Kevin Costner will present the first part of his multi-episode Western film Horizon, An American Saga as a World Premiere, Out of Competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. The film about the conquest of the American West, directed by Costner, who stars with Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Jena Malone, will be released in 4 episodes over several months.
Well Go USA Entertainment revealed the official trailer for The Last Stop in Yuma County, the crime thriller film starring Jim Cummings as a traveling knife salesman who gets caught up in a high-stakes hostage situation.
A24 revealed the official trailer for MaXXXine, the latest saga and final installment in Ti West’s horror trilogy in the world of ‘X’ starring Mia Goth reprising her role as Maxine.
Hollywoodgate by Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at took the Grand Jury Award at the 2024 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. With an interpreter by his side Nash’at documents a Taliban group taking control of a former CIA base nicknamed “Hollywoodgate” just days after the U.S. Army’s controversial withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
After showcasing over 190 films, the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF48) announced the winners of the 15 Firebird Awards and FIPRESCI Prize, with A Journey in Spring, Snow in Midsummer and Sons taking the top prizes.
Vertical revealed the official trailer for Poolman, the comedy film directed by and starring Chris Pine as a pool cleaner turned save-the-day hero investigator.
Drafthouse Films will release Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, a complete reconstruction of the film in 4K Ultra High Definition restoration. Initially released in 1980, the film was the most expensive independent film in cinema history.
Paramount+ announced a new two-part docuseries Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken, centered around the Grammy-award winning rockstar and activist penning an original song inspired by letters sent from incarcerated women in her Kansas hometown.
Representative Ayanna Pressley, a Democrat representing Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District is the first subject of a new documentary series about influential female politicians titled She Dared to Dream. Pressley has given the film team, including Executive Producers Abby Ginzberg (Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power) and Angela Tucker (Belly of the Beast), unprecedented access to her life and work both in Boston and Washington D.C.
Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) returns for its 27th edition: Immersion, from May 31-June 9, in-person at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint with additional screenings being held on June 3-June 6, at the Wythe Hotel Cinema in Williamsburg.
Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, the trailblazing scientist (born in Toronto, ON Canada and who resided most recently in Waterloo, ON Canada) spotlighted in the award-winning documentary, The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, passed away on Monday, April 1 following a short illness. She was 91.
The UK Premiere of Rich Peppiatt’s Irish-language film, Kneecap, which won the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: NEXT in January in Utah, will open Sundance Film Festival: London 2024 on 6 June.