The Michelin 3-star Northern California restaurant The French Laundry – currently run by legendary chef Thomas Keller – has often been recognized as the best in the world, but few know the story of its founder, Sally Schmitt. In an emotional final interview before her passing in March 2022, Sally tells her own story as a pioneering chef of California cuisine and sets the table for another way to look at life: where balance, rather than recognition, is the ultimate prize.
As part of its ongoing collaboration with Bloody Disgusting, Dark Star Pictures will release Missing, the crime thriller starring Aoi Ito (Her Love Boils Bathwater, KASANE-Beauty and Fate, Gangoose), Jiro Sato (Brothers in Brothel, New Interpretation Records of the Three Kingdoms, Gintama) and Hiroya Shimizu (The World of Kanako, Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy, Sadako).
IFC Films debuted the official trailer for Corsage, the period drama starring Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasan, Finnegan, Colin Morgan. The film has been selected to represent Austria at the 2023 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category.
Jean-Luc Godard, the French-Swiss film director, considered a pioneer of the 1960s French New Wave film movement has died. He was 91.
European Film Academy will honor Elia Suleiman with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award for his impressive dedication to cinema at the 35th European Film Awards Ceremony in Reykjavik. He is the first Palestinian director to win the European Achievement in World Cinema Award.
Paramount+ will exclusively premiere 11 Minutes, a four-part documentary that takes viewers inside the heart-stopping stories of terror and survival experienced by those who were at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas.
Showtime will air The Lincoln Project, a five-part documentary series following the members of the Lincoln Project over the course of the 2020 election and its aftermath.
Greenwich Entertainment debuted the official trailer for Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche, the documentary on the 1982 avalanche in Alpine Meadows, CA – the deadliest avalanche in US ski resort history.
Oliver Hermanus’ Living will open the 30th Hamptons International Film Festival, with The Son, directed by Florian Zeller as Centerpiece film, and The Banshees of Inisherin, directed by Martin McDonagh as Spotlight selection. McDonagh is set to attend with his film and participate in an “A Conversation With…” discussion as part of the festival program.
Disney+ released the teaser trailer for Mickey: The Story Of A Mouse, the documentary on the history of Mickey Mouse directed by award-winning filmmaker Jeff Malmberg (Marwencol).
The official trailer dropped today for The Fabelmans, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Gabriel LaBelle as Sammy Fabelman, a young aspiring filmmaker based on Spielberg himself, growing up in post-World War II era Arizona. The Fabelmans premiered on Saturday night at the Toronto International Festival to rave reviews with Variety writing that the film “Could Be the Oscar Frontrunner for Best Picture;” and will close the upcoming AFI FEST 2022.
