Oscar Screenings Archive

HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the story of two coalitions-ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)-whose
activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no
scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify
promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.

Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing
affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.

Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) met in high school, married young and are growing apart.
As the reality of their separation sets in, Celeste slowly and painfully realizes she has been cavalier
about their relationship, and her decision, which once seemed mature and progressive, now seems impulsive
and selfish. But her timing with Jesse is less than fortuitous. While navigating the turbulent changes in
their lives and in their hearts, these two learn that in order to truly love someone, you may have to let
them go.

When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the
innocence of children all around the world.

As Ruby (Emayatzy Corinealdi) rides a bus through the inner city streets, she wills herself to push away
memories that crowd her.  Four years earlier, she was a vibrant medical student married to the love of
her life, Derek (Omari Hardwick). Now, she makes her way to the maximum security prison on the outskirts of
town. This is where her love now resides. Behind coiled razor wire and forty foot concrete walls.  As
the couple stares into the hallow end of an eight-year prison sentence, Ruby must learn to live another
life, one marked by shame and separation. 

Put in charge of his young son, Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali’s bond with Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.

WON’T BACK DOWN is a powerful story – inspired by true events – of parenthood, friendship, hope
and courage. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis portray determined mothers­ who will stop at nothing to
transform their children’s failing inner city school.  Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy and
a system mired in traditional thinking, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and
future of their children.