Netflix released the official trailer for Munich – The Edge of War, the British WWII drama starring George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner and Academy Award® winner Jeremy Irons. Set in 1938, a British civil servant and a German diplomat cross paths in Munich and conspire to prevent war in Europe. Directed by Christian Schwochow, Munich – The Edge of War opens in select theaters on December 31, 2021 and on Netflix on January 21, 2022
Slamdance Film Festival announced the full lineup of 28 features, 79 shorts, and 7 episodes for its 28th edition hybrid festival, which returns to its original home in Park City, Utah for its physical festival January 20-23, 2022, bridged with an accessible and robust program of virtual screenings, running January 20-30, 2022.
Henry Vallejo’s film Powerful Chief (Manco Cápac) is Peru’s official Oscar entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards taking place on March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
IFC Films will release Justin Kurzel’s award winning film Nitram (True History of the Kelly Gang, Snowtown Murders Macbeth) which premiered in competition at the 2021 Cannes International Film Festival to outstanding critical reception.
The Harder They Fall directed by Jeymes Samuel and starring Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors, Regina King, Zazie Beetz along with LaKeith Stanfield lead the African American Film Critics Association’s annual list of the top 10 films of the year. Other films on the list include King Richard, Respect, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Passing and Belfast.
A&E Network’s documentary series event “Secrets of Playboy” explores the hidden realities behind the fable and philosophy of the Playboy empire through today’s lens. Four years after Hefner’s death, insiders, colleagues, executives, Playmates and employees from all levels of the brand share the full story of what life within the Playboy world was truly like. Across ten hours, the series delves into the complex world Hugh Hefner created and examines its far-reaching consequences on our culture’s view of power and sexuality.
The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced their top honorees for 2021 with Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” winning Best Film and Best Original Screenplay. The semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama from filmmaker centers on a nine-year-old boy and his family during the troubles in 1969 Northern Ireland.
Outsider Pictures will release in U.S. theaters, Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People (Bob Cuspe – Nós Não Gostamos de Gente), the stop-motion animation directed by Cesar Cabral that ingeniously mixes documentary, comedy and road-movie. Winner of the Best Feature Award in the Contrechamp competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Grand Prize for Animated Feature at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the Brazilian film opens on Wednesday, December 15 at the Laemmle NoHo 7 in Los Angeles.
Joe Wright’s Cyrano was named Best Picture of 2021 by the Detroit Film Critics Society along with Best Actor for Peter Dinklage. Best Actress honors went to Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye. In other categories, Flee and Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) tied for Best Documentary.
Licorice Pizza, a coming-of-age drama set in the San Fernando Valley of the Seventies from Paul Thomas Anderson, was named Best Picture of 2021 by Atlanta Film Critics Circle.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film categories for the 94th Academy Awards®.
