Year: 2020

Sundance Now Unveils November TV & Movie Slate

Sundance Now Unveils November TV & Movie Slate

Sundance Now Unveils November TV & Movie Slate

Sundance Now has revealed their November slate, including Season 3 of the Sundance Now Original series Riviera, starring Julia Stiles (Hustlers, 10 Things I Hate About You) and Rupert Graves (Sherlock, The War of the Worlds), as well as the premiere of the dark thriller Cold Call starring Sally Lindsay. You can check out the full lineup below!

RELATED: Sundance Now Unveils October TV & Movie Slate

The Sundance Now November slate includes:

Sunday, November 1

THE PAINTED VEIL

Golden Globe-winner based on the classic novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The Painted Veil is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young English couple, Walter (Edward Norton, Motherless Brooklyn), a middle-class doctor, and Kitty (Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive), an upper-class woman, who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else. When he uncovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by a deadly epidemic and takes her along. Their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth. Also starring Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones) and Liev Schreiber (Spotlight). (2006)

Monday, November 2

JAMES WHITE

James White (Christopher Abbott, Girls, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot), a twenty-something New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of the momentous challenge of helping his mother (Cynthia Nixon, Sex and the City) as she fights cancer. Also starring Kid Cudi (Need for Speed) and Ron Livingston (Office Space). (2015)

MY FRIEND DAHMER

The true, haunting story of young Jeffrey Dahmer (played by Ross Lynch, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Austin & Ally) – the shy adolescent in high school who becomes a notorious serial killer years later. Based on the 2012 graphic novel of the same name by cartoonist John “Derf” Backderf (played by Alex Wolff, Hereditary, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), who had been friends with Dahmer in high school in the 1970s, until the time Dahmer began his killing spree. Also starring Anne Heche (Six Days Seven Night) and Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men). (2017)

ACCIDENTAL ANARCHIST

Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits, and ulterior motives. A powerful film about one man’s epic journey from government insider to anarchist. (Documentary, 2017)

Thursday, November 5

RIVIERA, Season 3, Ep 1 (Sundance Now Original) | A new episode premieres every Thursday

Julia Stiles returns for the third season of the sumptuous Sundance Now Original Series, joined by new cast member Rupert Graves and returning cast members Poppy Delevingne (Kingsman: The Golden Circle) and Jack Fox (Sanditon). A year has passed since the explosive finale of the last series and Georgina (Stiles) has abandoned the cursed Riviera, leaving all its devastation and damage behind to start a new life. Now a rising star in international art restitution, she has reinvented herself as Georgina Ryland, traveling the world with charismatic new ally Gabriel Hirsch (Graves), as they attempt to unravel a gilded conspiracy involving stolen artworks that will take them from Venice to Argentina.

THE SPLIT, Season 2, Ep 6 – FINALE

The finale of the steamy legal drama. After Hannah’s heartbreaking confession to Nathan about the night before their wedding, their marriage is in turmoil.

Monday, November 9

WHAT MAISIE KNEW

The offspring of a hot-headed musician (Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven) and an art dealer (Steve Coogan, Philomena), little Maisie (Onata Aprile, Boardwalk Empire) learns the hard way about how difficult divorce can be on a youngster. The quiet, obedient child gets caught in the middle as her self-absorbed parents use her as a pawn in a bitter custody battle. After her parents marry new mates, Maisie finds reason to hope for some genuine affection, but permanent damage to her psyche may have already been done. Also starring Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood, Big Little Lies) and Joanna Vanderham (Warrior). (2012)

STARLET

Starlet explores the unlikely friendship between 21-year-old aspiring actress Jane (Dree Hemingway) and elderly widow Sadie (Besedka Johnson) after their worlds collide in California’s San Fernando Valley. Jane spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates and taking care of her chihuahua Starlet, while Sadie passes her days alone, tending to her garden. After a confrontation at a yard sale, Jane finds something unexpected in a relic from Sadie’s past. Her curiosity piqued; she tries to befriend the caustic older woman. Secrets emerge as their relationship grows, revealing that nothing is ever as it seems. (2012)

TRANSSIBERIAN

On their way home from China, married Christian missionaries Roy (Woody Harrelson, The People vs. Larry Flint) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer, Mary Poppins Returns) take a train from Beijing to Moscow. On board, they befriend Carlos (Eduardo Noriega, The Last Stand) and Abby (Kate Mara, Fantastic Four). When Roy does not return in time at one stop, Jessie waits for him to catch up at the next station. Carlos and Abby stay with her, insisting the town is unsafe, however Carlos’ attempts to “befriend” Jessie radically change the dynamic of the trip. Also starring Ben Kingsley (Gandhi). Directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist). (2008)

AFTER THE WAVE

A documentary about the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand and the international forensic effort to identify and return home every victim to their families across the globe. (2014)

Tuesday, November 10

WHO TOOK JOHNNY

Who Took Johnny explores an infamous 30-year-old cold case: the disappearance of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. The film focuses on Johnny’s mother, Noreen, and her tireless quest for the truth. Along the way, there have been mysterious sightings, strange clues, bizarre revelations, and a run-in with a person who claims to have helped abduct Johnny. (Documentary, 2016)

Thursday, November 12

BANG, Season 1

From the producers of The Fall comes this award-winning Welsh drama about ambitious police officer Gina Jenkins (Catrin Stewart, Stella) and her troubled brother, Sam (Jacob Ifan, Cuffs). When Sam gets ahold of a gun, he sets off on a crime spree that endangers not only his life, but also his sister’s future in the force. Bilingual drama in English and Welsh with subtitles. (8 EPS, 2017)

RIVIERA, Season 3, Ep 2

Georgina emerges from having the rosary assessed by an antique jeweler only to be mugged. She races after the thief, who steals her gun, but abandons her bag. Her relief turns to dismay when she comes face to face with Nico Eltham.

Monday, November 16

MARJORIE PRIME

Eighty-six-year-old Marjorie (Lois Smith, Lady Bird) spends her final, ailing days with a younger, computerized version of her deceased husband (Jon Hamm, Mad Men). With the intent to recount their life together, Marjorie’s Prime relies on the information from her and her kin to develop a more complex understanding of his history. As their interactions deepen, the family begins to develop diverging recounts of their lives, drawn into the chance to reconstruct the often-painful past. Also starring Tim Robbins (Mystic River) and Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise). (2017)

FROM NOWHERE

Three undocumented teenagers – a Dominican girl (Octavia Chavez-Richmond, Knives Out), an African boy (J. Mallory McCree, Homeland) and a Peruvian girl (Raquel Castro, Empire) – are about to graduate high school in the Bronx, while working with a teacher (Julianne Nicholson, August: Osage County) and a lawyer (Denis O’Hare, Dallas Buyers Club) to try to get proper documents to stay in the U.S. Forced to grow up quickly and navigate problems most adults don’t even have to face, the students are really just American teenagers who want to be with their friends, fall in love, and push back against authority. (2016)

BEYOND RIGHT AND WRONG

Filmmakers Lekha Singh and Roger Spottiswoode examine areas of conflict around the world and ask what it takes to forgive under the most difficult of circumstances. (Documentary, 2012)

Thursday, November 19

COLD CALL

A dark thriller set in Manchester, detailing the story of a single mother, June (Sally Lindsay, Coronation Street), as she tries to salvage her family’s future after a phone call that changes her life. Following the death of her elderly mother and fueled by a bubbling rage, June attempts to hunt down those responsible to seek her revenge. Each episode explores just how far a normal woman can be stretched when a very real threat to her – and her family’s – lives presents itself. (4 EPS, Available all at once)

RIVIERA, Season 3, Ep 3

A fully clothed Gabriel leaps to the rescue when he discovers Daphne sinking under the water. Once safe, she confides in Georgina how worthless Nico makes her feel, but Georgina is unequivocal: escaping Nico is something Daphne must do herself.

Monday, November 23

PARIS, JE T’AIME

An anthology film consisting of eighteen short films set in different places around Paris. Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened starring Juliette Binoche (The English Patient), Steve Buscemi (Fargo), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate), Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight), Bob Hoskins (The Long Good Friday), Margo Martindale (August: Osage County), Emily Mortimer (Transsiberian), Nick Nolte (Warrior), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Miranda Richardson (The Crying Game), Rufus Sewell (Dark City), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and many more. Featuring segments directed by Gus Van Sant (Elephant), Joel and Ethan Cohen (Fargo), Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Alexander Payne (Election) and more. (2006)

DEAR MANDELA

When the South African government promises to ‘eradicate the slums’ and begins to evict shack dwellers far outside the city, three friends who live in Durban’s vast shantytowns refuse to be moved. Dear Mandela follows their journey from their shacks to the highest court in the land as they invoke Nelson Mandela’s example and become leaders in a growing social movement. (Documentary, 2012)

Thursday, November 26

RIVIERA, Season 3, Ep 4

Georgina wakes up in a remote psychiatric facility where she’s been forcibly admitted by Alex and Ellen to keep her quiet. Trapped and angry, she kicks off, vowing revenge. She’s determined to stay strong throughout her therapy sessions with Dr. Mathieu, but Alex and Ellen have given Dr. Mathieu a lot of information about her.

Monday, November 30

ADELE’S WISH

The controversial story behind the world’s most valuable painting, the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt. The film recounts the struggle of 92-year-old Los Angeles resident Maria Altmann, who sued Austria to recover five Klimt paintings stolen from her family in Vienna by the Nazis in 1938. The paintings were considered national treasures by Austria and were proudly displayed in Vienna’s Belvedere Museum for over sixty years. Although it began as a legal dispute, it evolved into a political, cultural, and ethical confrontation. In the process, Austria was forced to re-examine not only its role in Nazi art thefts but also its anti-Semitic past. (Documentary, 2008)

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New to Stream: HBO Max November 2020 Highlights

New to Stream: HBO Max November 2020 Highlights

New to Stream: HBO Max November 2020 Highlights

HBO Max has unveiled its November 2020 movie and TV highlights, including the premiere of the HBO Max Original The Flight Attendant, starring Kaley Cuoco in the dark comedy thriller, along with Season 2 of His Dark Materials, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion Special, the new drama series Industry, and much more. You can check out the full lineup below!

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Titles Coming to HBO Max in November: 

November TBA

12 Dates Of Christmas, HBO Max Original Series Premiere

Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show, HBO Max Original Special Premiere

Crazy, Not Insane, Documentary Premiere (HBO)

  • Directed and produced by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney (HBO’s “The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley”), this documentary profiles forensic psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis, who has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people, working with numerous serial killers including Ted Bundy.

The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Reunion Special, HBO Max Original Special Premiere

Full Bloom, HBO Max Original Series Premiere

  • With incredible artistic creations and floristry face-offs, Full Bloom will allow audiences to escape into a surreal world as contestants will design and execute some of the most wondrous, Wonka-esq floral creations ever seen.

I Hate Suzie, HBO Max Original Series Premiere

  • A bold, bracing, original dramedy about the moment in life when the mask slips, asking if any of us can survive being well and truly ‘known’. Suzie Pickles (Piper), has her life upended when she is hacked and pictures of her emerge in an extremely compromising position.

The Mystery Of DB Cooper, Documentary Premiere (HBO)

  • Directed by John Dower, this documentary brings to life the stories of four people believed by their family and friends to be “DB Cooper” a man who hijacked a 727 flying out of Seattle and jumped from the plane over the wilds of Washington State with a parachute and $200,000, never to be heard from again.

Sesame Street, Season 51 2020

Valley Of Tears, HBO Max Original Series Premiere

Veneno, HBO Max Original Series Premiere

  • The series follows Valeria, a young journalism student who discovers she has more in common with La Veneno than she thought.

November 1:

10,000 BC, 2008
13 Going On 30, 2004
2 Fast 2 Furious, 2003 (HBO)
Above The Rim, 1994
All Is Bright, 2013
America, America, 1964
Anchors Aweigh, 1945
Another Cinderella Story, 2008
The Arrangement, 1969
Austin Powers In Goldmember, 2002
Autumn In New York, 2000 (HBO)
Baby Doll, 1956
Battleship, 2012 (HBO)
Beasts Of The Southern Wild, 2012 (HBO)
Billy Madison, 1995 (HBO)
Blast From The Past, 1999
Blood Work, 2002
The Bridge Of San Luis Rey, 2005 (HBO)
Broadway Danny Rose, 1984 (HBO)
The Bucket List, 2007
The Children, 2009
A Christmas Carol, 1938
Chronicle, 2012 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
City Island, 2010 (HBO)
City Slickers, 1991 (HBO)
Clash Of The Titans, 2010
Critical Care, 1997
Cruel Intentions, 1999 (HBO)
The Dancer Upstairs, 2003 (HBO)
The Dark Knight, 2008
David Copperfield, 1935
Dead Man Walking, 1995 (HBO)
Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985 (HBO)
The Devil’s Advocate, 1997
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, 2003 (HBO)
Dolphin Tale, 2011
Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, 2003
The Eagle, 2011 (HBO)
East Of Eden, 1955
Eight Legged Freaks, 2002
Elf Pets: Santa’s Saint Bernard’s Save Christmas, 2018
The Enforcer, 1976
A Face In The Crowd, 1957
The Fast And The Furious, 2001 (HBO)
Femme Fatale, 2002
The Five-Year Engagement, 2012 (Extended Version) (HBO)
A Flintstone Christmas, 1977
A Flintstone Family Christmas, 1993
Free Willy, 1993
Friday The 13th, 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, 2009
The Gauntlet, 1977
Genius, 2016 (HBO)
Get Santa, 2014
Girl In Progress, 2012
Grumpier Old Men, 1995
Grumpy Old Men, 1993
Guys And Dolls, 1955
Hacksaw Ridge, 2016 (HBO)
Happy Gilmore, 1996 (HBO)
Heidi, 2006
High Fidelity, 2000 (HBO)
High Society, 1956
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, 2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, 2013
Hollidaysburg, 2014
House On Haunted Hill, 1999
Ice Age: Continental Drift, 2012 (HBO)
Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes
The Iron Giant, 1999
J. Edgar, 2011
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, 1993
Jason X, 2002
King Kong, 1976 (HBO)
The Last King Of Scotland, 2006 (HBO)
The Lego Batman Movie, 2017
The Lego Movie, 2014
The Lego Ninjago Movie, 2014
License To Wed, 2007
Life Stinks, 1991
Linda And The Mockingbirds, 2020 (HBO)
Little Man Tate, 1991 (HBO)
Looney Tunes: Back In Action, 2003
The Losers, 2010
Lowriders, 2017 (HBO)
Made, 2001 (HBO)
The Madness Of King George, 1994 (HBO)
Magic Mike, 2012
The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special, 2017
Magnum Force, 1973
Malibu’s Most Wanted, 2003
The Man With The Golden Arm, 1955
The Mask, 1994
Menace II Society, 1993
Miss Julie, 2014 (HBO)
Money Talks, 1997
Mr. Nanny, 1993
Music And Lyrics, 2007
Must Love Dogs, 2005
Mystic River, 2003
National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1, 1993
Needful Things, 1993
The Neverending Story, 1984
The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter, 1991
New York Minute, 2004
Nights In Rodanthe, 2008
Nothing Like The Holidays, 2008
Now And Then, 1995
Ocean’s 11, 1960
Old School, 2003
On The Town, 1949
Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas, Special Premiere
A Perfect World, 1993
Pleasantville, 1998
The Pledge, 2001
Popstar, 2005
Practical Magic, 1998
The Prophecy, 1995 (HBO)
The Prophecy 2, 1998 (HBO)
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent, 2000 (HBO)
Prophecy 4: The Uprising, 2005 (HBO)
Prophecy 5: The Forsaken, 2005 (HBO)
Radio Days, 1987
Red Tails, 2012 (HBO)
Rick And Morty, Season Four PremiereThe Right Stuff, 1983
Rock Star, 2001
Rosewood, 1997
Rumor Has It, 2005
Salvador, 1986 (HBO)
Scoop, 2006 (HBO)
The Sea Of Grass, 1947
The Secret Garden, 1993
Sesame Street, 1969
Sesame Street: Elmo’s Playdate, Special Premiere
Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, Special Premiere
Sinbad Of The Seven Seas, 1989 (HBO)
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants, 2005
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2, 2008
Smurfs Christmas Special, 1982
Some Came Running, 1958
Space Cowboys, 2000
Splendor In The Grass, 1961
Sudden Impact, 1983
Summer Catch, 2001
Swingers, 1996 (HBO)
Swordfish, 2001
A Tale Of Two Cities, 1935
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, 2003
Terminator Salvation, 2009
Terms Of Endearment, 1983
Thief, 1981 (HBO)
Thirteen Ghosts, 2001
Tightrope, 1984
The Time Traveler’s Wife, 2009
Tis The Season To Be Smurfy, 1987
Titans, Seasons 1 & 2
Torque, 2004
Tower Heist, 2011 (HBO)
The Town That Santa Forgot, 1993
Troll, 1986 (HBO)
Troll 2, 1990 (HBO)
True Crime, 1999
Tweety’s High-Flying Adventures, 2000
Twilight Zone: The Movie, 1983 (HBO)
Una Semana (HBO)
Unaccompanied Minors, 2006
Untamed Heart, 1993 (HBO)
Veronica Mars, 2014
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, 2011 (Extended Version) (HBO)
We Bought A Zoo, 2011 (HBO)
When You Wish Upon A Pickle: A Sesame Street Special, 2018
Wild Wild West, 1999
Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!, 2004 (HBO)
Witches Of Eastwick, The, 1987
The Wood, 1999
Wyatt Earp, 1994
Yogi Bear’s All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper, 1982
Yogi’s First Christmas, 1980
Young Justice, Seasons 1-3
Zoo Animals (HBO)

November 2:

Quadrophenia, 1979
We Are Who We Are, Season Finale (HBO)
A Woman Under The Influence, 1974

November 4:

Looney Tunes, 1930 – 1969

November 6:

Pecado Original (Aka Original Sin) (HBO)

November 7:

The Dead Don’t Die, 2019 (HBO)
The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2020 Inductions (HBO)

November 9:

Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma, Season 5 (Subtitled) (Crunchyroll Collection)
Industry, Series Premiere (HBO)

November 11:

Patria, Season Finale (HBO)

November 12:

My Sesame Street Friends, 2020

November 13:

De Lo Mio (HBO)
Entre Nos: LA Meets NY (HBO)

November 14:

Dolittle, 2020 (HBO)

November 15:

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Season Finale (HBO)

Murder On Middle Beach, Docuseries Premiere (HBO)
A four-part documentary series directed by first-time filmmaker Madison Hamburg, presents Hamburg’s complicated journey as a young man determined to solve an unspeakable crime and absolve the people he loves, while looking for answers within his fractured family and community.

November 16:

His Dark Materials, Season Two Premiere (HBO)
Season two of HIS DARK MATERIALS begins after Lord Asriel has opened a bridge to a new world, and, distraught over the death of her best friend, Lyra follows Asriel into the unknown.

Linda and the Mockingbirds, 2020 (HBO)

November 20:

Porno Para Principiantes (Aka Porno For Newbies) (HBO)

November 21:

Between The World And Me, Special Event Premiere (HBO)
Originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater in 2018, the special will combine elements of that production, including powerful readings from Coates’ book, and will once again be directed by award-winning director and Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes.

Real Time with Bill Maher, Season Finale (HBO)
Underwater, 2020 (HBO)

November 24:

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
Smurfs, Season 4, 1981

November 26:

Craftopia: Craft the Halls, HBO Max Special Premiere
Craftopia: Merry Craftmas!, HBO Max Special Premiere
The Flight Attendant, HBO Max Original Series Premiere

Superintelligence, HBO Max Original Film Premiere
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.

November 27:

Chateau Vato (HBO)
How To With John Wilson, Season Finale (HBO)

November 28:

The Call Of The Wild, 2019 (HBO)

November 29:

The Undoing, Season Finale (HBO)

RELATED: The Flight Attendant Trailer: Kaley Cuoco Stars in HBO Max’s Dark Comedy Thriller

Select Titles Leaving HBO Max in November

November 4:

Aquaman, 2018 (HBO)

November 5:

Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge, 2017 (HBO)
Signs, 2002 (HBO)

November 25:

Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill, 2016 (HBO)

November 26:

All Def Comedy, 2017 (HBO)

November 30:

24/7: Kelly Slater, 2019 (HBO)
All The President’s Men, 1976
Anastasia, 1997 (HBO)
Badlands, 1973
Batman Begins, 2005
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead, 2007 (HBO)
Blinded By The Light, 2019 (HBO)
The Bodyguard, 1992
Bridesmaids, 2011 (Unrated Version) (HBO)
Bridget Jones’s Baby, 2016
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, 1958
Charlotte’s Web, 1973
Cheech & Chong’s Up In Smoke, 1978
Chicago, 2002
Child’s Play 2, 1990 (HBO)
Child’s Play 3, 1991 (HBO)
Commando, 1985 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
The Conversation, 1974
The Dark Knight, 2008
Dave, 1993
Deliverance, 1972
Dog Day Afternoon, 1975
Election, 1999
Ella Enchanted, 2004
Father Of The Bride, 1950
Going The Distance, 2010
Good Boys, 2019 (HBO)
The Haunting, 1999
JFK, 1991
The Kitchen, 2019 (HBO)
Little Shop Of Horrors, 1986 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
Malcolm X, 1992
The Mask, 1994
Marathon Man, 1976
Pearl Harbor, 2001 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)
The Pelican Brief, 1993
Roger & Me, 1989
Sky High, 2005 (HBO)
Son Of The Mask, 2005
Stuber, 2019 (HBO)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, 1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, 1993
TMNT, 2007
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, 1966

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Dolly Parton’s Christmas on The Square Trailer Starring Christine Baranski

Dolly Parton's Christmas on The Square Trailer Starring Christine Baranski

Dolly Parton’s Christmas on The Square Trailer Starring Christine Baranski

Netflix has released the official trailer for Dolly Parton’s Christmas on The Square, starring Golden Globe nominee Christine Baranski (The Good Wife, Cybill, The Good Fight) in the holiday musical featuring 14 original songs by Dolly Parton. You can check out the trailer now in the player below!

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Christmas On The Square follows small-town “Scrooge” Regina Fuller (Christine Baranski) as she’s visited by a rhinestone-bedazzled angel (Dolly) who guides her on a musical journey of redemption. Will this stingy property owner evict the entire town of Fullerville on Christmas Eve, or will her greed give way to the Christmas spirit?

Directed by famed choreographer and Golden Globe winner Debbie Allen (Fame) and written by Emmy winner Maria S. Schlatter, Dolly’s Christmas music will put a song in your heart and bring the whole family together for the holidays. So curl up with this miracle of a musical starring Dolly Parton, Christine Baranski, Treat Williams, Jeanine Mason, Josh Segarra, Mary Lane Haskell, and many more.

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Christmas on The Square will debut on Netflix on November 22.

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Run Trailer: You Can’t Escape a Mother’s Love in the Sarah Paulson-Led Horror Thriller

Run Trailer: You Can't Escape a Mother's Love in the Sarah Paulson-Led Horror Thriller

Run Trailer: You Can’t Escape a Mother’s Love in the Sarah Paulson-Led Horror Thriller

Hulu has released a new trailer for the upcoming horror thriller Run, starring Golden Globe and Emmy winner Sarah Paulson (American Crime Story, American Horror Story, Ratched) and Kiera Allen (Ethan & Skye). Directed by Aneesh Chaganty, you can check out the trailer now for the movie below!

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In Run, they say you can never escape a mother’s love… but for Chloe, that’s not a comfort — it’s a threat. There’s something unnatural, even sinister about the relationship between Chloe (Allen) and her mom, Diane (Paulson). Diane has raised her daughter in total isolation, controlling every move she’s made since birth, and there are secrets that Chloe’s only beginning to grasp. From the visionary writers, producers, and director of the breakout film Searching, comes a suspense thriller that shows that when mom gets a little too close, you need to RUN.

Chaganty co-wrote the screenplay with his Searching co-writer Sev Ohanian. The project is produced by Ohanian and Natalie Qasabian.

RELATED: Hulu Acquires Kristen Stewart-Led Happiest Season for Thanksgiving

The movie was initially set for a May 8 release but was delayed along with many other titles due to the ongoing global pandemic. The feature will now premiere on November 20 on Hulu. Run will reportedly also be released theatrically in select international markets.

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CS Video: Bob Gale Talks Back to the Future Auditions & More!

CS Video: Bob Gale Talks Back to the Future Auditions & More!

CS Video: Bob Gale Talks Back to the Future Auditions & More!

It’s October 21st, and that means… Happy Back to the Future Day! ComingSoon.net had the chance to speak 1:1 with Back to the Future writer/producer Bob Gale for the 4K Blu-ray release, out now in the US and UK. During the conversation we asked Gale to talk about the Back to the Future auditions from 1985 featured on the new bonus features, including Ben Stiller, Jon Cryer and Billy Zane! We also talk about the influence of Buckaroo Banzai on the trilogy. Check out our question and his delighted answer in the video below!

Click here to order the Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy 4K boxed set!

RELATED: CS Asks Bob Gale a Back to the Future Question He’s Never Been Asked!

Great Scott! In 1985, Director Robert Zemeckis, Executive Producer Steven Spielberg and Producer/Screenwriter Bob Gale embarked on a three-part journey through time that broke box-office records worldwide and catapulted Back to the Future into one of the most beloved trilogies in motion picture history. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the groundbreaking first film with Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy available on 4K Ultra HD for the first time ever on October 20, 2020 – just in time to celebrate “Back to the Future Day” on October 21!

This collection is loaded with bonus material including a bonus disc that comes with over an hour of brand-new content such as rare audition footage from Hollywood stars Ben Stiller, Kyra Sedgwick, Jon Cryer, Billy Zane, Peter DeLuise and C. Thomas Howell, a tour of the film’s props and memorabilia hosted by co-writer/producer Bob Gale, a sneak peek at the new musical show, and a special episode of the popular YouTube Series “Could You Survive The Movies?” Join Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and a time traveling DeLorean for the adventure of a lifetime as they travel to the past, present and future, setting off a time-shattering chain reaction that disrupts the space-time continuum!

Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy will include all three movies in collectible discbook packaging plus a bonus disc including all-new bonus content. For the first time, the past, present and future collide in eye-popping Ultra HD resolution for a time-traveling celebration. New 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray™ deliver the highest quality picture, more colors than ever before, and immersive, multi-dimensional sound. From filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, this unforgettable 35th anniversary collection features hours of bonus features and is an unrivaled trilogy that stands the test of time making this a must-own for everyone’s movie library. All three Back to the Future films will also be available on 4K Ultra HD digitally for the first time ever and Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy will also be available on DVD.

RELATED: CS Video: Back to the Future’s Bob Gale Remembers Designer Ron Cobb

Three premium collections will be available at select retailers for a limited time only:

BACK TO THE FUTURE 35TH ANNIVERSARY TRILOGY LIMITED EDITION GIFT SET (4K UHD): Includes exclusive levitating Hoverboard replica (Amazon Exclusive)

BACK TO THE FUTURE 35TH ANNIVERSARY TRILOGY LIMITED EDITION GIFT SET (Blu-ray): Includes exclusive levitating Hoverboard replica (Target Exclusive)

BACK TO THE FUTURE 35TH ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION TRILOGY (4K UHD): Includes three newly designed steelbooks (Best Buy Exclusive)
For more information on these exclusives, please visit the individual retailer’s stores and websites.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE ULTIMATE TRILOGY will be available on 4K Ultra HD combo pack, which includes 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, & Digital Code and on Blu-ray which includes the Blu-ray & Digital Code.

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Exclusive: Michael Rooker Reflects on Mallrats & Super Anniversaries!

Exclusive: Michael Rooker Reflects on Mallrats & Super Anniversaries!

Exclusive: Michael Rooker Reflects on Mallrats & Super Anniversaries!

While chatting with the 65-year-old star for his role in the post-apocalyptic rom-com Love and Monsters, ComingSoon.net took a step back in time with Michael Rooker to reflect on the tenth anniversary of James Gunn’s Super and the 25th anniversary of Kevin Smith’s Mallrats. Our interview can be viewed in the player below!

RELATED: Exclusive Love and Monsters Clip Featuring Dylan O’Brien & Jessica Henwick

Written and directed by Kevin Smith, Mallrats was the second installment in the filmmaker’s View Askewniverse after his debut Clerks, though chronologically takes place the day prior, and centers on recently dumped T.S. (Jeremy London) and Brodie (Jason Lee) as they head to the mall to escape their woes while battling with the shopping area’s tight security and the maniacal dad of T.S.’ ex, Jared Svenning (Rooker).

Click here to purchase Kevin Smith’s cult classic!

In addition to London, Lee and Rooker, the cast for the film included Smith and Jason Mewes as iconic stoner duo and main thread for the View Askewniverse Jay and Silent Bob, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Renee Humphrey, Shannen Doherty, Ethan Suplee, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Scott Mosier, Brian O’Halloran, Bryan Johnson, Walt Flanagan and comic book legend Stan Lee as himself.

Written and directed by future Guardians of the Galaxy helmer Gunn, Super followed Frank Darbo, a short-order cook in a small town who, despite possessing no superpowers, decides to become a superhero called the “Crimson Bolt” after receiving what he believes to be a message from God to fight crime and rescue his wife Sarah from a local drug dealer and strip club owner.

Click here to purchase James Gunn’s indie cult hit!

The cast for the dark comedy was led by Rainn Wilson and also included Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fillion, Rooker, Gregg Henry, Andre Royo, Sean Gunn and Linda Cardellini.

RELATED: Exclusive: Godzilla’s Michael Dougherty to Direct Nightbreed Series!

Love and Monsters is now available on digital platforms!

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Sony’s Don’t Breathe Sequel & Ghostbusters: Afterlife Get New Release Dates

Sony's Don't Breathe Sequel & Ghostbusters: Afterlife Get New Release Dates

Sony’s Don’t Breathe Sequel & Ghostbusters: Afterlife Get New Release Dates

Sony Pictures has scheduled Screen Gems’ Don’t Breathe sequel for an August 13, 2021 release date. Additionally, Sony has moved Columbia Pictures’ Ghostbusters: Afterlife to June 11, 2021, from its March 5, 2021 release date. The film will now debut the same weekend as the first Ghostbusters film, which premiered on June 8, 1984.

The Don’t Breathe sequel will now open against 20th Century Studios’ Deep Water while Ghostbusters: Afterlife will open a week before Warner Bros.’ In the Heights.

RELATED: Don’t Breathe 2: Stephen Lang Officially Wraps Filming!

Directed by Rodo Sayagues, Don’t Breathe 2 will take place several years after the home invasion of the first movie, with the Blind Man living in quiet solace… until his past sins catch up to him. According to Bloody Disgusting, Lang’s Blind Man has been hiding out for years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a house fire. Their quiet existence is shattered when a group of kidnappers show up and take the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.

Sayagues co-wrote the script with Don’t Breathe co-writer and director Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead). Alvarez, Good Universe, and Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert of Ghost House will produce. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisition and its Stage 6 Films division are backing the project.

RELATED: Jason Reitman Hints at Surprise in Ghostbusters Drive-In Re-Release

Don’t Breathe earned $157 million at the worldwide box office from a $10 million budget when the movie hit theaters in August 2016. Along with Lang, the movie starred Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, and Daniel Zovatto. In the film a trio of friends in Detroit who routinely commit small-time burglaries. When they uncover a score that they think will see them set for life, the group decides to break into the house of a blind man, thinking it will be easy to get in and out with a sizable amount of cash. As it turns out, what was to be an easy take may end up becoming the last thing any of them ever do.

The film was produced by Ghost House’s Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert alongside Joseph Drake, Nathan Kahane, and J.R. Young.

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Jared Leto Returning to Play Joker in Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Jared Leto Returning to Play Joker in Zack Snyder's Justice League

Jared Leto Returning to Play Joker in Zack Snyder’s Justice League

The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Jared Leto is reprising his Suicide Squad Joker in Zack Snyder’s Justice League as the actor has reportedly joined the reshoots for the highly-anticipated Snyder Cut. Shooting is currently underway with Ben Affleck, Ray Fisher, and Amber Heard among those involved with the reshoots.

RELATED: Kevin Costner Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny Appearance in the Snyder Cut

Zack Snyder’s Justice League will reportedly cost around $70 million in order to properly finish the editing and visual effects of the director’s original vision, as well as the additional photography. The original post-production crew is also expected to return along with the cast members to record additional dialogue for the cut. 

It was revealed at DC FanDome that the movie will release on HBO Max in 2021 by being broken up into four one-hour parts that will also be released as one four-hour film.

Fueled by the hero’s restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Justice League sees Bruce Wayne enlist the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

Justice League, which features a screenplay from Chris Terrio from a story by Snyder and Terrio, stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta, with J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon, and Amy Adams as Lois Lane.

RELATED: Joe Manganiello Talks Original Deathstroke Post Credit Scene

Released in November 2017, the film earned mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike, praising the action and performances from Gadot and Miller while criticizing every other aspect of the film, namely the inconsistent tone that many fault Joss Whedon (The Avengers) for after taking over directorial duties from Snyder. With a large budget of $300 million and a break-even point of $750 million, the film is considered a box office bomb having grossed only $658 million.

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New to Stream: OVID’s November 2020 Movie Lineup

New to Stream: OVID's November 2020 Movie Lineup

New to Stream: OVID’s November 2020 Movie Lineup

OVID.tv, the curated streaming destination for documentaries and art-house films, has announced its November streaming lineup. On November 6, OVID brings out its first post-election release, the restored version of legendary situationist Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle, based on his 1967 book.

Premiering on November 18, From What is Before, winner of five prizes at the Locarno Film Festival, is Lav Diaz’s extraordinary five-and-a-half-hour epic taking place in The Philippine countryside. Oliver Laxe’s Mimosas (November 19), winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, is a breathtakingly shot Western that follows a mysterious caravan carrying a dying sheikh into the Moroccan Atlas Mountains. Also on November 19, the masters of the French New Wave (Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Éric Rohmer, and others) unfurl slices of Parisian life in a restored version of Six in Paris.

Debuting November 20, Patrick Wang’s critically acclaimed A Bread Factory, a New York Times Critics Pick, features a remarkable performance from Tyne Daly told in two films about big changes in a small town, and the remastered HD version of Bamako, executive produced by Danny Glover, is the critically acclaimed political drama by celebrated filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako that chronicles an extraordinary trial in the capital city of Mali.

Additionally, New York City’s Latin heritage and urban landscapes are chronicled in three films. On November 25, David Riker’s La Ciudad is a collection of stories and an affecting portrait of disenfranchised Latin American immigrants living in New York. Diego Echeverria’s Los Sures is a complex portrait celebrating the vitality of this largely Puerto Rican and Dominican community in New York City. And Manfred Kirchheimer’s Stations of the Elevated weaves together vivid images of graffiti-covered elevated subway trains crisscrossing 1970s New York. The commentary-free soundtrack combines ambient city noise with jazz and gospel by Charles Mingus and Aretha Franklin.

Spotlighting classic films from the National Film Board of Canada (NFBC), OVID presents on November 12 two short docs by Roman Kroitor & Wolf Koenig, Glenn Gould – Off the Record and Glenn Gould – On the Record about the renowned Canadian concert pianist. On November 13, Caroline Leaf’s Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. Leonard Cohen, is a black-and-white portrait of the poet, novelist, and songwriter at age 30 on a visit to his hometown of Montreal.

RELATED: New to Netflix November 2020: All Movies & Shows Coming and Going

Details on these and the rest of the films coming to OVID in November are below:

Friday, November 6th

Society of the Spectacle (1973)

Directed by Guy Debord; Icarus Films, Documentary

France

La Société du Spectacle (Society of the Spectacle) is a black-and-white 1973 film by the Situationist Guy Debord, based on his 1967 book of the same name. It was Debord’s first feature-length film. It uses found footage and détournement in a radical Marxist critique of mass marketing and its role in the alienation of modern society.

Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End (2017)

Directed by Pablo Bryant; Grasshopper Film, Documentary

U.S.

A political cartoonist known for his outrageous and subversive art, Mr. Fish’s work has been published in places such as Harper’s, The Nation, The Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly and The Village Voice and sites like truthdig.com.

In this intimate and revealing documentary, Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End, we are introduced to the dangerously funny cartoonist as he struggles to stay true to his creativity in a world where biting satiric humor has an ever-diminishing commercial value.

Wednesday, November 10th

Churchill Island (1941)

Directed by Stuart Legg; National Film Board Canada, Documentary

Canada

This film won the NFB its first Oscar and was also the first documentary to win this coveted award. It presents the strategy of the Battle of Britain, showing with penetrating clarity the relationships between the various forces made up the island’s defenses. Here is the Royal Air Force in its epic battle with the Luftwaffe, the Navy in its stubborn fight against the raiders of sea and sky, the coastal defenses, the mechanized cavalry, the merchant seamen and behind them all, Britain’s tough, unbending civilian army.

City of Gold (1957)

Directed by Colin Low & Wolf Koenig; National Film Board Canada, Documentary

Canada

This classic short film from Pierre Berton depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the fabled gold fields over 3000 km north of civilization. Using a collection of still photographs, the film juxtaposes the Dawson City at the height of the gold rush with its bustling taverns and dance halls with the more tranquil Dawson City of the present.

King of the Hill (1974)

Directed by William Canning & Donald Brittain; National Film Board Canada, Documentary

Canada

This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the hope and innocence of spring training to the dog days of an August slump, the camera gets up close and personal at the home plate and records the intimate chatter on the mound, in the dugout and in the locker room. It provides a glimpse into the rewards and pressures of sports stardom and the easy camaraderie of the quintessential summer sport.

Royal Journey (1951)

Directed by David Bairstow, Gudrun Parker & Roger Blais; National Film Board Canada, Documentary

Canada

A documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951. Stops on the royal tour include Québec City, the National War Memorial in Ottawa, the Trenton Air Force Base in Toronto, a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Regina and visits to Calgary and Edmonton. The royal train crosses the Rockies and makes stops in several small towns. The royal couple boards HMCS Crusader in Vancouver and watches Native dances in Thunderbird Park, Victoria. They are then welcomed to the United States by President Truman. The remainder of the journey includes visits to Montreal, the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, a steel mill in Sydney, Nova Scotia and Portugal Cove, Newfoundland.

Thursday, November 12th

Glenn Gould – Off the Record (1959)

Directed by Roman Kroitor & Wolf Koenig; National Film Board Canada, Music Documentary

Canada

In this short documentary, Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage. This is an aspect of Gould previously known only to the collie pacing beside him through the woods, the fishermen resting their oars to hear his piano, and fellow musicians like Franz Kraemer, with whom Gould talks of composition.

Glenn Gould – On the Record (1959)

Directed by Roman Kroitor & Wolf Koenig; National Film Board Canada, Music Documentary

Canada

This short documentary follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records, and then, alone with the piano, fastidiously recording Bach’s Italian Concerto.

Friday, November 13th

Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1981)

Directed by Caroline Leaf; National Film Board Canada, Music Documentary

Canada

This short documentary profiles Quebec-born singing sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle. The sisters enjoy international acclaim—although outside of the mainstream—for their inimitable style, their talent as songwriters, and especially their unassuming, informal personalities. With camera and sketchbook in hand, artist and filmmaker Caroline Leaf captures the sisters’ endearing qualities. The result is an easygoing, sometimes whimsical portrait of the famous sisters on and off stage. Highlights include excerpts from the sisters’ Carnegie Hall performance and a look at their songwriting and recording processes.

Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. Leonard Cohen (1965)

Directed by Caroline Leaf; National Film Board Canada, Music Documentary

Canada

This informal black-and-white portrait of Leonard Cohen shows him at age 30 on a visit to his hometown of Montreal, where the poet, novelist and songwriter comes “to renew his neurotic affiliations.” He reads his poetry to an enthusiastic crowd, strolls the streets of the city, relaxes in this three-dollar-a-night hotel room and even takes a bath.

Wednesday, November 18th

From What is Before (2014)

Directed by Lav Diaz; Starring Perry Dizon, Roeder, Hazel Orencio, Karenina Haniel, Reynan Abcede,

Mailes Kanapi; Grasshopper Film, Feature

Philippines

Winner of five prizes at the Locarno Film Festival, including the Golden Leopard for Best Film, Lav Diaz’s follow up to his acclaimed Norte, The End of History is an extraordinary five-and-a-half-hour epic that relates the strange, perhaps supernatural, occurrences that befall a remote village in the Philippine countryside.

Thursday, November 19th

Mimosas (2016)

Directed by Oliver Laxe; Starring Ahmed Hammoud, Shakib Ben Omar; Grasshopper Film, Feature

Morocco

Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Oliver Laxe’s stunning new film, Mimosas, is a breathtakingly shot Western that follows a mysterious caravan carrying a dying sheikh into the Moroccan Atlas Mountains. Somewhere in the desert, a caravan is escorting an elderly sheik to the village where he was born. His last wish is to be buried with his loved ones. But death does not wait. Without their leader, the company grows fearful. And at the foot of a mountain pass, they refuse to continue, entrusting the body to two men who agree to carry on and bring it to its final destination. But who are these men? And do they really know the way? In another world, a mysterious young man is chosen to find the caravan.

Six in Paris (1965)

Directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Éric Rohmer, and Jean Rouch; Starring Barbara Wilkins, Jean-François Chappey, Barbet Schroeder, Nadine Ballot, Gilles Quéant, Claude Melki, Micheline Dax, Jean-Michel Rouzière, Joanna Shimkus, Serge Davri, Philippe Hiquilly, Gilles Chusseau, Chabrol, Stéphane Audran, Icarus Films, Feature

France

Six slices of Parisian life unfurl, each in a different neighborhood. Barbet Schroeder, produced and appears in Rouch’s Gare du Nord segment of marital dissatisfaction; Rohmer’s guilt-themed drama Place de l’Etoile benefits from longtime cinematographer Néstor Almendros; Chabrol stars in his La Muette opposite wife Stéphane Audran, as a couple whose child tries to tune out their bickering, and in Godard’s Montparnasse-Levallois, Joanna Shimkus mixes up letters to two different lovers.

Friday, November 20th

Bamako — remastered in HD! (2006)

Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako; Starring Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré and Danny Glover Icarus Films, Feature

Mali

An extraordinary trial is taking place in a residential courtyard in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. African citizens have taken proceedings against such international financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whom civil society blames for perpetuating Africa’s debt crisis, at the heart of so many of the continent’s woes. As numerous trial witnesses (schoolteachers, farmers, writers, etc.) air bracing indictments against the global economic machinery that haunts them, life in the courtyard presses forward. Melé, a lounge singer, and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up; a security guard’s gun goes missing; a young man lies ill; a wedding procession passes through; and women keep everything rolling – dyeing fabric, minding children, spinning cotton, and speaking their minds.

Written and directed by the celebrated filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako (Waiting for Happiness) and co-executive produced by Danny Glover (who also provides a cameo in the film), this critically acclaimed political drama – filled with a lush mix of warm colors and impassioned music – offers a unique opportunity for audiences to become familiar with contemporary Africa. Sissako, who grew up in the courtyard that the film is set in, hired professional lawyers and judges along with “witnesses” to express their true feelings. Bamako voices Africa’s grievances in an original and profoundly moving way.

A Bread Factory (2018)

Directed by Patrick Wang; Starring Elisabeth Henry, James Marsters, Tyne Daly; Grasshopper Film, Feature

U.S.

The acclaimed new work from filmmaker Patrick Wang (In the Family), featuring a remarkable performance from actress Tyne Daly, is the story of The Bread Factory, a community arts center in the small town of Checkford, told in two films. In part one, after 40 years of running The Bread Factory, Dorothea (Daly) and Greta (Elisabeth Henry) are suddenly fighting for survival when a celebrity couple—performance artists from China—come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street catapulting big changes in their small town. Part two revolves around rehearsals for the Greek play Hecuba. But the real theatrics are outside the theater where the town has been invaded by bizarre tourists and mysterious tech start-up workers.

Tuesday, November 24th

How to Build an Igloo (1949)

Directed by Douglas Wilkinson; National Film Board Canada, Documentary

Canada

This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada’s Far North choose the site, cut and place snow blocks and create an entrance–a shelter completed in one-and-a-half hours. The commentary explains that the interior warmth and the wind outside cement the snow blocks firmly together. As the short winter day darkens, the two builders move their caribou sleeping robes and extra skins indoors, confident of spending a snug night in the midst of the Arctic cold!

Lonely Boy (1962)

Directed by Wolf Koenig & Roman Kroitor; National Film Board Canada, Music Documentary

Canada

This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world. Taking a candid look at both sides of the footlights, this film examines the marketing machine behind a generation of pop singers. Interviews with Anka and his manager reveal their perspective on the industry.

Waiting for Fidel (1974)

Directed by Michael Rubbo; National Film Board Canada, Documentary

Canada

This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro’s Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in their film. The unusual crew consists of former Newfoundland premier Joseph Smallwood, radio and TV owner Geoff Stirling and NFB film director Michael Rubbo. What happens while the crew awaits its star shows a good deal of the new Cuba, and also of the three Canadians who chose to film the island.

Wednesday, November 25th

La Ciudad (1998)

Directed by David Riker; Starring Anthony Rivera, Joseph Rigano; Oscilloscope Laboratories, Feature

U.S.

LA CIUDAD is a dramatically photographed collection of stories of love, hope, and loss, and an affecting portrait of disenfranchised Latin American immigrants living in New York. Filmed over the course of six years in the 1990s, LA CIUDAD takes us inside this community of newcomers, creating a powerful and incisive drama about the loneliness, displacement, and economic hardship which they face in the new and unfamiliar world of the city.

Los Sures (1984)

Directed by Diego Echeverria; Oscilloscope Laboratories, Documentary

U.S.

LOS SURES skillfully represents the challenges residents of the Southside faced: poverty, drugs, gang violence, crime, abandoned real estate, racial tension, single-parent homes, and inadequate local resources. The complex portrait also celebrates the vitality of this largely Puerto Rican and Dominican community, showing the strength of their culture, their creativity, and their determination to overcome a desperate situation. Beautifully restored for the 30th anniversary premiere at the New York Film Festival, this documentary is an invaluable piece of New York City history.

Stations of the Elevated (1981)

Directed by Manfred Kirchheimer; Oscilloscope Laboratories, Documentary

U.S.

Shot on lush 16mm color reversal stock, the film weaves together vivid images of graffiti- covered elevated subway trains crisscrossing the gritty urban landscape of 1970s New York, to a commentary-free soundtrack that combines ambient city noise with jazz and gospel by Charles Mingus and Aretha Franklin. Gliding through the South Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan – making a rural detour past a correctional facility upstate – Stations of the Elevated is an impressionistic portrait of and tribute to a New York that has long since disappeared.

And here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming to OVID in December:

Wednesday, Dec. 2nd

Border South (2019)

Directed by Raúl O. Paz Pastrana; Bullfrog Films, Documentary

U.S.

To stem the immigration tide, Mexico and the US collaborate to crack down on migrants, forcing them into ever more dangerous territory.

Every year hundreds of thousands of migrants make their way along the trail running from southern Mexico to the US border. Gustavo’s gunshot wounds from Mexican police, which received a lot of press attention, might just earn him a ticket out of Nicaragua. Meanwhile anthropologist Jason De León painstakingly collects objects left behind by migrants on the trail, which have their own stories to tell. These remains, from Hondurans crossing through southern Mexico, reveal a vivid portrait of the thousands of immigrants who disappear along the trail.

Day One (2019)

Directed by Lori Miller; Bullfrog Films, Documentary

U.S.

Traumatized Middle Eastern and African teen refugees are guided through a program of healing by devoted educators at a unique St. Louis public school for refugees only.

Thursday, Dec. 3rd

Sad Song of Yellow Skin (1970)

Directed by Michael Rubbo; National Film Board Canada, Documentary

Canada

A film about the people of Saigon told through the experiences of 3 young American journalists who, in 1970, explored the consequences of war and of the American presence in Vietnam. It is not a film about the Vietnam War, but about the people who lived on the fringe of battle. The views of the city are arresting, but away from the shrines and the open-air markets lies another city, swollen with refugees and war orphans, where every inch of habitable space is coveted.

RELATED: New to Stream: Acorn TV’s November 2020 Lineup

With the help of an unprecedented collaborative effort by eight of the most noteworthy, independent film distribution companies in the U.S., Docuseek, LLC launched an innovative, new, subscription video-on-demand service, OVID.tv. OVID is available in the U.S. and Canada. New subscribers can sign-up for a free 14-day trial. After that, subscriptions are just $6.99/mo or $69.99 for an annual subscription.

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Exclusive Most Guys Are Losers Trailer Starring Mira Sorvino & Andy Buckley

Exclusive Most Guys Are Losers Trailer Starring Mira Sorvino & Andy Buckley

Exclusive Most Guys Are Losers Trailer Starring Mira Sorvino & Andy Buckley

ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive trailer for the upcoming romantic comedy Most Guys Are Losers, starring Oscar winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) and Andy Buckley (The Office). You can check out the trailer now in the player below!

RELATED: Exclusive The Great Clip Featuring Series Star Elle Fanning

Sandy’s new boyfriend, Bo, meets all the criteria for a good partner (and she knows it)! However, when she brings him home for the holidays, her dad, Mark, thinks he knows better. Bar owner Mark Berzins has seen decades of relationships-gone-wrong and is determined to poke some holes in this one. A well-intentioned investigation into he new boyfriend leads to awkward misunderstandings, spilled secrets, and heartwarming moments. This intimate and humorous exploration of love, in all its forms, is an instant holiday classic.

Pick up your copy of the book here!

Based on the book and life of Denver bar owner Mark Berzins and cleverly reimagined by screenwriter and director Eric Ustian, the movie also stars Paul Sorvino, Michael Provost, Grace Fulton, and Belmont Cameli.

RELATED: Exclusive Honest Thief Clip Featuring Liam Neeson & Jeffrey Donovan!

Most Guys Are Losers will have its virtual premiere at the Denver Film Festival on October 22.

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