Lone Star Film Festival
Lone Star Film Festival
Lone Star Film Festival’s thirteenth season brings days of guilt-free movie-binging to Fort Worth, along with a healthy dose of education, culture and competition.
Lone Star Film Festival’s thirteenth season brings days of guilt-free movie-binging to Fort Worth, along with a healthy dose of education, culture and competition.
Executive Director Chad Mathews named five must-see flicks at this year’s fest in Sundance Square. Bring on the popcorn!
A Hidden Life
Three-time Oscar-nominated director Terrence Malick tells a tale of love, war and standing up for what is right. The film shares the true story of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter’s resistance when called to fight for Germany during World War II.
Saturday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m.
AMC Theater
Drama | Director Terrence Malick
Just Mercy
The story of Attorney Bryan Stevenson’s fight to overturn the wrongful conviction of death row inmate, Walter McMillan in Monroeville, Alabama. After graduating from Harvard, Stevenson dedicates his life to advocating for civil rights and criminal justice reform through founding the Equal Justice Initiative.
Sunday, Nov. 17 at 8:30 p.m.
AMC Theater
Drama | Director Daniel Destin Cretton
Netflix vs. the World
Filmmaker and native Texan, Shawn Cauthen documents the evolution of Netflix from a Silicon Valley movie-rental industry disruptor to the media powerhouse that took down Blockbuster and revolutionized the TV binge.
Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7:15 p.m.
AMC Theater
Documentary | Director Shawn Cauthen
Sleeping in Plastic
“Sleeping in Plastic” is inspired by a Texas Monthly photographer’s experience traveling lonely highways through small towns. A high school wrestler becomes entranced in desire and violence when he meets a beautiful drifter and her sadistic lover.
Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8:30 p.m.
AMC Theater
Drama | Director Van Ditthavong
El Aguacate
Cine-más programmer Lisandra Montes recommends “El Aguacate” and calls it the story of “an impossible love.” Two elderly janitorial coworkers fall quietly in love in a sweet and charming short film with big things to say about current events.
Friday, Nov. 15 at 2:45 p.m.
Central Library
Short Film | Director Nick Rocco Scalia
