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We’re Queer and We’re Here... DIVA Box Office Premieres Dec. 1st

  With an exciting lineup of programming for, by, and about LGBTQI+ women and non-binary people, the SVOD/TVOD DIVABoxOffice.tv streaming channel premieres Dec. 1 on major platforms, including iTunes, Google Play, Roku, and Amazon firestick. DIVABoxOffice.tv is a joint venture between U.K.-based DIVA Media Group (DMG), U.S.-based A Baker Production, and Christin Baker—who founded Tello Films in 2009, the world’s first streaming network dedicated to lesbian/queer women—who will serve as president and CEO. Baker is also the writer/director behind such Emmy-nominated queer series as Secs and EXECS and Riley Parra and such critically acclaimed queer films as Christmas at the Ranch, I Hate New Years, and Season of Love. DMG is the world’s leading entertainment group for LGBTQI+ women and non-binary people. In addition to publishing its flagship publication DIVA magazine—the longest-running print magazine in the world for women loving women—DMG is also the force behind podDIVA, hosted by Rac

SAVAGE SALVATION starring Jack Huston, Robert De Niro, John Malkovich and Willa Fitzgerald - In Theaters, On Digital and On Demand December 2, 2022 Inbox

  Sheriff Church (Robert De Niro) and Detective Zeppelin strive to keep the peace in their rough town, where residents’ only two interests are the church or oxycodone. Newly engaged Shelby John (Jack Huston) and Ruby Red want a fresh start. They decide to have a family together and get clean, with the support of Peter, Ruby’s brother-in-law (John Malkovich). However, Shelby discovers his beloved Ruby dead on their porch before she could fulfill her final wish: to be baptized in the river and washed away from her past sins. Filled with fiery rage, Shelby embarks on a vengeful killing spree to right all the wrong done to Ruby by every link in the drug dealing chain. Armed with nothing but adrenaline and a nail gun, Shelby picks off dealers and junkies one by one until he gets to the top. Sheriff Church and Detective Zeppelin must race against the clock to put an end to Shelby’s vigilante justice before his fight with the crime lord Coyote (Quavo) turns the entire town into a bloodbath. I

TAURUS starring Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) will be Released 18th

  Starring : Colson Baker, Maddie Hasson, Demetrius "Lil Meech" Flenory, Ruby Rose, Scoot McNairy, Lil Tjay, Naomi Wild Directed and Written By : Tim Sutton A rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void. A work of fiction that explores fame, addiction, the artistic process, and the music industry, Taurus is a soulful and universal cautionary tale.   In Theaters, On Demand, and Digital November 18, 2022

Official Trailer for THE SON: Starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, and Vanessa Kirby

  Directed by  Florian Zeller Starring :  Hugh Jackman,  Laura Dern,  Vanessa Kirby,  Zen McGrath,  Anthony Hopkins A drama that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. THE SON centers on Peter (Jackman), whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears with their son Nicholas (McGrath), who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing from school for months and is troubled, distant, and angry. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have liked his own father to have taken care of him while juggling work, his and Beth's new son, and the offer of his dream position in Washington. However, by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.

STAY THE NIGHT Opens in Toronto and Vancouver November 18th

Directed by: Renuka Jeyapalan Starring: Andrea Bang, Joe Scarpellino, Raymond Ablack, and Humberly Gonzalez Photon Films has announced the theatrical opening of director Renuka Jeyapalan's film STAY THE NIGHT. The film will open in Toronto and Vancouver theatres on November 18th. At a time when dating apps and casual hook-ups are the “new romance standard,” reserved and very single GRACE feels like an outcast. But when she meets CARTER STONE, a professional NHL player with his own decision, she wonders if maybe Carter is the solution to her problem. After their first attempt at a one-night stand goes awry, they end up spending the evening walking and talking through the streets of downtown Toronto, leading them to a connection neither of them expected.  Prior to it's theatrical opening, the film will open the Vancouver Asian Film Festival on November 3rd and showcase at the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival on November 11th. 

OFFICIAL TRAILER - ALL EYES

A recently fired podcast host comes across a story that he feels could revitalize his career. The story: a recently widowed farmer claims there is a monster living in the woods behind his farm. The plan: trap and kill the beast.

CLERKS III Audition Clip!!

  Written & Directed By : Kevin Smith Starring :  Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Trevor Fehrman, Austin Zajur, Jason Mewes, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Smith Synopsis :  Following a massive heart attack, Randal enlists his friends and fellow clerks Dante, Elias, Jay, and Silent Bob to make a movie immortalizing his life at the convenience store that started it all. CLERKS III will be available On Digital October 14th! Available on Blu-Ray, DVD & On Demand December 6th!

Beyond the Dream - Trailer

Releasing October 18th, "Beyond the Dream" is the true story of two high school teachers who started a program to take students from El Paso on a journey to visit Ivy League schools in the east coast, to inspire them and help them realize what they can achieve. Directed by Chris Hanna, Executive Producers Daniel Valdez and Luis Martinez.

Trailer for Sarah Polley’s WOMEN TALKING – starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand

   Statement from SARAH POLLEY, screenwriter and director - In Women Talking, a group of women, many of whom disagree on essential things, have a conversation to figure out how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children. Though the backstory behind the events in Women Talking is violent, the film is not. We never see the violence that the women have experienced. We see only short glimpses of the aftermath.  Instead, we watch a community of women come together as they must decide, in a very short space of time, what their collective response will be.  When I read Miriam Toews’ book, it sunk deep into me, raising questions and thoughts about the world I live in that I had never articulated. Questions about forgiveness, faith, systems of power, trauma, healing, culpability, community, and self-determination. It also left me bewilderingly hopeful.  I imagined this film in the realm of a fable. While the story in the film is specific to a smal

Dario Argento’s Gripping Italian Thriller DARK GLASSES Opens Today In NY + LA, Streaming Oct 13 and Expanding Theatrically Oct 14 From Shudder and IFC Midnight

In Dark Glasses, an eclipse blackens the skies on a hot summer day in Rome – a harbinger of the darkness that will envelop Diana (Pastorelli) when a serial killer chooses her as prey. Fleeing her predator, the young escort crashes her car and loses her sight. She emerges from the initial shock determined to fight for her life, but she is no longer alone. Defending her and acting as her eyes is a little boy, Chin (Zhang), who survived the car accident. But the killer won't give up his victim. Who will be saved?  Dark Glasses is written and directed by Dario Argento (Suspiria), produced by Urania Productions along with Conchita Airoldi and Laurentina Guidotti, and Getaway Films along with Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval and NoΓ«mie Devide.  Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, and IFC Midnight celebrate the launch of the theatrical run for the hotly-anticipated Shudder Original Italian thriller Dark Glasses beginning today, Friday

Christmas at the Ranch- Official Trailer

Starring Amanda Righetti, Lindsay Wagner, Laur Allen, Archie Kao, Dia Frampton, Aaron Branch, and Patrick O'Sullivan Christmas at the Ranch is a horse girl, feel-good holiday romance, that tells the story of urban power broker Haley (Allen) who hasn't been back to her family's Nashville ranch in years, but is summoned by her brother, Charles (Kao), in a last-ditch effort to save their beloved land from the bank. When she reluctantly arrives just prior to Christmas, her introduction to ranch hand, Kate (Righetti) goes terribly awry. But now they must put their differences aside and band together to save the homestead... and perhaps discover that finding love isn't always where (or who) you expect.

Trailer for THE LAIR From Neil Marshall and Charlotte Kirk

Written and directed by Neil Marshall (The Descent) and co-written by Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning).   Starring Charlotte Kirk (Ocean’s Eight), Jonathan Howard (Thor: The Dark World), and Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”). When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons – half human, half alien – are awakened. Available In Theaters, On Demand and Digital on October 28, 2022

First Look at THE PEOPLE WE HATE AT THE WEDDING starring Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, and Ben Platt

  THE PEOPLE WE HATE AT THE WEDDING Directed by Claire Scanlon Starring Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, Ben Platt, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Dustin Milligan, Isaach De BankolΓ©, Karan Soni, Tony Goldwyn, Jorma Taccone, Julian Ovenden, and John McMillan. In the hilariously raunchy comedy The People We Hate at the Wedding , dysfunctional American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), along with their ever-optimistic mom (Allison Janney), are invited to the British wedding of their estranged half-sister Eloise (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) as a chance for them to reconnect as–more or less–adults, and learn to love each other like they once did. 

THE FIRE THAT TOOK HER Trailer and Release Info

  The Fire That Took Her: Mother-of-two, Judy Malinowski, was doused in gasoline and set on fire by her crazed ex-boyfriend. She would go on to set new legal precedent, becoming the first woman to testify at the trial for her own muder. THE FIRE THAT TOOK HER goes inside her landmark case to ask a timely question: How much must women suffer in order to be believed? Opening In Theaters October 21st, 2022

JEEPERS CREEPERS REBORN Now Available On Demand

Directed by Timo Vourensola Written by Sean-Michael Argo, Jake Seal Starring Sydney Craven, Imran Adams, Ocean Navarro, Matt Barkley, Alexander Halsall, Jodie McMullen, Georgia Goodman, Jarreau Benjamin Chase and Laine head to the Horror Hound festival where Laine begins to experience unexplained premonitions and disturbing visions associated with the town's past, and in particular, local legend The Creeper. As the festival gets underway and the blood-soaked entertainment builds to a frenzy, Laine believes that something unearthly has been summoned and that for the first time in 23 years…The Creeper is back.

MANIFEST WEST Starring Milo Gibson & Tim Heidecker - Official Trailer

  Writer/Directors : Joe Dietsch, Louie Gibson Starring : Annet Mahendru, Milo Gibson, Lexy Kolker, Tim Heidecker, Michael Cudlitz MANIFEST WEST is a coming-of-age story, told through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl whose family moves off the grid into untamed North American Wilderness. It’s their attempt to establish normalcy, to thrive off the land, and escape the pressures of modern society. But the family has its own internal pressures building, and you can’t escape what’s going on in your own household, no matter how far you move up a mountain.  Release Date : November 11, 2022

THE ESTATE Starring Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, and Kathleen Turner - Official Trailer

  Starring : Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, and Kathleen Turner Written and Directed by : Dean Craig (Death at a Funeral) Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please Aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea. Nothing brings a family together, like tearing each other apart... In Theaters Friday, November 4th 

HUNT directed by and starring Lee Jung Jae - Official Trailer

Directed by Lee Jung Jae Written by Jo Seung-Hee Starring Lee Jung Jae, Jeon Hye Jin, Heo Sung Tae, Go Youn Jung, Kim Jong Soo, Jung Man Sik, Jung Woo-Sung After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (LEE Jung Jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (JUNG Woo Sung) are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other. In this tense situation where if they cannot find the mole, they may be accused themselves, Pyong-ho and Jung-do slowly start to uncover the truth.  In the end, they must deal with an unthinkable plot to assassinate the South Korean president…

MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM Hits Amazon Prime This Weekend!!!

Directed by Damon Thomas (“Killing Eve,” “Penny Dreadful”) Written by Jenna Lamia (“Good Girls,” “Awkward.”) Surviving the teenage years isn’t easy, especially when you’re possessed by a demon. It’s 1988, and best friends Abby (Elsie Fisher) and Gretchen (Amiah Miller) are navigating boys, pop culture and a paranormal force clinging to Gretchen like a pair of neon legwarmers. With assistance from overly-confident mall exorcist Christian Lemon (Christopher Lowell), Abby is determined to compel the demon back to the pits of hell — if it doesn’t kill Gretchen first. At turns horrifying and hilarious, My Best Friend’s Exorcism pays homage to 1980s pop-culture with a totally timeless tale of terror and true friendship. Based on Grady Hendrix’s bestselling novel. Available to Stream on Prime Video This Friday, September 30, 2022 Based on the hit novel of the same name, my only thoughts are, "don't fuck this up, don't fuck this up." I look forward to finding out this weeke

TAKE OUT Blu-ray Review

THE FILM The American dream has rarely seemed so far away as in Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou’s raw, vΓ©ritΓ© TAKE OUT, an immersion in the life of an undocumented Chinese immigrant struggling to get by on the margins of post-9/11 New York City. Facing violent retaliation from a loan shark, restaurant deliveryman Ming Ding has until nightfall to pay back the money he owes, and he encounters both crushing setbacks and moments of unexpected humanity as he races against time to earn enough in tips over the course of a frantic day. From this simple setup, Baker and Tsou fashion a kind of neorealist survival thriller of the everyday, shedding compassionate light on the too often overlooked lives and labor that keep New York running. Following Films Rating ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ THE TRANSFER Following Films Rating★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ SPECIAL FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack • Audio commentary featuring Ba