Cannes Palme d'Or Winner and Award Contender 'Anora' Debuts in Limited Release Kicking Off Season – Exclusive Preview

Neon opens AnoraWinner of its fifth consecutive Cannes Palme d'Or, in limited release this weekend — the highest-profile award contender to hit theaters this awards season — a lively special weekend.

Sean Baker's comedy debuts on six screens in New York (Lincoln Center, Angelica, Alamo Brooklyn) and LA (Grove, Century City and Burbank). Three NYC locations will play select screenings of the film in its original 35mm Presales have been solid, and Neon will add San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and Toronto next week, before expanding to a wider release in mid-to-late November.

AnoraIts comically diverse cast of Mickey Madison, Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov, Karen Karagulyan and Vache Tovmasyan, a modern Cinderella story, played well with audiences. Critics raved about the film with a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score (see Deadline review), a similar trajectory to Neon's 2019 Palme d'Or winner. parasite.

Baker, who also wrote the screenplay, is a huge proponent of the theater and has actively supported the film as well as acting.

Combining art and commerce, Neon succeeded in the theater with its Croisette triumph, The triangle of sorrow In 2022 Anatomy of a fruit Last year the award was a stamp of approval and a major motivator for arthouse fans, helping films reach a wider audience. of neon TitaniumA more challenging film, won the top prize at Cannes in 2021.

The film stars Mikey Madison (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) as Annie, a young Brooklyn sex worker whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets and passionately marries Vanya, the brooding son of a Russian billionaire. When Vania's parents catch wind of the union, they send their men to annul the marriage, setting off a wild chase through the streets of New York.

Anora Marks Baker's eighth writing-directing effort, previously titled red rocket (2021), The Florida Project (2017) and Tangerine (2015).

“There are few filmmakers as qualified as Sean,” says an executive at a rival distributor. “Every person in the indie space cares about the movie they're rooting for, whether it's a contender or not.”

Starring Michael Keaton Goodrich From Ketchup Entertainment, Haley Meyers-Shire (home again) opens on just over 1,000 screens today Keaton is Andy Goodrich, whose life is turned upside down when his wife (Laura Benanti) and the mother of their nine-year-old twins enter a 90-day rehab program, leaving him alone with their young children. Entering the world of modern fatherhood, Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace (Mila Kunis), as he ends up becoming the father Grace never had. With Andy McDowell, Carmen Ezogo, Kevin Pollack and Michael Urie. See Review Timeline.

Roadside attractions open Apologize In medium release on 774 screens. The feature debut of contemporary painter Titus Kafer features Andre Holland, Anjanu Ellis-Taylor, John Earl Jelks and Andrea Day, who is also releasing his original song “Brix,” which he wrote and performed for the film.

Terrell (Holland) is an acclaimed American painter who lives with his wife, singer Aisha (Day), and their young son. (Terrell's artwork in the film is Kafer's own.) Her path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from her estranged father, La'Ron (Jelks), a conscience-stricken man desperate for reconciliation.

Apologize Premiered at Sundance (deadline review here ) and has a 92% awards buzz at Rotten Tomatoes. Roadside's marketing included creating a special screening room inside the Gagosian Gallery in LA, surrounded by Kafer's artwork.

the rumor From Bleecker Street, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson and starring Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Charles Dance, was released in over 600 theaters. World premiered at Cannes and screened at TIFF, New York Film Festival and BFI London.

Ricocheting between comedy and apocalyptic horror, the rumor Follows the leaders of seven of the world's wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they try to craft a tentative statement on a global crisis. premiered at Cannes. Deadline's review called it “a smart, sharp and quirky satire”.

Documentary Union By Stephen Maying and Brett Story (Adam McKay is an executive producer), debuting at NYC's IFC Center with self-distribution by Level Ground Productions. Winner of the Sundance Special Jury Award, the doc follows a group of ordinary workers who, on April 1, 2022, make history by successfully winning their election to become the first unionized Amazon workplace in the United States — heralded as the most important victory since the 1930s. the labor

This feat would be remarkable for any union, let alone the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), which had no prior organizing experience, no institutional support, and a total budget of $120k raised on GoFundMe. The doc captures ALU's historic grassroots campaign to mobilize thousands of their colleagues. From day one of organizing against corporate superpowers and with strict legal protections for workers, all odds were against the ALU but this rag-tag combination remained steadfast in their belief in collective action and the dignity and strength of the working class. .

Just played the New York Film Festival.

Utopia opens Ethan Berger's film debut, the fraternity hazing drama line Starring Alex Wolff at NYC's Regal Union Square, expands to approximately 35-50 screens in select theaters nationally and potentially expands in November. Written by Berger and Alex Rasek. Premiered at Tribeca, see Deadline review. Wolf (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place: Early Days, Genealogy) stars as Tom, a scholarship student desperate to escape his working-class background and increasingly lured by fraternity life at Kappa Nu Alpha. He is Haley Bailey (The Little Mermaid) outside his social circle, and the manipulative machinations of his brother-in-law (Lewis Pullman) push the new pledges into peril during the inevitable “hell week.” Justin Abrams, Bo Mitchell, Cheri Oteri, Scoot McNary, Dennis Richards and John Malkovich also star. The late Angus Cloud played Stone in his last film appearance.

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Strand releasing opens high tideWriter-director Marco Calvani's feature film directorial debut stars leading Brazilian actor Marco Pigosi in his first English-language film alongside James Bland and Marisa Tomei.

Heartbroken and unprepared, undocumented Brazilian immigrant Loreno searches for purpose in the quaint mecca of Provincetown. As the summer season ends, she sparks an intense and unexpected romance with Maurice. Together, the two reconcile their discarded pasts and their uncertain futures. Premieres at SWSX (100% RT critics score on 11 reviews) and opens at NYC's IFC Center. Expands to Los Angeles next Friday (Laemmle's Royal, NoHo 7) adding additional cities in November.

expansion: of A24 We live in time John Crowley's breakout indie romance starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh saw an audience score of 98% in 955 theaters. The film grossed $820k in five NYC and LA theaters with a $226k opening weekend and $500k on Thursday. The audience is predominantly female and under 35, primarily driven by the stars' star power but also the duo's support on social media.

Documentary by Anirvan Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan nocturnal Opens in Metrograph from Grasshopper Films. This visually exhilarating look at the night life of moths explores the beauty and fragility of nature with Sundance-winning immersive sound design.

Netflix opens the documentary Ebelin's extraordinary life Limited to NY, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Expanding to LA and San Francisco next week. Benjamin Ree's film (Painter and Thief) premiered at Sundance. The subject is Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer who died at age 25 of a degenerative muscle disease. His parents lamented what they thought was a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends from around the world. Next week on the streamer.