• Bill Murray to Receive Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Maltin Modern Master Award

    Bill Murray stars with Rashida Jones in "On The Rocks"
    Bill Murray stars with Rashida Jones in “On The Rocks”

    Academy Award-nominated actor Bill Murray will receive the prestigious Maltin Modern Master Award at the 36th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Murray will be honored on Friday, April 2nd for his long-standing contributions to the film industry, most recently in the role of Felix Keane in Sofia Coppola’s On The Rocks opposite Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans, for which he received Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice nominations. Leonard Maltin will return for his 30th year to moderate the evening.

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  • IFC Films to Release Gia Coppola’s MAINSTREAM Starring Andrew Garfield and Maya Hawke

    Gia Coppola’s MAINSTREAM starring Maya Hawke and Andrew Garfield
    Gia Coppola’s MAINSTREAM starring Maya Hawke and Andrew Garfield

    IFC Films will release Gia Coppola’s sophomore feature Mainstream, starring Academy Award® nominee and Tony Award® winner Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge, Under the Silver Lake), Maya Hawke (Once Upon A Time In…Hollywood, Stranger Things), Nat Wolff (Palo Alto, The Fault in Our Stars), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass, Bad Grandpa), Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited, and Alexa Demie (Euphoria, Waves).

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  • Oxford Film Festival 2021 Announces Lineup of 158 Films

    Amy Winston’s "Queens of Pain"
    Amy Winston’s “Queens of Pain”

    Oxford Film Festival announced the lineup of official selections for the 18th annual edition of the festival which will be a hybrid presentation including an open-air outdoor theater, drive-ins, and a full month of virtual screenings from March 24-28, and April 1-30.

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  • ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Minari’ Win Top Seattle Film Critics Society 2020 Honors

    Minari and Nomadland
    Minari and Nomadland

    Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is the big winner this year with the Seattle Film Critics Society (“SFCS”), landing five 2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards, including Best Picture of the Year. The film also earned Zhao the Best Director award and a win for Best Film Editing. Frances McDormand was named Best Actress in a Leading Role, while Joshua James Richards’ work behind the camera secured a win for Best Cinematography.

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  • ‘Minari,’ ‘One Night in Miami…’ Frances McDormand, Riz Ahmed Win Utah Film Critics 2020 Awards

    Leslie Odom, Jr. in One Night in Miami
    Leslie Odom, Jr. in One Night in Miami

    Lee Isaac Chung’s autobiographical drama Minari took the top honor of Best Picture for the Utah Film Critics Association 2020 awards.

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  • BIGGIE: I GOT A STORY TO TELL Trailer – Netflix Revealing Documentary on Rapper Notorious B.I.G Debuts in March

    Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
    Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (Netflix)

    Netflix released the trailer for Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell, a rare behind-the-scenes footage of the late rapper and hip hop icon Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., featuring the testimonies of the closest friends and family. The documentary premieres on Netflix on March 1, 2021.

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  • Filmfest Dresden 2021 Postponed to July

    Filmfest Dresden
    Internationales Kurzfilmfestival / International Short Fim Festival in Dresden . Foto: Oliver Killig

    Due to the local COVID-19 regulations, Filmfest Dresden has postponed the upcoming 33rd edition from April to the new date of July 13 to 18, 2021

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  • Docu Series GRETA THUNBERG: A YEAR TO CHANGE THE WORLD Premieres on PBS on Earth Day

    Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
    Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

    PBS will air a new three-part documentary series following teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg as she seeks to raise awareness of the accelerating climate change. The documentary titled Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World (w.t.) premieres in its entirety as a special presentation on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22 at 8:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide. Encore airings of all three episodes air Wednesdays, April 28 – May 12, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings).

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  • Cloris Leachman’s Final Starring Role JUMP, DARLING, to Premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival

    "Jump, Darling" starring Cloris Leachman
    “Jump, Darling” starring Cloris Leachman

    In honor of Academy Award and BAFTA winning actress Cloris Leachman, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 94, BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival will screen Leachman’s final starring role “Jump, Darling” in the Bodies strand. BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival runs digitally from the March 17th- 28th, 2021.

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  • HBO Releases Trailer for COVID DIARIES NYC – Unfiltered Look at NYC During the First Wave of the Pandemic

    COVID Diaries NYC
    COVID Diaries NYC (HBO)

    HBO released the trailer for COVID Diaries NYC, chronicling the lives of five young filmmakers, ranging in age from 17 to 21, who turn their cameras on themselves to tell the stories of their families during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. The deeply personal film illuminates the plight of essential workers and their families during the early days of the COVID-19 crisis as they navigate the deadly virus and a country riven by social upheaval. COVID Diaries NYC debuts Tuesday, March 9 (9:00-9:40 ET/PT) on HBO.

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  • Animated Fantasy Horror Film THE SPINE OF NIGHT to World Premiere at SXSW

    "The Spine of Night" directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King
    “The Spine of Night” directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King

    The fantasy animation horror film The Spine of Night from directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King will world premiere as part of the SXSW Midnighters section, taking place virtually next month. NY/LA-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired world sales rights on the film.

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  • Glenn Close to Receive Variety’s Creative Impact in Acting Award

    Glenn Close in Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
    Glenn Close in Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)

    Variety announced it will be giving its Creative Impact in Acting Award to Glenn Close as part of their virtual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards event with the Palm Springs International Film Society on February 26.

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