Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, Shirley Henderson, Olivia Williams, Indira Varma star in the British dark comedy film, The Trouble with Jessica. Tudyk, Sewell, Henderson, and Williams portray couples enjoying a private dinner party, however, the evening takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of an uninvited guest, played by Indira Varma, who ends up committing suicide.
Nine films, including Cloud, LifeHack and Rosario, have been added to the lineup for the 2025 Overlook Film Festival, taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres. The horror festival also announced new immersive events, presentations and parties.
Bari Kang’s Itch! captured the Best Film award at the 17th A Night of Horror International Film Festival which wrapped last week in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The zombie film captures a touching relationship between a father and daughter, who are trapped in a convenience store with other survivors trying to escape the apocalyptic pandemic taking place in the outside world.
Filmmaker Dana Flor directs 1-800-On-Her-Own, an intimate documentary portrait of feminist singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. The film takes viewers on a cinematic journey from DiFranco’s punk-folk origins to her current roles as an activist, mother, and revered musician. It takes its title from the actual toll-free number for Ani DiFranco’s own Righteous Babe record label, which has been operational since the early ’90s,
Celine Song, acclaimed for her Oscar-nominated film Past Lives, returns with another romance themed film, Materialists, a romantic comedy film starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal; and featuring a new original song by Japanese Breakfast.
Art for Everybody is a revelatory documentary that delves into the life and legacy of Thomas Kinkade, the artist known as the “Painter of Light.” Kinkade’s art, characterized by idyllic cottages and serene landscapes, became both widely popular and critically controversial.
SXSW announced the Audience Award winners for the 32nd SXSW Film & TV Festival today with Fantasy Life by Matthew Shear winning the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award and and Remaining Native by Paige Bethman won the Documentary Feature Competition Audience Awards.
IFC Films and Shudder debtued the official trailer for The Ugly Stepsister (Den stygge stesøsteren), the Norwegian fairy tale horror from writer and director Emilie Blichfeldt that takes a sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story. Starring in the movie are Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, and Flo Fagerli,
Janus Films | Sideshow debuted the official trailer for David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, the body horror film starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce and Sandrine Holt.
Ricardo de Montreuil’s Mistura, a drama set in 1960s Peru, has won both the Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Durango Independent Film Festival 2025 in Durango, Colorado. Barbara Mori (winner of the Jury Award – Best Performance Female Actor Narrative Feature) stars as a privileged French-Peruvian woman whose life unravels after her husband’s betrayal ostracizes her from elite society.
Captured in intimate verite by filmmaker Alix Blair, the documentary Helen and the Bear is a portrait of the complex relationship between Helen and husband, former California Congressman Pete McCloskey.
Love Hotel, a pinku classic from Shinji Somai newly restored by the Nikkatsu Corporation will get its first-ever North American theatrical release, opening for an exclusive one-week theatrical run beginning Friday, April 4, at Metrograph In Theater in New York.