1987: When the Day Comes (Korean) (Not Rated): In January 1987, a 22-year old college student dies during a police investigation. Under the orders of Director Park, the police request the body to be cremated in order to destroy evidence. Public Prosecutor Choi, who was on duty on the day of the incident, denies the request and calls for an autopsy.
Andhadhun (Hindi) (Not Rated): Residing in Pune, Aakash a blind pianist is privy to an aftermath of a murder. His conscience urges him to report the crime he has technically not 'witnessed', but is there more to him than meets the eye?
Bad Genius (Thai) (Not Rated): Welcome to an exam-cheating business run by Lynn, a straight-A student who gets her idea for her business after helping Grace and Pat. Grace is a prominent school activist who can't get the grades she needs. Pat is a filthy-rich boy who believes money can buy anything. Lynn's business skyrockets and the money starts to flood in as scores of students offer her cold hard cash in exchange for exam answers. One day, Lynn is offered the opportunity to make millions of Baht. It is Pat and Grace who devise a plan for her to take the STIC test, an international standardized test for students wanting to enroll in the world's leading universities. What will Lynn do to convince Bank to overcome his moral dilemma and help them? How BAD will this GENIUS become?
Bahubali: The Beginning (Hindi) (Not Rated): Raised in a remote tribal village, Shlvudu grows up a carefree young man who relentlessly pursues his heart's desire. This leads him on an adventure to a completely unfamiliar territory. On this journey, he falls in love with Avantlka, a Nishada soldier.
Bahubali: The Conclusion (Hindi) (Not Rated): Having uncovered the truth of his legacy, Mahendra Baahubali, avenges the murder of his father, vowing revenge against the tyrannical ruler of the Mahishmati Kingdom, his uncle, Bhallaaladeva.
Boss: The Black Experience in Business (Rated TV-PG): The documentary seeks to illuminate, educate, and inform, by examining more than 150 years of African-American men and women, from those bound by bondage to moguls at the top of multimillion-dollar empires.
Capharnaüm (Arabic) (Rated R): After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.
Cold Pursuit (Rated R): An action thriller infused with irreverent humor that stars Liam Neeson as Nels Coxman, a family man whose quiet life with his wife is upended following the mysterious death of their son. Nels's search for justice turns into a vengeful hunt for Viking, a drug lord he believes is connected to the death. As one by one Viking's associates “disappear,” Nels goes from upstanding citizen to ice-cold vigilante, letting nothing, and no one, get in his way.
Dark Figure of Crime (Korean) (Not Rated): A crime thriller about the fierce psychological confrontation between a detective and a killer who confessed to multiple murders.
Dukun (Malay) (Not Rated): Loosely based on the real murder case of Mona Fendy in 1993 Malaysia, a tale about the lure of riches, power, eternal youth, beauty, and the blood one must spill to achieve this. It centers on a conflicted lawyer, Karim, who is searching for his lost child, Nadia. His desperation leads him to be entangled with an alleged murderer, Diana Dahlan, who links the disappearance of Nadia to darker secrets that could cause Karim to lose everything. Includes forced English subtitles.
Fighting with My Family (Rated PG-13): Reformed gangster and former wrestler Ricky, his wife Julia, and their daughter Saraya and son Zak make a living performing in tiny venues across the country. Ricky and Julia want a better life for their children, and when brother and sister get the chance to audition for WWE, it seems the family dream is coming true, and all their troubles will be solved. However, Saraya and Zak are about to learn that becoming a WWE Superstar demands more than they ever imagined possible as athletes.
Greta (Rated R): A sweet, naive young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, Frances doesn't think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and an aching loneliness. The two become fast friends, but the older woman's maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing is what it seems in this suspense thriller.
The Heiress (Not Rated): A graceful drawing-room drama and piercing character study driven by emotional uncertainty and lacerating cruelty, William Wyler's film, starring Montgomery Clift and Olivia de Havilland (in an Oscar-winning turn), is classic Hollywood filmmaking at its most psychologically nuanced.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Rated PG): Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they've known, and journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. As their true destines are revealed, dragon and rider will fight together to protect everything they've grown to treasure.
Isn't It Romantic (Rated PG-13): New York City architect Natalie works hard to get noticed at her job but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city's next skyscraper. And if things weren't bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to love, has an encounter with a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare, a romantic comedy, and she is the leading lady.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Rated PG): It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (Japanese) (Not Rated): A high school boy finds the diary of his classmate - only to discover that she's dying. Yamauchi Sakura has been silently suffering from a pancreatic disease, and now exactly one person outside her family knows. He swears to her that he won't tell anyone what he learned, and the shared secret brings them closer together in this deeply moving, first-person story that traces their developing relationship in Sakura's final months of life.
Odiyan (Malayalam) (Not Rated): With the arrival of electricity in Kerala in the early 20th century under British rule, the Odiyan clan, gangsters capable of shape-shifting in the darkness - find it difficult to survive. The last Odiyan (played by Mohanlal) spreads terror across the empire with his stealth attacks when his own kind are captured and ruthlessly killed.
Sanju (Hindi) (Not Rated): Follows the life of Sanjay Dutt, a film star who must contend with the adulation of his fans, various addictions, and prison.
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (Japanese) (Rated R): On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by fierce loyalty, a penchant for petty theft, and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
The Upside (Rated PG-13): A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this 'funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy.' From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
What Men Want (Rated R): Ali Davis is left on the outside by her fellow sports agents because she is a woman in a male-dominated profession, but she acquires an unexpected edge when she develops the ability to hear men's thoughts.
Youth (Mandarin) (Not Rated): When Xiaoping joins the military, delicate dreams are dashed by the events of a China undergoing revolution. The devastating Sino-Vietnamese War crashes into 1970s China, changing the lives of the army's young new recruits forever.
TELEVISION SHOWS
Better Call Saul Season 4 (Not Rated): A family tragedy catalyzes Jimmy McGill's transformation into Saul Goodman and, as Jimmy enters the criminal world, he puts his future as a lawyer and his relationship with Kim Wexler in jeopardy.
Call the Midwife Season 8 (Rated TV-14): It is now 1964 and it's evident how the times are changing: from the beacon of the contraceptive pill and the shadow of the 1967 Abortion Act, to the introduction of a new cancer-screening program. The nuns and nurses continue to face a variety of challenging issues including interracial adoption, cleft palate, sickle cell and cot death. And for one of the team, romance could be on the horizon.
Outlander Season 4 (Rated TV-MA): Season Four continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. The Frasers in North Carolina are at another turning point in history, the edge of the American Revolution. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will haunt the family. Meanwhile, Brianna and Roger grow closer in the twentieth century but make a shocking discovery that has them following in Claire₂s footsteps.
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