Investigation Discovery (ID) shared a first look trailer for Born Evil: The Serial Killer and The Savior, the first docuseries from executive producer Michael Bay featuring a deep dive into the actions of Hadden Clark, a lesser-known serial killer – exploring his life and crimes.
The Vatican-set psychological thriller film Conclave, directed by Edward Berger, and starring Ralph Fiennes will make its West Coast premiere as the opening film of the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival on Thursday, October 3.
Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, has been chosen the film of the year 2024 by the members of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics and awarded the FIPRESCI Grand Prix. The organization selected the title from among all of the films premiered after July 1, 2023.
The 22nd Tallgrass Film Festival will be held in downtown Wichita, Kansas, October 24-27, 2024 . The festival will host more than 129 films at the Orpheum Theatre, the Advanced Learning Library (all downtown on 1st Street), and a new venue with three screens inside Century II, including the Mary J. Teall Theater.
Film Movement released the official trailer and the U.S. theatrical dates for ‘Close Your Eyes’, a drama film from celebrated Spanish director Victor Erice (The Spirit of Beehive). The film is Erice’s first feature length film since 1992’s ‘The Quince Tree Sun’. The semi-autobiographical film of director Victor Erice follows an aging filmmaker as he recalls his final and unfinished film following the mysterious disappearance of the lead actor.
Music Box Films unveiled the official trailer for In ‘The Summers’, the directorial debut film of Colombian-American filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza. Loosely based on Lacorazza’s childhood, the coming-of-age film follows two girls over the course of four formative summers on their yearly summer visits to their father’s home in New Mexico.
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.