266 | The Coffee Table

• Rated 16+

• Runtime: 1hr 31min

• Written by Cristina Borobia and Caye Casas

• Directed by Caye Casas

• Stars: David Pareja, Estefania de los Santos, Eduardo Antuna

• Premiered on September 28, 2023 at Fantastic Fest

• Released on April 19, 2024 in theaters

• RT: 88% critics / 78% audience

Synopsis 

Jesus and Maria are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship and, to top it off, they’re adjusting to being new parents. To help shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table - a decision that will, unexpectedly, change everything.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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235 | Perpetrator

• Written & Directed by Jennifer Reeder

• Stars Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Lowell

• Not Rated

• Runtime: 1hr 41mins

• Premiered at Berlin International Film Festival February 17, 2023

• Released September 1, 2023

• RT: 80% critics, 32% audience

  Synopsis 

  Teenage outcast Jonny is sent to live with her strange aunt in a town where girls have been going missing. As her aunt introduces Jonny to her burgeoning new powers, she decides to utilize them to find her missing classmates.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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