Groundbreaking, subversive, brutally honest, No holds Barred… These are a few words to describe Lydia Lunch. Lydia Lunch is the original No Wave punk pioneer and priestess of New York’s Lower East Side.
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Watch Trailer for Beth B’s LYDIA LUNCH Documentary Premiering at DOC NYC
LYDIA LUNCH in LYDIA LUNCH – The War Is Never Over by Beth B
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Watch Fascinating Trailer for 63 UP, Latest Film in Michael Apted’s UP Series
63 UP – Latest Installment in Michael Apted’s 63 UP – Latest Installment in “Up Series” Here is the fascinating trailer for 63 UP, the latest installment in Michael Apted’s acclaimed “Up Series.” The documentary has screened at 2019 Telluride Film Festival, 56th New York Film Festival, 42nd Mill Valley Film Festival, and 28th Heartland International Film Festival. 63 UP opens in NYC on November 27th at Film Forum, December 6th at Landmark Nuart in LA, and expands nationwide on December 13th.
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Poland’s Oscar Entry CORPUS CHRISTI Gets a 2020 Release in US
Corpus Christi directed By Jan Komasa Poland’s Oscar entry for Best International Feature Film – Corpus Christi, will screen at 2019 AFI FEST this month. Directed By Jan Komasa, and starring Bartosz Bielenia, Eliza Rycembel, Aleksandra Konieczna, Tomasz Ziętek, Leszek Lichota, Łukasz Simlat will be released theatrically in the U.S. in 2020 via Film Movement.
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THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Leads Nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield The Personal History of David Copperfield leads the nominations for the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). Armando Iannucci’s fresh take on Dickens’ novel about the ups and downs in the life of its eponymous character is recognized for Best British Independent Film and Best Screenplay amongst nine other awards. Dev Patel is nominated for Best Actor, with co-stars Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie competing in the respective Supporting categories.
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2019 Naples Intl Film Festival Filmmaker Awards – INTERNATIONAL FALLS, RUNNER, MISS VIRGINIA Win Awards
(L to R): Artis-Naples’s David Filner, Akio “Jimmy” Sakurai (MR. JIMMY), NIFF’s Shannon Franklin, Nick Reid (MISS VIRGINIA), Peter Michael Dowd (MR. JIMMY), R.J. Daniel Hanna (MISS VIRGINIA), Bill Gallagher (RUNNER), Guor Mading Maker (RUNNER), Bill Margetson (HOUSEKEEPING), Isis Masoud (SOUTH MOUNTAIN), Andrew Aiello (INTERNATIONAL FALLS), Rebecca Tansley (THE HEART DANCES), John Hermann (STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN), Andrew Murton (ABOVE THE CLOUDS), Hilary Brougher (SOUTH MOUNTAIN), Leon Chambers (ABOVE THE CLOUDS), Artis-Naples’ Kathleen van Bergen (Photo by Charlie McDonald) The 2019 Naples International Film Festival announced the filmmaker award winners during the Closing Night Awards Ceremony with the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature (and a cash prize of $7,500) going to Amber McGinnis’ INTERNATIONAL FALLS, and the jury prize for Best Documentary Feature (and $7,500) given to Bill Gallagher’s RUNNER. Gallagher’s film RUNNER also took NIFF’s Audience Award for Documentary Feature (and an additional $2,000), while R.J. Daniel Hanna’s MISS VIRGINIA was the Audience Choice for Narrative Feature (also receiving $2,000).
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Key West Film Festival Announces 2019 Film Lineup – MARRIAGE STORY, AFTER PARKLAND, TROOP ZERO
TROOP ZERO, starring Viola Davis and Allison Janney The 8th Annual Key West Film Festival announced its official 2019 lineup including major fall films from Noah Baumbach and Destin Daniel Cretton. More than 115 films and V/R pieces will be shown during the 5-day festival, which runs November 20-24. Nearly half of the feature films at the festival will be Florida festival premieres.
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Greenwich Entertainment will Release Israel’s Academy Award Submission INCITEMENT
INCITEMENT directed by Yaron Zilberman Greenwich Entertainment will release Israel’s Academy Award submission Incitement, a film by award-winning writer-director Yaron Zilberman (critically acclaimed A Late Quartet with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Christopher Walken) in the U.S.
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Three Films Nominated for European Film Awards – European Comedy 2019
Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite. The European Film Academy today announced the three films nominated for the award category European Comedy 2019. The films are DITTE & LOUISE directed by Niclas Bendixen, TEL AVIV ON FIRE directed by Sameh Zoabi and THE FAVOURITE directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
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Watch Brand New Trailer for WAVES Starring Sterling K. Brown
WAVES directed by Trey Edward Shults; and starring Sterling K. Brown, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, and Alexa Demie Waves the emotional epic from A24 and acclaimed filmmaker Trey Edward Shults, that world premiered at Telluride Film Festival, released a brand new trailer a few weeks before it opens in theaters. The film starring Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, with Renée Elise Goldsberry and Sterling K. Brown will open in theaters on November 15.
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AFI FEST 2019 Unveils New Auteurs, Cinema’s Legacy, Midnight, Shorts and AFI Conservatory Showcase Lineups
Varda by Agnès The American Film Institute announced the films that will play in the New Auteurs, Cinema’s Legacy, Midnight, Shorts and AFI Conservatory Showcase sections at AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi, completing the festival’s program.
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NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival Announces 2019 Jury and Audience Award Winners
Temblores (Tremors) by Jayro Bustamante NewFest, one of the world’s most respected LGBTQ film festivals announced today the winners of its 31st edition with top honors going to Jayro Bustamante for TEMBLORES (Grand Jury Prize, Narrative Feature) and Theodore Collatos and Carolina Monnerat for QUEEN OF LAPA (Grand Jury Prize, Documentary Feature), while Levan Akin’s AND THEN WE DANCED and Cody Stickels’ A NIGHT AT SWITCH N’ PLAY picked up the top Audience Awards for narrative and documentary features respectively.
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Chicago International Film Festival Announces 2019 Audience Award Winners – JUST MERCY, AND THEN WE DANCED, READY FOR WAR
JUST MERCY by Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, The ballots have been tallied and the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival was awarded to Destin Daniel Cretton’s true story Just Mercy. The film chronicles young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) and his history-making battles for justice in Alabama. Stevenson refuses to back down as he fights a legal system without mercy stacked against him and his clients at every turn. One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), a man whose clear innocence means nothing to the corrupt and compassionless forces Stevenson doggedly takes on.