Wendy (Dakota Fanning, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, MIFF 2019) is 31 years old and happily in love with Jack (Jake Johnson, Safety Not Guaranteed, MIFF 2012), a divorcee in his 40s. The only snag in their age-gap relationship: she wants to have children, but he doesn’t want more than the two he already has; he’s also leery of getting married again. Hoping to inspire her to outgrow those particular urges, Jack proposes a six-month break in which she might dive into the Anchorage dating pool. What he hasn’t accounted for is the reappearance of Wendy’s handsome ex, a pilot who may prove less flighty than he once was.
The Sun Never Sets marks the first full-length feature in nearly a decade by Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies, MIFF 2013), an auteur who helped to forge the mumblecore lexicon – and launch the acting career of Greta Gerwig – with such heavily improvised and incredibly frank flicks as Hannah Takes the Stairs and Nights and Weekends. Though suffused with the same bracing candour and wit as those earlier, lo-fi ventures, Swanberg’s latest is captured on handsome 35mm film.
“A masterful portrait of humanity’s inability to figure out what we actually want at any given time … one of the mumblecore pioneer’s finest films.” – IndieWire
A down-and-out metalhead resurrects his dead bandmates in order to win back his ex-girlfriend and secure a record contract, but to defeat an army of the undead, he must learn to stop living in the past.
Explores Mike Tyson's rise as a boxing champion, his personal struggles including incarceration, substance abuse, and controversies, and his eventual redemption looking at his polarizing life through the lens of his growth and maturity.
Pat Tate travels to Ibiza, Spain to seek revenge and track down criminals who murdered his friend. During his journey, Tate is caught in a deadly conflict involving arms traffickers, mercenaries and the CIA.
