The USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas celebrates its 55th edition from April 23-27, 2025, with a star-studded lineup of films and events.
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‘The Last Rodeo’ Starring Neal McDonough Headlines 55th USA Film Festival in Dallas Lineup
The Last Rodeo by Jon Avnet (Angel Studios)
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Werner Herzog to Receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice International Film Festival
Werner Herzog (courtesy of Lena Herzog) Director Werner Herzog (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu the Vampyre) will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia taking place August 27 – September 6, 2025.
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Robert De Niro to Receive Honorary Palme d’or for Lifetime Achievement at Cannes Film Festival
Robert De Niro at the Killers of the Flower Moon premiere at the 76th Festival de Cannes. Picture (Paul Smith / Featureflash | dp) Actor, director and producer Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d’or for lifetime achievement at the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
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World Premiere of ‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’ to Open 2025 Tribeca Festival
Billy Joel “Billy Joel: So It Goes” (Art Maillett | Sony Music Archives | Courtesy HBO) The world premiere of the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, will open the 2025 Tribeca Festival, taking place June 4-15 in New York City.
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‘Lavender Men’ Trailer – Lincoln’s Queer History is Fantasized in Lovell Holder’s Film Adaptation of Acclaimed Play
Gillian Williams as “The First Lady,” Ted Rooney as “The President,” and Alex Esola as “Elmer” in Lavender Men directed by Lovell Holder (Courtesy of Matt Plaxco | Pride Flix) Lavender Men, directed by Lovell Holder, is the kind of film that makes you question everything you thought you knew about Abraham Lincoln. Adapted from the critically acclaimed play developed by Roger Q. Mason and Lovell Holder, it explores an elaborate fantasia about the 16th President’s gay love affair.
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Ryan White’s ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Wins Best Film at 49th Cleveland International Film Festival
Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley in Come See Me in the Good Light by Ryan White. (photo by Brandon Somerhalder) Come See Me in the Good Light, directed by Ryan White has won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the 49th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF49). The Sundance Award-winning documentary captures poet Andrea Gibson as they navigate a terminal cancer diagnosis with their wife, fellow poet Megan Falley, by their side.
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Brittany Shyne’s ‘ Seeds’ Wins Grand Jury Award at 2025 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Willie Head Jr. in Seeds by Brittany Shyne | photo by Brittany Shyne. Seeds, Brittany Shyne’s documentary portrait of Centennial farmers in the geographical south has won the Full Frame Grand Jury Award at the 2025 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Using lyrical black-and-white imagery, the film examines the decline of generational Black farmers and the significance of owning land.
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Snapshot – First Look at Shia LaBeouf in David Mamet’s Henry Johnson, Teri Polo Stars in ‘Relative Control’, ‘Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s’ Debuts on PBS
First Look at Evan Jonigkeit and Shia LaBeouf in David Mamet’s New Film Henry Johnson.
Evan Jonigkeit and Shia LaBeouf in Henry Johnson by David Mamet (Pam Susemiehl)
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‘Invention’ Trailer – Callie Hernandez and Courtney Stephens’ Award-Winning Hybrid Film Opens in US Cinemas
Invention by Callie Hernandez and Courtney Stephens Here is the new trailer for Invention, a hybrid film of of metafiction and archival footage from filmmakers Callie Hernandez and Courtney Stephens, making its US Premiere this weekend at the Los Angeles Festival of Movies and East Coast Premiere at New Directors/New Films.
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Snapshot – Alex Ross Perry’s ‘Pavements’, Rachel Suissa’s ‘Greek Mother’s Never Die’ Set Release Days
‘Pavements’ Alex Ross Perry’s Hybrid Biopic Documentary Makes its US theatrical premiere on Friday, May 2
Pavements by Alex Ross Perry
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Dean Puckett’s ‘The Severed Sun’ Folk Horror Film Opens In US Cinemas on May 16th | Trailer
The Severed Sun (Dark Sky Films) The Severed Sun, the folk horror feature film debut from Dean Puckett will be released in theaters and VOD/Digital platforms on May 16th from Dark Sky Films.
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Coming Soon – Alec Baldwin, Karen Allen and Michael Boatman to Star in ‘The Cutting Room Floor’ Indie Film
Alec Baldwin, Karen Allen, Michael Boatman (courtesy JCPR&C) Alec Baldwin, Karen Allen and Michael Boatman have joined the cast of writer and director Victoria DeMartin’s debut feature film, The Cutting Room Floor.