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Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing opens , the debut feature of London-based Indian artist and writer-director Karan Kandhari starring Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam and Smita Tambe, at the Angelika Film Center in NYC. A rebellious small-town misfit Uma (acclaimed Indian actress Apte) arrives in Mumbai to find herself totally unsuited to life as a housewife. At odds with her prying neighbors and under the constant oppressive noise and heat of the city, she decides to break free from the shackles of domesticity and follow her own path. Featuring an eclectic soundtrack (Interpol frontman Paul Banks makes his debut as composer) and interesting visual aesthetic, the film world-premiered in Cannes' Directors Fortnight and won the award for Best Film in the Next Wave section at Fantastic Fest.
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Fathom is beaming Strauss' for The Met: Live In HD on Saturday at 1 pm ET across 700 theaters. Encores on Wednesday at 1 pm and 6:30 pm local time. Soprano Elza van den Heever stars in the title role, alongside baritone Peter Mattei as Jochanaan in the company's first revisiting of the opera in more than 20 years. In his Met debut, director Claus Guth leads a Victorian-era production that explores societal tension and modern psychological themes. 'We were inspired by Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, which has this same kind of atmosphere — normal people behaving normally in the daytime, but you'd never expect the parallel life they lead at night,' says Guth. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the one-act tragedy for his first time at the Met. Mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung is Herodias, alongside tenor Gerhard Siegel as Herod and tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth. The Met Live series has been a stalwart of the specialty box office this year.
from Juno Films opens in limited release at 16 theaters including New York and LA. Directed by Academy Award and two-Time Golden Globe Winner Bille August, starring Esben Smed, Clara Rosager, Lars Mikkelsen, David Dencik and Rosalinde Mynster.
The romantic historical drama set against the backdrop of 1913 Denmark at the start of World War I was adapted by August and Greg Latter based on Stefan Zweig's German classic novel Beware of Pity. It's has a nice festival run. Follows Anton Abildgaard, a noble cavalry officer hoping to complete his military training with distinction. After helping the local Baron Løvenskjold out of a tough situation, he is invited to join the family for dinner at their castle, where he meets the Baron's beautiful wheelchair bound daughter, Edith. As Edith slowly falls in love, Anton struggles to understand if his feelings for her are genuine or merely out of pity, while the ominous threat of the first World War looms over them.
Korean action thriller from Well Go USA opens on 27 screens. Directed by Min Kyu-dong (All About My Wife), the film follows Hornclaw, a veteran assassin whose fading strength is tested when a younger killer with ties to a buried mission resurfaces, forcing her into a reckoning shaped by survival, memory, and long-suppressed consequences — all set within a grounded, stylized world that reframes the action thriller through a distinctly female perspective. Premiered in Berlin. Stars Lee Hye-young (In Front Of Your Face, The Novelist's Film) alongside Kim Sung-cheol (Our Beloved Summer), Yeon Woo-jin (Daily Dose Of Sunshine) and Kim Moo-yul (The Roundup: Punishment). Adapted from the novel by Gu Byeong-mo, author of Apartment Women.
GVN Releasing is out with July 7: Who Killed the President?, a Haitian-set and produced political thriller from filmmaker Robenson Lauvince, in about 20 theaters, more theaters being adding with demand. The story of a curious college student who travels to Haiti to unravel the life of its President Renel Moïse for a memoir and gets a front-row seat to the chaos and intrigue of a bloody political firestorm when he is brutally assassinated. This unexpected turn of events introduces a terrifying twist to what she thought would be an ordinary story. As she chases the truth, she is forced to navigate a world of corruption, betrayal, and power where uncovering what really happened could cost her life.
Seismic Films and Mena Films presents thriller , written, directed and self distributed by Stevan Mena (Bereavement, Malevolence) and starring Veronica Cartwright (Alien, The Witches ofEastwick), Michael Steger (90210), and Madelyn Dundon (Getting Grace) on 400+ screens including AMC and Regal theaters for a one week run. When the in-home caregiver assigned to an elderly patient mysteriously vanishes, Dale (Dundon) is quickly sent as the replacement nurse. She rushes to the remote seaside home, only to find herself in the middle of chaos — forced to deal with an unruly patient, mysterious neighbors and terrifying supernatural occurrences that seem to plague the home. As the walls close in, unsure whom she can trust, Dale fears for her life and that of her patient.
Romcom , written and directed by Max Talisman and the first theatrical release from Andrew Felts and Ryan Bury's new distribution shingle MPX Releasing, opens on 300 screens. Follows two men named Zack — a struggling writer and a talent agent assistant, played by Max Talisman and Joey Pollari (Love, Simon) — as they navigate love, friendship, and identity in New York City. Ensemble cast by includes Charlie Tahan, Cara Buono, Jackie Cruz, Eric Roberts.
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