<p>Based on Natalie Shutler's The New York Times article "Son, Placed for Adoption, Leads Birth Parents to Altar 36 Years Later", which tells the story of 36-year-old Martin Schmidt, who just prior to having his own kids, decided to seek out his biological parents in Wisconsin, after knowing for decades that he was adopted. Schmidt's parents Dave Lindgren and Michele Newman were high school sweethearts, and broke up months prior to Schmidt's birth. After being reconnected via Schmidt, Lindgren and Newman fell in love again and married with their firstborn son officiating the wedding.</p>

<p>In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of catastrophe &#8212; while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. By 2017, the now 31-year-old Celeste is mother to a teenage daughter of her own and struggling to navigate a career fraught with scandals when another act of terrifying violence demands her attention.</p>

<p>"Voyage of Time" is a one-of-a-kind celebration of life and the grand history of the cosmos, transporting audiences into a vast yet up-close-and personal journey that spans the eons from the Big Bang to the dinosaur age to our present human world ... and beyond. </p><p>A labor of love from one of American cinema's most acclaimed and visually exciting filmmakers, Terrence Malick ("The Thin Red Line", "The Tree of Life"), Voyage of Time has been nearly four decades in the making and represents the filmmaker's first foray into documentary storytelling. </p><p>The film's panorama of awe-inspiring images will take you into the heart of monumental events never witnessed - from the birth of the stars and galaxies to the explosion of diverse life-forms on planet earth, including humankind - in immersive new ways that only IMAX can deliver. </p><p>This is a cosmic experience - a hymn to the glories of nature, life and scientific discovery - in which all the elements come together to form Malick's most original film to date.</p><p>"Voyage of Time" will be released in two unique formats: "Voyage of Time: Life's Journey", the 90-minute experience narrated by Cate Blanchett, which takes audiences on a poetic and provocative ride full of open questions; and "Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience", a 40-minute, giant-screen adventure narrated by Brad Pitt, which immerses audiences directly into the story of the universe and life itself, and which will be shown exclusively in IMAX theatres beginning October 7.</p>

<p>Set in the near future, the sci-fi thriller, "Voyagers" is about 30 children who are sent on a multi-generational mission to populate a new planet. After the captain of the mission is killed in mysterious circumstances, the young crew descends into chaos, aligning themselves into tribes as they surrender to their most feral impulses.</p>

<p>Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.</p>

<p>"The Voyeur's Hotel" is a long and rather unsettling piece in which a Colorado man named Gerald Foos, a lifelong voyeur, opened a hotel primarily so he could watch guests having sex, through ceiling vents.</p><p> He fancied himself as an observer of human behavior, but he sometimes did more than observe. Among other things, he was complicit in a murder he caused when he flushed the drugs of a dealer down the toilet and that dealer blamed his girlfriend and strangled her.</p>

<p>Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite - inviting them to witness the volatile relationship of the attractive couple across the street. But when they attempt to anonymously intercede in their lives, they unwittingly set in motion a chain of events that will lead to disaster.</p>

<p>An action thriller that focuses on the character Steve Corcoran, an amoral Texas gunslinger who finds himself far from home in a mining boomtown. Appointed Sheriff, his job is to rid the town of its crushing lawlessness. But Corcoran soon finds himself drawn into a conspiracy to rob the town led by a mysterious gang known as The Vultures. Based on the novel "Vultures of Wahpeton" by Robert E. Howard.</p>

A recalcitrant, low-energy boy causes problems for both his stepfather and his biological father.

<p>"W.E." tells the story of two fragile but determined women - Wally Winthrop and Wallis Simpson - separated by more than six decades. </p><p>In 1998, lonely New Yorker Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish) is obsessed with what she perceives as the ultimate love story: King Edward's VIII's abdication of the British throne for the woman he loved, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. But Wally's research, including several visits to the Sotheby's auction of the Windsor Estate, reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought. </p><p>Weaving back and forth in time, W.E. intertwines Wally's journey of discovery in New York with the story of Wallis (Andrea Riseborough) and Edward (James D'Arcy), from the glamorous early days of their romance to the slow unraveling of their lives in the decades that followed.</p>

<p>Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.</p>

<p>Trapped in his nostalgia and haunted by the impermanence of things, a sad little ghost is unable to pass through the liminal space he occupies.</p>

<p>"The Wackness" centers upon a troubled high school student named Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck)--a teenage pot dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul. When the doctor proposes Luke trade him weed for therapy sessions, the two begin to explore both New York City and their own depression.</p><p>"The Wackness" takes place in New York City in 1994: a city pulsing with hip hop, a city whose new mayor, Rudy Giuliani, utilizes controversial methods to address the twin blights of homelessness and crime. Much like the city, Luke and Dr. Squires are at a crossroads: Luke considers himself semi-suicidal, bemoaning his high school socialstatus and the fact that his family is on the verge of eviction; Dr. Squires and his rehab addicted wife (Famke Janssen) can barely tolerate each other. Thus, together, Luke and Squires determine to help each other find happiness. When Luke identifies medication as his salvation, Dr. Squires chides him, "Don't go for the quick fix. This whole city wants a quick fix." Eventually, however, the two bond over a common goal: getting laid. This quest takes them from borough to borough, through encounters with several of Luke's "business associates": among them, a Phish-following dreadlocked pixie (Mary Kate Olsen), and a New Wave, keyboard-playing one-hit-wonder (Jane Adams). Eventually, Luke's attention turns to Dr. Squires' stepdaughter, Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby), which in turn, causes the already fragile Doctor to lose it completely.</p><p>Set against the backdrop of the greatest year in hip hop history, "The Wackness" takes place in a very different time: a time of pagers, not cell phones, a time in which Tupac and Biggie were alive, a time in which Kurt Cobain had just died. It uses this world to tell a very different story: one with humor, pathos, sex, drugs, and beats.</p>

<p>It's about the 1993 standoff between the FBI and Texas state law enforcement and the David Koresh-led Branch Davidians that turned the sleepy town of Elk, just outside of Waco, into a battle zone. A 51-day standoff ended with 76 people dead as the cult's compound was engulfed by a raging fire.</p>

<p>Waffle Street's riches-to-rags tale is an adaptation of James Adams' 2010 memoir of the same name, which chronicles the financier's foray into the food industry. After being laid off at the hedge fund where he worked, and further jaded by his culpability in the crisis, Adams chose to work at a popular 24-hour diner where he claims "most of his financial knowledge has been gleaned." Offering a fresh take on the fallout of corporate greed, Adams' is a tale of the redemption and unlikely friendship found under the tutelage of Edward, the best short order cook in town.</p>

<p>In the brief but potent five-minute runtime of "Waffles," a simple breakfast item becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and heartwarming encounter. The story follows a solitary diner who orders a plate of waffles, only to find their mundane morning transformed by a series of small, serendipitous events. As the protagonist navigates the bustling atmosphere of the eatery, their focus on the perfectly golden waffles serves as a grounding ritual amidst the chaos of daily life. The central conflict subtly emerges through the quiet interactions and shared glances with fellow patrons, each character carrying their own unspoken burdens and fleeting joys. This short film masterfully blends slice-of-life realism with a gentle, comedic tone, creating a poignant meditation on connection and the beauty found in life's simplest pleasures. With its tight pacing and evocative visual storytelling, "Waffles" offers a charming and thought-provoking glimpse into how a single moment, however small, can ripple outward and change the course of an ordinary day.</p>

<p>About a group of desperate men hired to transport a shipment of highly explosive nitroglycerin across the jungle.</p>

<p>Documentary illuminating the film&#8217;s final shot, featuring Scorsese, Chief Standing Bear, and six members of the Osage Nation</p>

<p>In "The Wailing (Goksung)", the arrival of a mysterious stranger (Chun Woo Hee) in an otherwise quiet village coincides with a rash of vicious murders, causing panic and suspicion amongst the villagers. When the daughter of investigating officer Jong Goo (Kwak Do Won) falls under the same savage spell, he calls for a shaman (Hwang Jung Min) to assist in finding the culprit.</p>

<p>An urban action thriller with a sexy 21st-century Bonnie and Clyde. Ex-con O2 (Tyrese Gibson) is suddenly plunged into a life-or-death situation; trying to go straight for the sake of his young son Junior, O2 is forced to go back outside the law when Junior is kidnapped in a carjacking. His son is now in the hands of a vicious criminal leader, Meat (hip-hop superstar The Game). O2's shady cousin Wanna Be (Larenz Tate) is caught between loyalties, and so the only person who can or will help O2 now is wily street-smart hustler Coco (Meagan. Good). With the clock ticking down, the heat between them rises as they become a lawbreaking couple, on an action-packed tear through town to save Junior and outwit the underworld.</p>

<p>Eddie Reyes wakes in an unfamiliar room with no memory of how he got there. Guided by an unnerving presence, he&apos;s drawn through fragments of his life in a space that defies explanation. As reality fractures, Eddie must face who he&apos;s been, and who he might become.</p>

<p>After a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly, must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the desperate ghost of a young girl. Based on the best selling novel by Mary Downing Hahn.</p>

<p>An enigmatic phone call from a psychic, catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resurrected. One sister believes the claim, and the other staunchly opposes it until she encounters a chance at love, giving her hope that anything, even resurrection, is possible. A discordant struggle between sisters plays out in a world where the virtual and real converge.</p>

<p>How many times can you have the same cup of coffee?</p>

<p>For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and politicians' promises, our buckling public-education system, once the best in the world, routinely forsakes the education of millions of children. Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN." As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. However, embracing the belief that good teachers make good schools, Guggenheim offers hope by exploring innovative approaches taken by education reformers and charter schools that have-in reshaping the culture-refused to leave their students behind.</p>

<p>During the harrows of World War II, a young boy, Jo (Noah Schnapp), stumbles upon a dangerous secret: children are being smuggled out of Nazi-occupied France to the safety of Spain. When German soldiers move into town, things become even more dangerous. Jo and his grandfather Henri (Jean Reno) devise a plan with the help of Benjamin (Frederick Schmidt) and Horcada (Anjelica Huston) to stage one last daring effort to get all of the children across the border to safety.</p>

<p>A unique love story about friendship and a view of the world from different perspectives, "Waiting for Forever" explores the connections people make in the face of life's changes. Best friends while they were growing up, Emma (Rachel Bilson) and Will (Tom Sturridge) lost touch a long time ago-as far as she knows. To Will, Emma never stopped being the most important person in his life. Believing them to be forever linked, he goes wherever she goes. Will doesn't have a home, a car, or a "real" job. He survives on his talent as a juggler and entertainer-talents honed through years of showing off for Emma. When her father gets sick, Emma returns to their hometown, trying to leave behind her complicated love life and failing career as a TV actress. As its characters face love, death and their own preconceptions, "Waiting for Forever" questions the realities of life.</p>

<p>At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.</p>

<p>Set in a magically surreal world, the movie tells the story of an aspiring trapeze artist who discovers a cryptic letter her father once wrote directing her to a goldmine in the California desert. Upon arriving in a mysterious town, she finds herself at the gates of "The Beautiful Place," a house occupied by retired vaudeville stars (Nelson and Rampling).</p>

<p>A hilarious comedy about frustrated waiters, stingy tippers and dicey food, Lions Gate Films' "Waiting" stars Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long and Anna Faris as young employees battling boredom at Shenanigan's, a generic chain restaurant.</p><p>A waiter for four years since high school, Dean (Justin Long) has never questioned his job at Shenanigan's. But when he learns that Chett, a high school classmate, now has a lucrative career in electrical engineering, he's thrown into turmoil about his dead-end life. Dean's friend Monty (Ryan Renolds) is in exactly the same boat, but he couldn't care less. More concerned with partying and getting laid by underage girls, Monty is put in charge of training Mitch (John Francis Daley), a shy new employee. Over the course of one chaotic shift, Mitch gets to know the rest of Shenanigan's quirky staff: Monty's tough-talking ex-girlfriend, Serena (Anna Faris), Shenanigan's over-zealous manager, Dan (David Koechner), and head cook Raddimus (Luis Guzman), who's obsessed with a senseless staff-wide competition known only as "The Game"...</p><p>Featuring stoned busboys, unsanitary kitchen antics, and lots of talk about sex, "Waiting" is a hysterical, behind-the-scenes look at the restaurant industry, and an affectionate ode to those lost, and thoroughly unproductive, days of youth.</p>

<p>Adrienne Shelly's sunny final film is also her most artistically successful and intrinsically marketable directorial effort. An old-fashioned fairy tale that honors the transformative power of female friendship and motherhood, "Waitress" features a dynamic cast led by Keri Russell, whose character will surely do, in a Rachael Ray kind of way, for down home pie-making what the title character of "Babette's Feast" did for Cailles en Sarcophage.</p> <p>When Russell's character Jenna, a waitress in a cheery southern diner, discovers that she's pregnant, she doesn't exactly jump for joy. Motherhood was never in her plans, and she's already saddled with her needy, jealous and infantile husband Earl (Jeremy Sisto).</p> <p>At first, things seem hopeless and her dreams for a better life are in ruins, until a good-looking doctor (Nathan Fillion) arrives in town and mixes things up. With the support and love of her friends and co-workers (Adrienne Shelly and Cheryl Hines) at Joe's Pie Diner, Jenna exhibits her skills with crusts and fillings which are particularly appreciated by Joe himself (Andy Griffith). She then gains the courage to embrace independence and create the life of her dreams.</p>

<p>When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it&#8217;s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.</p>

<p>What would your life look like without you in it? Outwardly, Howard Wakefield (Bryan Cranston) is the picture of success. He has a loving wife (Jennifer Garner) and two daughters, a prestigious job as a Manhattan lawyer, and a comfortable home in the suburbs.</p><p>Inwardly, though, he's suffocating. One day, something snaps and Howard goes into hiding in his garage attic. Leaving his family to wonder what happened to him, he observes them from the attic window-an outsider spying in on his own life. </p><p>As the days of self-imposed isolation stretch into months, Howard begins to wonder: is it even possible to go back to the way things were? Driven by a tour de force, darkly comic performance from Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston, "Wakefield" is a provocative look at what it means to walk away from it all. </p>

<p>The movie, WAKING DREAMS, is a fresh look at intergenerational conflicts in an Indian-American family. Set against the rich backdrops of video games and Bollywood fantasies, this culture clash comedy explores the hopes and aspirations of a diverse group of characters in a small West Texas town.</p><p>Latha Kumar, a recent college grad, is stuck in a rut. She didn't get into medical school. She can't commit to a career. And worst of all, she's painfully single. Her greatest satisfaction is in watching old Telugu movies starring her favorite actress, Jayapradha. Inspired by these glossy melodramas, Latha uses her imagination to escape into quirky fantasies whenever she is overwhelmed by real world problems.</p><p>When Latha's strict doctor father gets fed up with Latha's inaction and threatens to kick her out of the house, Latha agrees to interview for a job at a new software company. Expecting a dull I.T. office, Latha finds that the company is actually a video game developer. This colorful world of overgrown children makes a striking and comical contrast to Latha's staid home life.</p><p>At work, Latha befriends a good-natured co-worker named Colin, while she openly pines for Ashwin -- a hotshot game designer. Meanwhile, her condescending supervisor Rebecca, who resents her small town job, takes every opportunity to embarrass and undermine Latha.</p><p>The more Latha settles into her new job, the more complications arise around her. Dr. Kumar declares Latha's job to be a dead-end career. Also, the doctor's adoring P.A., an attractive single mom, may be setting her sights on him. Mrs. Kumar reconsiders whether the career and personal sacrifices she has made for her family have been worth it. Ultimately, the characters all wonder if their dreams will ever converge with reality.</p><p>Told with heart and humor, WAKING DREAMS proves that there can be magic, romance, and adventure in the real world too, if one is open to it.</p>

<p>Madison Walker (Sarah Roemer, "Disturbia", "Grudge 2") a young woman living in New Orleans, struggles to lead a normal life after suffering a series of personal tragedies. Unsuccessful, she finally succumbs to a failed suicide attempt which lands her in a mental institution. Once there, Madison must begin navigating the dreaming and waking worlds of the real and unreal. As she pierces the veil of these two worlds, psychiatrist Dr. Elisabeth Barnes (Academy Award nominee Elisabeth Shue) assists Madison in revealing the truth of her reality. In her attempt to prevent Madison from self-destruction, Dr. Barnes unleashes a dark past that leads to a shocking conclusion that neither expect. Waking Madison takes us on a spiraling journey of the mind where things are rarely what they seem.</p>

<p>With the guidance of his best friend and mystical grandfather, a young painter &#8211; anxiously awaiting his first gallery show &#8211; embarks on a surreal skateboard odyssey through Portland to discover the true value of his art.</p>

<p>A radical, western re-imagining of Henry David Thoreau&apos;s classic, interlacing three stories about the trappings of 21st century life and those who dream dangerously of escape.</p>

<p>Alberta (Leelee Sobieski) has fled her small-town existence and is travelling to the big city. She looks up the only person she knows, Celene (Tricia Helfer), her former babysitter, who now, as it turns out, makes her living as a full-time dominatrix. Strapped for cash, Alberta naively decides to borrow Celene's identity to rake in the three-hundred dollar an hour pay day. </p><p>Her first client, Paul (Jacob Tierney) isn't anything like she expected. He's normal. So normal that Alberta agrees to move from their food court rendezvous back to his home, in order to continue their sexually-charged role-play.</p><p>Their soiree is interrupted by a trio of criminals, who believe that Paul has a great deal of their money. When Paul refuses to confess, the men beat him savagely. Alberta flees during the mellay, but Rene (Lothaire Bluteau), firmly convinced that Alberta knows the whereabouts of the remaining money, tracks her to Celene's house. Life suddenly spins out of control as Alberta struggles to step back over the line she's crossed.</p><p>Directed by Robert Cuffley and featuring a stellar cast, "Walk All Over Me" is a coming-of-age crime thriller, laced with dark humor, about a guileless woman beginning to find her confidence and the ability to negotiate power.</p>

<p>Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.</p>

<p>In Columbia Pictures' new comedy "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," co-written and produced by Judd Apatow ("Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby"; "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy") and co-written, produced, and directed by Jake Kasdan, John C. Reilly stars as the larger-than-life musician and songwriter Dewey Cox.</p><p>America loves Cox! But behind the music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a musician whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to -- and then kicks -- every drug known to man... but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman -- longtime backup singer Darlene (Jenna Fischer).</p>

<p>In this new comedy adventure, celebrated travel writer, Bill Bryson (Academy Award winner Robert Redford), instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife (Academy Award winner Emma Thompson), and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail - 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine.</p><p>The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, once he agrees to being accompanied by the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek - his long lost and former friend Katz (Academy Award nominee Nick Nolte), a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer who, after a lifetime of relying on his charm and wits to keep one step ahead of the law - sees the trip as a way to sneak out of paying some debts and sneak into one last adventure before its too late. The trouble is, the two have a completely different definition of the word, "adventure". Now they're about to find out that when you push yourself to the edge, the real fun begins.</p>