At the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, HBO Max debuted a first look clip for part two of The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, the five-episode documentary series directed by Primetime Emmy-winning filmmaker Marina Zenovich, that examines the controversial Remnant Fellowship Church and its founder, the late Gwen Shamblin Lara.
A potent, observational exploration of female fortitude and solidarity, the Mexican documentary film La Mami, from Spanish-born director Laura Herrero Garvín (The Swirl) opens on Thursday, April 7 at Maysles Cinema in New York City, followed by other U.S. cities.
President Barack Obama narrates Our Great National Parks, an epic five-part documentary series on Netflix that celebrates and discover the power of our planet’s greatest national parks and wild spaces.
Bryan Russell is billed as the first person in the world with Down syndrome to ever run for public office.
Sony Pictures Classics debuted the official trailer for Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story, a documentary capturing the 50th anniversary of the iconic New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Featured in the documentary are Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Buffett, Katy Perry, Earth, Wind & Fire, and many others.
Magnolia Pictures released an official trailer for Anaïs in Love (Les amours d’Anaïs), the French romance comedy film directed by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet. The film starring Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Charles Clichet, Xavier Guelfi, Christophe Montenez, Anne Canovas, and Bruno Todeschini, premiered in the Critics’ Week sidebar at Cannes Film Festival.
Apple TV+ released the official trailer for They Call Me Magic, the four-part documentary series on the life and career of Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa (“Dope”), the docuseries made its debut at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas ahead of its global premiere on Friday, April 22, on Apple TV+.
Here is the official trailer for Vortex, the French drama film directed by Gaspar Noé about an elderly couple with advancing dementia.
The documentary How to Survive a Pandemic, directed by acclaimed journalist and Academy Award -nominated filmmaker David France (HBO’s “Welcome to Chechnya” and “How to Survive a Plague”) debuts Tuesday, March 29 (9:00-10:50 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO.
Check out the first clip from Jethica, a supernatural dark comedy shot in New Mexico in January 2021, in the midst of the pandemic, and world premiering at SXSW in the Visions section. Jethica boldly blends and bends genres, all at once shining as a sharp comedy and dire stalker thriller with an undead edge.
The new documentary Sheryl, an intimate story of song and sacrifice about musical icon Sheryl Crow, will premiere on Showtime on Friday, May 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Neon released the official redband trailer for Pleasure, a drama film about the Los Angeles porn industry starring newcomer Sofia Kappel that premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Also starring in the film are Revika Anne Reustle, Evelyn Claire, Dana DeArmond, Kendra Spade, and Jason Toler.