Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock will make its World Premiere as the Opening Night film of the 58th New York Film Festival. Lovers Rock is part of the Small Axe anthology, which comprises five original films by Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (Hunger, 12 Years A Slave), which will premiere on BBC One later this year and air on Amazon Prime Video in the US.
New films directed by Pedro Almodóvar and Academy Award winner Regina King have been added to the lineup in Out of Competition of the 77th Venice International Film Festival scheduled to take place from September 2 to 12 2020.
Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s The August Virgin (La virgen de agosto) will make its virtual cinema release (US & Cadnda) on Friday August 21st.
The 2020 drive-in edition of the Sidewalk Film Festival added ten new titles to the lineup taking place August 24-30 in Leeds, Alabama. The festival is providing this year’s attendees with a safe option to view more than ten features and short films.
Alan Parker, the British director whose exceptionally wide-ranging oeuvre ranged from “Bugsy Malone” to “Evita,” died Friday morning following a lengthy illness, the British Film Institute has confirmed. He was 76.
Andy Tennant’s (Hitch) The Secret: Dare to Dream is out today, July 31st and available to watch on demand. The film, starring Katie Holmes (Dawson’s Creek, Batman Begins) and Josh Lucas (A Beautiful Home, Sweet Home Alabama) is an inspiring and heartwarming film that shows how positive thoughts can transform our lives. Here are five not-so-secrets from the set of The Secret: Dare to Dream.
Indie films Booksmart, and Rafiki are among the winners of the 31st GLAAD Media Awards held for the first time as a virtual ceremony. Booksmart won the award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release and Rafiki won for Outstanding Film – Limited Release. The award for Outstanding Documentary went to State of Pride.
Jordan Graham’s haunting feature Sator has been acquired by 1091 Pictures for North American release. The film, hailed as “strikingly atmospheric” by Variety, premiered at the 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival and went on to have celebrated screenings at Telluride Horror Show and the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival before being brought to the Marche Du Film Online by arthouse genre film sales outfit Yellow Veil Pictures.
Rooftop Films, in partnership with Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) and the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), announced the programming for August as part of their summer drive-in festival at the Queens Drive-In location in New York City.
A gripping and emotive tale, Bridget Smith’s Sno Babies will be available to view on demand starting September 29th.
