“After the hunt”, “Hedgehog”, “If I had legs I would kick you”
Awards seasons are heating up with Luca Guadagnino’s high-profile limited editions After fishingHarris Dickinson’s directorial debut urchinSundance and Berlin premiere comedy-drama If I had legs I would kick you. They join Kathryn Bigelow Diamite house On 200 screens and starring Jennifer Lopez Spider Woman Kiss A widely circulated musical film. documentary Dating game From China, a favorite on the festival circuit, is in Los Angeles. neon document Orwell: 2+2=5 By Raoul Peck Expands to 51 theaters.
Amazon MGM Studios begins rolling out Guadagnino’s psychological thriller After fishing Starring Julia Roberts at six locations in New York (Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn, Angelika, Lincoln Square) and Los Angeles (AMC Burbank, The Grove, Century City), it expands next week. With Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny, it premiered in Venice (see Deadline review) and was an opening night selection at the New York Film Festival. Roberts is a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student makes an accusation against a colleague, and a dark secret from her past threatens to come to light. Written by Nora Garrett.
Cannes Premiere urchin Starring Frank Dillane opens in limited release in New York (IFC Center) and Los Angeles (AMC Burbank, Century City). With a 96% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, Deadline review here. On the streets of London, Mike is trying hard to get by. The roadside missionaries won’t let him sleep in peace, his slippery friend won’t pay up the money he stole, and he soon finds himself in trouble with the law. As he struggles to reintegrate into society, juggling work as a cook and garbage collector, he must balance his new sense of community with his desire to destroy himself. Distributed by 1-2 Special, the new brand launched by Jason Hellerstein, founding CEO of Sideshow where he worked on acquisitions and marketing Driving my car, EO, everything that breathes, everything we imagine as light and flow. Expanding regionally next week.
A24 premieres at Sundance If I had legs I would kick you Written by Mary Bronstein and headlined by Rose Byrne with Conan O’Brien, it opens on four screens in New York (Lincoln Square, Angelica) and Los Angeles (The Grove, Century City). Byrne became known for her performance, winning the Silver Bear for Best Lead Performance at the Berlin International Film Festival. Byrne plays a woman whose life is crumbling around her as she tries to cope with her child’s mysterious illness, an absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist (O’Brien). Certified 93% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. See review deadline.
Roadside Attractions released with the film adaptation of the 1993 Tony Award-winning musical starring Jennifer Lopez Spider Woman Kiss On 1330 screens from. It premiered at Sundance, and Deadline’s review is here. Dream girls and beauty and the beast Director Bill Condon returns to the musical. Valentin (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiu), a window designer convicted of public indecency. The two form an unexpected bond as Molina narrates the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
Netflix presents Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller Diamite house A 200-screen release including Paris, Angelika and Alamo Drafthouse in New York City, and The Egyptian, iPic Westwood, Alamo Drafthouse and Los Feliz in Los Angeles, ahead of its October 24 debut.
It premiered in Venice, Deadline’s review here. Director and producer, winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Picture Pain locker And a Best Picture nominee for 2012 Zero Dark Thirty She returned with her first feature since Detroit Eight years ago. Written by Noah Oppenheim, former journalist and president of NBC News. When a single missile is launched at the United States, it is a race against time to determine who is responsible and how to respond, with the clock ticking less than 20 minutes before the missile reaches its target. Stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Gabriel Basso.
Dating gamea Sundance documentary by director Violet Du Feng that received a raucous reception on the festival circuit, is set in China where eligible men vastly outnumber women. The film follows Zhou, Li, and Wu, three single people who embark on a seven-day dating camp led by Hao, one of China’s most sought-after dating coaches, in a last-ditch effort to find love. From Fish + Bear Pictures, begins a week-long run of US screenings at Laemmle Glendale in Los Angeles.
Picturehouse opens Re-electionwritten, directed by and starring Adam Saunders, takes place in New York City at Regal Union Square. High school haunts everyone in one way or another. For Jimmy Power (Saunders), it was losing the race for senior class president in 1995 that caused him to drop out. Now a 40-year-old working in his father’s (Tony Danza) souvenir store, Jimmy returns to high school to recover his missing grades and finally win election.
Doppelgänger Releasing, Music Box Films’ genre label, has been released Mr. K Limited as of October 8 in New York at the IFC Center, expanding thereafter. Directed by Tallulah Schwab. Stars Crispin Glover as an unlucky traveling musician stuck in a remote, maze-like hotel. Glover will appear at an IFC or Q&A this weekend and at American Cinematheque Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles on October 21.
Yoav Potash documentary Between neighbors From 8 Above opens at the Quad in New York City, and expands to Los Angeles next week. One of the last living Holocaust survivors from the small Polish town of Gniewszow, along with an elderly eyewitness, breaks decades of silence about the Jews who were murdered there six months after the Nazis were defeated. Their stories are brought to life through hand-drawn animation sequences and touches of magical realism.
It was there, it wasn’t there Produced by Suncatcher Productions and Watermelon Pictures, Emily Mkrtchyan’s debut feature documentary opens at the DCTV Firehouse in New York City for a week. It follows four Armenian women fighting erasure and ethnic cleansing in their homeland of Artsakh. at Laemmle Glendale in Los Angeles next week and an opening Q&A will be held in all markets.