Netflix shared the official trailer for Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators, a documentary series on the popular late ’80s and early ’90s tv show featuring everyday people from across the US engaged in physical competition against professionals known as gladiators.
Actor Billy Crystal and actress Queen Latifah are among five honorees who will receive the 46th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements. Other honorees include acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming; British singer-songwriter, producer and member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb; and singer Dionne Warwick.
Clara Cullen’s Manuela won Best Narrative Feature and Gisela Delgadillo’s Kenya won Best Documentary Feature at the 25th Anniversary edition of the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF).
Jewish Film Institute revealed the 67 films from 18 countries featured at the upcoming 43rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF), running July 20 – August 6, 2023 in San Francisco and the East Bay.
A24 dropped an official teaser trailer for Priscilla, the biopic film based on Priscilla Presley’s bestselling memoir “Elvis and Me”, and follows her life and relationship with Elvis Presley.
Max shared the official trailer for Shaun White: The Last Run, an original four-part docuseries on three-time Olympic gold medalist and snowboarding and skateboarding legend, Shaun White.
The East Coast Premiere of The First Slam Dunk, the number one movie at the Japanese box office this year, and manga creator Takehiko Inoue’s directorial debut will open this year’s 16th annual Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film. The festival, set for July 26–August 6 will present 29 films and mark the first fully in-person edition since 2019.
Andrew Mojica, Jennifer Figuereo, Richard Velazquez, Stacey Griffin, Latef Roberts, and Gabriel Dayan star in Bodega, an indie comedy film directed by Joseph Ruzer (Executive Producer of “Inmate To Roommate” for Sharp Productions and A&E) and written by Ruzer, Andrew Mojica, and Sean Slater.
The art of seduction and other games.
The queer action romantic comedy Artist Unknown, directed by Cinder Chou, is the winner of the Jury prize at the 2023 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. The film tells the story of an insecure unlucky-in-love martial artist who must find out the origins of a painting after two thieves attempt to steal it from her. Kerry Lacy also won the award for Outstanding Performance in a Narrative Feature for her performance in the film.
Dark Star Pictures will release Bad Girl Boogey, the Australian slasher film directed, produced, and co-written with Ben Pahl Robinson – by then seventeen year old transexual filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay. The film ushers in an inclusive slasher film proudly representing the queer community and loudly announcing an exciting new directorial voice.
Mubi revealed the official trailer for Passages, the French drama described as a “sexy portrait of romantic chaos,” starring Franz Rogowski and Ben Whishaw as a gay couple in a long term relationship, when one of them begins an affair with a woman, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos.