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Hungarian Documentary Filmmaker Péter Forgács to Receive Dragon of Dragons Award at Krakow Film Festival

Hungarian documentary filmmaker and multimedia artist Péter Forgács will receive the 2020 Dragon of Dragons award at the Krakow Film Festival.

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things, directed Leslie Woodhead

Watch New Trailer for Documentary Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things

Watch the brand new trailer for the documentary Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things, which will be released in select theaters nationwide on April 3.

Watch Trailer for Mees Peijnenburg’s Teen Drama PARADISE DRIFTERS at Berlin Film Fest

Watch the trailer for Paradise Drifters which follows three homeless young adults who are heading to Europe in search of money, love and happiness.

Epic Pictures to Release Comedy-Thriller BUTT BOY

Epic Pictures Group has acquired the Fantastic Fest breakout comedy-thriller Butt Boy from director and co-writer Tyler Cornack.

Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy) in Baby Peggy, The Elephant in the Room

RIP: Diana Serra Cary, Silent Film Child Star ‘Baby Peggy’

Diana Serra Cary, the child star of the silent film era known as Baby Peggy and subject of 2012 documentary died on Monday in California. She was 101.

LOS ÚLTIMOS FRIKIS, Doc on Zeus, Cuba’s Heavy Metal Band to Play at Miami and Havana NY Film Festivals

Los Últimos Frikis, the story of Zeus, Cuba’s hard-rocking, state-sponsored heavy metal band will screen at Miami and New York Havana Film Festivals.

Rosie Perez stars as a tough love shrink in INSIDE THE RAIN

INSIDE THE RAIN, Aaron Fisher’s Drama on Dealing with Bi-Polar, Sets March Release Date

Inside the Rain, a film that encapsulates the struggles and challenges faced by young people with bi-polar illness, sets March release date.

In a scene from the original film "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge" - actor Mark Patton is surprised. Photo Credit: New Line Cinema This sequence is featured in the documentary SCREAM, QUEEN: MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Doc Sets Release Date

Virgil Films is releasing the award winning documentary – Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street – directed by Roman Chimienti and Tyler Jensen.

PARASITE To Debut on Hulu in April

Hulu announced today that Parasite, winner of the Best Picture at this year’s Oscar, will be exclusively available for streaming in April..

Katherine Johnson at NASA Langley Research Center in 1980 (NASA)

RIP: Katherine Johnson Dies at 101, NASA Mathematician, Portrayed in “Hidden Figures”

Katherine Johnson, one of a group of black women mathematicians at NASA depicted in the movie Hidden Figures died today, Monday in Newport News, Virginia.

JUST MERCY by Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx,

51st NAACP Image Awards Winners: JUST MERCY Wins Top Film Awards

Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx won top film honors at the 51st NAACP Image Awards, receiving the award for Outstanding Motion Picture.

Steven Garza appears in Boys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Thorsten Thielow.

New Directors/New Films Announces 2020 Lineup. Opens with Sundance Winner BOYS STATE

This year’s New Directors/New Films will introduce 27 features and 10 short films to New York, opening with Sundance winner Boys State.

MILITARY WIVES to Open, DREAM HORSE to Close Cleveland Film Festival 2020

The 2020 Cleveland International Film Festival is kicking-off its 12-day run with Military Wives, and closing with Dream Horse.

Thandie Newton to Star in Neo-Western Thriller GOD’S COUNTRY

Thandie Newton will star in director Julian Higgins’ debut God’s Country, a neo-Western thriller set in the bleak winter landscape of the Mountain West.

It All Begins with a Song: The Story of the Nashville Songwriter,

2020 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival Announces Opening + Closing Night Films

The 2020 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival will open with Chusy Jardine’s IT ALL BEGINS WITH A SONG: THE STORY OF THE NASHVILLE SONGWRITER.

Berlin Film Festival Renames Silver Bear – Alfred Bauer Prize After Bauer’s Nazi’s Connections

Berlin Film Festival suspended the Silver Bear – Alfred Bauer Prize, after reports that Alfred Bauer, after whom the award is named, was a Nazi.

Watch Trailer for THE DOG DOC, Documentary on Unconventional Veterinarian Dr. Marty Goldstein

Watch the trailer for Cindy Meehl’s documentary The Dog Doc about veterinarian Dr. Marty Goldstein, called everything from “maverick” to “miracle worker.”

Watch First Trailer for CUT THROAT CITY, RZA’s New Orleans Heist Thriller Starring Terrence Howard

Watch the official trailer for New Orleans-set heist heist thriller Cut Throat City, directed by Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA starring T.I., Terrence Howard.

Watch Trailer for TUSCALOOSA, Coming-of-Age Indie Drama Starring Stranger Things’ Natalia Dyer

Watch the trailer for 70s coming-of-age indie drama, Tuscaloosa by Philip Harder, starring Devon Bostick and Natalia Dyer of “Stranger Things.”

[JIMMY CARTER ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT] Jimmy Carter and Willie Nelson White House Staff Photographer, Courtesy of Jimmy Carter Library

Tribeca Film Festival to Open with World Premiere of JIMMY CARTER ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT Documentary

The Tribeca Film Festival will open its 19th edition on April 15 with the world premiere of Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President.

THE FRENCH DISPATCH directed by Wes Anderson

Watch Trailer for THE FRENCH DISPATCH, Wes Anderson’s Journalism Drama

Watch the official trailer for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, starring Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray. Opens in theaters on July 24th.