A Ghost Story
Director David Lowery
Starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck
Released August 11
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife in this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence.
Dark Night
Director Tim Sutton
Released August 18
Based around the 2012 multiplex massacre in Aurora, Colorado that took place during a screening of ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ Dark Night follows six strangers over the course of one day, from sunrise to midnight, the shooter among them.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power
Director Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
Starring Al Gore, Barack Obama, Donald Trump
Released August 11
The follow-up documentary addresses the progress made to tackle the problem of climate change and Al Gore’s global efforts to persuade governmental leaders to invest in renewable energy.
L’Odyssée
Director Jérôme Salle
Starring Audrey Tautou, Lambert Wilson
Released August 18
Biopic of the legendary French underwater explorer, researcher, scientist, inventor, and filmmaker Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Director Jeff Feuerzeig
Starring Laura Albert
Released August 24 (+Q&A with Laura Albert at the IFI)
Director of ‘The Devil and Daniel Johnston’ brings us a new documentary about what some call the greatest literary hoax ever created. Who exactly was JT LeRoy?
Detroit
Director Kathryn Bigelow
Starring John Boyega
Released August 25
The gripping story of one of the darkest moments during the civil unrest that rocked Detroit in the summer of ‘67.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D
Director James Cameron
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
Released August 29
Cameron’s 1991 ground-breaking sci-fi masterpiece has been converted in immersive 3D by Cameron himself taking the seminal blockbuster to the next level of effects and into the 21st century for the next generation of fans.
