The Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) returns to the Brattle Theatre for its 25th anniversary celebration, from March 19th–23rd, 2025.
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‘The Surfer’ Starring Nicolas Cage Headlines 25th Boston Underground Film Festival Lineup
Nicolas Cage in The Surfer (Roadside Attractions)
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4th Marvels of Media Festival Celebrating Autistic Media-makers Returns to MoMI in NYC
Pictured (L to R): Bella Zoe Martinez and Matt Jones in Once More Like Rain Man. (Sue Ann Pien) Autistic media-makers get the spotlight at the 4th annual Marvels of Media Festival taking place from March 27–29 at Museum of the Moving Image in New York City. This year, in addition to screenings, panel discussions, and workshops, the festival will also feature an exhibition, and, for the first time, an expansion tour across the country, March 27–April 30.
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World Premiere of ‘Sweet Störy’ to Open 28th Sonoma International Film Festival Lineup
Sweet Störy by Sarah Justine Kerruish and Matt Maude (courtesy Sonoma International Film Festival) The 28th Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) returns to wine country from March 19-23, 2025, featuring a lineup of 39 narrative features, 16 documentaries, and 38 short films from over 21 countries alongside an array of filmmakers, actors, and culinary icons.
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‘Audrey’s Children’ Trailer – Natalie Dormer Stars as Trailblazing Dr. Audrey Evans in Award-Winning Biopic Film
Natalie Dormer in Audrey’s Children (Blue Harbor Entertainment) We are kicking off Women’s History Month with the official trailer for Audrey’s Children, the award-winning biopic film starring Game of Thrones alum Natalie Dormer (The Wasp) as Dr. Audrey Evans, the British-born American pediatric oncologist who was known as the ‘Mother of Neuroblastoma’ and one of the co-founders of the original Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia. She passed away on September 29, 2022 at the age of 97.
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‘The Assessment’ Trailer – Elizabeth Olsen, Himesh Patel, Alicia Vikander Star in Sci Fi Thrilller Film
Himesh Patel and Elizabeth Olsen in The Assessment (Magnus Jønck. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.) Magnolia Pictures debuted the official trailer for The Assessment, the science fiction thriller film starring Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel. Set in the future where parenthood is strictly controlled, a couple’s seven – day assessment for the right to have a child unravels into a psychological nightmare.
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‘You Burn Me’ Trailer – Matías Piñeiro’s Playful Adaptation of ‘Sea Foam’ Sets US Release Date
You Burn Me (Tú me abrasas) (courtesy Cinema Tropical) Cinema Guild has revealed the official trailer for You Burn Me (Tú me abrasas), the ‘reverie on love and mortality’ from Argentinian filmmaker Matías Piñeiro.
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‘The Surfer’ Trailer – Nicolas Cage Squares off Against Locals in Psychological Thriller Film
Nicolas Cage in The Surfer (Roadside Attractions) Roadside Attractions debuted the official trailer for The Surfer, the thriller film starring Nicolas Cage as a man returning to the beach of his childhood to surf with his son, but is drawn into a conflict with a group of powerful locals.
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‘Seance’ and ‘Segal’ Win Top Awards at 19th Beaufort International Film Festival
Séance directed by Vivian Kerr (courtesy MidWest WeirdFest) Seance directed by Vivian Kerr has won the Best Feature Film at the 19th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival in Beaufort, SC which wrapped on Sunday. Scottie Thompson also won Best Actress for her performance in the film as a Victorian woman in 1892 California, contemplating adultery, and is forced to take refuge from a storm at the home of her first husband and his unstable wife, who claims to be haunted by their dead child.
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‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Trailer – John Lithgow Terrorizes Geoffrey Rush in Cruel Nursing Home Set Horror Thriller Film
John Lithgow in The Rule of Jenny Pen (Screenshot / IFC Films) IFC Films shared the official trailer for The Rule of Jenny Pen, the horror thriller film starring Geoffrey Rush as a judge who finds himself in a nursing home after an unexpected health scare, where he encounters a bizarre resident (played by John Lithgow) hellbent on terrorizing the patients.
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Conclave, Timothée Chalamet, Demi Moore, Kieran Culkin, Zoe Saldaña Win at 31st SAG Awards
Conclave (Courtesy Focus Features) The SAG Awards spread the love around with no film winning more than one award.
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‘The Six Triple Eight’, ‘Nickel Boys’, ‘Sing Sing’ Among Winners at 56th NAACP Image Awards
Ebony Obsidian, Pepi Sonuga, Moriah Brown, Nicole Avant, Kylie Jefferson, Kerry Washington, Sarah Jeffery, and Milauna Jackson accept the Outstanding Motion Picture award for “The Six Triple Eight” onstage during the 56th NAACP Image Awards (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for BET) Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight walked away with the Outstanding Motion Picture at the 56th NAACP Image Awards, along with Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Kerry Washington, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Ebony Obsidian.
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‘For Worse’ ‘Marlee Matlin’ Doc ‘Love, Brooklyn’ Set as 49th Cleveland International Film Festival Spotlight Films
For Worse directed by Amy Landecker (courtesy Cleveland International Film Festival) The 49th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) running March 27 – April 5, 2025, has revealed the year’s spotlight films, with For Worse, the directorial debut of actress Amy Landecker as Opening Night Film. The documentary Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore directed by Shoshannah Stern will screen as Centerpiece, and Love, Brooklyn directed by Amy Landecker as Closing Night Film.