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"When she sets her mind to something, there's no stopping her. She doesn't eat, she doesn't sleep, she just keeps that laser focus until the task is done." Magnolia has unveiled one more teaser trailer for Thelma, from writer / director Josh Margolin. It didn't win any awards, but did win over the hearts of Sundance 2024 viewers as one of the best of the fest (I wrote a glowing review). Inspired by a real-life experience of Margolin's actual grandmother, Thelma puts a clever spin on movies like Mission: Impossible, shining the spotlight on an elderly grandmother as an unlikely action hero. Yes, she kicks all kinds of butt in this. With infectious humor, Margolin employs the familiar tropes of the action genre in hilarious, age-appropriate ways to tackle aging with agency. In the first leading film role of her 70-year career, June Squibb plays Thelma with grit and determination, demonstrating that she is more than capable of taking care of business. Also featuring Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, along with the late Richard Roundtree (RIP) as ...

Call author Andrea Billups a late literary bloomer. The veteran journalist, professor and entrepreneur longed to write her first novel, but the passion project remained “out of reach.” “I always looked up to people who write fiction … I didn’t feel I was worthy to do that,” Billups tells HiT despite an impressive career writing …

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"She's going to have to explain herself to the Lord." Hope Runs High Films. has revealed an official trailer for an indie film from Argentina titled Chronicles of a Wandering Saint, which will be getting a limited theatrical release in the US soon. It premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival last year, and also played at other fests including Vancouver & Philadelphia. In a tiny Argentinian town, a pious yet competitive woman decides that staging a miracle could be her ticket to sainthood. Before the unveiling, an event illuminates the hidden magic of her world, forcing her to reevaluate everything she once took for granted. Described as "beautifully crafted, playful, and poignant, [the film] is an exploration of love, community, transcendence that finds reverence in the ordinary. In his feature debut, Buenos Aires-born, AFI-trained director Tomás Gómez Bustillo combines religion, magic, & folklore, along with a luminous performance by Monica Villa, to celebrate the absurdity of being human." Co-starring Horacio Anibal Marassi. It was also nominated for 3 Indie Spirit Awards, and won an award at SXSW as well. ...

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