ID returns with a surprising new followup to The Curious Case of Natalia Grace, the popular documentary series that delves into the mystery of whether Natalia Barnett is an exploited Ukrainian child with dwarfism or a dangerous adult masquerading as a child.
Sony Pictures Classics will release Noora Niasari’s feature film debut Shayda in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on March 1, 2024, before expanding nationwide in the following weeks.
Altered Innocence will release The People’s Joker, Vera Drew’s queer coming-of-age superhero world parody that reimagines the Joker’s origin.
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Paul Giamatti will receive the Icon Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for his performance in The Holdovers. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024.
A24 debuted the official trailer for Love Lies Bleeding, the romantic thriller film starring Kristen Stewart as a gym employee who falls for Katy O’Brian, a bisexual bodybuilder.
MGM debuted a new official trailer for American Fiction, the award-winning satire drama film starring Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a frustrated author and professor of English literature who jokingly writes an outlandishly stereotypical “Black” book out of spite, only for the book to be published and receive widespread fame and acclaim. It is based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett.
Greenwich Entertainment shared the official trailer for Inshallah a Boy (Inshallah Walad), the Arabic thriller selected as Jordan’s official submission for Best International Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Mouna Hawa stars as Nawal, a widow who pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws.
The European premiere of M. Raihan Halim’s La Luna will close the upcoming 2024 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024. The film playfully pits religious orthodoxy against liberal values when a traditional Malaysian village is shaken up by the arrival of an upscale lingerie store.
Award-winning actor, director and producer America Ferrera will receive the 8th annual SeeHer Award at the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards. The SeeHer Award honors a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes and pushes boundaries.
Jeffrey Wright, star of American Fiction, and Rustin, will receive the Montecito Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Wright will receive the award on Thursday, February 15th, 2024 at an in-person conversation about his career leading up to this year’s performance in American Fiction, written and directed by Cord Jefferson.
Neon debuted the new official trailer for Origin, the drama film starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as journalist Isabel Wilkerson, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism.