Directed by Emmy winner Lauren Stowell, Celtics City, a multipart documentary series on the 18-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Boston Celtics will debut on HBO in 2025.
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Emmy Winner Lauren Stowell to Direct ‘Celtics City’ HBO DocuSeries on NBA Champion Boston Celtics
Celtics City (Credit: Courtesy Words + Pictures/HBO)
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‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’ Dominates 9th Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Ent.) Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story dominated at the 9th Critics Choice Documentary Awards, winning all six of its nominated categories, including a tie with Will & Harper for Best Documentary Feature, along with wins for Best Director for Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, Best Editing for Otto Burnham, Best Score for Ilan Eshkeri, Best Archival Documentary, and Best Biographical Documentary.
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‘Oh, Canada’ Trailer – Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi, and Uma Thurman Star in Paul Schrader’s Drama About an Aging Filmmaker
Oh Canada (Kino Lorber) Based on the 2021 novel Foregone by Russell Banks, Oh, Canada marks the second collaboration between director Paul Schrader and lead actor Richard Gere after 1997’s Affliction. The film follows the story of an aging filmmaker (played by Gere) telling the unfiltered story of his life for a documentary. Oh, Canada world premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and also screened at the 38th AFI Fest.
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Movies Released on Friday November 8 – From Malcolm Washington’s Drama ‘The Piano Lesson’ to Hugh Grant-Starring Horror ‘Heretic’
Amid the buzz of U.S. presidential election, a diverse lineup of new films is hitting theaters. Making his feature directorial debut, Malcolm Washington—son of Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington—presents The Piano Lesson, an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pullitzer Prize-winning 1987 play. Anthony Mackie stars in George Nolfi’s post-apocalyptic thriller Elevation. For martial arts fans, the period-piece film 100 Yards offers hard-hitting action. After his recent Oscar win, Cillian Murphy returns in the mystery Small Things Like These, set in a quiet Irish town. Hugh Grant stars in the new A24 horror film, Heretic, and Cannes-premiering director Andrea Arnold presents Bird, a coming-of-age story.
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‘Behind the Lines’ Trailer – First Look at Andrew Carroll’s War Letters Documentary Narrated by Annette Bening
Behind the Lines (screenshot / Sypher Studios) Ahead of the market premiere at AFM, here is the first-look footage trailer of Behind the Lines, the new feature documentary based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name by the renowned historian Andrew Carroll.
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‘Wild, Weird, Bloody’ – Retrospective of 75th Berlin Film Festival to Celebrate 1970s Genre German Films
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe © Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation The 75th Berlin International Film Festival will celebrate the offbeat and the wacky, mix it up with action, thrills, and graphic visuals of genre films from East and West Germany made in the 1970s, by showcasing 15 films in the Retrospective themed “Wild, Weird, Bloody”.
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‘The Only Girl in the Orchestra’ Trailer – Netflix Documentary Honors First Woman Full-Time Member of NY Philharmonic
The Only Girl in the Orchestra (screenshot / Netflix) Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for The Only Girl in the Orchestra, a short documentary that tells the story of double bassist Orin O’Brien. Directed by her niece, Molly O’Brien, the film follows Orin’s journey as the first woman to become a full-time member of the New York Philharmonic, performing under the direction of the legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein.
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‘Drive Back’ Trailer – Road Trip Goes Wrong in Cody Ashford’s Horror Film
Drive Back (Dark Sky Films) Following its world premiere at the 2024 FrightFest UK and its US premiere at the 2024 Screamfest Horror Film Festival, Dark Sky Films has unveiled the trailer for Cody Ashford’s Drive Back. The film tells the story of a couple trying to survive a killer while on a road trip celebrating their engagement.
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‘Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey’ Trailer -Netflix Docuseries Revisits Unsolved Murder Case
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey (screenshot / Netflix) Directed by Joe Berlinger, the Netflix documentary series Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey investigates the mishandling of the infamous murder case by law enforcement and the media.
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‘The End’ Trailer – Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon Star in Joshua Oppenheimer’s Apocalyptic Musical Film
The End (screenshot / Neon) After a 10-year hiatus from filmmaking, Oscar-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence) returns with his first narrative feature film, The End. The film follows the story of a family living in a bunker in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Luke Sparke’s Horror Film ‘Scurry’ Starring Jamie Costa Wins at Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival, Heads to AFM
Scurry (Film Mode Entertainment) Directed by Luke Sparke (Occupation, Occupation Rainfall), the horror film Scurry starring Jamie Costa (Kenobi: A Star Wars Story, Bring Him To Me) and Emalia (Paramount+ Paper Dolls) made its festival world premiere at the 2024 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice. It was written by Tom Evans (Bring Him To Me).
