SLIFF 2018 Kicks Off November 1st with Nicole Kidman in Karyn Kusama’s DESTROYER

This year’s St. Louis International Film Festival’s opening night feature is DESTROYER, directed by native St. Louisan Karyn Kusama (“Girlfight,” “The Invitation”), who receives SLIFF’s Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award. DESTROYER follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell (Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, who also stars in “Boy Erased” at this year’s fest). As a young cop, Erin was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When Silas (Toby Kebbell), the darkly charismatic leader of the gang, re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past. The film also stars Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, and Sebastian Stan. The film screens at 8 PM, but the festivities kick off with a 6:30 PM reception featuring complimentary Urban Chestnut beers, Broadside Winery wines, and vodka cocktails.