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“Café Society”
Synopsis: Set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood, where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York, he is swept up in the vibrant world of high-society nightclub life.

What You Need To Know:
Though controversy and negative media attention follows him like a loyal dog on a fairly consistent basis, you just can’t keep Woody Allen from making a new movie every year. True to form, he’s back this summer with this period piece set in the old-timey movie world he’s fond of returning to every so often. After a splashy Cannes premiere that garnered more talk about his personal life than about the actual film, our critic was able to look past that and even called it one of the nebbishy one’s most charming films in years. “Allen seems to take almost perverse pleasure in restricting himself to his pet themes and milieus, his pet periods and pet characters… But, semi-miraculously, it seems, in the endless combination and recombination of those elements, sometimes they can click into place, to give us something that can never be termed new, but that somehow makes a virtue of its familiarity. Praise be, that’s largely what happens in ‘Café Society’, Allen’s most untroublesome film in a while, his most charming in years and his most beautiful to look at, maybe ever.”

Release Date: July 15th (Limited)

“Equals”
Synopsis:
In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.

What You Need To Know:
Back in 2011, Drake Doremus‘ “Like Crazy“ was the toast of Sundance, winning the Grand Jury Prize and then being snatched up by Paramount Vintage for an impressive $4 million. It also helped kick-start the career of Felicity Jones. Sadly, his follow-up “Breathe In“ didn’t fare as well with critics and was seen by some as a step back for the promising writer-director. Even with our mixed review of this latest film, “Equals,” hopes are still sky-high for indie distributor A24 that the sci-fi romance starring Kristen Stewart, Guy Pearce and Nicholas Hoult might become a sleeper hit this summer. The plot sounds intriguing; Doremus seems to be using a lot of white and blue palettes in the film; and, if “Like Crazy” and “Breathe In” were any indication, he hasn’t lost his knack for beautifully rendered visuals. It may not have received the best reception on the festival circuit, but consider the rest of us who haven’t seen it yet still very much intrigued.
Release Date: July 15th (Limited)
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