Paramount+ unveiled the official trailer for Mixtape, a new documentary exploring how the creation of mixtapes launched hip hop into mainstream culture. Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, KRS-One, DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz, DJ Clue, N.O.R.E. and more tell the story of hip hop’s underground origin in the new documentary Mixtape.
Vertical partnered with Roadside Attractions to debut the official trailer for The Pod Generation, the sci-fi comedy film starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor as a couple in futuristic New York taking a wild ride to parenthood by using technology such as detachable, artificial wombs.
Summer Phoenix and Grace Van Dien star as mother and daughter in What Comes Around (original title: Roost), the indie thriller film where a menacing game of cat and mouse ensues once a mother discovers the daughter is seduced online by an older man.
Christina Kallas’ NYC set indie film Paris in Harlem will open the 7th edition of Festival of Cinema NYC, returning to the Regal UA Midway and the Queens Library at Forest Hills from August 3 – August 13, 2023. The festival closes with Anna Baumgarten’s multiple award-winning drama Disfluency.
Bars Media Films will release its first-ever animated feature film Aurora’s Sunrise, which is also the first-ever animated documentary film made in Armenia, and Armenia’s Official Selection for 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.
A24 debuted the official trailer for Medusa Deluxe, the funny whodunit film set backstage in a hairdressing competition, starring Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Clare Perksins, Darrell D’Silva, Debris Stevenson, Harriet Webb, Heider Ali, Kae Alexander, Kayla Meikle, Lilit Lesser, Luke Pasqualino, and Nicholas Karimi.
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) unveiled its full 2023 film line-up of 267 films including the hilarious musical mockumentary Theater Camp as Closing Night Gala presentation for the festival’s 71st edition set for in-cinemas from August 3-20, 2023.
Horror icon Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu, 4/20 Massacre) and Craig Stark (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Hateful Eight) star in End Times, the post-apocalyptic zombie film.
Todd Haynes’s May December will make its North American premiere as the Opening Night film of the 61st New York Film Festival taking place September 29 – October 15, 2023.
A24 today debuted the official trailer for Problemista, the indie comedy film starring Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Greta Lee, Catalina Saavedra, James Scully, and narrated by Isabella Rossellini.
Dark Sky Films will release Lola, a sci-fi drama set in 1940 England, starring Stefanie Martini (Prime Suspect 73, The Last Kingdom, Make Up, Crooked House), Emma Appleton (Everything I Know About Love, The Witcher, Pistol, Traitors) , Rory Fleck Byrne (Vampire Academy) & Aaron Monaghan (The Banshees of Inisherin, Assassin’s Creed).
“Everyone thought they knew me. It was just all a lie because that’s what I do,” says Oscar De La Hoya in the opening of the documentary.