Ahead of the world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival, a new clip was released for Maria, Pablo Larraín’s biopic of American opera singer Maria Callas, starring Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie.
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Netflix Scoops up Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ Starring Angelina Jolie as Opera Legend | Watch First Clip
Angelina Jolie in Maria by Pablo Larraín (Netflix)
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‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ – Jim Broadbent Goes on an Inspiring Journey in Touching Movie | Trailer
Jim Broadbent in ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’. (Courtesy of Quiver Distribution) Returning after a successful run directing the award-winning mini series ‘Normal People’, director Hettie Macdonald comes with ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a feature film, telling the sweet and inspiring journey of an elderly man who sets off on a journey to meet a dying old friend. The film is based on the 2012’s Rachel Joyce novel of the same name.
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‘She Taught Love’ – Darell Britt-Gibson and Arsema Thomas Lead Nate Edwards’ Romantic Drama Film | Trailer
Arsena Thomas and Darell Britt-Gibson in ‘She Taught Love’. (Andscape) A struggling actor meets a career-driven woman facing her mortality in She Taught Love, a new romance drama film from filmmaker Nate Edwards.
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‘Emilia Perez’ – Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez Star in Jacques Audiard’s Cannes-Winning Musical | Teaser Trailer
Selena Gomez in ‘Emilia Perez’. (Credit: Shanna Besson) 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.
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‘Matt and Mara’ – Matt Johnson and Deragh Campbell Star in Quirky Romantic Drama Film | Trailer
Matt Johnson and Deragh Campbell in ‘Matt and Mara’. (Courtesy of Cinema Guild) 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.
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‘The Line’ – Alex Wolff, Halle Bailey Star in Frat House Thriller Movie | Teaser Trailer
The Line directed by Ethan Berger (screenshot / Utopia) 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.
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‘Close Your Eyes’ – Art Imitates Life in Victor Erice’s First Film in 31 Years | Trailer
José Coronado in Close Your Eyes. (Film Movement) Film Movement released the official trailer and the U.S. theatrical dates for ‘Close Your Eyes’, a drama film from celebrated Spanish director Victor Erice (The Spirit of Beehive). The film is Erice’s first feature length film since 1992’s ‘The Quince Tree Sun’. The semi-autobiographical film of director Victor Erice follows an aging filmmaker as he recalls his final and unfinished film following the mysterious disappearance of the lead actor.
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‘In The Summers’ – Residente and Sasha Calle Star in Alessandra Lacorazza’s Sundance-winning Family Drama | Trailer
In The Summers by Alessandra Lacorazza (Music Box Films) Music Box Films unveiled the official trailer for In ‘The Summers’, the directorial debut film of Colombian-American filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza. Loosely based on Lacorazza’s childhood, the coming-of-age film follows two girls over the course of four formative summers on their yearly summer visits to their father’s home in New Mexico.
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Mira Sorvino Boards ‘City of Dreams’ as Executive Producer, Sylvester Stallone and Martin Sheen as Ambassadors
Mira Sorvino, Sylvester Stallone, Martin Sheen (City of Dreams / screenshot) Ahead of the August 30, 2024 release of City of Dreams from writer-director-producer Mohit Ramchandani, Academy Award® winner Mira Sorvino has boarded as executive producer, with Sylvester Stallone, legendary coach Pat Riley, actor Martin Sheen (The West Wing), talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford, ‘Vikings’ and ‘Big Sky’ star Katheryn Winnick, and ’24’ and ‘Riverdale’ star Marisol Nichols joining as ambassadors for the film.
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‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ – André Holland Stars in Autobiographical Drama Film of Painter Titus Kaphar | Trailer
Andra Day and André Holland in Exhibiting Forgiveness (Roadside Attractions) Roadsite Attractions unveiled the official trailer for ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’, the autobiographical film of American contemporary painter Titus Kaphar. The film stars André Holland (Moonlight) as painter Titus Kaphar whose life is changed after an unexpected visit from his estranged father.
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‘The Piano Lesson’ – Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washinton Star in August Wilson’s Play Adaptation | Trailer
The Piano Lesson. (screenshot/Netflix) Netflix unveiled the official trailer for ‘The Piano Lesson‘, the drama film based on the 1987’s play of the same name by playwright August Wilson. The film is directed by August Washington and produced by Denzel Washington, who was familiar with Wilson’s work being involved in two of the playwright’s adaptation, ‘Fences’ and ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’.
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‘A Mistake’ – Elizabeth Banks Stars as a Surgeon in Christine Jeffs’ Medical Drama Film | Trailer
Elizabeth Banks in A Mistake. (Courtesy of Quiver Distribution) Elizabeth Banks stars in ‘A Mistake’ the medical drama film based on a best-selling novel of the same name by Carl Shuker, that tells the story of a surgeon facing the aftermath of a mistake while operating on a patient.