Three desperate young men, in debt to a psychopathic drug lord, are forced to commit a brazen robbery. What begins as a simple plan – “in and out in seven minutes” – quickly escalates into a dangerous game of life or death. Each minute of the heist reveals […]
Back in December 2014, we screened Australian director Andrew Leavold’s documentary about a diminutive Filipino action star, THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG, and are now pleased to present another unique Weng Weng experience: The Agent Double-00 Feature, consisting of an updated version of that doc, together with one […]
Michael Winterbottom’s The Face of An Angel explores the ideas of truth, objectivity, and the way narratives are constructed through a fictionalized account of the Meredith Kircher/Amanda Knox case. A journalist (Kate Beckinsale) and a documentary filmmaker (Daniel Brühl) are pursuing the ever-murkier story of a murder suspect […]
With funky, fat-laced Adidas, Kangol hats, and Cazal shades, a totally original look was born— Fresh—and it came from the black and brown side of town where another cultural force was revving up in the streets to take the world by storm: hip-hop, and its aspirational relationship to […]
Cinema Detroit fave Mia Wasikowska (Maps to the Stars, Only Lovers Left Alive) stars as the disgruntled provincial wife yearning to breathe free in this gorgeously shot adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel, co-starring Paul Giammati, Olivier Gourmet, Ezra Miller and Rhys Ifans. Official Selection Toronto and Telluride […]
Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No one has ever managed to find the bottom, though many have tried. After an ecologist who was campaigning to preserve the lake goes mysteriously missing during a dive, her three daughters return home to put their mother’s affairs in order. June (Lindsay Burdge), […]
Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour assembles six exceptional short films that won awards at the 2015 Festival. Over the course of its more than 30-year history, Sundance has been widely considered the premier showcase for short films and […]
The Search for Freedom is the story of a cultural revolution fueled by the human desire to live in the moment and do what makes you feel the most alive. We discover how an electrifying new world came about through pure energy and imagination and the infinite possibilities […]
We are delighted to be a part of the Cinetopia International Film Festival for the second year. Created for the people of southeastern Michigan, the Cinetopia International Film Festival features the best feature-length dramas, comedies, and documentaries from the world’s best film festivals (e.g. Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, […]
In 2008, when the State of Michigan first offered a tax incentive to the film industry, Michigan-born filmmaker Chris-Teena Constas left her career in Chicago to move back home to Detroit. With the state then at the forefront of the industry, it was a time of innovation and […]