Focus Features released the official trailer for The Outfit, the crime drama film starring Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Johnny Flynn, Dylan O’Brien, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Simon Russell Beale. Directed by Graham Moore in his directorial debut, the film will open in theaters on February 25, 2022.
Mahamat Saleh Haroun’s Lingui, The Sacred Bonds has been selected as Chad’s Official Submission for Best International Feature Film for the 94th Academy Awards®. The film received its World Premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and its North American Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Lingui, The Sacred Bonds also screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival and it will receive its New York premiere at MoMA’s The Contenders. The film opens February 4, 2022 in the US. This is the third time that Haroun has represented Chad at the Oscars, following his prior films Abouna and Grigris.
The Slow Hustle, a feature documentary directed by Sonja Sohn of HBO’s “Baltimore Rising” and “The Wire”, chronicles the still unsolved death of Baltimore police detective Sean Suiter, fatally shot in the head in 2017 while in the line of duty, and explores the ongoing speculation about what really happened that day.
Torn, the new documentary from photographer and National Geographic Explorer Max Lowe captures an intimate look at the Lowe-Anker family as the body of legendary climber Alex Lowe is uncovered 17 years after his death. The film premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and won the award for Best Feature Film at BANFF; and will open in select theaters on Dec. 3, 2021.
Saban Films released the official trailer for The End of Us, the COVID-19 quarantine-set indie drama starring Ben Coleman and Ali Vingiano, that premiered at SXSW film festival. Directed by Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner, the film opens in select theaters on December 3, 2021 and on digital and on demand on December 7, 2021.
The documentary Adrienne, debuting on HBO on Wednesday, December 1 (8:00 -9:40 p.m. ET/PT) and directed by Andy Ostroy, the late Adrienne Shelly’s husband, is a celebration of the life and work of the actor, filmmaker, wife and mother and a personal exploration of grief. Shelly starred in over twenty films including Hal Hartley’s indie classics “The Unbelievable Truth” and “Trust.” Known for her early ingenue roles, Shelly strove to tell her own female-centric stories and wrote and directed several movies including the Sundance Film Festival hit, “Waitress.”
Here is the official trailer for Salt In My Soul, the documentary based on the posthumously published bestselling memoir of the same name, that takes you inside the mind of a young woman who tries to live a full life while dying.
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Summer of Soul lead the nominations for the 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards with four nominations, followed by Jessica Beshir with Faya Dayi and Nicholas Bruckman with Not Going Quietly each with three nominations.
Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for The Only One, the indie drama directed by first time filmmaker Noah Gilbert and starring Caitlin Stasey, Jon Beavers, along with Niseema Theillaud. The film “a love letter to France, good wine, and living your best life” opens in select theaters and on demand on December 10, 2021.
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) was the big winner at the sixth Critics Choice Documentary Awards winning in every category in which it was nominated, including the award for Best Documentary Feature, as well as Best Director (TIE), Best First Documentary Feature, Best Editing, Best Archival Documentary and Best Music Documentary.
ArtMattan Films will release the documentary She Had A Dream by Tunisian filmmaker Raja Amari in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, December 3, 2021
LIFE OF CRIME: 1984-2020, is the culmination of 36 years of work from multiple Emmy Award-winning producer/director Jon Alpert (HBO’s “Baghdad ER”). The third and final part of an epic documentary trilogy, LIFE OF CRIME: 1984-2020 tells the full story of three friends from Newark, New Jersey whose lives have been defined by and torn apart by their addictions. With unfettered access, LIFE OF CRIME: 1984-2020 bears witness to each of their journeys in and out of prison, rehab and in occasional jobs as they struggle to end the vicious cycles of drug use and to connect with the families they left behind. Authentic to true vérité filmmaking techniques, Alpert’s camera is observational, immersive, deeply intimate and unfiltered; the vast scope of the timeline allows for an extensive window into the tragic toll that addiction can take on substance abusers and their loved ones.