Originally premiering at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival, Birdeater, the feature directorial debut of filmmaking duo Jack Clark and Jim Weir, is set to arrive in U.S. theaters and on VOD early next year.
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‘Every Little Thing’ Trailer – Sally Aitken’s Sweet Documentary Follows Hummingbird Rehabilitator
Every Little Thing (Kino Lorber) From Emmy-nominated director Sally Aitken, Every Little Thing is a documentary following the journey of specialist hummingbird rehabilitator Terry Masear as she attempts her goal to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles.
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‘Vermiglio’ Trailer – Martina Scrinzi, Tommaso Ragno Star in Maura Delpero’s Golden Globe-Nominated Italian Period Drama
Vermiglio (Cinedora) Selected as Italy’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards, Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio is a period drama set in a remote Italian mountain village in 1944. The film tells the story of a family whose lives are altered by the arrival of a soldier who has deserted the war.
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‘Los Frikis’ Trailer – Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson’s Cuban Coming-of-Age Drama Film Opens in US Theaters
Los Frikis From Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson, the directors of 2019’s Peanut Butter Falcon, Los Frikis is a coming-of-age drama set in 1990s Cuba. Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of teenagers who injected themselves with HIV to escape the country’s economic crisis by entering government-run sanatoriums.
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‘Rose’ Trailer – Aging Widow Redefines Herself in Aurélie Saada’s Sweet Drama Film
Rose directed by Aurélie Saada (Cohen Media Group) Originally making its world-premiere at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival, Aurélie Saada’s debut feature film Rose won the festival’s Variety Piazza Grande Award. The film follows an elderly widow as she tries to discover herself after her husband’s death with the help of her children.
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Movies in Theaters on Friday December 6 – The Return, The Order, Unstoppable, Y2K, Nightbitch, The End and More
Kicking off December, a vast selection of movies is hitting theaters. Steffen Haars and Nick Frost’s family-thriller-comedy Get Away follows a family vacation in Sweden gone wrong. Amy Adams turns into a canine in Nightbitch. Justin Kurzel brings action to theaters with The Order starring Jude Law while Kyle Mooney brings back the early 2000s with Y2K. Marisa Crespo and Moisés Romera’s You Are Not Me turns family drama into horror. Jharrel Jerome is one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles in Unstoppable. Christmas trip turns into heartbreak in H. Nelson Tracey’s drama Breakup Season. Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon attempt to escape mobsters in Lake George. Magnus von Horn’s period drama captures post-WW1 Copenhagen in The Girl With the Needle. Lillah Halla’s Power Alley follows a teenage volleyball player and her struggle for women’s rights in Brazil. Ralph Fiennes is Odysseus in Uberto Pasolini’s The Return. Joshua Oppenheimer’s apocalyptic musical The End stars Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon, and documentary Sabbath Queen follows the story of a gay rabbi.
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‘Julia’s Stepping Stones’ Trailer – Documentarian and Activist Julia Reichert Shares Her Story in Netflix Documentary
Julia’s Stepping Stones (screenshot / Netflix) Academy Award-winning director Julia Reichert (American Factory, Union Maids), who passed away in 2022, reflects on her life as a filmmaker and activist in the new Netflix documentary Julia’s Stepping Stones. Narrated by Reichert herself and created with her longtime collaborator and husband, Steve Bognar, the film traces her journey from a working-class upbringing to becoming an Oscar and Emmy-winning artist.
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Werner Herzog’s ‘Theater of Thought’ Documentary into the Science of the Mind to Finally Open in Theaters | Trailer
Theater of Thought (Courtesy of Argot Pictures) Originally premiered in 2022, legendary filmmaker and documentarian Werner Herzog’s latest work, Theater of Thought, is set for its U.S. theatrical debut this December. The documentary delves into the study and technology of the human mind, following Herzog and Columbia professor Rafael Yuste as they travel across the country to meet innovators in cerebral research and bioethics.
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Fang Li’s ‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’ WWII Documentary + China’s Oscar Entry Begins Theatrical Run | Trailer
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru by Fang Li (screenshot) Following its North American premiere at the Asian World Film Festival, Fang Li’s feature documentary The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru opened for an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run in U.S. theaters. The film chronicles the search for the wreckage of the Lisbon Maru, a Japanese freighter carrying British POWs that was unknowingly torpedoed by a U.S. submarine in 1942.
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‘Sujo’ Trailer – Orphaned Son of Cartel Sicario Struggles after Father’s Death in Mexico’s Oscars Submission
Sujo by Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez (screenshot / The Forge) Chosen to represent Mexico in the 2025 Academy Awards Best International Feature category, Sujo is a coming-of-age film telling the journey of the son of a cartel gunman trying to find his identity after his father’s passing.
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‘From Ground Zero’ Trailer – 22 Palestinian Filmmakers Capture their Lives in Gaza in Revealing Anthology Film
From Ground Zero – Sorry Cinema, Ahmed Hassouna (Watermelon Pictures) Selected as the official entry for Palestine for the 2025 Academy Awards Best International Feature category, Above Ground Zero is an anthology film made by 22 Palestinian filmmakers telling the story of their homeland and its people during the Israel-Gaza war.
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‘Silent City Driver’ Wins Top Award at 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Full List of Winners
Silent City Driver directed by Sengedorj Janchivdorj (courtesy PÖFF) Sengedorj Janchivdorj’s Silent City Driver was awarded the Grand Prix for Best Film along with the Best Production Design Award at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The Mongolian film follows a man who, after enduring 14 brutal years in prison, lives in isolation with his only companions, the stray dogs he has rescued over time. His life takes an unexpected turn when he finds work as a hearse driver and encounters two people who will reshape his existence.