For one week on 1972, legendary musician John Lennon and partner Yoko Ono took over the co-hosting duties for the Mike Douglas Show, leading into a week of some of the most unforgettable moments in daytime television history. Kino Lorber unveiled the official trailer for a documentary looking back at this eventful week of television history, ‘Daytime Revolution’.
Founded in 1974, Studio One was an iconic, groundbreaking LGBT disco nightclub in West Hollywood, hosting performers such as Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Paul Newman throughout its run. ‘Studio One Forever’ is a documentary telling the untold stories of the legendary club, immortalizing its existence and importance in the LGBTQ+ rights movement in America.
Actress Danielle Deadwyler (Till) will receive the MVFF Award for acting at the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF). The festival will host a Spotlight presentation of Netflix’s The Piano Lesson, starring Deadwyler along with Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu,.
Ben Taylor’s drama film Joy starring Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton and Bill Nighy will World Premiere as the Cunard Gala of the 68th BFI London Film Festival .
World premiering at this year’s 77th Cannes Film Festival, french auteur Jacques Audiard’s (Rust and Bones, A Prophet) ‘Emilia Perez’ won the Jury Prize, and became the fifth film in the history of the festival to have an ensemble cast win the Cannes’ Best Actress award.
After having its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, garnering universal acclaim from critics, ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’, a documentary on the life of the celebrated Superman actor is coming to US theaters and on Max.
After gaining critical success for 2019’s ‘Anne at 13,000 Ft.’, Canadian director Kazik Radswanski returns with his low-budget filmmaking style on his fourth feature film, ‘Matt and Mara’. The mumblecore-adjacent film stars Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson in its titular roles, both a longtime collaborator of Radswanski in a road trip story about a woman in a strained marriage and a free-spirited writer from her past.
Narrated by Ariana DeBose, Stanley Nelson’s San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood documentary will make its World Premiere as a Special Event of the 62nd New York Film Festival, on Wednesday, October 9.
Making his feature film debut with ‘The Line‘, director Ethan Berger helms a story about the manipulative and morally ambiguous life of college fraternities. Starring Alex Wolff in the leading role, ‘The Line’ follows a working-class student played by Wolff navigating through the madness of frat life.
Angelina Jolie, the multi-hyphenate Academy Award–winning actor, Tony Award–winning producer, writer, director, and humanitarian will receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival.
In recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy is presenting Wim Wenders with the European Lifetime Achievement award at the 37th European Film Awards.
Under the theme “Rooted RVA” the 13th Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF), takes place September 24th – 29th, 2024 featuring over 170 film premieres from 25 countries.