Mass in Motion
Strange Way of Life
FILM SKOOL
A man rides a horse across the desert that separates him from Bitter Creek. He comes to visit Sheriff Jake. Twenty-five years earlier, both the sheriff and Silva, the rancher who rides out to meet him, worked together as hired gunmen. Silva visits him with the excuse of reuniting with his friend from his youth, and they do indeed celebrate their meeting, but the next morning Sheriff Jake tells him that the reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their old friendship...
Strange Way of Life, a film by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal.
Pet Shop Boys
BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE
The Lost Room, new music from Pet Shop Boys, which uses footage from the 1966 film Young Törless.
Their new album album, SMASH – The Singles 1985-2020.
Beautiful Beings
FILM SKOOL
Addi, a teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, is the nominal leader of a trio of misfits. Bored and aimless, the crew wander Reykjavik's back streets, scale its dramatic heights, pick fights and crash parties. When Addi recruits a bullied classmate into his tightknit group, their volatile dynamic is further destabilized as their usual small-time pranks escalate and become increasingly dangerous. Seeking a way out, Addi begins to tap into dream-like visions and a newfound intuition to guide his friends back to a safer path.
Iceland's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature, Beautiful Beings explores the deep bonds of male adolescent friendships and how they are complicated in the face of aggression, violence, loyalty and love.
Marriage of Inconvenience
FILM SKOOL
Marriage of Inconvenience is a wild comedy series about two total strangers who must pretend to be a happily married couple in order to hide their identities from the dangerous people who want them dead! Franklin (David Singletary) is an even-tempered English professor who prides himself on his attention to detail in every area of his carefully structured life. Owen (Jason T. Gaffney) is a messy, street-smart dropout with anger issues, into a life of crime against his will. About the only thing Franklin and Owen have in common is that they're gay. Now, living together under witness protection in a very small house as "Mr. and Mr. Fulton," they find they have something else in common: they can't stand each other. But both men have complicated pasts, with some very bad people relentlessly hunting them down. With their lives on the line, Owen and Franklin are stuck with each other, for better or worse, hoping that it's not literally a "til death do we part" situation.
Discretion
FILM SKOOL
Derek Scerbo (Colin Lawrence) finally feels as though he's winning in the game of life. He is a beloved English professor at the local university and is married to a successful financier husband, with whom he raises a 4-year old daughter. This semester, however, Derek's all-American family becomes compromised when he develops feelings for Trysten (ZJ Stadium), a smart, handsome and incredibly seductive new student. Derek realizes the picture-perfect life he's always wanted may be in jeopardy as he confronts serious questions about family, monogamy and his deepest desires.
Basquiat
ART SKOOL
Watch this fascinating 1980s footage of Basquiat, courtesy of the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections.
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
FILM SKOOL
25 years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland will share intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.
"From women howling with grief to teenage soldiers, this documentary about the Troubles is full of grim footage but manages to shape it into a deeply human, lyrical and profound story." The Guardian