Author: Alex Billington

Netflix has revealed a second teaser for Spanish director J.A. Bayona's latest film Society of the Snow, which premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Based on a true story, which was already turned into the movie Alive in the 90s. In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been flying a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes mountains. Only 29 of the 45 passengers survived. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they have to resort to extreme measures to stay alive. A story of endurance and perseverance in the extreme. This is such a frightening story of survival. The film's full ensemble cast includes: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Rafael Federman, Fernando Contigiani García, Diego Vegezzi, Esteban Kukuriczka, Francisco Romero, Valentino Alonso, Tomás Wolf, Agustín Della Corte, Felipe Otaño, Andy Pruss, Blas Polidori, Felipe Ramusio, and Simón Hempe. Featuring music composed by Michael Giacchino. I wrote a great review of this out of Venice, as it's more emotional than I was expecting. This ...

"Deeply moving and unforgettable." Abramorama has released the official trailer for a documentary titled A Still Small Voice, from filmmaker Luke Lorentzen, who last made the acclaimed Midnight Family. This initially premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it won the Best Director prize at the end of the fest. An aspiring hospital chaplain named Margaret (aka Mati) begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself. Described in reviews as "one of the most profound and rewarding experiences any film offers this year." Through Mati's experiences with her patients, her struggle with professional burnout, and her own spiritual questioning, we gain new perspectives on how meaningful connection can be and how painful its absence is. As Mati and her patients take stock of their lives and experiences, space opens up to reflect on our own. This looks like a touching, one-of-a-kind film that seems to be as deeply spiritual as any film can be. View below. Here's the first official trailer for ...

"I don't believe in imposed limitations. I don't believe in any limitations." Netflix is releasing their new film Nyad in limited theaters this weekend, before it arrives for streaming starting on November 3rd in a few more weeks. A few days ago, we posted a behind-the-scenes preview showing the filmmakers working on the set and in the water to make this film. It premiered at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival, playing at London and TIFF recently. Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, and Rhys Ifans all star in NYAD to tell a remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 with the help of her best friend & coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida. Intense! Yes it all really happened! It's also the first narrative feature made by the Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, known for Meru, Free Solo, The Rescue, and this year's Wild Life (great films). I'm looking forward to this, at the very least to spend time with Nyad and ...

"I would buy records just because they were on it." Magnolia Pictures has revealed an official trailer for a rock doc called Immediate Family, about making music in the 70s. This documentary is made by director Denny Tedesco, who states: "I had been hesitant to make a follow up to The Wrecking Crew. But when I was approached with the idea of The Immediate Family, I didn't think twice. The Immediate Family consists of Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar Guitar / Vocal, Leland Sklar Bass, Russ Kunkel Drums, Waddy Wachtel Guitar / Vocal & Steve Postell Guitar / Vocal. They were at the genesis of the Singer Songwriter Era in the 1970s..." The film follows the music & lives of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings from the era. Featuring Carole King, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Don Henley, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Phil Collins. It premiered at festivals last year, and will be out to watch this fall on VOD + in theaters for one night. 🎸 🤘 It looks ...

"When there's a whisk, there's a way." Bleecker Street has revealed an official trailer for the film version of the hit Broadway show Waitress: The Musical, which is coming to movie theaters nationwide in early December. Based on the 2007 movie written by Adrienne Shelly (and starring Keri Russell), the Waitress musical was one of the longest-running shows in recent Broadway history, playing a total of more than 1500 performances at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. It first opened in Broadway in 2016. The show returned for a limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to celebrate Broadway's re-opening in the fall of 2021. The Broadway show stars Sara Bareilles (who also wrote the music & lyrics) as Jenna, who's joined by Drew Gehling, Charity Dawson, Dakin Matthews, Christopher Fitzgerald, Eric Anderson, and Anastacia McCleskey. Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married small-town pie baker with big dreams. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness. I adore the film, and I've been waiting to catch this musical - glad it's ...

"We get to sort of reinvent the world of Panem." Lionsgate has revealed an extended 5-minute featurette for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes that is called "Welcome Back to Panem." This prequel is set 64 years before Katniss voluntees as tribute. Leading up to the 10th Hunger Games, Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute, Lucy Gray. We've already posted two other official trailers, both of which look good, and this adds more striking footage into the mix. Rachel Zegler (from West Side Story) stars as Lucy Gray Baird, and Tom Blyth co-stars as a young Coriolanus Snow. It's directed again by Francis Lawrence, who also made The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay movies. The cast also including Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Burn Gorman, Jason Schwartzman, Hunter Schafer, Fionnula Flanagan, and Ashley Liao. They discuss many of the elements of returning to Panem yet redesigning it with a different look and feel. It's still amusing how much of it is literally just buildings in Berlin CGI'd as Panem. Also glad they ...

"The only thing you really own is your story... just trying to live a good one." Surprise!! After the success of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis last year, they're revisiting one of his least successful films. Hulu revealed an official trailer for the mini-series Faraway Downs, which is a re-edit of Luhrmann's 2008 movie Australia. We actually covered this movie extensively back in 2008 when it was first released, including with editorials and more. "An iconic duo, to say the least." Faraway Downs is the reimagining of the film Australia told in six parts about an English aristocrat & a rough-hewn cattle drover who join forces to protect the million-acre cattle ranch of her late husband. Although Hulu describes Australia as a "cinematic masterpiece", it didn't do as well as they hoped; now it seems it will play better as a series. Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman co-star, with Brandon Walters, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, and the late David Gulpilil. I forgot how good this movie looks, I was a big fan of it back in 2008. And I'm curious ...

"This place... you know, it's not for you." MGM + Amazon Studios have revealed the main official trailer for Saltburn, the second film from Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell. This just premiered at the Telluride and London Film Festivals this fall, with a release set for November/December. Seems like it will be a very hot and wild and entrancing experience. Barry Keoghan stars as Oliver Quick, a student at Oxford University who finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate. Felix invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten. The film's eccentric ensemble cast also includes Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan, Paul Rhys, Lolly Adefope, and Ewan Mitchell. Both of the trailers for this film are fantastic, setting up and also promising a truly mesmerizing trip into the hedonistic world of rich people. I hope it's as good as it looks! And not as empty as most of the character in it... Fire it up below. Here's the full official trailer ...

"We're killers, D'Artagnan, like it or not." Pathe has revealed the first official trailer for the epic sequel The Three Musketeers 2: Milady, arriving in theaters in Europe this December. This is the next follow-up to the new French version of The Three Musketeers story by Alexandre Dumas, adapted for the big screen by filmmaker Martin Bourboulon. The first The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan movie opened earlier in 2023, and reviews were quite good. Milady is the second film of a two-part epic saga, wrapping up this emotional story with both movies out by the end of the year. D'Artagnan is forced to join forces with Milady to save Constance, who was kidnapped before his eyes. But as war is declared and Athos, Porthos and Aramis have already joined the front, a secret from the past shatters old alliances. The cast once again feature François Civil as D'Artagnan, Vincent Cassel as Athos, Romain Duris as Aramis, Pio Marmaï as Porthos, with Eva Green as Milady, Lyna Khoudri as Constance, Louis Garrel, Vicky Krieps, James Flynn, and Eric Ruf. Even though ...

"We need to experience everything, Bella, this makes us whole." Searchlight Pictures has debuted another new 60-second preview for Yorgos Lanthimos film Poor Things, produced by and starring Emma Stone. It won the Golden Lion top prize at the 2023 Venice Film Festival and will likely go on to win many awards this year. One of THE most innovative & brilliant films of 2023. The strange new comedy tells the incredible tale & fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the rather unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. This stars Emma Stone as Bella with Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, and Christopher Abbott. There have already been a trailer and a teaser from earlier in the year, but this promo featurette includes Stone talking about the film along with some critics' quotes and a few extra shots not shown yet. She sums it up well, describing her dance with autonomy as she ventures out into the world. I've seen it twice already and it's still one of my favorite films of the ...