Caroline Lindy’s Your Monster took home Best of Fest and Pete Ohs’ Love and Work received Best Feature Film at the 2024 Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF).
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‘Your Monster’ and ‘Love and Work’ Win Top Prizes at Lower East Side Film Festival 2024
(Photo credit Alex Mendoza)
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Jennifer Connelly Searches for Enlightenment in ‘Bad Behaviour’ Comedy Film | Trailer
Bad Behaviour (Gravitas Ventures / screenshot) Gravitas Ventures shared the official trailer for Bad Behaviour, the dark comedy film starring Jennifer Connelly as a former child actor seeking enlightenment at a retreat while navigating a turbulent relationship with her daughter.
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Political Thriller ‘Words of War’ Starring Maxine Peake, Ciarán Hinds and Jason Isaacs Headed to Cannes Market
Words of War (Rolling Pictures, Good Films Collective, Concourse Media) The new political drama/thriller Words of War starring Maxine Peake, Ciarán Hinds and Jason Isaacs will launch worldwide sales in Cannes. Also starring in the movie are Ian Hart, Naomi Battrick, Harry Lawtey, Ellie Bamber, Agni Scott, Alec Newman, and Ben Miles.
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A Trans Man and His Cisgender Friend Uncover Old Feelings in ‘Summer Solstice’ Noah Schamus’ Indie Drama Film | Trailer
Summer Solstice (Cartilage Films) A trans man, and his cisgender and straight friend go on a weekend trip and uncover some old secrets in the indie drama film Summer Solstice starring Bobbi Salvör Menuez and Marianne Rendón.
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‘Never Look Away’ to Open, ‘Black Box Diaries’ to Close 10th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Line-up
Never Look Away by Lucy Lawless This year’s tenth anniversary edition of Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) taking place in-person from May 22-26, 2024, at venues across Mammoth Lakes, California, opens on May 22 with the California Premiere of Never Look Away, directed by Lucy Lawless.
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Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Norman Reedus Star in Jeff Nichols ‘The Bikeriders’ Crime Drama Movie | Trailer
The Bikeriders directed by Jeff Nichols (Focus Features) ICYMI. Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Boyd Holbrook, and Norman Reedus star in the upcoming crime drama film The Bikeriders, as bikers in a midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals. Over the course of a decade, the gang evolves from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life.
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Actress Jessica Lange to Receive CineMerit Award at (Filmfest München) Munich Film Festival
Jessica Lange in Marlowe (Open Road Films) Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actress Jessica Lange has been named the recipient of the first CineMerit Award of this year’s 2024 Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) taking place from June 28 to July 7, 2024. Lange will receive the CineMerit in honor of her achievement in the art of film.
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Edoardo De Angelis’ ‘Comandante’ to Open 23rd Open Roads: New Italian Cinema in NYC
Comandante directed by Edoardo De Angelis Edoardo De Angelis’ Comandante, a maritime thriller set in the early years of World War II, starring Pierfrancesco Favino as an Italian Royal Navy commander, will open the 23rd edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema.
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‘Going Varsity in Mariachi’ Headlines 26th Cine Las Americas Film Festival Lineup
Going Varsity in Mariachi Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn’s Going Varsity in Mariachi will open the 26th Anniversary edition of Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) in Austin, Texas. Taking place May 15-19, 2024 CLAIFF will close with Lone Scherfig’s La Contadora de Peliculas (The Movie Teller).
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2nd DC/DOX Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Documentaries on Christopher Reeve, Luther Vandross, Ani DeFranco
Look Into My Eyes by Lana Wilson DC/DOX documentary film festival in the nation’s capital unveiled the lineup including films on Christopher Reeve in Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much, Ani DeFranco in 1-800-ON-HER-OWN, and designer Diane Von Furstenberg in Diane Von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge.
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Kate Winslet Stars in WWII Drama Film ‘Lee’ as Famed War Journalist Lee Miller | Teaser Trailer
Lee (Roadside Attractions / Vertical) Roadside Attractions and Vertical revealed the first look official teaser trailer for Lee, the WWII drama film starring Kate Winslet as war journalist Lee Miller chronicling the events of World War II for Vogue magazine.
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10th Bentonville Film Festival Sets Amber Sealey’s ‘Out of My Mind’ as Opening Film + Announces Competition Lineup
Out of My Mind (Photo by Noah Greenberg) The 2024 Bentonville Film Festival, set for June 10-16 in Bentonville, Arkansas, unveiled the competition program of narrative, documentary, short film, and episodic selections premiering in-person.