Two icons return to action this weekend as roadside attractions put on some comedy move on and Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin On nearly 800 screens in hopes of connecting with a female audience.
Also opens the focus function Willem Dafoe– Starring inside From Vasilis Katsoupis on over 350 screens.
Relatively quiet in the professional field. Howard Cohen, co-president of Roadside Attractions, said, “There’s not a lot in this audience right now. After the Oscars, before the Sundance movies and the summer movies, this is the opportunity we felt. I think.”
The duo have great alchemy. Co-starring in the 1980s 9-5 Most recently, they played together on a Netflix sitcom for seven years. grace and frankieThe cast of the Paul Weitz film, which premiered in Toronto, also includes Malcolm McDowell and Richard Roundtree.Deadline review gentlemanIt’s highly professional, and Cohen says the trailer’s over 7 million views is a good sign. Fonda and Tomlin have since promoted the film on social media and in television appearances. scenery To Late Show with Stephen ColbertIt has been heavily trailered before 80 for Brady.
Wide releases and franchises are arriving more regularly, while specialty films have been slower to catch up with the pace of new releases. “There wasn’t a lot of stuff for people,” Cohen said. “Part of it is, if you build it, they’ll come. [people] It’s about getting back into that habit of seeing. ”
“We’re going to hold out,” he said, echoing other indie distributors.
Fonda and Tomlin play estranged friends who reunite to seek revenge against their recently deceased best friend’s husband, reconciling their pasts and each other.
psychological thriller inside Film director Katsupis’ directorial debut. Defoe is Nemo, an art thief whose robbery doesn’t go as planned and he’s trapped in his New York penthouse. Trapped inside with only a priceless work of art, he must use all his cunning and inventions to survive. Premiered in Berlin.Deadline review gentleman
Presented by Janus Films innocent at the IFC Center in New York. Louis Garrel’s comedy won Best Supporting Actress at the César Awards for directors and co-writers Tanguiviere and Nairagiguet, and for Best Supporting Actress for Tarr and his star Noémie Merlant. It also led the nominations with 11 nominations. Garel, Rochedi Zem, and Anouk Grinberg also star in the film, which tells the story of a suspicious young man who tries to derail his mother’s new relationship with a recently released prisoner. Premiered at Cannes. Deadline review.
Specialty: Niu Vision Media/Beyond Events Opens Chinese Blockbuster full river red By Yimou Zhang in over 150 theaters in over 50 markets. In 12th-century China, an ambassador is murdered and a letter addressed to the emperor is stolen. As the search for the letter unfolds, alliances are formed, secrets are revealed, and no one can stop the truth destined to leave its mark on history.
