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Puen ... Tee Ra Luek (The Promise)
In this Thai horror film, a wealthy businesswoman is terrorised by the spirit of her dead friend who, 20 years ago, suffered greatly after the 1997 financial collapse ruined her family. Directed by Sophon Sakdapisit. In Thai with English subtitles.
It
An adaptation of a Stephen King horror novel, It tells the story of a small town where kids begin to disappear mysteriously. A group of boys come together to fight a monster clown, Pennywise, whose history of murder goes back centuries. Directed by Andy Muschietti.
The Glass Castle
Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson and Naomi Watts star in this family drama set in the 1970s and 80s. Larson plays a woman who looks back at her unusual childhood in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads. Watts play an artist mother and Harrelson is an alcoholic father. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.
American Made
Tom Cruise plays pilot Barry Seal, formerly a commercial flyer and now a drug
smuggler as well as CIA agent recruited to help counter the emerging communist threat in Central America. Based on a true story, the film recounts an episode when Barry gets involved with the Medellin cartel, a source of much embarrassment to the Reagan White House.
The Emoji Movie
An animated film featuring a cast of emoji characters who live in Textopolis (somewhere in the universe of your messaging app). When one emoji character doesn’t want to have just one facial expression, problems ensue, especially when his phone owner wants to hit on a girl. Directed by Tony Leondis.
Tokyo Idols
This documentary film looks at the strange devotion middle-aged men in Japan shower on underage female pop idols. Directed by Kyoko Miyake. At SF CentralWorld.
Brigsby Bear
An acclaimed drama about arrested development, the film tells the story of a man called James, who has been living with his parents (Mark Hamill and Jane Adams). But the truth is darker than it seems because years ago the pair actually kidnapped James from the hospital and his home is a bunker with no connection with the world. Directed by Dave McCary. At House RCA.
What Happened To Monday
In the future, Earth is threatened by overpopulation and every family is allowed only one child. But when DNA manipulation results in the birth of septuplets — all played by Noomi Rapace — the seven women have to find a way to avoid the government’s plot to put them to sleep. Directed by Tommy Wirkola.
Peach Girl
In this Japanese teen romance, a naive and sweet girl has feelings for her classmate Toji. Meanwhile, the most popular male student becomes interested in her. Directed by Koji Shintoku.
An Inconvenient Sequel
Al Gore returns to the screen in this sequel of The Inconvenient Truth (2006). The new film looks at the progress made to tackle the problem of climate change and tracks Gore’s efforts to persuade government leaders to invest in renewable energy. Directed by Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk.