<p>There's always something strange brewing at the Black Cat Café.</p> <p>A neurotic young commitment-phobe runs into his ex-girlfriend while he's whacked out on killer dope; a high strung control freak finds out that her husband-to-be is a transvestite; a hyper-possessive boyfriend discovers that his girlfriend is an ex-porn actress; and the manager’s boyfriend has a ménage a trois which he says is forgivable because the girls were identical twins.</p> <p>"Caffeine" is an eccentric comedy about these characters' hapless attempts to repair their fractured relationships as they confront issues of fidelity, betrayal, forgiveness, and commitment. Du ring one lunchtime at this offbeat London coffee house, the relationships of the quirky staff and several couples are suddenly turned upside down by the sudden revelations of supremely embarrassing secrets and idiosyncrasies, generally having to do with their rampaging sexual appetites.</p>

<p>Described as The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld, the first entry in the new series follows a group of teens held captive in a human zoo run by an extraterrestrial race. The story's told from the perspective of a teen awakening in the caged world who falls in love with one of her captors, forcing her to decide whether to escape and leave her friends behind or to band with them.</p>

<p>"Caged" is an elevated genre film following an affluent African American psychiatrist (Edi Gathegi) into federal prison after he is found guilty of murdering his wife (Angela Sarafyan). A victim of systemic racism, he eventually finds himself in solitary confinement, slowly descending into madness and pushed to breaking point by an abusive female guard. Haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, he questions his own innocence and sanity, making his time in the S.H.U a never-ending nightmare.</p>

<p>"Cagefighter" revolves around mixed martial arts champion Reiss (Josh Herdman) who unexpectedly loses a heavily promoted match. A downward spiral sends him to the brink of losing his wife (Michelle Ryan) and his best friend and agent (Jason Maza). Deemed erratic and out of control, he alienates his long-time trainer (Michael Jai White) and the biggest MMA promoter in the business (Gina Gershon). He must dig deep to find a path back to victory.</p>

<p>An award-winning audience pleaser at the Toronto and Tribeca Film Festivals, Ruba Nadda's CAIRO TIME is both a love letter to a city and a sweeping romantic travelogue in the tradition of such films as BRIEF ENCOUNTER and SUMMERTIME. Oscar-nominee Patricia Clarkson stars as a beautiful American abroad in Egypt, who finds herself enamored by more than the sunswept vistas of Cairo. Juliette (Clarkson), a fashion magazine editor in her 40s, travels to Cairo to meet her husband for a three week vacation. When he is unavoidably delayed, he sends his trusted friend Tareq (Alexander Siddig) to keep her company. As he guides her through the sights, sounds and unique customs of the exotic city, unexpected feelings emerge leading to an awakening of emotion that takes Juliette by surprise.</p>

<p>Caitlin&#8217;s first full-length stand-up special, &quot;Prosciutto Rose&quot;, delves into break-ups, her love of short kings, and her fluff n&#8217; floof (you&#8217;ll just have to watch to find out what that means).</p>

<p>Along with her newly sober father Paul, 16-year-old Caity prepares for the new Halloween season of their family-owned haunted house. When she recognizes signs of a relapse from Paul, she tries to cover them up but struggles to manage as she tests her own relationship to substances and an attraction to new employee Hannah.</p>

<p>A travel writer improves her love life when she becomes an editor for her father&apos;s wedding magazine.</p>

<p>"The Cake Eaters" is a quirky, small town, ensemble drama that explores the lives of two interconnected families coming to terms with love in the face of loss.</p><p>Living in rural America, The Kimbrough family is a normally odd bunch; Easy, the patriarch, owns a butcher shop and finds himself grieving over the loss of his wife, Ceci, while hiding a secret ongoing relationship for years; Beagle, his youngest son who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria by day but has a burning passion inside that manifests itself through painting; and the eldest son, Guy, has been away from the family for years while pursuing his musical aspirations in the big city until the day he learns of his mother's passing and that he's missed the funeral.</p><p>Upon Guy's return home, the complex nature of each character unravels; Beagle's pent up emotions connect with Georgia Kaminski, a terminally ill teenage girl wanting to experience love before it's too late; Easy's long time affair with Marg, Georgia's eccentric grandmother, is exposed to the Kimbrough family; and Guy discovers that, in his absence, his high school sweetheart, Stephanie, has moved on and started a family of her own.</p><p>Through it all, The Kimbroughs and Kaminski's manage to establish a new beginning in the face of their greatest fears; life, death and family...</p>

<p>The film follows shy Berlin baker Thomas (Tim Kalkhof) who embarks on a passion and special affair with Oran (Roy Miller), a businessman visiting from Jerusalem who falls for both Thomas and his delicious baked goods.</p><p>Their story is cut short, however, when Oran is killed in a car accident and a devastated Thomas cooks up a plan to help his grieving family (and maybe his own broken heart) by traveling to Jerusalem and offering up his expertise to Oran's widow Anat (Sarah Adler), who owns a struggling cafe.</p><p> Of course, Thomas can't explain who exactly he is or what he knows about Oran, and his nationality adds another layer to his evolving relationship with Anat. What will be revealed? And what will happen once those secrets are told?</p>

<p>On the morning of her childhood dog&#8217;s 13th birthday, Florrie is hard at work in the kitchen, preparing the perfect surprise for her senior terrier, Coco Merrytail - one final, wordless celebration of a bond that&#8217;s nearing its soft, inevitable fade.</p>

<p>A comedy that riffs on the reality TV genre, especially such shows as "Survivor." Revolves around Cal Tanner, the fraudulent star of a cable TV survival show, who is forced to keep himself and his female assistant alive when they're put in an actual survival situation.</p>

<p>In the evocative drama "Calabash," the story unfolds around a small rural community where tradition and modernity collide. At the heart of the narrative is Amina, a determined young woman striving to preserve her family’s heritage while navigating the complex pressures of contemporary life. As she grapples with her ambitions and the expectations imposed by her elders, Amina encounters unexpected challenges that test her resilience and resolve. The film delves into themes of identity, cultural legacy, and personal growth, painting a vivid portrait of a world where past and present are inextricably linked. With a tone that is both poignant and hopeful, "Calabash" invites viewers on an intimate journey through emotional landscapes, balancing heartfelt moments with subtle tensions. The richly drawn characters and their intertwined fates create a compelling narrative that resonates long after the credits roll.</p>

<p>Torn between missing her family and her love for the road, Simone crisscrosses Brazil&apos;s interior from north to south to supply the agribusiness sector.</p>

<p><b>"Calendar Girls" is inspired by the true story</b> of a group of women who bare all - or nearly all - for charity and become international celebrities as a result. The Women's Institute in Great Britain encourages the ancient skills of jam-making, flower pressing, knitting and baking. So when a group of extraordinary women are looking for a new way to raise money, they decide to take the annual WI calendar, normally featuring landscapes or flowers, and create something traditional - but with a twist. Behind the baked goods, the apple pressing and the flower arranging, the women are completely nude. "Calendar Girls" is a comedy of outsize proportions.</p>

<p>Lovers Mya and Chris decide to return to Los Angeles to save her sister from a group of unsavory characters -- years after Mya disappeared with the cash she took from the production of a fake snuff film.</p>

<p>In the late 1990s, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd had their musical ambitions consistently ridiculed for having the &apos;wrong&apos; accents, so they went for broke and reinvented themselves as Californian rappers. The duo re-recorded their own tracks with fake accents and turned up in London claiming to be an established duo on the Cali scene as well as childhood friends with Eminem. They quickly bagged themselves a record deal, a hefty sum in advances, and an appearance on MTV... until it all came crashing down.</p>

<p>Lachlan MacAldonich (Robert Carlyle) is former Britpop rocker who has settled into a comfortably numb existence in farm country just outside Los Angeles. By day, he works on an organic farm and travels regularly to the city's farmers' markets to sell produce. By night, he retreats to his crummy apartment to record "Flame-Outs," his podcast that recounts the tragic deaths of great musicians. The only spark in his humdrum existence is Beau (Alexia Rasmussen), a lovely struggling actress and amateur chef who frequents the Silver Lake farmers' market.</p><p>One night, Lachlan gets pulled over for a DUI, a charge that dredges up his past drug offense and threatens him with deportation. Lachlan's only hope of staying in the U.S. is proving that his removal would cause "extreme hardship" to a U.S. citizen spouse or relative. Lachlan contacts his estranged ex-wife and daughter, raising past demons that he must finally confront.</p><p>"<i>California Solo</i>" is a touching, human story about post-fame life and personal redemption.</p>

<p>"California Typewriter" launches us into the bittersweet moment when a beloved technology, the typewriter, faces extinction. Delivering a thought-provoking view on the changing dynamic between humans and machines, director and three-time Grammy Award winner and nominee Doug Nichol explores the mythology attached to the classic typewriter, as cultural historians, collectors and various celebrity obsessives (including Tom Hanks, John Mayer, David McCullough, and Sam Shepard) celebrate the typewriter both as object and means of summoning the creative spirit. </p><p>The film culminates in the movingly documented struggle of California Typewriter, one of the last standing repair shops in America dedicated to keeping the aging machines clicking.</p>

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

<p>The Boy chooses between comfort or growth.</p>

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the owner of the host bar. Soon, Ryo Morinaka begins to work for Shizuka Mido at the members only host bar. He feels embarrassment initially, but he fulfills the desires of women and develops a sense of purpose.

<p>A broken hearted Gilbert meets his ex-girlfriend&#8217;s doppelgänger, an ethereal phone sex operator who exists inside of his television.</p>

<p>Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are poised on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks) leads an ordinary life with her husband and daughter. When Joy’s pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart condition, she must navigate an all-male medical establishment unwilling to terminate her pregnancy in order to save her life. Her journey for a solution leads her to Virginia (Sigourney Weaver), an independent visionary fiercely committed to women’s health, and Gwen (Wunmi Mosaku), an activist who dreams of a day when all women will have access to abortion, regardless of their ability to pay. Joy is so inspired by their work, she decides to join forces with them, putting every aspect of her life on the line.</p><p>Inspired by true events, Nagy’s film captures the essence of late-Sixties social change via one woman’s quest to get a safe and legal abortion.</p>

<p>In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family&apos;s villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio&apos;s father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.</p>

<p>Through the five shorts named after each title character -- Lucy, Eddie, Allison, Grace and Maggie - powerful relationships built on hope and triumph raise a new understanding of what happens when a loved one struggles with mental illness. "Call Me Crazy: A Five Film" stars Academy Award and Golden Globe winners Jennifer Hudson, Melissa Leo and Octavia Spencer, Sarah Hyland, Sofia Vassilieva, Brittany Snow, Ernie Hudson, Jason Ritter, three-time Emmy Award-winner Jean Smart, Lea Thompson, Oscar-nominee Melanie Griffith and Chelsea Handler. Laura Dern, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bonnie Hunt, Ashley Judd and Sharon Maguire direct the anthology.</p><p>Written by Deirdre O'Connor and directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, "Lucy" follows the film's title character, a law student who finds herself amidst the horror of schizophrenia, landing her in an institution where, through the support of a new friend, meds and her psychotherapist, she begins her path to not only healing, but a promising future. "Lucy" also features Clint Howard.</p><p>"Grace", directed by Laura Dern and written by Howard J. Morris, explores bipolar disorder through the experience of a teenage daughter whose mother grapples with the condition. Also starring in "Grace" are Melissa Farman and Aimee Teegarden.</p><p>"Allison" weaves together comedy and family drama in a story about healing when its eldest daughter "Lucy" returns home from inpatient treatment and spoils her sister "Allison's" unveiling of her new boyfriend to their parents. "Allison", also featuring Ken Baumann, was written by Jan Oxenberg and is directed by Sharon Maguire.</p><p>"Eddie", directed by Bonnie Hunt and written by Stephan Godchaux, delves into the world of depression as seen through the eyes of a comedian's wife as she grapples with understanding how her husband Eddie, whom is so loved, can be so withdrawn and overcome with sadness. The short also stars Chelsea Handler and features appearances by Dave Foley, Jay Chandrasekhar, James Avery and Ross Mathews.</p><p>In "Maggie", penned by Erin Cressida Wilson and directed by Ashley Judd, a female veteran returns home from war to her son and father, only to have her life shattered by the onset of posttraumatic stress disorder, through which her lawyer, "Lucy," helps her. Melanie Griffith also stars in "Maggie."</p>

<p>A film student who&apos;s never been on a date before becomes a dating coach.</p>

<p>An inspiring, triumphant and poignant portrait of one of comedy's most enigmatic and important figures, Call Me Lucky tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. </p><p>But beneath Crimmins' gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child-a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.</p>

<p>Twinkle is a single queer mother whose dream of officially adopting her son gets shaken when the boy&apos;s biological mother, Mara, unexpectedly reappears.</p>

<p>Multiple Award-Winning Director Benny Chan ("Big Bullet", "Connected", "The White Storm") directs a star-studded lineup of action stars in "Call of Heroes", starring Louis Koo ("Drug War"), Eddie Peng ("Cold War 2"), and Wu Jing ("Shaolin"), with Sammo Hung as action director.</p><p>Koo stars as Cao, the spoiled son of a powerful General who has grown into a vicious and depraved warlord. Although Cao is accused of triple murder, his father will destroy the town if his son is convicted and sentenced to death. But injustice cannot go unanswered, and the villagers prepare for the repercussions of punishing a guilty man.</p>

<p>Adapted from the beloved literary classic, "The Call of the Wild" vividly brings to the screen the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team--and later its leader--Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.</p><p> As a live-action/animation hybrid, "The Call of the Wild" employs cutting edge visual effects and animation technology in order to render the animals in the film as fully photorealistic--and emotionally authentic--characters.</p>

<p>An aspiring actress, working as a production assistant on an indie film, unexpectedly gets her big break when the lead actress is fired, all while a documentary crew captures the chaos.</p>

<p>In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill hastily orders his new spy agency -- Special Operations Executive (SOE) -- to recruit and train women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. SOE's "spymistress," Vera Atkins (Stana Katic), recruits two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall (Sarah Megan Thomas), an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan (Radhika Atpe), a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Inspired by True Stories, this is the revolutionary tale of courageous women prevailing in a battle where the stakes have never been higher, and whose telling is longoverdue.</p>

<p>Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man&apos;s car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.</p>

<p>Max arrives home to find that his boyfriend has booked a callback. All hell breaks loose.</p>

<p>"Caller 100" centers on a popular radio personality whose chance encounter with a female listener turns his life upside down.</p>

<p>When troubled divorcee, Mary Kee, sets up home in her new apartment, she stumbles across an old telephone which she quickly falls in love with. Struck by it's antique charm, she gives it pride of place in her home. Before long, Mary begins to receive strange phone calls from a mysterious, unknown caller. Over time, she discovers that the caller is a woman called Rose and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. However, when Rose claims to be calling from the past, Mary begins to question her new friend's motives.</p><p>As Rose's phone calls become ever more disturbing, Mary's sense of terror escalates. Feeling haunted in her own home, she cuts all contact with Rose. Enraged by Mary's betrayal, Rose threatens to exact her terrible revenge. Not on Mary in the present but on Mary as a child in the past. Mary finally realizes that she will have to kill Rose in order to save herself. But how can she kill someone living in the past and what will happen if she fails?</p>

<p>An adaptation of Julie Kibler's book inspired by events in her family, revolves around the relationship between an 89-year-old woman named Isabelle McAllister and her hairdresser, a black single mother named Dorrie Curtis. </p><p>McAllister enlists Curtis' help to drive her from her home in Arlington, Texas, to a funeral in Cincinnati. Along the way, McAllister reveals the secrets of her past, in which she fell in love with the black son of her family's housekeeper to tragic consequences. </p>

<p>After a middle-aged father falls mysteriously into a coma that transports him to an idealised version of his past, his daughter must do all things necessary to rescue him from an eternal trap.</p>

<p>Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon) is used to leading a quiet life in a small town, with her mother (Ellen Burstyn), her painkillers, and an occasional drink. But when she stops on a routine call to check on a neighbor, she stumbles across a gruesome murder that shatters her peaceful existence. With the help of Detective Ray Greene (Gil Bellows) and a new transfer cop (Topher Grace), she unearths a series of killings across the country with similar, grisly crime scenes. When a local priest (Donald Sutherland) suggests there may be a link to an ancient ritual, Hazel finds herself on the trail of a religious serial killer following a deadly, higher calling. Based on the novel by Inger Ash Wolfe, it's a dark, twisted journey to the shadowy landscape between faith and fear.</p>