Queens-Based Festival of Cinema NYC 2024 Announces Film Lineup for Next Month’s Fest

Posted on July 4, 2024 by admin

Festival of Cinema NYC returns to the Regal UA Midway in Forest Hills for the 8th edition of the popular Queens-based film festival, running from August 2-11. Additional venues this year include the Queens Public Library at Forest Hills, and Yant Tattoo Studios – the Official Filmmaker Lounge. This year the festival expands its programming with special presentations at the Queens Center Mall in Rego Park. The festival opens with Ivy Vale’s coming of age musical Out of My Comfort Zone and closes with the world premiere of Delfine Paolini’s A Wonderful Way with Dragons.

Additional world premieres among the feature film lineup include Laura Angiulli’s I Know You, Harrison Dillingham’s Mortimer, and Charles Caracciolo’s The Old Ballgame: The QBH Story. North American premieres include Andrey Getov’s Bo Nan Za, Francois Manceaux’s Encontro, Penny Zhou’s Hollywood Takeover: China’s Control in the Film Industry, Roman Balmakov’s No Farmers No Food: Will You Eat the Bugs?, Holger Borggrefe’s Once And For Real, and Jordi Torrent’s Third Week. The short films lineup adds an additional 12 world premieres and 2 North American premieres, as well.
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Dark Sky Films’ Horror Comedy “BOOGER” Trailer Released

Posted on July 2, 2024 by admin

Dark Sky Films is set to release BOOGER to select theaters and digital/VOD on September 13th. BOOGER is the debut feature from writer-director Mary Dauterman and stars Strawberry Mansion’s Grace Glowicki.

It blends “body horror with comedy in a story of intense female friendship and its tragic loss, all backgrounded by a tale of supernatural transformation.”

The film follows New Yorker Anna (Grace Glowicki, Strawberry Mansion), who has just suffered the sudden and unexpected death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy (Sofia Dobrushin, Mean Girls 2024 ). She’s trying to handle this loss when Izzy’s cat, Booger, runs away. Anna goes on a desperate search to find him and in the process, she is bitten on the hand by the cat. She soon begins to take on feline characteristics. and her work life and relationship with her boyfriend start to go downhill.

The film also stars Garrick Bernard (Single Drunk Female), Marcia DeBonis (Sometimes I Think About Dying, 13 Going on 30), David Rysdahl (Oppenheimer, Fargo) and indie icon Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Scream 3).

Poster And Trailer For Mystery drama “Midnight Taxi”

Posted on June 30, 2024 by admin

Driving a Black Cab night after night is a quiet and simple life for Eddie Carter, but when Eddie’s daytime sleep schedule is disturbed by construction work next door, he finds his nighttime shifts requiring more coffee and exhaustion setting in. After pulling over for a break one night, he awakens to a terrifying situation: ahead of his cab is the body of a murdered woman.

After this gruesome discovery and reporting it to the police, Eddie tries to move on by the sight and his tiredness haunts him. The following night he awakens from a dream of the murder scene to find that he has started sleepwalking again, a condition he suffered from as a child. Panic creeps in as he realises that there is a chance he may have been involved in the woman’s murder.

In an effort to clear his conscience, Eddie starts to quietly investigate the murder on his own. With the help of frequent customer, investigative journalist Adam Blomfield, and high-end escort Karli as a window into the underground world of London’s sex industry, Eddie soon finds himself immersed in the murky depths of a city he’s been blindly driving through for years.

MIDNIGHT TAXI is written and directed by Bertie and Samantha Speirs. Cinematography and editing by Bertie Speirs. Composed by Jake Bradford-Sharp. A Little Nipper Production.

Adam Green Presents Hatchet: The Complete Collection Sets Release

Posted on June 21, 2024 by admin

Adam Green’s iconic Hatchet films are available for the first time together in one package: Adam Green Presents Hatchet: The Complete Collection. Available on June 25th, its the first official release from Dark Sky Selects.

This Steelbook collection includes the uncensored versions of Hatchet, Hatchet 2, Hatchet 3 and Victor Crowley. The set also includes a 5th bonus disc featuring brand new bonus material.

Green’s iconic Hatchet series returns in a blood-soaked, fully Unrated collection, uniting all four films for the first time packaged as a 5-disc Blu-ray Limited Edition Steelbook featuring nearly two hours of new bonus features.

The set will also include two brand new bonus pieces, Hatchet: Swamp Tales and Production Journals. This bonus material will be available exclusively with The Hatchet Complete Collection Limited Edition Steelbook.

Hatchet: The Complete Collection is the first of many Dark Sky titles that will be made available this year. Additional limited-edition releases of fan favorite films and merch will be announced throughout the year, which will only be available direct to consumer at DarkSkySelects.com.

Suspense Thriller “Somnium” World Premiere At 2024 Chattanooga Film Festival

Posted on June 14, 2024 by admin

Written and directed by Racheal Cain, “Somnium” stars Chloë Levine (The OA), Will Peltz (Euphoria), Peter Vack (Someone Great), Johnathon Schaech (Ray Donovan), Clarissa Thibeaux (Runaways), and Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).

“Somnium” follows small-town Gemma, who after a painful breakup, moves to Los Angeles with the hopes of making it big. To get on her feet, she takes a job working the overnight shift at Somnium – a mysterious, experimental sleep clinic where dreams are made real.

Meanwhile, Gemma throws herself into the cutthroat world of Hollywood auditions. But as the pressure to succeed mounts, she begins to experience strange and unsettling phenomena, and soon finds herself trapped in a nightmarish spiral as she discovers a darkness lurking within the clinic walls.

“With its gripping storyline and striking cinematography, SOMNIUM drags audiences through the horrifying consequences of tampering with the fabric of reality,” says the film’s synopsis.

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Tribeca World Premiere Documentary “Satisfied” First Look Teaser Debuts

Posted on June 11, 2024 by admin

The world premiere of the moving and insightful new feature documentary SATISFIED – directed by Chris Bolan (Secret Love) and Melissa Haizlip (Mr. SOUL!) will take place on June 15, 2024 at the Beacon Theater in New York as a special spotlight screening in the Tribeca Film Festival 2024.

SATISFIED is an emotional and intimate look at Tony Award and Grammy Award winning performer Renée Elise Goldsberry and her journey as she grapples with the desire to have and nurture a family while balancing her impressive growing career, set against the backdrop of the hit musical Hamilton. With Goldsberry’s personal vlog interwoven with never-before-seen footage of the making of Hamilton and exclusive interviews with Ariana DeBose, Lin-Manuel Miranda among others, audiences are given a front-row seat to the personal sacrifices and battles Goldsberry navigated on her way to motherhood and stardom.

Tickets are on sale now for the June 15 world premiere screening of SATISFIED, which will be immediately followed by a one-night-only concert event featuring Goldsberry alongside special guests Sara Bareilles, Ariana DeBose, Leslie Odom Jr., Kelli O’Hara and Billy Porter. The evening will feature original songs written by Goldsberry plus favorites from the Broadway and pop catalog. Tickets for the entire evening, located at the historic Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway), can be purchased here.

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2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces Shorts Film Tour

Posted on May 29, 2024 by admin

The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour, a 110-minute program of seven short films curated from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

The short film tour will play in locations across the country and internationally throughout 2024 and into 2025. Filmgoers can enjoy this assortment of short films in over 50 theaters and independent art house venues. This specially curated selection is full of drama and thrills, including eye-opening and heartwarming indie shorts and a few jury prize winners that offer a peek into the Festival program.

For four decades, the Sundance Film Festival has supported short filmmaking, showcasing the work of many now-prominent independent feature filmmakers such as Damien Chazelle, Destin Daniel Cretton, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Dee Rees, Joey Soloway, Taika Waititi, Wes Anderson, and many others.
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Dark Star Pictures picks up Brande Roderick’s 70s horror throwback “Wineville”

Posted on May 23, 2024 by admin

Dark Star Pictures has acquired the US and Canadian rights to Brande Roderick’s wine-soaked horror film Wineville going into the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The directorial debut from director/producer/star Roderick (Starsky and Hutch, Baywatch), Dark Star Pictures is planning a September 2024 release of the film in select theaters, followed by VOD/Digital and Physical Media.

Set in the 70s, Wineville follows Tess (Brande Roderick), who is forced to return to the California winery that was her childhood home following the death of her brutal and abusive father. Now a single mom raising her 11-year-old son, Tess dreads setting foot again in the house filled with hateful and painful memories. Once there she is immediately confronted by her bitter and unforgiving aunt, who runs the place with her adult son. However, while trying to sort out her inheritance and dealing with an attraction to the mercurial young ranch hand, a violent murder reveals the evil still just below the surface there. In order to escape once again and save both herself and her boy, Tess will need to uncover the horrible truth of her own past and the roots of the murderous legacy that has been unleashed once again.

Additional cast include Carolyn Hennesy (General Hospital, Cougar Town), Texas Battle (Hard Kill, Coach Carter), Casey King (Star Trek: Pickard) and introducing Keaton Roderick Cadrez. Wineville was written by Richard Schenkman (The Man From Earth), who also produced alongside Roderick, Robin DeMartino, and Todd Slater.
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“Gangster’s Kiss” New Trailer For New British Crime Comedy Thriller

Posted on May 22, 2024 by admin

Gangster’s Kiss is set for release in the UK this summer, Fugitive Films and Pink Flamingo Media Group announce. Directed by Ray Burdis, the British Crime/Comedy will be available on Digital Download from 24th June.

The film stars Charlie Clapham, John Hannah, Patsy Kensit, Sadie Frost, Michelle Collins, Martin Kemp, Vas Blackwood, Perry Benson, Sophie Rankin, Michael Head, Ray Burdis, Daniel O’Reilly, David Schaal & Lady Colin Campbell.

Here’s the film’s official trailer and synopsis:

For as long as Jack can remember, he and Danny have been friends, and Danny has always gotten Jack into trouble.

He’s had a few brushes with the law and blows up half a high street before deciding to turn to acting. Everything is going well until Jack lands his first feature film role and Danny agrees to shadow ‘the family’. Jack soon realizes he is way over his head with deadly and hilarious consequences.

Trailer For “Queen Rising”: New Drama Thriller From Princeton James

Posted on May 20, 2024 by admin

The film is set for release on video on demand Tuesday, June 18, 2024. “Queen Rising” is directed and produced by Princeton James, and stars April Hale, Xamon Glasper, Jessie Reeder, Dash Kennedy Williams,
Kenon Walker, and Phil D. Wallace

Queen Rising follows a young woman, Madison, who’s on the brink of losing everything. Struggling to make ends meet as a school teacher, Madison is approached with a life-changing opportunity: to turn her dark past into a thriller novel. Skeptically, Madison accepts, and dives into her history of a once terrorized community during the “College Town Slayings”.

As her trauma unfolds, Madison discovers unsettling connections and soon realizes her past may not be as dormant as she once believed. With the specter of danger looming over her, she must confront the demons to secure her future, navigating a treacherous journey of redemption and self-discovery where the line between fiction and reality blurs.

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