The indie thriller TEJANO is the feature-length directorial debut of Austin-based filmmaker David Blue Garcia who has been called “an exciting new filmmaking voice,” by the Calgary International Film Festival.
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STYX, a Gripping Drama on the High Seas, Opens in Theaters on February 27
STYX starring Susanne Wolff STYX stars Susanne Wolff as Rike, a German emergency room physician, who leaves behind her everyday life to fulfill a long-held dream: a solo crossing of the Atlantic. But when she boards the Asa Gray, her gleaming white sailboat, in Gibraltar, she has no way of knowing the troubles or personal transformations that await her on the open seas.
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Comedy-Drama BROWN’S CANYON Debuts on VOD on January 29th
BROWN’S CANYON BROWN’S CANYON, the comedy-drama about five people at turning points in their lives, will debut on VOD and will be available to rent and own on digital HD across global internet and satellite platforms through Freestyle Digital Media on January 29, 2019. Freestyle Digital Media is the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios.
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Film Society of Lincoln Center to Spotlight THE FAVOURITE Director Yorgos Lanthimos with Retrospective
Emma Stone (with director Yorgos Lanthimos) The Favourite The Film Society of Lincoln Center will spotlight the amazing work of ‘the boldly iconoclastic director’ Yorgos Lanthimos with a five-film retrospective from February 1 to 5.
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JOBE’Z WORLD Releases Trailer, Opens in Theaters on January 11
Jobe’z World Here is the new trailer for Michael M. Bilandic’s Jobe’z World, starring Jason Grisell as Jobe, a roller-blading drug dealer.
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Barack Obama Reveals His Favorite Movies of 2018
If Beale Street Could Talk As he has done each year since 2015, former President Barack Obama released his favorite movies, songs, and books of the year on Facebook and Instagram. Obama’s taste in movies ranges from the popular Black Panther to some very impressive indie films including Eighth Grade, If Beale Street Could Talk, documentary films – Minding the Gap, Won’t You Be My Neighbor; and foreign films – Roma, Shoplifters.
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Australian Crime-Drama WEST OF SUNSHINE Opens January 2019 in Theaters
West of Sunshine by Jason Raftopoulos The Australian crime-drama West of Sunshine tells of a father who has less than a day to pay back a gambling debt, while looking after his young son.
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Sci Fi Comedy MEGA TIME SQUAD Debuts Poster + Trailer
Dark Sky Films released the trailer and poster for Mega Time Squad, the sci-fi/crime thriller/comedy about a low level thief stumbling upon an ancient time-travel device. The film which has received rave reviews will open in theaters and on VOD on February 15, 2019.
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Survival Thriller RUST CREEK in Theaters on January 4th
In Rust Creek, the new thriller from Kelly & Cal director Jen McGowan opening in theaters and VOD January 4th, an ordinary woman must summon extraordinary courage to survive a nightmare odyssey.
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Watch Drag Queens Meet Christianity in Official THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA Trailer
The Gospel of Eureka Love, faith and civil rights collide in a southern town as evangelical Christians and drag queens step into the spotlight to dismantle stereotypes in the trailer for the documentary The Gospel of Eureka. Directed by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher; and narrated by Mx Justin Vivian Bond, Kino Lorber will release The Gospel of Eureka on February 8, 2019.
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Watch First Trailer for Richard Linklater’s WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE Starring Cate Blanchett
Where’d You Go, Bernadette Annapurna Pictures released the official trailer and teaser poster for the comedy-drama Where’d You Go, Bernadette directed by Richard Linklater and starring Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup and Kristen Wiig. Where’d You Go, Bernadette also starring Emma Nelson, James Urbaniak, Judy Greer, Troian Bellisario, Zoe Chao and Laurence Fishburne opens in theaters on March 22, 2019.
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Watch New MAPPLETHORPE Trailer Starring Matt Smith as Controversial Artist Robert Mapplethorpe
MAPPLETHORPE Samuel Goldwyn Films released the new trailer for Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith as the Robert Mapplethorpe, considered as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. The film directed by Ondi Timoner and also starring Marianne Rendón, John Benjamin Hickey, Mark Moses, Carolyn McCormick, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Kerry Butler, will be released in theaters on March 1st, 2019.
Robert Mapplethorpe (Matt Smith) is arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70’s and 80’s. The film explores Mapplethorpe’s life from moments before he and Patti Smith moved into the famed Chelsea hotel, home to a world of bohemian chic. Here he begins photographing its inhabitants and his new found circle of friends including artists and musicians, socialites, film stars, and members of the S&M underground
Mapplethorpe’s work displayed eroticism in a way that had never been examined nor displayed before to the public. The film explores the intersection of his art and his sexuality along with his struggle for mainstream recognition. MAPPLETHORPE offers a nuanced portrait of an artist at the height of his craft and of the self-destructive impulses that threaten to undermine it all.