(Frameline) Xiaoyu is settled, content, and pregnant with her first child when she brings her American husband home to China to meet her parents. Xiaoyu’s mother, Jiumei, is deeply dissatisfied in her comfortable life and has integrated herself into a cultish religion. Her father, Tao, is aloof and detached, having long been forced by the confines of his marriage to suppress his homosexual desire. The past haunts all three as each strives but struggles to maintain integrity in the present.
A wrenching family saga unfolds quietly but viscerally as writer-director Xiang Zi charts a narrative path through Xiaoyu’s childhood, her parents’ youth, and the present day. Anchored by strong performances from the three lead actors and exquisite cinematography, A Dog Barking at the Moon—winner of the Teddy Jury Award at the Berlin International Film Festival—is a masterful portrayal of tradition, custom, duty, and obligation in a modern Chinese family, and the painful reverberations that any challenge to those values can have across time and through generations. Check out the trailer and buy tickets below: After a years worth of hype and a small teaser trailer in March we finally got an official trailer release for Quentin Tarantino's ninth studio release "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". The period piece set in the 1960s seems to be set around an aging film star, Leonardo Dicaprio, and his stunt double, Brad Pitt, but in this trailer we get our first glimpse into Margot Robbie's Sharon Tate and the first mention of Charles Manson which had been hinted at a few times in the lead up to the movie. Tarantino's films always have a star studded cast, and this one is no different. Along with Dicaprio, Pitt and Robbie, other co-stars include Al Pacino, Kurt Russell, James Marsden, Dakota Fanning, Timothy Olyphant and one of the final appearances of Luke Perry on screen. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood comes out on July 26th, we'll be sure to let you know if another trailer drops before then. - EC The fourth and what is most likely final installation into the Toy Story franchise comes out in just under a month, and in anticipation Pixar has released the final trailer for the movie. In the trailer we see all the toys we know and love link up with a few new friends to hit the road with their new kid Bonnie. We get a reintroduction of Bo Peep along with her new friend Duke Danger (voiced by Keanu Reeves) and Bunny and Ducky (voiced by Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele), who join the gang in a quest to save Bonnie's new toy, Forky (voiced by Tony Hale). Toy Story 4 comes out June 21st 2019. -EC HBO announces that the hit show, "Westworld," will return to television in 2020. The trailer was released May 19th and gives the audience a reason to get excited for the shows return! Watch the trailer with the link below: -HB Taron Egerton stars in "Rocketman," a film about rockstar Elton John and the time period when he began to emerge as one of the biggest stars in the genres history. Directed by Dexter Fletcher, the film is set to release May 31, 2019. Check out the trailer below! -HB After a long wait, the new season of lucifer is out now on Netflix! Will Chloe accept Lucifer for his true form? How will Dan cope with his monumental loss? More importantly, will lucifer come in terms with his identity? Watch now! pv From the award winning writer, Charlie Brooker, comes "Black Mirror" season 5. The engaging Netflix drama offers a vivid look at the consequences of technology, and the impact those consequences can have on the everyday elements of life. Check out the trailer now, as the riveting new season is set to release on June 5, 2019! -HB
Trainers, get ready! Pikachu, Charizard, Psyduck, Jigglypuff... All of the Pokémon you love are coming to theaters this week! It's a movie that brings the childhood memories of a certain group of people to the real world. It's also a movie that's suitable to the entire family even if you're not Pokémon fans. Get a glimpse of the vivid characteristics, the funny Pikachu, the spectacular battles and the fantastic detective story from this trailer! -CS
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