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.
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.
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.
For her commanding performance in Anora, as a young sex worker from Brooklyn, Mikey Madison will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards.
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”.
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.
The 68th BFI London Film Festival came to a close on October 20th with the European Premiere of Academy Award winning documentarian Morgan Neville’s Piece by Piece.
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.
Kneecap, the comedy film following the west Belfast hip-hop trio leads the nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024 with 14 nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) and and Best Debut Screenwriter for Rich Peppiatt. The Kneecap trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh are nominated for Best Joint Lead Performance. The film is also nominated for eight craft categories.
Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door lead the nominations for the 37th European Film Awards with four nominations including the top honor of European Film. Emilia Pérez also received nominations for European Director and European Screenwriter for Jacques Audiard, and European Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón.
Colman Domingo will be honored with the Spotlight Award, Actor for his performance in Sing Sing at the Palm Springs International Film Award.
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.