The acclaimed documentary Freddie Mercury: The Final Act from BBC, tells the story of how the legendary Queen frontman’s friends mounted an epic tribute concert in his honor to raise awareness and fight shame around HIV/AIDS. The film makes its U.S. premiere Wednesday, April 20 (8:00-10:00 ET/PT) on the 30th anniversary of the landmark concert. An extended cut of the special featuring additional footage will be available to stream on The CW App and cwtv.com the next day.
Quiver Distribution will release Mayim Bialik’s directorial debut feature, As They Made Us, on April 8 in theaters and on all Video-on-Demand platforms. Starring Dianna Agron and Simon Helberg, with Candice Bergen and Dustin Hoffman, the project was written and directed by “The Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik. Additional cast includes Justin Chu Cary, Charlie Weber, and Julian Gant.
Vertical Entertainment will release Measure of Revenge, a psychological thriller that marks an international directorial debut by Malaysian director Peyfa about an actress whose famous son dies suddenly from a supposed overdose, causing her to conduct her own investigation with the help of a drug dealer in pursuit of answers, justice, and revenge by any means necessary. Vertical is planning a day-and-date release on March 18, 2022.
Here is the official trailer for Alice, the indie drama starring KeKe Palmer as an enslaved woman who escapes a plantation in Georgia, to learn that it is actually 1973. Also starring in the film that premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival are Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Gaius Charles, Alicia Witt and NaTasha Yvette Williams. Directed by Krystin Ver Linden, the film opens in theaters on March 18, 2022.
The Japanese film The Cherry Bushido, directed by Hiroshi Akabane, debuted the official trailer ahead of the release in theaters on March 11, 2022.
Girl Picture, Alli Haapasalo’s spirited coming-of-age drama will open the 36th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival set to run March 16th – 27, 2022. The festival will close with Tramps!, directed by documentary filmmaker Kevin Hegge, whose previous film She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column screened at BFI Flare in 2013.
IFC Films debuted the official trailer for Nitram starring Caleb Landry Jones as a disturbed young man called Nitram and the events leading to his involvement in the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, Australia.
Directed by Teemu Nikki, the Finnish film The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic is an intense thriller shot from a blind man’s perspective, starring Petri Poikolainen, a blind and wheelchair-bound actor in a gripping debut performance.
Oscar-nominated documentary Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) will make its broadcast television premiere on ABC on Sunday, February 20, 2022 (8:00-10:31 p.m. EST).
Following an all-virtual event last year, the 48th Seattle International Film Festival will return April 14–24, 2022 with a hybrid event that includes both in-person and virtual screenings. The 11-day festival will present the best in international and independent films from around the globe – with screenings at SIFF theaters and venues throughout the city as well as virtually on the SIFF Channel.
IFC Midnight will release Rubikon, a science-fiction disaster film directed by Magdalena Lauritsch, that brings social commentary and an acute moral dilemma into heart-pounding realization.
Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) announced the lineup for the 37th edition, which will run March 2 to 12, 2022. The festival will feature 48 world premieres and 95 U.S. premieres from 54 countries, along with tributes featuring the year’s top talent, panel discussions, and free community education and outreach programs.