict spiraling out of control not because of something somebody said, but because of someone saying nothing.
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Date America
Date America
8 Dates, 8 States, 1 Road Trip.
Category: Comedy / Documentary
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 86 min.
Director: Bob Murray
Producer: Bob Murray
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Synopsis:
Wisconsinite Bob Murray finds himself in the awkward position of being a bachelor at 34 while all of his peers are settling down and starting families. Read more
Nightlights
Bushel & Peck’s Local Market
Nightlights – Family Is Forever
Drama
USA
Website: Nightlights
Facebook: Nightlights Movie
YouTube: Playon Productions
IMDb: Nightlights (2012)
Erin Logan lives with and provides for her twin brother Jacob, who is severely affected by autism. After she stumbles into chances for love and friendship, she is forced to confront what it means to have a good life, and whether she can care for her brother and for herself at the same time.
Putzel
Putzel
Sometimes you have to cross the street to find true love…
Category: Comedy | Jewish
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: R
Runtime: 88 min.
Director: Jason Chaet
Producer: Rick Moore, Sheri Davani
Synopsis:
For some, life is an adventure filled with opportunities to excel, and worlds to explore. But for Walter Himmelstein, a young man endearingly known as Putzel, life literally doesn’t go beyond his family’s fish store and his community on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
The Golden Scallop
The Golden Scallop
Category: Comedy
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 83 min.
Director: Joseph Laraja
Producer: Michael Boisvert
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Synopsis:
Every year since 1969 the best three fried fish restaurants in the northeast have competed in the Golden Scallop Championship. The 43rd annual pits a food truck seeking redemption, an aging former champion and a well financed, novelty friendly fish house against each other in the truest test of short order cooking mettle. Read more
