Calgary Underground Film Festival announced the lineup of 18 features and two shorts packages, for the upcoming CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival taking place online and at Globe Cinema from November 25 – December 1, 2020.
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Netflix Drops Trailer for DANCE DREAMS: HOT CHOCOLATE NUTCRACKER, Documentary on Debbie Allen and her Reimagining of the Classic Ballet
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker Netflix released the trailer for Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, a new documentary from Shondaland featuring the legendary Debbie Allen. Directed by Oliver Bokelberg, the documentary drops on November 27
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Romantic Comedy MODERN PERSUASION Starring Alicia Witt Drops Trailer + Release Date
Modern Persuasion starring Alicia Witt Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the new romantic comedy Modern Persuasion, starring Alicia Witt (I Care A Lot, “Orange Is The New Black”, Two Weeks Notice) on-demand and digital on December 18, 2020.
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Watch Trailer for WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, Romantic Comedy Starring Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan
WILD MOUNTAIN THYME Bleecker Street released the official trailer for Wild Mountain Thyme starring Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Dearbhla Molloy and Christopher Walken. The film, based on the play “Outside Mullingar” by John Patrick Shanley, and written for the screen and directed by John Patrick Shanley, opens in theaters and on demand December 11th, 2020.
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BROTHERS BY BLOOD Starring Joel Kinnaman and Matthias Schoenaerts Sets January Release Date
Brothers By Blood, (formerly called The Sound of Philadelphia) Vertical Entertainment will release Brothers By Blood, formerly called The Sound of Philadelphia, starring Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone, Bullhead), Joel Kinnaman (Altered Carbon, The Killing), Maika Monroe (It Follows, The Guest), and Ryan Phillippe (Crash, Cruel Intentions). The film was written and directed by Jérémie Guez and is an adaptation of Pete Dexter’s 1991 novel “Brotherly Love”. The film which world premiered at Tribeca Film Festival will be released in select theaters and on VOD and digital on January 22, 2021.
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Watch Teaser Trailer For TIGER, HBO Documentary on Rise, Fall, and Epic Comeback of Tiger Woods
Tiger HBO released an official teaser trailer for their two-part documentary TIGER which will premiere in January 2021.
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Documentary JIMMY CARTER, ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT Premieres in January on CNN
[JIMMY CARTER ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT] Jimmy Carter and Willie Nelson White House Staff Photographer, Courtesy of Jimmy Carter Library The documentary Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President will premiere on television on CNN on Sunday, January 3. During his political career and following his presidency, the 39th President of the United States formed lifelong bonds with artists Willie Nelson, the Allman Brothers, Rosanne Cash, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Nile Rodgers, and many, many others. Director Mary Wharton’s engaging film explores how President Carter’s deep love of all forms of music has been both a feature and an asset for his storied life and career.
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HBO Documentary BABY GOD Examines the Fertility Specialist Who Used His Own Sperm To Impregnate Women Without Their Knowledge or Consent
Baby God The documentary “Baby God”, debuting on HBO on Wednesday, December 2 (9:00-10:20 p.m. ET/PT), from first-time director Hannah Olson, is a shocking examination of the work of a Las Vegas fertility specialist and the many women he guided to pregnancy through use of his own sperm, often without their knowledge or consent. The documentary follows his newly-discovered offspring as they grapple with the scope of his misdeeds and the impact that his genes may have on their own identities.
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Women Filmmakers Win Top Awards at 17th Bosnian Herzegovinian Film Festival, TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE Wins Best Feature Film
Ena Sendijarević’s “Take Me Somewhere Nice” Women filmmakers swept the Golden Apple Awards for the 17th annual event Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) in New York City with Ena Sendijarević’s “Take Me Somewhere Nice” capturing the BHFF 2020 Jury Award for Best Feature Film.
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Film at Lincoln Center and MoMA Announce Return of Rescheduled 49th New Directors/New Films
The Cloud in Her Room directed by Zheng Lu Xinyuan Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art announce the return of the 49th annual New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), rescheduled from March for December 9-20. This year’s festival will introduce 24 features and 10 shorts virtually to audiences nationwide, with films scheduled over the course of 12 days and screening exclusively in the FLC Virtual Cinema.
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Watch Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” Anthology Trailer
Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” “If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.”
Jamaican proverb.
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Watch Trailer For ASSASSINS, Riveting Documentary on 2017 Murder of Brother of North Korea’s Leader Kim Jong-un
Assassins directed by Ryan White Greenwich Entertainment released the official trailer for the documentary Assassins on the audacious murder of the brother of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in a crowded Malaysian airport in 2017. Directed by Ryan White, Assassins arrives in theaters December 11th, 2020 and available on PVOD January 15th, 2021.