Dark Star Pictures ‘KOKO-DI KOKO-DA’ Opens in New York Friday, March 27

 Dark Star Pictures

KOKO-DI KOKO-DA

Runtime: 86 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Language: Swedish with English subtitles

Directed  by Johannes Nyholm (The Giant)
Cast: Peter Belli, Leif Edlund, Ylva , Katarina Jackobson, Brandy Litmanen

Elin and Tobias are a happily married couple who regularly vacation with their young daughter. The family is on a dreamy holiday when an innocuous case of food poisoning derails their plans and forever alters the course of their lives.

Three years later, the once loving couple is on the road again to go camping, looking for one last chance to go back to the way things used to be. But what once was is lost, and our characters instead find themselves having to relive the same nightmarish events, as that day and the horrors it brings repeat themselves infinitely.

Together, they must overcome their trauma, reconcile with their past and fight for their lives. Over, and over, and over again.

KOKO-DI KOKO-DA was an Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Fantasia Film Festival 2019 (it was the winner of the AQCC-Camera Lucida Prize), and Fantastic Fest 2019.

Distributed by Dark Star Pictures.

KOKO-DI KOKO-DA will open on the following dates in New York City and Los Angeles:

Friday, March 27- IFC Center, NYC
Friday, April 3- Cinema Village, NYC
Friday, April 10- Film Noir Cinema, Brooklyn
Friday, April 17- Laemmle Glendale

Entertainment Events Cancelled or Postponed Due to the Corona Virus

 Concern regarding the spread of the Corona Virus has caused cancellations and postponements of movie releases, concerts, major events, and more.
The virus has infected more than 132,758 and killed more than 44955, according to recent media reports.
In the United States more than 1,629 Americans have contracted the virus and at 41 have died.

MOVIES  and  THEATERS

MOVIES
"No Time Left to Die:" The Daniel Craig led James Bond flick won't be hitting theaters in April as expected. The film, which marks the fifth time Craig will be playing 007, has now been delayed until November.
"Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway:" Sony has postponed the release date of the animated sequel, which once again features James Corden voicing the titular role. The movie was originally scheduled to hit theaters on April 3, but will now be released in August.
PRODUCTION
"The Amazing Race:" Though Season 33 of the reality competition series had yet to be announced, CBS announced production on the series has been postponed after they were filming in England and Scotland.

Disney, Paramount, Sony, STX, Universal have delayed release of the following feature films: F9 (Fast and the Furious), No Time to Die, Lovebirds, Mulan, The New Mutants, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, A Quiet Place Part II, and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, Antlers

Netflix is suspending all film and television productions in the US and Canada beginning March 16th.

Television show affected: Riverdale, The Morning Show, Disney;s Falcon and Winter Soldier. Mission: Impossible 7 was unable to shoot production in Venice. Bax Luhrmann's biopic of Elvis Presley halted when Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for the corona virus in Australia.

New James Bond Film Delayed Until November.

 

All Broadway shows are cancelled. Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that all gatherings of 500 people or more are not allowed.

Tribeca Film Festival: postponed.
CinemaCon: the National Association of Theatre Owners have canceled the event in Las Vegas. Distributors and exhibitors provide previews of  the summer movies.
CONCERTS
Coachella & Stagecoach: Goldenvoice announced in a statement on Tuesday, March 10, that Coachella and Stagecoach have been postponed: "Coachella will now take place on October 9, 10 and 11 and October 16, 17 and 18, 2020.
Stagecoach will take place on October 23, 24 and 25, 2020. All purchases for the April dates will be honored for the rescheduled October dates. Purchasers will be notified by Friday, March 13 on how to obtain a refund if they are unable to attend."
South by Southwest
Cancelled by Austin mayor Steve Adler.
Ultra Music Festival: Miami's popular electronic music festival, which would have featured sets from Flume, Zedd, and more, has been canceled over coronavrius fears, according to city officials. The event was set to run from March 20 to 22 and had been expected to draw in an estimated 165,000 EDM fans. The news came one day after Ultra canceled its festival in Abu Dhabi.
Tomorrowland: The French government has canceled the winter edition of the electronic dance music festival, which was to take place from March 14 to March 21 at the French alpine ski resort of Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine Ski.
BTS: The popular K-Pop band has canceled April tour dates in their hometown of Seoul, South Korea. Other K-pop groups have also followed suit.
Green Day: The rock band has postponed all of their concerts in Asia for their Hella Mega Tour.
Korea Times Music Festival: The festival, which was to take place at the Hollywood Bowl on April 25, has been postponed.
Miley Cyrus: Only a few days before she was expected in Australia to perform at the Melbourne Bushfire Benefit Concert, the singer announced that "due to the recommendations of local, state, federal and international government authorities, including the Center for Disease Control" she wouldn't be traveling to the country for the show. Miley expressed that she's "so disappointed" she's not going to be able to attend.
Khalid: The "Know Your Worth" singer has postponed his Asia tour, which was originally scheduled for March 24 to April 14.
Avril Lavigne: Lavigne has canceled all of her tour stops in Asia. She previously scrapped concerts in Switzerland, Milan and Paris as well.
Madonna: The final two concerts of Madonna's Madame X Tour, which were set to take place on March 10 and 11 in France, have been canceled due to the country's ban on events with over 1000 people.
Carlos Santana: The Grammy-winning artist has canceled the European tour dates for his Miraculous 2020 World Tour.
Pearl Jam: The rock band has postponed the first leg of their north American tour.
Bands
The National, Old Dominion and New Order have all canceled concert stops.
Individual Shows: Mariah Carey, Louis Tomlinson, Maluma, Queen and Ciara have all postponed or canceled individual shows.
EVENTS
St Patrick's Day: The Irish Government decided to cancel all Paddy's Day parades throughout the country, including in the capital of Dublin. Ireland's remaining Six Nations rugby matches against France and Italy have also been postponed.
Indian Wells Tennis Tournament: The annual BNP Paribas Open was scrapped on Sunday, one day before it was set to host the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams. All eyes are now on it's neighbor, Coachella.
SXSW: After Amazon Studios, Apple, Netflix, Facebook, Twitter and more companies pulled out of the film, music and tech conference, which runs from March 13 to 22 in Austin, Texas, the entire event was later canceled by the city.
"This is the first time in 34 years that the March event will not take place," SXSW said in a statement, "We are now working through the ramifications of this unprecedented situation."
Disney+: Disney had originally planned a giant European press launch for its streaming service. However, they canceled the event due to coronavirus concerns, per Deadline.
Fox News: The news channel announced they had canceled their Upfronts presentation, which was scheduled for March 24 in New York City.
LANDMARKS
The Louvre: The famous Paris museum has been temporarily closed following an outbreak in France. However, the tourist destination reopened on March 4 after being shut off from the public for three days, per CNN.
AMUSEMENT PARKS
Shanghai Disney Resort: Disney closed Shanghai Disneyland's parks last month.
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea: The parks will be closed until March 15. However, it's unclear if the date will change.
Universal Studios Japan: Similar to Tokyo Disneyland, Universal Studios Japan closed its doors on February 29 and will reopen on March 15.
Fox News Analyst Tweets Super Tuesday Odds, Forgets to Close This Awkward Tab.
SPORTS
National Basketball Association as postponed the 2020 season.
National Hockey League has postponed the 2020 season.
Major League Baseball have cancelled the rat of spring trainer and regular season pushed backed 2 weeks.
U.S. Soccer have cancelled the upcoming matchess in March and April.
NCAA Basketball Tournament has cancelled March Madness.
PGA Golf postponed.
Major League Soccer suspending play for 30 days.
2020 Summer Olympics: Although many have asked Japan to postpone the Summer Olympics, which are still set to kickoff on July 24, the Olympic minister said the country's contract with International Olympic .
XFL Football has suspended all play.
Tennis: ATP  has suspended all tours. ATP  a six-week suspension.
Boston Marathon postponed.
St. Patrick's Day Parades postponed.
Formula One: Both the Chinese Grand Prix and Thailand Grand Prix have been canceled.'
World Athletics Indoor Championships: The event, which was planned to be in Nanjing, China, has been postponed until March 2021.
INTERNATIONAL SOCCER
England: Premier League has postponed season until April 4th.
Spain: La Liga: have suspended the next two match days.
Italy: Seria A has suspended all matches until April 3rd.
France: Ligue 1, Ligue 2 has suspended all matched until further notice.
Germany: Bundesliga has played matches in empty stadiums. They have not announced any plans to suspended play.
UEFA Champion League and Europa League has postponed Europe's two biggest soccer tournament.
CONFERENCES
Many tech and business conferences have been canceled including Google I/o developers conference, which was set for May 12-14 in Mountain View, CA, and Facebook's F8's Developers Conference, which was also planned for early May.
Additionally canceled conferences:
The Doha Film Institute's Qumra, and the 2020 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The Game Developers Conference and Hong Kong Filmart postponed to summer.

Films Coming to the Screen This Weekend: Bloodshot, The Hunt, and more

Vin Diesel Bloodshot

Weekend of March 13, 2020

Bloodshot
Runtime: 1 hr 50 min
Genre: Drama/Fantasay
Rating: PG-13

Marine Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel 'Fast and Furious', 'Guardian of the Galaxy', 'XXX', 'Avengers') and his wife are murdered and he is brought back to life and becomes superhuman.

Directed by David S. F. Wilson. Screenplay by Jeff Wadlow, Eric Heisserer. Story by Jeff Wadlow. Based on Valiant Comics Bloddshot. With Sam Heughan ('Outlander', 'Young Alexander the Great') as Jimmy Dalton, Toby Kebbell ('Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', 'Fantastic Four') as Axe, Lamorne Morris ('New Girl', 'Game Night', 'Sandy Wexler') as Wilfred Wigans.

Produced by Toby Jaffe, Jason Kothari. Music by Steve Jablonsky ('Transformers', 'Deep Water Horizon'). Cinematography by Jacques Jouffret ('The Purge: Election Year', 'Mile 22'). Edited by Jim May ('The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch anfd the Wardrobe'). Production companies: Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Original Film, Valiant Entertainment, One Race Films, The Hideaway Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.

Watch "BLOODSHOT - Official Trailer

The Hunt
Runtime: 1 hr 55 min
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R

Waking up in the forest and not knowing where they are, 12 average strangers soon realize they are the 'hunted game' for a group of wealthy hunters. Coming to the rescue is Crystal (Betty Gilpin) who flips the script and begins to hunt the hunter.

Directed Craig Zobel ('Z for Zachariah', 'Prince Avalanche'). Written by Nick Cuse ('Watchmen', 'Maniac'), Damon Lindelofn ('Watchmen', 'The Lelftovers').
Based on "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. With Ike Berinholtz, Emma Roberts, Hilary Swank.

Produced by Jason Blum ('Get Out', 'BlacKkKlansman'), Damon Lindelof ('Watchmen', 'The Leftovers'). Music by Nathan Barr ('True Blood', 'Flatliners'). Cinematography by Darran Tiernan ('Perry Mason', 'Star Trek: Picard'). Edited by Jane Rizzo ('Leave No Trace', 'Z for Zachariah'). Production companies: Blumhouse Productions, White Rabbit Productions. Distributed by Universal Pictures.

Watch "The Hunt - Official Trailer 

The Informer
1 hr 53 min
Genre: Drama, Tragicomedy
Rating: R

A former special operations soldier and convict, Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman 'Edge of Winter', 'Suicide Squad') working undercover for dirty FBI reenters the Bale Hill Prison to infiltrate the Polish mob drug trade in New York and is double crossed by one of his handlers Montgomery (Clive Owen 'Closer', 'Gemini Man') and and must turn to Grens, New York Police Organized Crime Division.(Common 'The Hate You Give', 'Girls Trip')

Directed by Andrea Di Stefano ('Life of Pi', 'Eat Pray Love'). Screenplay by Matt Cook ('Before I Go to Sleep', 'Brighton Rock'),
Andrea Di Stefano, Rowan Joffe ('Before I Go to Sleep', 'Brighton Rock'). Based on Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom. With Ana de Armas ('Blade Runner 2049', 'Knives Out') as Sofia Hoffman, Rosamund Pike ('Gone Girl', 'Pride and Prejudice').

Watch "THE INFORMER Official Trailer

My Spy
Runtime: 1 hr 42min
Genre: Action, Adventure
Rating: PG-13

After being demoted, CIA operative JJ (Dave Bautista 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2', 'Avengers: Infinity War') is assigned to surveil the Vail family and ends up at the mercy of their 9-year old daughter Sophie (Chloe Coleman 'Big Little Lies').

Directed by Peter Segal ('Hidden Hills', 'Tommy Boy', 'Grudge Match'). Written by Erich Hoeber ('RED', 'The Meg'), Jon Hoeber ('RED', 'The Meg'). With Kristen Schaal ('The Last Man on Earth', 'Despicable Me 2'), Ken Jeong ('Pineapple Express', 'Hangover I, II, III')
Produced by Dave Bautista ('Blade Runner'), Chris Bender ('American I, II', We're the Millers', 'Hangover I, II, III') , Peter Segal ('Get Smart', 'Grudge Match'), Jake Weiner ('Under the Silver Lake', 'Criminal'), Robert Simonds (STX Entertainment), Jake Weiner ('Under the Silver Lake', 'Criminal'), Gigi Pritzker ('Drive'), Jonathan Meisner ('Avengers: Infinity War', Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2')

Produced by Chris Pender, Peter Segal, Robert Simonds. Music by Dominic Lewis ('How to Train Your Dragon', 'X-Men: First Class'). Cinematography by Larry Blanford ('X-Men, 'Iron Man 3'). Edited by Jason Gourson ('Second Act', 'Blaze'). Production companies: MWM Studios, Good Fear, Dream Boys Entertainment. Distributed by STXfilms.

Watch "My Spy Trailer"

Lost Girls
Runtime: 1 hr 35 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Rating: R

With a single focus on finding her missing daughter Shannon Gilbert (Sarah Wisser 'Cabbie'), Mari Gilbert (Amy Ryan 'Escape Plan', 'Gone Baby Gone') begins her own investigation and the results forces the police and media to take action.

Directed by Liz Garbus ('Love, Marilyn', 'What Happened, Miss Simone'). Written by Michael Werwie ('Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'). Based on Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker. With Thomasin McKenzie ('Leave No Trace', 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies') as Sherre Gilbert, Gabriel Byrne ('Heredity', 'Mad to be Normal') as Commissioner Doman,
Oona Laurence ('Peter's Dragon', 'Bad Moms') as Sarra Gilbert, Reed Birney ('The Humans') as Dr. Peter Hackett.

Produced by Anne Carey ('The Diary of a Teenage Girl', '20th Century Women'), Kevin McCormick ('Gangster Squad', 'Arthur'). Music by Anne Nikitin ('The Imposter', 'American Animals'). Cinemetagraphy by Igor Martinovic ('The Night Of', 'House of Cards'). Edited by Camilla Toniolo ('Write When You Get Work'). Production companies: Archer Gray, Langley Park Productions. Distributed by Netflix.

Watch "LOST GIRLS Trailer"

Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always
Runtime: 1 hr 41
Genre:   Drama
Rating: PG-13

After an unwanted pregnancy, Autumn (Sidney Flanigan ' ') and her cousin Skylar (Talia Ryder 'Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a Voice') travel from their home in rural Pennsylvania to New York to end her pregnancy.

Directed and written by Eliza Hittman ('Beach Rats', 'It Felt Like Love'). With Theodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, Sharon Van Etten. Produced by Adele Romanski ('Moonlight', 'If Beale Street Could Talk'), Sara Murphy ('If Beale Street Could Talk', 'The Mountain').

Produced by Lia Buman, Rose Garnett, Tim Headington. Music by Julia Holter ('Bleed for This', 'Own Worst Enemy'). Cinematography by Helene Louvart ('The Invisible Life', 'Happy as Lazzato). Edited by Scott Cummings ('Adversary', 'Buffalo Juggalos'). Production companies: Tango Entertainment, BBC Films, Mutressa Movies, Pastel Productions. Distributed by Focus Features.

Watch "NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS" - Official Trailer

 

Ja’Net Dubois Memorial Postponement

Television Star Ja'Net Dubois
Television Star Ja'Net Dubois. Photo: Yevette Renee
March 5, 2020
After thoughtful reassessment of the coronavirus and risks associated with having many attendees who are coursing through international hubs, ultimately to intersect with family, friends, and the general public, our family has made the concerned decision to postpone the memorial service for our mother, Ja'Net DuBois.
We understand this announcement will grieve many who wish to honor her and pay tribute to her body of work on the stage, in film, in television, and behind the scenes.
We would like especially to recognize any of you who made changes to your schedule to be with us. We do not want to put anyone at unnecessary risk and hope all will understand and agree with our decision.

Films Coming to the Screen This Weekend: Pixar’s Onward, The Way Back and more

The Banker Key Art

Weekend of March 6, 2020

The Banker

Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre:   Drama
Rating:
Limited Release

The Banker tells the life story of Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson 'Jungle Fever', 'Pulp Fiction') and Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie 'The Hurt Locker',

'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', 'Avengers: Age of Ultron', 'Captain America: Civil War', 'Avengers: Endgame') two of the first African American bankers in America and how they used a white man to pretend to be the owner of their bank to exist.

Directed by George Nolfi ('The Adjustment Bureau'. Screenplay by Niceole Levy ('Shades of Blue', 'Cloak and Dagger'), George Nolfi ('The Sentinel', 'Timeline'). Story by David Lewis Smith ( 'Independence Day', 'Bad Boys'), Stan Younger, Brad Caleb Kane.

Nicholas Hoult ('About a Boy', 'X-Men: First Class', 'of Future Past', 'Apocalypse', 'Mad Max: Fury Road') as  Matt Steiner, Nia Long ("Boyz in the Hood', 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air', 'Empire' , 'Friday', 'Big Momma's House 1-2'), as Eunice Garrett, Jessie T. Usher ('Survivors Remorse', 'Independence Day: Resurgence', 'The Boys', 'Shaft') as Tony Jackson. Produced by Nnamdi Asomugha ('Fire With Fire', 'Double Negative'), Jonathan T. Baker ('Fang vs. Fiction', 'The Real Exorcist', 'Real Premonitions'), Anthony Mackie, Samuel Jackson, George Nolfi. Music by H. Scott Salinas ('Zipper', 'No Ordinary Hero: The  SuperDeafy Movie'). Cinematagraphy by Charlotte Bruus Christensen ('The Hunt', 'Fences', 'A Quiet Place'). Edited by Joel Viertel ('the Adjustment Bureau', 'Conventioneers', 'Ready or Not', 'Strictly Sexual'). Production companies: Romulus Entertainment, Iam21 Entertainment, Mad Hatter, Hyphenate Films. Distributed by Apple TV+.

Pixar's Onward
Runtime:1 hr 52 min
Genre:  Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rating: PG

Elf brothers, Ian (Tom Holland 'Captain America: Civil War', 'Spider-Man: Far From Home') and Barley Lightfoot (Chris Pratt 'Parks and Recreation', 'Zero Dark Thirty'), set out to bring to bring the remainder of their father back, before the 24 hour spell is up, after Ian uses the wizard's staff inherited from their father.

Directed by Dan Scanion ( 'Monsters University'). Written by Dan Scanion 'Incredibles 2', 'Tracy', Jason Headley 'A Bad Idea Gone Wrong', Keith Bunin 'The Credeaux Canvas'. With Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Veep", 'Downhill', 'Seinfeld'),  as Laurel Lightfoot, Octavia Spencer ('The Help', 'Fruitvale Station') as Corey, Ali Wong ('Always Be My Maybe', 'American Housewife', Birds of Prey) as Gore, Lena Waithe ('Master of None', 'The Chi', 'Ready Player One', 'Queen & Slim')as Specter, Mel Rodriguez ('Overboard', 'Brave New Jersey') as Colt Bronco, John Ratzenberger. Produced by Kori Rae 'Monsters University'. 'Up'. Music by Mychael Danna 'Life of Pi', Jeff Danna 'The Addams Family'. Cinematography by Sharon Calaham 'A Bug Life', 'The Good Dinosaur', Adam Habib. Edited by Catherine Apple 'Hotel Transylvania', 'Gnomeo * Juliet'.

Production Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios. Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

The Way Back
Runtime: 1 hr 48 min
Genre:   Drama,  Sport
Rating: R

After the glory of college basketball stardom, Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck ') struggles with alcoholism and the opportunity to coach at his former high school.

Directed by Gavin O'Connor 'Comfortably Numb'. Written by Brad Ingelsby 'Run All Night', 'Out of the Furnace', Gavin O'Connor 'The Accountant', 'Warrior'.

With Al Madrigald ('Night School') as Dan, Michaela Watkins, Janina Gavankar, Glynn Turman. Produced by Jennifer Todd ('Jason Bourne', 'Memmento'), Ben Affleck ( 'Good Will Hunting', 'Justice League', 'Suicide Squad'. Music by Rob Simonsen ('The Friend', 'The Front Runnuer', 'Father Figure'.)

Cinematography by Eduard Grau ('Gringo', 'Buried'.) Edited by David Rosenbloom *'Molly's Game', 'Friday Night Lights'.)

Production companies; Warner Bros Pictures, Bron Creative, Mayhem Pictures, Film Tribe. Distributed by Warner Bros Pictures.

Bacurau
Runtime: 2 hr 12 min                                          Genre:   Drama, Mystery, Suspense
Rating:  NR
Limited Release

After the death of her family's matriarch, Teresa (Barbara Colen), returned to the village of Bacurau for her funeral and finds the village in despair.

Directed and written by Juliano Dornelles ('Aquarius', Mens Sana in Corpore Sana'), Kieber Mendonca Filho (Aquarius'.)

With Thomas Aquino ('3%', O Doutrinador: A Serie') as Pacote/Acacio, Silvero Pereira ('Edge of Desire', Transophia') as Lunga, Thardelly Lima as Tony Jr. Produced by Emilie Lesclaux, Said Bej Said, Michel Merkt. Music by Mateus Alves, Tomaz Alves Souza. Cinematography by Pedro Sotero. Edited by Eduardo Serrano. Production company: CinemaScopio, Producoes, SBS Productions, Globo Filmes, Simio Filmes, Arte France Cinema. Distributed by Vitrine Filmes (Brazil),

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Runtime: 1 hr 39 min
Genre:   Action, Drama Thriller
Rating:  R
Limited Release

Art critic James Figueras (Claes Bang 'The Square') and his lover Berenice Hollis (Elizabeth Debicki 'The Great Gatsby', 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2', 'Peter Rabbit', 'Widows') travel to Lake Como where art collector, Joseph Cassidy (Mick Jagger 'The Rolling Stones', 'Some Girls: Live in Texas '78', 'Ladies and Gentlemen') recruits him to steal a painting from Jerome Debney (Donald Sutherland 'The Dirty Dozen', 'M*A*S*H', 'Measure of a Man', 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -Part 1 & 2') a reclusive artist.

Directed by Guiseppe Capotondi ( 'The Double Hour', 'Berlin Station'). Written by Scott Smith ( 'A Simple Plan', 'The Ruins', 'Siberia'). Based on novel by Charles Willeford 'The Burnt Orange Heresy'. Produced by William Horbert ('The Talented Mr. Ripley', 'Cold Mountain', 'Crash Pad', 'Black Nativity'), David Lancaster ('Whiplash', 'Donnybrook'), vid Zander ('Spring Breakers', 'A Good Man is Hard to Find', 'Some Velvet Morning').  Music by Craig Armstrong ('William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet', 'Moulin Rouge!', 'Escape'). Cinematography by David Ungaro ('A Prayer Before Dawn', 'Les Miserables', 'To the Ends of the World'). Edited by Guido Notari ('The Double Hour', 'Mirush', 'Solomon Island'). Production companies: Indiana Production, MJZ, Rumble Films, HanWay Films, Ingenious Media. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.

First Cow

Runtime: 2 hr 1 min
Genre:   Drama
Rating:  PG-13
Limited Release

A skilled cook, Cookie Figowitz (John Magaro 'Not Fade Away', The Big Short, Carol', 'Orange is the New Black', 'The Front Page') and King Lu (Orion Lee 'Skyfall', 'A Brilliant Young Mind', 'Catacombe'), a Chinese immigrant  join forces after meeting in a group of fur trappers and form a profitable business.

Directed by Kelly Reichardt ('River of Grass', 'Certain Women', 'Night of Moves'). Screenplay by Kelly Reichardt ('Wendy & Lucy', 'Old Joy'), Jonathan Raymond ('Night Moves', Meek's Cutoff'). Based on novel by Jonathan Raymond. Produced by Neil Kopp ('Old Joy', 'Paranoid Park'),  Vincent Savino ('Hold the Dark', 'I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore', 'Green Room', 'Blue Run'), Anish Savjani ('Hold the Dark', 'Blue Ruin'). Music by William Tyler ('Behold the Spirit', 'Modern Country', 'Survivor'). Cinematography by Christopher  ('The Dead Ones', 'State Like Sleep'. 'Certain Women'). Edited by Kelly Reichardt. Production companies: FilmScience, IAC Films. Distributed by A24.

Swallow

Runtime: 1 hr 34 min
Genre:   Drama, Horror, Thriller
Rating:  R
Limited Release

Hunter Conrad (Haley Bennett 'Music and Lyrics', Marley & Me', 'The Girl on the Train', 'The Magnificent Seven'), married and newly pregnant, and her uncontrollable desire to swallow items that are life threatening.

Directed and written by Carlo Mirabella-Davis ('Knife Point', 'The Swell Season'). With Austin Stowell ('Love and Honor', 'Battle of the Sexes', 'Whiplash') as Richie, Elizabeth Marvel ('True Grit', 'Lincoln', 'Gifted') as Katherine Conrad, David Rasch ('In the Loop', 'United 93', 'Burn After Reading') as Michael Conrad, Denis O'Hare ('Take Me Out', 'Assassins', 'True Blood', 'Charlie Wilson's War', 'Dallas Buyers Club', 'Danger One') as Erwin. Produced by Carole Baraton ('Revenge', 'I, Daniel Blake', 'Four Lions'), Frederic Fiore ('Ickerman', 'Winter's End', 'Revenge', 'Incident in a Ghostland'), Mollye Asher ('The Rider', 'Fort Tilden'), Mynette Louie ('The Tale', 'The Invitation', 'Lovesong'). Music by Nathan Helpern ('The Rider', 'Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present', 'Hooligan Sparrow', 'The Witness'). Cinematography by Katelin Arizmendi ('Cam', 'It Comes at Night'). Edited by Joe Murphy ('Beach Rats', 'Don't Come Back from the Moon'). Production companies: Charades, Logical Pictures, Stand Alone Productions, Syncopated Films. Distributed by IFC Films (U.S.), UFO Distribution (France)