Barbarian

Barbarian

A woman’s Airbnb rental hides a dark secret in Barbarian. Tess Marshall (Georgina Campbell) has travelled to Detroit for work, and she arrives at the house she rented through Airbnb to find that it is already occupied by Keith (Bill Skarsgård). With Tess unable to find alternative accommodation for the night, she reluctantly accepts Keith’s…

respect

Respect

The life and career of Aretha Franklin are told in Respect. Ever since childhood, Aretha Franklin (Jennifer Hudson) was dressed with an extremely gifted singing voice, though she was not satisfied with the choices of her minister father C.L. Franklin (Forest Whitaker). Aretha ends up marrying Ted White (Marlon Wayans), who also becomes her manager,…

Only Lovers Left Alive

Only Lovers Left Alive

From cult independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (Dead Man, Broken Flowers) comes the brooding vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive.  Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is a centuries-old vampire, who currently lives a reclusive and depressed life in Detroit as a rock musician, with his only contact with the outside world being a human named Ian (Anton Yelchin),…

Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man

Imagine you are a folk rock singer in the early 1970s, who is discovered in a Detroit bar and signed to record deal.  You record a couple records and, even though the music is well-received, the records don’t sell and you are dropped from the label and forgotten about.  Now imagine that over twenty years…