Summer movie season has officially begun at multiplexes everywhere, but the start of June also brings four indie titles to digital platforms. Our pick is a quiet drama that reaches beyond the standard mother-daughter dynamics commonly seen onscreen.
The contender to watch this week: “Monica”
After breakthrough supporting parts in “Transparent” and “Hustlers,” Trace Lysette finally gets the lead role she has deserved. Lysette is enchanting in “Monica,” playing a transgender massage therapist who reluctantly returns home to care for her estranged mother (Patricia Clarkson). After premiering at last year’s Venice Film Festival and gaining a fair amount of indie cred during its theatrical rollout in May, this is the type of movie that could very well show up on the Independent Spirit Awards’ roster. Rent it on VOD.
Other contenders:
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The contender to watch this week: “Monica”
After breakthrough supporting parts in “Transparent” and “Hustlers,” Trace Lysette finally gets the lead role she has deserved. Lysette is enchanting in “Monica,” playing a transgender massage therapist who reluctantly returns home to care for her estranged mother (Patricia Clarkson). After premiering at last year’s Venice Film Festival and gaining a fair amount of indie cred during its theatrical rollout in May, this is the type of movie that could very well show up on the Independent Spirit Awards’ roster. Rent it on VOD.
Other contenders:
“BlackBerry“: If “Air” and “Tetris” didn’t scratch your itch for juicy corporate heroism, here comes the...
- 6/3/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
A24 follows You Hurt My Feelings last weekend with dual-language romance Past Lives, starting a platform release on four screens in New York and LA including Q&As led by talent who have been champions of the film, including Steve Buscemi, Jodie Turner-Smith and Lulu Wang. Expanding this month.
The Sundance premiering pic by Celine Song, starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro, has a 97% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes – Deadline review here — and 89% with audiences. It’s part of Alamo Drafthouse Recommends film series and has sold out, or nearly so, screenings in LA, Austin, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Denver.
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are parted after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week, confronting notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life. Playwright Song,...
The Sundance premiering pic by Celine Song, starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro, has a 97% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes – Deadline review here — and 89% with audiences. It’s part of Alamo Drafthouse Recommends film series and has sold out, or nearly so, screenings in LA, Austin, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Denver.
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are parted after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week, confronting notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life. Playwright Song,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
"In a year or two this area will be insane." Greenwich Ent. has revealed an official US trailer for an indie dark comedy from Israel titled Concerned Citizen, from filmmaker Idan Haguel. This first premiered at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival last year in the Panorama section, and it's getting a limited released in the US this June. It centers around Ben, a politically liberal, gay man who tries to improve his neighborhood in the slums of south Tel Aviv by planting a tree on his street. Idan Haguel stars in this story about a gay middle-class couple whose desire for self-realisation begins to narrow their worldview, bringing their deep-seated prejudices to light. A deftly told parable about the mechanisms of gentrification which, with a hint of satire, raises an uncomfortable question: exactly how tolerant are we? Well, the answer probably is: not very much. Also starring Ariel Wolf, Shlomi Bertonov,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The search for Gloria Nanmac’s killer is heating up on Alaska Daily, and Eileen and Roz have a juicy new lead.
TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek at this Thursday’s episode (ABC, 10/9c), as Eileen — still recovering from that hostage situation with Concerned Citizen — and Roz chat with a fellow journalist named Max about Gloria’s former pastor Reed Gallahorn. Max knows exactly who they’re talking about: He remembers a boy who died under Gallahorn’s watch. Though the death was ultimately ruled an accident, Max still thinks Gallahorn was responsible… because the boy was a source...
TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek at this Thursday’s episode (ABC, 10/9c), as Eileen — still recovering from that hostage situation with Concerned Citizen — and Roz chat with a fellow journalist named Max about Gloria’s former pastor Reed Gallahorn. Max knows exactly who they’re talking about: He remembers a boy who died under Gallahorn’s watch. Though the death was ultimately ruled an accident, Max still thinks Gallahorn was responsible… because the boy was a source...
- 3/9/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Alaska Daily Season 1 Episode 7 “Enemy of the People.”] Alaska Daily finally returns (it went on break mid-November), with an episode in which Eileen (Hilary Swank) isn’t the only Daily Alaskan employee in danger. “Concerned Citizen” (Bill Dawes) — later identified, thanks to the work of the newspaper’s Editor Stanley Cornik (Jeff Perry) and his writers — holds Eileen hostage as everyone else is outside… or so they think. Gabriel (Pablo Castelblanco) was in the Archives room when “Concerned Citizen” came in, and he’s able to pass along messages to Eileen using the analytics board until he’s caught. Attempts to talk “Concerned Citizen” are futile, until he steps in the sniper’s eyeline and raises his gun. It’s not until after he’s dead that Eileen and Gabriel see he’d removed the magazine. Perry teases what’s ahead after the hostage situation and shares how he thinks...
- 3/3/2023
- TV Insider
ABC‘s Alaska Daily went on a three-month hiatus after episode 6, and since then, fans have been anxiously awaiting the return of the hit drama starring Hilary Swank. But can viewers expect ABC to air a new episode of Alaska Daily tonight? Or will the wait continue?
Bill Dawes as the Concerned Citizen | ABC/Darko Sikman ‘Alaska Daily’ Episode 7 airs tonight, March 2
We have good news — Alaska Daily Episode 7, “Enemy of the People,” premieres tonight, March 2, at 10 p.m. Et on ABC.
The hour was initially supposed to air a week ago on Thursday, Feb. 23, but the network pushed the midseason premiere date back so that the final five episodes would air without interruptions. So that means that the season 1 finale will drop on March 30.
The synopsis for the Alaska Daily episode tonight reads, “The stakes are high when Concerned Citizen targets Eileen at gunpoint and takes her hostage in the newsroom.
Bill Dawes as the Concerned Citizen | ABC/Darko Sikman ‘Alaska Daily’ Episode 7 airs tonight, March 2
We have good news — Alaska Daily Episode 7, “Enemy of the People,” premieres tonight, March 2, at 10 p.m. Et on ABC.
The hour was initially supposed to air a week ago on Thursday, Feb. 23, but the network pushed the midseason premiere date back so that the final five episodes would air without interruptions. So that means that the season 1 finale will drop on March 30.
The synopsis for the Alaska Daily episode tonight reads, “The stakes are high when Concerned Citizen targets Eileen at gunpoint and takes her hostage in the newsroom.
- 3/2/2023
- by Sarah Little
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
We have a bad feeling, ABC‘s Alaska Daily fans. The upcoming season 1 episode, which we have waited almost three months for, is just around the corner, and it promises to be a doozy. New promos for Alaska Daily Episode 7 suggest that the hostage situation involving Eileen Fitzgerald and the Concerned Citizen is more complex than we thought. And we don’t think everyone will survive the night.
Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald | ABC/Darko Sikman Is ‘Alaska Daily’ on tonight?
Unfortunately, Alaska Daily Episode 7 won’t air tonight, Feb. 23, on ABC.
The show starring Hilary Swank was initially supposed to return from its three-month hiatus tonight, but the network pushed it back one week. Now, episode 7 will drop on Thursday, March 2, and a repeat of The Company You Keep Episode 1 will air in Alaska Daily‘s time slot tonight.
ABC wanted the final five Alaska Daily episodes to air without any breaks.
Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald | ABC/Darko Sikman Is ‘Alaska Daily’ on tonight?
Unfortunately, Alaska Daily Episode 7 won’t air tonight, Feb. 23, on ABC.
The show starring Hilary Swank was initially supposed to return from its three-month hiatus tonight, but the network pushed it back one week. Now, episode 7 will drop on Thursday, March 2, and a repeat of The Company You Keep Episode 1 will air in Alaska Daily‘s time slot tonight.
ABC wanted the final five Alaska Daily episodes to air without any breaks.
- 2/23/2023
- by Sarah Little
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fans of ABC‘s Alaska Daily are itching for new episodes after episode 6 left them with a cliffhanger to mull over for a few months. But beyond looking forward to the remainder of season 1, viewers also want to know whether Alaska Daily Season 2 is in the cards. Will ABC renew the series for another season? Or will the network cancel it after only 11 episodes?
Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald | ABC/Darko Sikman ABC has not canceled or renewed ‘Alaska Daily’ for season 2
As of the writing of this article, ABC hasn’t released a statement regarding the future of Alaska Daily.
Since the network hasn’t even aired the show’s midseason premiere yet, it might be a while before we hear anything about a potential Alaska Daily Season 2. Unless a show takes off and has outstanding ratings, it’s unlikely that a network would make a final decision about...
Hilary Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald | ABC/Darko Sikman ABC has not canceled or renewed ‘Alaska Daily’ for season 2
As of the writing of this article, ABC hasn’t released a statement regarding the future of Alaska Daily.
Since the network hasn’t even aired the show’s midseason premiere yet, it might be a while before we hear anything about a potential Alaska Daily Season 2. Unless a show takes off and has outstanding ratings, it’s unlikely that a network would make a final decision about...
- 2/16/2023
- by Sarah Little
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dark comedy-drama “Concerned Citizen,” which has its world premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, has debuted its trailer. Berlin-based sales outfit M-Appeal will be selling the film during the European Film Market.
The film, a satirical parable on the insidious ways in which privilege can unleash the prejudice within, centers on Ben, who thinks of himself as a liberal and enlightened gay man, living in the perfect apartment with his boyfriend Raz. All that’s missing to complete the picture is a baby, which the couple are trying to make a reality.
Meanwhile, Ben decides to improve his up-and-coming neighborhood in gritty south Tel-Aviv by planting a new tree on his street. But his good deed soon triggers a sequence of events that leads to the brutal police arrest of an Eritrean immigrant. The guilt trip that ensues will fundamentally challenge Ben’s vision of himself and his society,...
The film, a satirical parable on the insidious ways in which privilege can unleash the prejudice within, centers on Ben, who thinks of himself as a liberal and enlightened gay man, living in the perfect apartment with his boyfriend Raz. All that’s missing to complete the picture is a baby, which the couple are trying to make a reality.
Meanwhile, Ben decides to improve his up-and-coming neighborhood in gritty south Tel-Aviv by planting a new tree on his street. But his good deed soon triggers a sequence of events that leads to the brutal police arrest of an Eritrean immigrant. The guilt trip that ensues will fundamentally challenge Ben’s vision of himself and his society,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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