After its premiere at Fantasia, Mauro Iván Ojeda’s spine-chilling thriller The Funeral Home will be coming to virtual theaters on January 29 and digital on February 2.
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THE FUNERAL HOME Trailer – Mauro Iván Ojeda’s Chilling Supernatural Thriller Set for Release in Late January
The Funeral Home directed by Mauro Iván Ojeda
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MORE THAN MIYAGI: THE PAT MORITA STORY Trailer – Documentary Set For Release in February
The documentary More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story directed by Kevin Derek is set for release on February 5, 2021. The documentary features Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Martin Kove, Henry Winkler, James Hong, Sean Kanan, Marion Ross, Esai Morales, Tommy Chong, Don Most, Anson Williams and more. Watch trailer below.
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2020 Gotham Awards – Nomadland Wins Best Feature and Audience Award
Frances McDormand and David Strathairn in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland snagged the top awards for Best Feature along and Gotham Audience Award at the 30th annual Gotham Awards held on Monday night. Ramona Diaz’s A Thousand Cuts and Garrett Bradley’s Time tied for Best Documentary; and Fernanda Valadez’s Identifying Features won for Best International Feature.
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Music City Film Critics 2020 Awards – Promising Young Woman Named Best Film
Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman The Music City Film Critics’ Association comprised of more than 30 professional film critics working in or near Nashville, Tennessee announced the winners of the MCFCA 2020 Film Awards. Promising Young Woman was the big winner taking two of the top four awards, including Best Picture.
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RUTH: JUSTICE GINSBURG IN HER OWN WORDS Trailer – Documentary Premieres in February
The new trailer was released for the documentary Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words, directed written and produced by Freida Lee Mock set to premiere in virtual cinema on February 12th and on VOD on March 9th. Featured in the documentary are Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Goodwin Liu, Delegate Jennfier Carroll Foy, Lilly Ledbetter, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, M.E. Freeman, and Kathleen Peratis
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National Society Of Film Critics Announces 2020 Awards – NOMADLAND Wins Best Film
Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved The National Society Of Film Critics (NSFC) announced their 2020 winners, naming Nomadland the Best Picture of 2020, along with Best Director for Chloé Zhao, Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Cinematography for Joshua James Richards.
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Charlie Kaufman’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ Among 2nd North Dakota Film Society Awards Nominees
Charlie Kaufman’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” The North Dakota Film Society Awards celebrate the best achievements in cinema of 2020. David Fincher’s “Mank” received 8 nominations, the most of any film. but failed to earn one of the five Best Picture slots, which went to Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow”, Charlie Kaufman’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”, Eliza Hittman’s “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”, Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland”, and Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman”.
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Sundance Winning Mexican Thriller IDENTIFYING FEATURES Opens in Virtual Cinemas in January
David Illescas appears Sin Señas Particulares by Fernanda Valadez, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Claudia Bercerril. The gripping Mexican border thriller, Identifying Features from debut filmmaker Fernanda Valadez will open January 22 on Kino Marquee and virtual cinemas nationwide including in New York at Film at Lincoln Center along with BAM; and in Los Angeles at Laemmle.
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SOUND OF METAL Leads Nominations for San Diego Film Critics Society 2020 Awards
Sound of Metal by Darius Marder Sound of Metal leads the nominations for San Diego Film Critics Society 2020 awards with 8 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director for Darius Marder, Best Actor for Riz Ahmed and Best Supporting Actress for Olivia Cooke. First Cow and Nomadland also received multiple nominations including for Best Picture and Best Director. Other films nominated for Best Picture include Black Bear, One Night in Miami, and Promising Young woman.
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RIP: ‘Up’ Series, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ Filmaker Michael Apted Dies at 79
Michael Apted at the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards Michael Apted, the British filmmaker known for directing the Up series, along with Coal Miner’s Daughter, Nell, and the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, has died at the age of 79.
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Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself Trailer – Documentary to Premiere on Hulu in January
Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself Hulu released the trailer for their new original documentary film Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself directed by Frank Oz which premieres Friday, January 22, only on Hulu.
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Japan Society Announces ’21st CENTURY JAPAN: FILMS FROM 2001-2020′ Virtual Series
Red Post on Escher Street directed by Sion Sono. Japan Society and the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (ACA), in collaboration with the Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), announced the inaugural ACA Cinema Project online film series 21st Century Japan: Films from 2001-2020, streaming nationwide on Japan Society’s Virtual Cinema from February 5-25, 2021.