festival perspectives
Arriving at a/perture via the world’s preeminent international film festivals, from Cannes to Sundance to Full Frame right down I-85, this series is dedicated to showcasing groundbreaking films from all around the international stage.
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Monica
- Today, May 31
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Director: Andrea Pallaoro Run Time: 113 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Adriana Barraza, Emily Browning, Joshua Close, Patricia Clarkson, Trace Lysette
Monica is an intimate portrait of a woman who, for the first time in 20 years, returns home...

The Starling Girl
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Director: Laurel Parmet Run Time: 116 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Claire Elizabeth Green, Eliza Scanlen, Jimmi Simpson, Lewis Pullman, Wrenn Schmidt
Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling struggles to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. Even her...

You Hurt My Feelings
- Today, May 31
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Director: Nicole Holofcener Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Arian Moayed, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michaela Watkins, Owen Teague, Tobias Menzies
Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship...

Master Gardener
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Director: Paul Schrader Run Time: 110 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2023
Starring: Eduardo Losan, Esai Morales, Joel Edgerton, Quintessa Swindell, Sigourney Weaver
Directed by Academy Award® nominee Paul Schrader based on his original screenplay, Master Gardener follows Narvel Roth (award-winner...

Sanctuary
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Director: Zachary Wigon Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Christopher Abbott, Dominick Defilips, Francisco Castaneda, Katie Young, Margaret Qualley
His game. Her rules.