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Sundance 2023 Film to Keep on Your Radar: KING COAL

  Directed and Produced By: Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Heroin(e)) Produced By: Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Peggy Drexler Co-Produced By: Curren Sheldon, Molly Born Executive Producers: Katherine Drexler, Heather A. Baldry U.S. Sales: Eric Sloss at Cinetic Media TRT: 80 minutes Central Appalachia is a place of mountains and myth. Director Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Heroin(e), 2018 Academy Award® nominee for Best Documentary Short Subject, 2018 News and Documentary Emmy Award® winner for Outstanding Short Documentary) knows this well, calling those mountains home. Coal has had a profound influence on this community’s identity, but Sheldon dares to consider what future stories might look like out of the shadow of coal, now that relationships to coal are changing. She takes us on an alluring cinematic journey through Appalachia's past, present, and future. Sheldon’s distinct vision remixes present-day moments of life in a coal-mining town with archival footage and atmospheric invocations

Shudder’s Viral Nightmare 'SKINAMARINK' Trailer and Ticket Info

  Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished. SKINAMARINK world premiered at the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival, and The #Skinamarink hashtag has attracted 6.8 million views on TikTok and 1.7 million Twitter impressions in the month of November alone. The film will open exclusively in theaters nationwide January 13, 2023. TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT: www.skinamarink.com

THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT Starring François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier and Bérénice Bejo Opens in theaters Jan 27

  Directed and Written by Philippe Le Guay (The Women on the 6th Floor, Bicycling with MoliΓ¨re) Starring FranΓ§ois Cluzet (The Untouchables, Tell No One), JΓ©rΓ©mie Renier (The Kid with a Bike, Potiche), and BΓ©rΓ©nice Bejo (The Artist, The Past) A benign real estate deal becomes a sinister standoff between a young Parisian French couple (JΓ©rΓ©mie Renier and Academy Award nominee BΓ©rΓ©nice Bejo) and a dangerous negationist. Simon Sandberg, a Jewish Parisian architect (Renier) sells his flat’s unused cellar to a seemingly normal and well-mannered former history teacher, Jacques Fonzic (The Untouchables’ FranΓ§ois Cluzet). But when Fonzic takes up residence in the cellar, the stranger’s secret life emerges. Slowly and methodically, his far-right, radicalized beliefs about Judaism and conspiracy theories ensnare Simon’s very existence, driving him to more and more desperate strategies to evict the man.  What ensues is a riveting cat-and-mouse game between Fonzic and Sandberg as the increasingly

Following Films Podcast: INVADERS FROM MARS (1953) Star Jimmy Hunt

  Today I'm joined by Jimmy Hunt, star of the atomic-aged sci-fi classic INVADERS FROM MARS to discuss the film's 4K Blu-ray release. Ignite Films has released s sensational 4K restoration of William Cameron Menzies’ 1953 Invaders From Mars. The sci-fi classic is available on Blu-ray & 4K UHD in time to celebrate the film’s 70th anniversary. Special bonus features include a restored 4K version of the original 1953 trailer and a newly commissioned 2022 trailer, an interview with the film’s star, Jimmy Hunt, an in-depth look at the restoration process led by Scott MacQueen, Restoration Supervisor, plus a new documentary about the film featuring interviews with directors Joe Dante (Gremlins), John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Multiple Visual Effects Academy-Award winner Robert Skotak (Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgement Day), and other luminaries. These extras and the documentary were produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Jeremy Alter (David Lynch’s Inland

THE LOCKSMITH In Theaters & On Demand February 3rd

Starring : Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth, Ving Rhames, Gabriela Quezada, Madeleine Guilbot, and Charlie Weber Directed by : Nicolas Harvard Miller (Ryan Phillippe), an ex-con recently released from prison for a bungled robbery, tries to walk a straight line and work his way back into the lives of his ex, Beth (Kate Bosworth), a police detective, and their young daughter.  While Miller is doing his best to stay on the straight and narrow with the help of an old friend (Ving Rhames), he finds his past will not stay in the past, and he is forced to commit one last crime before he can truly walk away. Things once again go badly, and now not only his freedom, but also his daughter’s life, hang in the balance. In Theaters & On Demand February 3rd

Following Films Podcast: THE APOLOGY writer/director Alison Star Locke

  Today I'm joined by Alison Star Locke the writer and director of THE APOLOGY  Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene's estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge. THE APOLOGY will be in theaters and streaming simultaneously on Shudder and AMC+ on December 16th.

GOING ALL THE WAY: The Director's Edit starring Ben Affleck, Jeremy Davies & Rachel Weisz - Opens Fri. 12/16

Oscilloscope Laboratories will present a never-before-seen 4K re-edit of Mark Pellington’s vibrant Sundance Film Festival hit GOING ALL THE WAY: The Director’s Edit. Originally released in 1997, Pellington’s debut feature film is based on Dan Wakefield’s best-selling novel about two young men facing an uncertain future in 1950s Indiana, after their return from the Korean War, and features breakthrough performances by then unknown actors Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck, Rachel Weisz, Rose McGowan, and Nick Offerman who bolted into stardom.  The new cut was rescanned for 4K and features 50 new minutes of never-before seen footage, a new title sequence created by Sergio Pinheiro along with 50 new minutes of music from composer Pete Adams.  Oscilloscope Laboratories is giving the film an exclusive theatrical run and will open in New York at the Quad Cinema on Friday, December 16th with rollout to select cities. Mark Pellington's adaptation of Dan Wakefield's seminal novel about a young