AWARDS
2014
NEW ETHOS EXCELLENCE
The Overnighters
EXCELLENCE
(PG-13) Documentary
ART + VALUES
A riveting documentary that explores the real-world challenges of living Christ’s injunction to love thy neighbor amid the economic turmoil of modern America.
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2014
NEW ETHOS SELECTIONS
A Most Violent Year
VALUES
(R) Drama, Thriller
Writer-Director J.C. Chandor tests the moral fiber of businessman Abel Morales against the heat of corruption and the pressures of the system, during New York City’s most violent year- 1981.
ART
(R) Drama
Richard Linklater’s ambitious twelve year coming-of-age story is nothing short of a cinematic feat that depicts the challenges of maturing in the shadow of a broken, but never hopeless, family life.
VALUES
(R) Comedy, Drama
Father and son go on the road in Chef. Their growing bond gives a man a chance at reinventing himself, not only professionally, but in his human relationships.
RELIGION
(R) Action, War, Drama
Behind German lines, the chaos of war takes its toll on the spirits of a five-man Sherman tank team led by seasoned Don “Wardaddy” Collier- a man determined to give an inexperienced new subordinate a baptism by fire.
RELIGION
(NR) Drama, Musical
A whimsical musical drama from indie group Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch that sends the talented and ambitious, yet troubled, Eve on a quest to start a band, only to discover her own desperate need for healing.
VALUES
(PG-13) Drama, Historical
Ava DuVernay’s biopic brings to the screen the inspiring work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes the battle for the voting rights of African Americans across the State of Alabama in a historic march from Selma to Montgomery.
RELIGION
(PG-13) Comedy, Drama
A stubborn, alcoholic, Vietnam veteran is made a saint in the eyes of his young neighbor. Theodore Melfi’s first feature film shows how good can come from unexpected places and the depth of a person is sometimes hard to see.
VALUES
(PG-13) Drama, War
Produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, Unbroken is the inspiring true story of US Olympic athlete Louis “Louie” Zamperini’s whose harsh experience in World War II demonstrates the resilience of an unbreakable human spirit.