Matthew Broderick stars in the indie film To Dust as Albert, a community college biology professor, who embarks on an unlikely friendship with an Hasidic cantor, distraught by his wife’s death. To Dust directed by Shawn Snyder opened in theaters on Friday February 8th in NY, with nationwide rollout to follow.
AMONG WOLVES by director Shawn Convey is an observational documentary film about those who struggle to heal long after war’s end. The Wolves are a rare breed, a multi-ethnic motorcycle club led by Bosnian War veterans. In the mountains where they once fought, they now defend the threatened herd of wild horses with whom they once shared the front line. Since the war, a harsh environment, poachers, and urbanization have threatened the herd. Stirred by their spirit of survival, the Wolves fight for them and organize ever more ambitious humanitarian efforts for their town and region. In helping others, they discover a new kind of freedom. In working together, they get ever closer to controlling their own fate and finally emerging from the shadow of war.
The three new chapters of the critically-acclaimed award-winning I Am documentary series will feature Richard Pryor, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Patrick Swayze. I Am Richard Pryor, the first of the three 2019 installments, will make its world premiere at South by Southwest Film Festival on Tuesday, March 12, and will debut on Paramount Network on Friday, March 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Premiere dates for the Jackie O and Patrick Swayze documentaries will be announced at a later date. These three iconic figures join the prestigious roster who have been featured in past I Am documentaries, including John F. Kennedy Jr., Martin Luther King Jr., Bruce Lee, Steve McQueen, Evel Knievel, Heath Ledger, Paul Walker, Sam Kinison, and Chris Farley.
The award-winning documentary Knock Down the House, which chronicles the campaigns of four female progressive candidates including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, against powerful incumbents in the 2018 midterm elections has been acquired by Netflix and is expected to debut on the streaming network later this year. The film is directed by Rachel Lears and produced by Lears, Robin Blotnick, and Sarah Olson.
This year, the competition program of the 31st Filmfest Dresden (April 9 to 14, 2019) will consists of 76 films from 38 countries.
The horror film, Girl On The Third Floor, the debut film from Travis Stevens today released the first look – complete with official teaser trailer. Girl On The Third Floor which stars Phil “CM Punk” Brooks will have its world premiere at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival on Sunday, March 10th.
Following their big win at the Sundance Film Festival, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will honor filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert with its 2019 Tribute and showcase a curated selection from their significant body of work at the 22nd annual festival, April 4 to 7 in Durham.
The Brazilian horror film Cannibal Club, directed by Guto Parente, will premiere in North America this March via Uncork’d Entertainment, opening in theaters on March 1st and available On Demand March 5th.
The Iranian black comedy Pig (Khook) that world premiered at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival, opened at New York’s IFC Center on February 1, to be followed by the Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles on February 15.
The trailer debuted for Wayne Blair’s highly anticipated Australian romantic comedy Top End Wedding starring Miranda Tapsell, and Bohemian Rhapsody breakout Gwilym Lee. Top End Wedding which also stars Kerry Fox, Huw Higginson, Ursula Yovich and Shari Sebbens, had it’s World Premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
WORKING WOMAN, an absorbing Israeli drama about a young mother and wife struggling with sexual harassment in the workplace, will open theatrically in NYC March 27 at the IFC Center & Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan, and April 12 in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s Royal, Town Center, and Playhouse.
