Film Previews

“Wild Horse Nine”

R | 1 hour, 58 minutes
Director/Writer: Martin McDonagh
Stars: John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island’s iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris’ newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.

“Godzilla Minus Zero” 

R | 2 hours, 15 minutes
Director/Writer: Takashi Yamazaki
Stars: Minami Hamabe, Jun Kunimura, Ryûnosuke Kamiki

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

“Paper Tiger”

R | 2 hours, 8 minutes
Director/Writer: James Gray
Stars: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Miles Teller

In 1986 New York, Irwin Pearl (Miles Teller), is an earnest reservoir engineer who is as sweet and passive and trusting as he looks. The movie is about how Irwin and his brother, a high-rolling ex-cop named Gary (Adam Driver), get involved in a financial scheme that ensnares them in the tentacles of the Russian mob. But when one of them witnesses something he wasn’t meant to see, the siblings find themselves pulled into a dangerous confrontation.