Demi Moore will be celebrated at Santa Barbara International Film Festival with a retrospective of her acting career. The retrospective begins with a screening of Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal followed by an exclusive in-person conversation and a screening of Coralie Fargeat’s Best Picture nominee The Substance. The festival will also host a FREE screening of Jerry Zucker’s Ghost.
Roadside Attractions debuted the official trailer for Riff Raff, the dark comedy film starring Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, with Pete Davidson, and Bill Murray.
Catherine Gund uncovers the whitewashed history of Faith Ringgold’s masterpiece “For the Women’s House” and follows its 50-year journey from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum in the documentary Paint Me a Road Out of Here.
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, directed by Theo Panagopoulos took home the Grand Jury Prize in the short film competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Filmmaker Beth Lane made her directorial debut with UnBroken, the documentary chronicling the Weber siblings who escaped Nazi Germany following their mother’s incarceration and murder at Auschwitz.
Coinciding with the second anniversary of the tragic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria in 2023, claimed over 55,000 lives, the documentary Death Without Mercy directed by Syrian-born Academy Award® nominee Waad Al-Kateab (For Sama), debuts Thursday, February 6th, 2025, on Paramount+ with Showtime.
Anora won Best Picture at the 2024 Online Film Critics Society Awards along with Best Actress for Mikey Madison and Best Original Screenplay
Hulu shared the official trailer for SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), the documentary film on Sly & The Family Stone, the funk band known for Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits such as Dance to the Music (1968), Everyday People (1968), and Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).
Following the world premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Andrew Ahn’s dramedy The Wedding Banquet makes its International Premiere as the Opening Night Gala film of the 39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival taking place March 19th – 30th, 2025.
Dune: Part Two took home four awards including the top honor of Best Film at the Denver Film Critics Society awards.
Rob Tregenza’s The Fishing Place will have its North American theatrical premiere at MoMA in New York City on February 6, and will open at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles on March 7th. Other cities will follow. Director Rob Tregenza in person on February 6 after the 6:30pm screening at MoMA.
Directed by John Makens (Water to Wine, Red Bull: The Gamebreaker”) the pop culture documentary Art And Life: The Story of Jim Phillips chronicles the life of the artist behind skateboarding and rock culture art.