Month: May 2014

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THE LUNCHBOX starts Friday, May 30

Middle-class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She desperately hopes that this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. She prepares a special lunchbox to be delivered to him at […]

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CITIZEN KOCH starts Friday, June 13

In this searing exposé on the state of democracy in America and the fracturing of the Republican Party, Academy Award®-nominated directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water; co-producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 & Bowling for Columbine) follow the money behind the rise of the Tea Party. Citizen […]

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HALF OF A YELLOW SUN starts Friday, May 30

In Half of a Yellow Sun, Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Upon returning to privileged city life in the newly-independent Nigeria of the 1960s after their expensive English educations, the two women make very different choices. Olanna […]

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CINETOPIA at Cinema Detroit, June 5-8

We are proud and excited to be a part of the Cinetopia International Film Festival, which brings the best feature-length dramas, comedies, and documentaries from the world’s best film festivals (Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, SXSW, Tribeca, etc.) to southeastern Michigan. Cinetopia honors the rich heritage of cinematic […]

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ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE starts Friday, May 16

Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, and Jeffrey Wright, and partially filmed just around the block from us (no, really…see the map below)…Cinema Detroit is pleased to present Only Lovers Left Alive. Set against the romantic desolation […]

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IT FELT LIKE LOVE starts Friday, May 16

Eliza Hittman’s powerful debut feature It Felt Like Love tells the story of Lila (Gina Piersanti), a fourteen-year-old spending a hot summer in a blue-collar Brooklyn neighborhood far removed from the bustling city. Awkward, lonely, and often playing the third wheel, Lila is determined to emulate the sexual […]

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