The late Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun will be honored at the 29th Busan International Film Festival with a special program titled ‘In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun’, where six of the actor’s most beloved films will be screened. The festival will also honor the late actor with this year’s Korean Cinema Award.
Paying For It, the live-action adaptation of Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel, “a comic-strip memoir about being a john”, co-written and directed by Sook-Yin Lee (Octavio is Dead! Year of the Carnivore) will have its world premiere in the Platform program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language walked away with the top prize, the flagship Bright Horizons Award and $140,000AUD prize at the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). In the offbeat film set in a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising and mysterious ways.
Ahead of the August 30, 2024 release of City of Dreams from writer-director-producer Mohit Ramchandani, Academy Award® winner Mira Sorvino has boarded as executive producer, with Sylvester Stallone, legendary coach Pat Riley, actor Martin Sheen (The West Wing), talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford, ‘Vikings’ and ‘Big Sky’ star Katheryn Winnick, and ’24’ and ‘Riverdale’ star Marisol Nichols joining as ambassadors for the film.
From filmmaker Matthew Rankin, the surreal absurdist comedy-drama film ‘Universal Language’. is set in a place between Tehran and Winnipeg, telling three unrelated stories that somehow interconects in the film.
Roadsite Attractions unveiled the official trailer for ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’, the autobiographical film of American contemporary painter Titus Kaphar. The film stars André Holland (Moonlight) as painter Titus Kaphar whose life is changed after an unexpected visit from his estranged father.
The documentary ‘Food and Country’ follows NY Times food critic Ruth Reichl as she navigates the American food scene that was affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Vogue: The 90s, the Hulu six-part documentary series, looks back at the fashion defining decade of the 90s. The documentary features interviews with some of fashion and entertainment’s biggest icons including Tom Ford, Kim Kardashian, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hillary Clinton, Marc Jacobs, Victoria Beckham, and more.
Netflix unveiled the official trailer for ‘The Piano Lesson‘, the drama film based on the 1987’s play of the same name by playwright August Wilson. The film is directed by August Washington and produced by Denzel Washington, who was familiar with Wilson’s work being involved in two of the playwright’s adaptation, ‘Fences’ and ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’.
Elizabeth Banks stars in ‘A Mistake’ the medical drama film based on a best-selling novel of the same name by Carl Shuker, that tells the story of a surgeon facing the aftermath of a mistake while operating on a patient.
Quiver Distribution revealed the official trailer for The Waterboyz, the independent drama film that follows two young boys as they navigate their dreams and the streets of Atlanta with their side hustle -selling bottled water.
The World Premiere of Music by John Williams, the documentary film on the prolific life and career of legendary composer John Williams, will open the 38th edition of AFI FEST.