The documentary As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial follows Bronx rap artist Kemba as he explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in the criminal-justice system.
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Sundance Documentary ‘As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial’ to Premiere on Paramount+ | Trailer
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial (Paramount+ / screenshot)
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Confronts Death in ‘Tuesday’ Fairy Tale Drama | Trailer
Tuesday ( A24 / screenshot) A24 shared the official trailer for Tuesday, the fairy tale drama film starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lola Petticrew as a mother and terminally ill daughter who are guided by Death (in the form of a macaw) as they cope with the daughter’s impending death
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Chime, ‘August My Heaven’ and ‘The Strangers’ Case’ Added to Berlinale Special of 74th Berlin Film Festival
Omar Sy in The Strangers’ Case by Brandt Andersen © Philistine Films Three more films – Chime, August My Heaven and The Strangers’ Case have been added to the Berlinale Special program of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 15 to 25, 2024
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Thomas Cailley’s ‘The Animal Kingdom’ to Open 29th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Festival in NYC Lineup
The Animal Kingdom Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the film festival showcasing contemporary French cinema, returns to Film at Lincoln Center in New York City for its 29th edition, from February 29 through March 10, 2024.
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Doug Liman’s ‘Road House’ Starring Jake Gyllenhaal to Open SXSW | Trailer
Road House (Credit: Amazon MGM Studios) The World Premiere of Amazon MGM Studios film Road House, directed by Doug Liman will open the 2024 South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals Film & TV Festival taking place (March 8-16, 2024).
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Aisling Franciosi Stars in ‘Stopmotion’ Horror Film as a Terrifying Insane Animator – Trailer
Stopmotion (IFC Films / screenshot) IFC Films revealed the official trailer for Stopmotion, the horror film starring Aisling Franciosi as a stop-motion animator whose desire to make something truly special sets off a chain of psychologically disturbed and homicidal events that she can’t stop.
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16th A Night of Horror Film Fest Moves to Wisconsin, Reveals First Films – Blue_Whale, M, Bloody Bridget
M directed by Vardan Tozija A Night of Horror International Film Festival revealed its first programming wave for the festival’s 16th edition – and first in the US – screening from March 1-3, 2024 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Long known as Australia’s premier genre film event, the festival now takes place in the United States.
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Anthony Hopkins Stars in ‘One Life’ as Nicholas Winton ‘British Schindler’ Saving Children from the Nazis | Trailer
One Life (Bleecker Street / screenshot) Bleecker Street debuted the official trailer for One Life the biopic drama film starring Anthony Hopkins as British humanitarian Nicholas Winton known as the British Oscar Schindler, who helped save hundreds of Central European children from the Nazis on the eve of World War II.
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Alex Lora Cercos’ “The Masterpiece” Wins Short Film Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival
Babou Cham and Adam Nourou in The Masterpiece by Alex Lora. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. The Masterpiece, directed and written by Alex Lora Cercos was awarded the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The short film follows a wealthy couple who meets two scrap dealers at a recycle center. Offering them more junk the wealthy couple invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants.
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96th Oscar Nominations – The Holdovers, American Fiction, Poor Things Among Nominees
Ke Huy Quan at 95th Oscars® | Al Seib / ©A.M.P.A.S. The Holdovers, American Fiction, Poor Things are among the films receiving multiple nominations for the 96th Oscars®, lead by Oppenheimer with an impressive 13 nods.
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‘Love Me’ Starring Kristen Stewart, Steven Yeun Wins Science-In-Film Prize + 3 Filmmakers Awarded Sloan Grants at Sundance
Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun in Love Me by Sam Zuchero and Andy Zuchero. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Justine Yeung. Sundance Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s joint Science-In-Film Initiative awarded Love Me, from filmmaker duo Sam and Andy Zuchero, with this year’s juried Feature Film Prize at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
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Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athari Star in ‘Molli And Max In The Future’ Sci-fi RomCom Film | Trailer
Molli And Max In The Future (screenshot / Level 33 Entertainment) Set a billion years in the future, Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athari star in the science-fiction romantic comedy film Molli And Max In The Future, as a man and woman who repeatedly bump into each other across the course of twelve years, four planets, three dimensions, and one space cult. One of them is able to fly, while the other is half-human/half-fish.