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"Things have got to change, things have got to evolve." Yes they definitely do – then and now. Netflix has debuted the full official trailer for an enlivening new stand up comedy documentary called Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, directed by acclaimed filmmaker / producer Page Hurwitz. This will be premiering at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival this month in their Spotlight section, before arriving on Netflix right after. The compelling feature-length documentary explores the history of LGBTQ+ stand up comedy, examining & defining its vital importance as an instrument for social change over the past five decades. Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution combines interviews, memorable stand up performances, archival materials, and verité footage featuring top LGBTQ+ comics including Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Wanda Sykes, Eddie Izzard, Hannah Gadsby, Tig Notaro, Rosie O'Donnell, Margaret Cho, Bob The Drag Queen, and Trixie Mattel, with others. Glad to see this doc dipping into the past to talk about the pioneering comics who first blazed trails. Here's the main official trailer for Hurwitz's doc Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, from YouTube: "The history of LGBTQ+ stand up is ultimately about ...

Mark Dindal’s “The Garfield Movie” finds the title character on a journey of self-realization that includes meeting his deadbeat father and improving his friendships with lifelong pal, Odie and Jon. Yes, someone thought it was a good idea to take one of the most endearingly self-absorbed figures from the Sunday Morning Funnies and stacks of …

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"Are you sure she wants to be found?" A very good question. Mubi has revealed the official trailer for an indie drama titled Crossing, set for release this summer in select US theaters (and eventually streaming on Mubi for everyone else). This first premiered at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, and stopped by the BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in March. From acclaimed director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced), this is a moving & tender tale of identity, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders. Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla – a trans woman she hasn't seen in a long time. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever. This looks especially beautiful & heartwarming, with some positive reviews out of the fests. Starring Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, and Deniz Dumanlı. Opening in the US and in more countries including the UK + Europe this summer if anyone wants to give this ...

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Leah Lewis has come a long way to become the successful actress she is today. This is the result of numerous classes, auditions, and performances. Lewis was transported to the United States and raised in Gotha after being adopted from China at the age of eight months. She quickly realized how much she loved performing …

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"There has to be a reason they're after us..." Sony Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for Venom: The Last Dance, the third Venom movie in Sony's series starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock AND also as the Marvel symbiote villain in both Venom (2018) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) before this. "Till death do they part" is the tagline this time. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on both of them. The Last Dance stars Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, and Stephen Graham. The film is directed by Kelly Marcel from a screenplay she wrote, based on a story by Hardy and Marcel. This full-on 3 minute trailer reveals that the symbiote's alien home-world has found him and is coming for him, with a mysterious military task force also out to get them. Looks like more ridiculous fun! With some freaky alien ...

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