HBO debuted the official trailer for My So-called High School Rank, the documentary chronicles the creation of a musical theater production at Granite Bay High School in Sacramento, CA, inspired by students’ stories of the constant pressures to achieve a top-rank in every part of their lives to get ahead in today’s fierce college admissions process.
Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love and Alex Pritz’ The Territory lead the nominees for the 16th Cinema Eye Honors Annual Awards celebrating outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking, with seven nominations each, tying the record for most Cinema Eye nominations in a single year. Shaunak Sen’s Cannes-winning feature, All That Breathes, received six nominations, and Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, winner of the Golden Lion at Venice, received four.
At its 52nd edition, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will celebrate radical filmmakers and visual artists including Hungarian filmmaker Judit Elek, Japanese animator Yuasa Masaaki,and American interdisciplinary artist Stanya Kahn. The festival also revealed the first titles in Harbour, the festival’s largest and broadest program.
Inspired by real events, the drama film On Sacred Ground is set amidst a confrontation around an oil pipeline that is being built at the Standing Rock Native American Reservation. The film stars William Mapother, Amy Smart, Mariel Hemingway, David Arquette, Irene Bedard, Kerry Knuppe, David Midthunder, Che Jim, James Kyson, and Frances Fisher.
Netflix released the official trailer for Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields, the documentary series investigates the Texas Killing Fields, a region with a dark pattern of girls who have disappeared and turned up dead.
A robotic Santa Claus at a toy store begins a killing spree in a small town in Christmas Bloody Christmas, the horror film starring Riley Dandy, Sam Delich, Jonah Ray Rodrigues, Dora Madison, Jeremy Gardner, with Jeff Daniel Phillips, and Abraham Benrubi.
Disney+ unveiled the official trailer for Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? the intimate and inspirational documentary on the Tony Award® -winning actress and singer on her journey to fulfill a lifelong dream to headline Madison Square Garden.
Cate Blanchett will receive the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 38th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival for her critically acclaimed portrayal of Lydia Tár in Todd Feld’s TÁR. Setting a historic record, this is the second time Blanchett will be feted at the festival as the Outstanding Performer of the Year. In 2014, she received the honor for her role as Jasmine French in Blue Jasmine, for which she also won the Oscar for Best Actress. In 2008, she was crowned the Modern Master Award for her role as Queen Elizabeth in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and as Bob Dylan in I’m Not There.
Directed by Valerie Kontakos, the documentary Queen of the Deuce tells the story of Chelly Wilson, entrepreneur, and Holocaust escapist who built an empire in the Times Square pornography circuit in the 1970s. The film world premieres at DOC NYC on November 11, 2022.
Saban Films unveiled the official trailer for High Heat, the action thriller starring Don Johnson (Knives Out) and Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace).
IFC Films revealed the official trailer for The Almond and the Seahorse, the poignant, and moving drama, based on the play by Kaite O’Reilly, starring Rebel Wilson, Celyn Jones, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Meera Syal, and Trine Dyrholm. In the film, Rebel Wilson stars as an archaeologist and Charlotte Gainsbourg as an architect fighting to re-imagine a future after a traumatic brain injury leaves them adrift from the people they love.
