Bleecker Street debuted the official trailer for The Friend, the dramedy film adapted from Sigrid Nunez’s bestselling 2018 novel, starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray and a huge Great Dane.
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‘The Friend’ Trailer, Naomi Watts, Bill Murray + a Great Dane Star in Moving Touching Dramedy Film
Naomi Watts and Bing in The Friend (Credit: Bleecker Street)
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Dave Chappelle to Receive President’s Award at NAACP Image Awards
Dave Chappelle (courtesy NAACP Image Awards) Comedian Dave Chappelle will receive the prestigious President’s Award at the 56th NAACP Image Awards airing live on Saturday, February 22, on BET and CBS.
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Better Man, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Saldaña, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce Win at Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards
Jonno Davies as “Robbie Williams” in Better Man from Paramount Pictures. (courtesy AACTA) The Robbie Williams biopic Better Man won Best Film, and its Australian director Michael Gracey was honored with the Award for Best Direction in Film at the 14th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards. ( see the nominations)
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Sister Midnight Trailer – Radhika Apte is Trapped in an Arranged Marriage in Karan Kandhari’s Oddball Comedy Horror Film
Sister Midnight (Courtesy of Magnet Releasing) Magnet Releasing revealed the official trailer for Sister Midnight, the Mumbai-set oddball comedy horror film starring Radhika Apte as a woman who is trapped in an unhappy arranged marriage.
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Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù to Star in Akinola Davies Jnr’s Feature Directorial Debut ‘My Father’s Shadow’
Akinola Davies Jnr (credit Mudawi), Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (credit Getty) Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (His House, Gangs Of London) is set to star in Akinola Davies Jnr’s feature directorial debut My Father’s Shadow. MUBI has pre-bought all rights for release in North America, UK, Ireland, and Turkey.
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Friendship Trailer – Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara Star in Awkward Bromance Comedy Film
Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd in Friendship (Courtesy of A24) A24 revealed the official trailer for Friendship, a “laugh-until-you-cry nightmare comedy about male bonding gone awry” starring Tim Robinson, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Paul Rudd.
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‘Eephus’ Trailer – Keith William Richards, Frederick Wiseman Star in Carson Lund’s Bittersweet Baseball Comedy Film
Keith Poulson, Ari Brisbon, David Pridemore, and Chris Goodwin in Eephus. Courtesy of Music Box Films. Music Box Films debuted the official trailer for Eephus, a sports-comedy-drama film from debuting director Carson Lund. The film starring Keith William Richards, Frederick Wiseman, Cliff Blake, Ray Hryb, and Bill “Spaceman” Lee, tells the story of two amateur baseball teams coming together for one final game before their field is demolished to make way for a new school.
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‘All We Imagine as Light’, ‘Hard Truths’ ‘To a Land Unknown’ Win at 22nd International Cinephile Society Awards
All We Imagine as Light directed by Payal Kapadia All We Imagine as Light emerged victorious at the 22nd International Cinephile Society Awards winning the top prize of best picture along with best director for Payal Kapadia and best ensemble cast.
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Julia Lemke and Anna Koch’s ‘Circusboy’ Documentary Premieres at Berlin Film Festival | Trailer
Circusboy (Flare Film, Monika Keiler) Circusboy (Zirkuskind) by German film directors Julia Lemke and Anna Koch will celebrate its world premiere in the competition program of the Berlinale Generation section / Kplus at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 13-23, 2025.
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Academy Finalizes Producers for Oscar Nominees I’m Still Here, Flow, Emilia Pérez and More
I’m Still Here directed by Walter Salles (courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has completed the designated Oscar nominees that were yet to be determined in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and Best Picture categories at the time of the 97th Oscars nominations announcement on Thursday, January 23.
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Andrew Abrahams ‘Complicated’ Documentary on EDS Disease to Premiere at Slamdance | Trailer
Complicated directed by Andrew Abrahams (screenshot / Open Eye Pictures) Directed by filmmaker Andrew Abrahams (Academy Award shortlisted films ‘Under Our Skin’ and ‘American Justice on Trial,’ Emmy nominee ‘Bubbeh Lee & Me,’ National PBS’ ‘The Grove,’ the Sundance Channel’s ‘Hope Is The Thing With Feathers’), the feature documentary Complicated tells the story of kids with the devastatingly complicated connective-tissue disease Ehler’s-Danlos syndrome (EDS). The film looks at parents who risk losing them if they go too far to help (including potentially losing their parental rights).
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Christopher Auchter’s ‘The Stand’ on Haida Nation’s Blockade of Lyell Island, Makes US Premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
The Stand by Christopher Auchter (courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada) Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter’s documentary The Stand will have its US premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, which takes place February 14 to 23 in Missoula, Montana.