A cartel leader seeks a new beginning in Emilia Pérez. Rita Moro Castro (Zoe Saldaña) is a Mexico City Defense Attorney, who draws the attention of cartel boss Manitas Del Monte (Karla Sofía Gascón). Manitas wants Rita to help arrange gender reassignment surgery, so he can start a new life as his true self. Rita…
Donald Trump‘s rise during the 1970s and 1980s is dramatized in The Apprentice. In the 1970s, Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) is a young real estate upstart working for his father Fred (Martin Donovan). After getting into an exclusive club, Trump catches the eye of cutthroat lawyer Ray Cohn (Jeremy Strong), who takes Trump under his…
A German author is indicted for the death of her husband in Anatomy of a Fall. Sandra Voyter (Sandra Hüller) is a successful German-born novelist living with her husband Samuel Maleski (Samuel Theis) and their visually impaired son Daniel (Milo Machado Graner) at an isolated chalet in the French Alps. One day, Daniel comes home…
An elderly shaman seeks to save his estranged daughter from demonic forces in Legions. Antonio Poyju (Germán De Silva) was once a powerful shaman and mediary between worlds. However, he now finds himself admitted to a mental hospital, where his fellow patients are putting on a play based on Antonio’s life story. However, when a…
A downtrodden CEO seeks a new start at his family’s vineyard in Italy in From the Vine. Marco Gentile (Joe Pantoliano) is the recently-promoted CEO of the Santius Automotive company, who becomes disillusioned with his position after the board turns down his commitment to lessen the company’s environmental impacts. Taking a leave of absence from…
The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her fight against sexual discrimination is told in On the Basis of Sex. In 1956, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) was one of only nine women enrolled in the Harvard Law School, which she attended at the same time as her husband Marty (Armie Hammer). Fast forward to 1970…
A lawyer fights for the rights of autonomous animals in Unlocking the Cage. Animal rights lawyer Steven Wise has committed his career to ensuring that animals receive the same level of rights as humans, focusing on intelligent animals, such as apes, elephants, and dolphins. Teaming with the Nonhuman Rights Project, Wise and his team file habeas corpus…
A man seeks the truth surrounding his sister’s infamous murder in The Witness. In 1964, a young woman named Kitty Genovese was murdered outside of her New York City apartment. It was later reported by the New York Times that 38 of Kitty’s neighbours witnessed her murder, yet did nothing about it. The incident became a…
American gun culture is dissected in Under the Gun. In the aftermath of mass shootings, such as the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, there is a push for more strict gun control laws in the United States. However, guns rights lobbiests fight against such rulings, since it is their constitutional right to bear arms and they…
A lawyer fights for the rights of autonomous animals in Unlocking the Cage. Animal rights lawyer Steven Wise has committed his career to ensuring that animals receive the same level of rights as humans, focusing on intelligent animals, such as apes, elephants, and dolphins. Teaming with the Nonhuman Rights Project, Wise and his team file habeas…
