Meat Loaf, singer known for his huge best-selling album “Bat Out of Hell” and actor in such films as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Stage Fright has died at 74. Reports are that he died on Thursday night, after contracting COVID.
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A PELOTON OF ONE Trailer. Sexual Abuse Survivor Doc Opens in Theaters in February
A Peloton of One by John Bernardo and Steven E. Mallorca Filmmakers John Bernardo and Steven E. Mallorca’s powerful documentary A Peloton of One will be released for a limited virtual theatrical via Laemmle Theaters beginning February 18th.
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Watch Teaser for GIVE ME PITY! Amanda Kramer’s Variety Show Riff , World Premiering at IFFR
Give Me Pity! directed by Amanda Kramer Ahead of the World Premiere at the 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam in Special “Filmmaker in Focus” section, Amanda Kramer’s “vivid variety show riff” Give Me Pity! starring Sophie von Haselberg, released the teaser trailer and poster.
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‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Mass,’ ‘Summer of Soul’ Win Top Houston Film Critics 2021 Honors
Mass directed by Fran Kranz Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog dominated the 15th annual Houston Film Critics Society awards winning Best Picture, along with Best Director, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee, Best Original Score and Best Screenplay.
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY Trailer. W. Kamau Bell’s Documentary Dissects the Fall of Bill Cosby
We Need to Talk About Cosby (HBO / via Youtube screenshot) Showtime released the official trailer for We Need to Talk About Cosby, the four-part docuseries on Bill Cosby from Emmy-winning director W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell).
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MidWest WeirdFest 2022 Reveals First 7 Genre Films
The Girl in the Straw Hat directed by David J. Schultz MidWest WeirdFest described as “cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird” announced its first programming wave for 2022. The 6th edition of the festival takes place March 4-6, 2022 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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Mexico’s FAUNA by Nicolás Pereda Named Best Latin American Film of the Year at Cinema Tropical Awards
Fauna directed by Nicolás Pereda The Mexican feature Fauna by Nicolás Pereda won the top award for Best Latin American Film of the Year at the 12th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards.
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ESPN Debuts Trailer for 30 for 30 Documentary ‘The Tuck Rule’ with Tom Brady and Charles Woodson
30 for 30 documentary “The Tuck Rule” with Tom Brady and Charles Woodson [ ESPN via Youtube screenshot] ESPN will debut the next installment in the Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series, “The Tuck Rule,” on February 6. Directed by Ken Rodgers (“The Two Bills,” “Al Davis vs. The NFL”) and Nick Mascolo, the documentary examines one of the most controversial plays in sports history, twenty years after it took place.
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THE DESPERATE HOUR Trailer. Naomi Watts Tries to Save Her Son in the Real Time Thriller
Naomi Watts in The Desperate Hour Vertical released the official trailer for The Desperate Hour, an intense, riveting thriller starring Naomi Watts as a mother racing desperately against time to save her child. Also starring in the film are Colton Gobbo, Sierra Maltby.
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Miami Film Festival to Honor Chilean-born, Composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Cristobal Tapia de Veer Chilean-born, Montreal-based composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival’s Art of Light (Composer) Award, presented by Alacran Group, at its 39th edition, set to continue with an in-person format running from March 4-13, 2022.
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‘Prayers For the Stolen,’ ‘Flee,’ ‘A Hero’ Win Top Prizes at 2022 Palm Springs Film Festival
Prayers For the Stolen The 33rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced the juried award winners with the Mexican film Prayers For the Stolen winning both the FIPRESCI and Ibero-American Award Prizes. Salvadoran-Mexican documentarian Tatiana Huezo makes her narrative debut with this powerful adaptation of Jennifer Clement’s bestselling 2014 novel, which explores the lives of three young girls impacted by Mexico’s ongoing cartel wars.
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Berlin Film Festival 2022 Unveils Competition, Encounters, Berlinale Special Lineup
Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver in Call Jane by Phyllis Nagy © Wilson Webb Eighteen films including one non-fiction and one animation will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. Seven films were directed by women.