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Oscar Winner! When several mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team led by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) are brought together to investigate. Co-stars Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Fri. 6/23 6:05 "Adams is a miracle worker–she makes us believe in this mesmerizing mindbender about alien communication, Sat. 6/24 9:05 directed with searching mind and heart by Denis Villeneuve." -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "Cerebral and emotional." Sun. 6/25 6:05 -Brian Lowry, CNN.com "If you're yearning for a smart, thoughtful sci-fi film that wonders how first contact with aliens Mon. 6/26 3:05 9:05 might go down, this tight little gem of a film is a gift from beyond the stars" -Steve Tilley, Toronto Sun (PG-13, 116m) Winner of six Oscars! Writer/director Damien Chazelle tells the story of Mia (Emma Stone) an aspiring actress, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for Fri. 6/23 9:00 crushing hopes and breaking hearts. "Does nothing less than jolt the movie musical to life for the 21st century. You Sat. 6/24 6:00 leave exhilarated by Chazelle's nonstop inventiveness, dazzled by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, and thrilled how Sun. 6/25 3:00 9:00 they made movies magic again." -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "Just gorgeous!" -Linda Holmes, NPR "A joy to watch!" Mon. 6/26 6:00 -Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune (PG-13, 128m) This is the true story of Warsaw Zoo caretakers, Antonina (Jessica Chastain) and Jan Zabinski (Johan Heldenbergh), who helped save hundreds of lives during the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland. "True to form, [Director Niki] Caro (Whale Tue. 6/27 2:50 Rider, McFarland USA) seems unbound by her audience's expectations of a WWII picture; she delivers a singular, Wed. 6/28 5:50 9:00 thrilling portrait, filled with surprises and moving performances."-April Wolfe, L.A. Weekly "An evergreen tale about the Thu. 6/29 2:50 clarifying power of empathy to diffuse fear and hatred." -Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service (PG-13, 126m) London 1940, former secretary Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) is the newly appointed scriptwriter in charge of writing female dialogue for British ministry propaganda films. Joining cynical, witty lead scriptwriter Buckley (Sam Claflin) and Tue. 6/27 6:00 gloriously vain, former matinee idol Ambrose Hilliard (Bill Nighy) they work furiously to make a film that will warm the Wed. 6/28 2:50 hearts of the nation. "One of the smartest, funniest and most surprising movies I've seen in years." -Joe Morgenstern, Thu. 6/29 6:00 9:00 Wall Street Journal "A relentlessly charming romantic comedy." Andrew Barker, Variety (R, 117m) Comedy Classic! Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 comedy crime caper features John Goodman and Steve Buscemi with Jeff Bridges as "The Dude," in a case of mistaken identity complicated by extortion, double-crosses, deception, Tue. 6/27 9:00 embezzlement, sex, pot, and gallons of White Russians (made with fresh cream, please). "The Dude abides." You know you want to see this again with a crowd. (R, 118m) Narrated by Daisy Ridley (The Force Awakens) and featuring awe-inspiring cinematography of the Mongolian steppe, this documentary follows Aisholpan Nurgaiv, a thirteen-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve Fri. 6/30 6:15 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been Sat. 7/1 9:00 handed down from father to son for centuries. "A multilayered exploration of dignity, perseverance, and progress." Sun. 7/2 6:15 -Leah Pickett, Chicago Reader "A sky-high documentary salute to girl power." -Susan Wloszczyna, RogerEbert.com Mon. 7/3 3:20 9:00 "Everything you could ask for in a documentary, and more." -Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal (G, 87m) The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's (Chris Fri. 6/30 3:00 8:45 Pratt) true parentage in "an imaginative romp that once again reflects [writer/director James ] Gunn's unique and Sat. 7/1 5:45 irreverent sensibility." -Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Co-stars Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Sun. 7/2 3:00 8:45 Michael Rooker and Kurt Russell. "A winning and wonderfully relatable gem of crazy." -Brian Truitt, USA Today "Packs a bright and shiny and sweet punch." -Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times (PG-13, 137m) Mon. 7/3 5:45 Writer/director James Gray's epically scaled adventure biopic tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam), who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence Tue. 7/4 3:10 of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. "If you long for a film in the Wed. 7/5 8:50 tradition of such grown-up entertainments as Lawrence of Arabia and The English Patient, this is one to get lost in." -Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A miraculous movie, at once moving, intimidating, and gorgeous to behold." Thu. 7/6 5:30 -David Sims, The Atlantic (PG-13, 140m) This documentary, beautifully filmed from the perspective of stray cats in Istanbul, is "a collective portrait that's as elegant as its light-footed subjects, it's guaranteed to soothe a weary mind." -Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter Tue. 7/4 6:30 "Those who don't especially like cats – or Istanbul, for that matter – might not get a lot out of Turkish director Ceyda Wed. 7/5 4:10 6:30 Torun's love letter to the feline population of her native city. For everyone else, it should be an almost unadulterated Thu. 7/6 3:10 9:00 pleasure." -Peter Keough, Boston Globe "The cat's meow. Literally." -Adam Graham, Detroit News (NR, 79m) This is the incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) Fri. 7/7 8:50 and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains Sat. 7/8 8:50 behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. "An assertion of Sun. 7/9 8:50 humanity and civil rights that is pure cinematic nourishment for soul." -Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service "Both a dazzling piece of entertainment and a window into history." -Stephanie Zacharek, TIME Magazine (PG, 127m) Mon. 7/10 3:20 8:50 Featuring stunning, never-before-seen imagery Disneynature's new film takes an epic journey into the wilds of China, Fri. 7/7 4:10 6:30 where few people have ever ventured. Following the stories of three animal families, panda, golden monkey and snow Sat. 7/8 6:30 leopard, the film transports audiences to some of the most extreme environments on Earth to witness some of the most intimate moments ever captured in a nature film. Narrated by John Krasinkski. "Consistently delivers an amazing Sun. 7/9 4:10 6:30 eyeful." -Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News (G, 79m) Mon. 7/10 6:30 Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising his niece, a child prodigy in a coastal town in Florida. His plans for a normal school life for her are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of his Tue. 7/11 6:15 formidable mother. "What's in a child's best interest? It depends on who's answering the question." -Nicole Herrington, New York Times [Director Marc] Webb takes a well-crafted script by Tom Flynn and raises it up, spinning a tale Wed. 7/12 6:15 so filled with wit, poignancy and authenticity that when the emotional sparks do fly, the audience is ready." -Bruce Thu. 7/13 3:20 9:00 Demara, Toronto Star "Good-hearted entertainment." Glenn Kenny, -RogerEbert.com (PG-13, 101m) Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota Tue. 7/11 9:00 struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son – until a stormy Wed. 7/12 3:15 9:00 summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again. "I walked out of After the Storm wanting to be a better person – and further convinced that Hirokazu Kore-eda isn't just one of the world's best filmmakers, but one of its most Thu. 7/13 6:00 indispensable artists." -Bilge Ebiri, Village Voice (NR, 117m) COMING SOON: THE BIG SICK WONDER WOMAN IN SEARCH OF ISRAELI CUISINE THE HERO LIKE CRAZY