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Driving Madeleine

Dir.: Christian Carion
| 91 minutes

An elderly woman and the taxi driver taking her to her new dwelling in a nursing home, embark on a journey through the streets of Paris, visiting the places that hold the most meaning in her life. This is a heartfelt drama that plays on the heartstrings.

Priscilla

Dir.: Sofia Coppola
| 113 minutes

Based on Priscilla Presley's autobiography about her life with Elvis, Sofia Coppola depicts how the emotional and material world of a young woman living in a gilded cage takes shape. Priscilla is a "quietly extraordinary" (Time) work and Coppola's "finest film since Lost in Translation" (Rolling Stone).

Victory

Dir.: Eliran Peled
| 114 minutes

In the days before the Six-Day War, Amos and Neta leave the Kibbutz and move to Tel Aviv. Amos is sent to the frontline and returns forever changed. Around the axis of this plot, Victory creates a contemporary and subsequent perspective of the war and its results, presented in the form of a musical.

The House on Fin Street

Dir.: Amir Manor
| 116 minutes

Dina is seduced by a young man named Avinoam and finds herself imprisoned in the heart of Tel Aviv, addicted to drugs, her body sold to casual men, and her entire being controlled by Avinoam and his father. Amir Manor's film observes, with no poetics and no compassion, the lives of women in prostitution in Israel. For ages 16+

Drive-Away Dolls

Dir.: Ethan Coen
| 84 minutes

Jamie, boisterous and impulsive, and Marian, calm and reserved, discover that in their car trunk is a suitcase that interests some people with money and power. What follows is a game of cat and mouse. "A raunchy, dizzy road-trip comedy" (IGN).

The Nature of Love

Dir.: Monia Chokri
| 111 minutes

Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, is in a stable if somewhat socially conforming relationship with Xavier. Sylvain is a craftsman, renovating Sophia and Xavier’s new country house. When Sophia and Sylvain meet, Sophia’s world is turned upside down. Opposites attract, but can they last?

The Nannies

Dir.: Julien Rambaldi
| 105 minutes

To his from the gangsters threatening her, an undocumented woman hides as a nanny in a chic Parisian neighborhood. With new awareness of the working conditions of the other nannies, she takes matters into her own hands. A noteworthy and lively comedy that examines the tension of French society. 

Poor Things

Dir.: Yorgos Lanthimos
| 141 minutes

The pinnacle of Dr. Godwin's experiments in organ transplants and assembly gave birth to Bella Baxter. When Bella desires to discover the world, she leaves her creator and embarks on a journey of debauchery. Lanthimos presents a kaleidoscopic fable that offers an ironic look at social structures and examines the human condition.

The Holdovers

Dir.: Alexander Payne
| 133 minutes

A hated teacher at a prestigious boarding school is forced to spend Christmas taking care of one of his students who has no place to go. With a combination of bristliness and candor, director Alexander Payne navigates between the pathetic and the empathetic to present one of the best films of 2023.

Dune: Part Two

Dir.: Denis Villeneuve
| 166 minutes

In the second part of the adaptation of Herbert's "Dune," director Denis Villeneuve manages to preserve the achievements of the first part, primarily the transformation of the mythological text into cinematic imagery that conveys the emotions and thoughts of the original text. "The art of cinematic spectacle is alive and rocking" (NYT).