Looking Back: Ali Benzekri's 'Greeting to 2020's Cinema' Video Recap

"Who cares about what they think? This is about me. This is about my life. This is me." As 2020 comes to an end, looking back at this year there's been so much hardship, so many challenges, so much tragedy, so much upheaval, it's tough to think about movies. But despite all of these challenges, movies were still there. Not...

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Watch: Excellent Dutch Short Film 'Yulia & Juliet' About Tragic Love

"Don't act all poetic." An excellent, intimate short film to feature just before 2020 ends. Yulia & Juliet is an 11-minute short film made by Dutch filmmaker Zara Dwinger. This originally premiered in 2018 and won tons of awards at festivals, now it's finally online to watch. Yulia and Juliet, both 16, are locked up in...

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Time to Play 'Cosmoball' - New Trailer for Epic Russian Sci-Fi Movie

"It's easier to risk your life when you know you're supported by millions, even if they don't the truth or understand…" Take a look at this! An English-dubbed trailer has debuted for a crazy insanely epic Russian sci-fi spectacle called Cosmoball, made by famed producer Dzhanik Fayzi. An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth...

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Official US Trailer for Award-Winning Ukranian Sci-Fi Drama 'Atlantis'

"Due to the war, this territory became completely unsuitable for living." Grasshopper Film has released an official US trailer for an acclaimed, award-winning Ukrainian sci-fi drama titled Atlantis, which originally premiered at last year's Venice & Toronto Film Festivals. Set in Eastern Ukraine in 2025, the film is about...

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Watch Perri Nemiroff's 2020 Recap Videos: Top 5 + A Movie Montage

"The fact that I've already seen Palm Springs evolve with every single viewing leaves me with no doubt that the movie is going to continue to inspire me to push myself further." Yes! Big fan of that movie, too. Fellow movie geek Perri Nemiroff, who works for Collider, has debuted her end of the year recap videos looking back...

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Official Trailer for Intriguing Gig Economy Quantum Sci-Fi Film 'Lapsis'

"I'm just out here working like everybody else, man." Film Movement has released an official trailer for an intriguing indie sci-fi film titled Lapsis, made by filmmaker Noah Hutton. This originally premiered at the Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival, and it also played at the Nashville, Scottsdale, Mill Valley, Virginia, and...

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Final US Trailer for Intense Ukrainian Faux-Documentary 'Donbass'

"He wants to know what's happening here." Film Movement has released this US trailer for Donbass, a Ukrainian drama that premiered two years ago at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It only got a US release in "virtual cinemas" this fall. In the Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of...

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Official Trailer for 'The Capote Tapes' Doc About 'Answered Prayers'

"'How could your friend do this to you?'" Altitude Films in the UK has released an official UK trailer for the documentary The Capote Tapes, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Ebs Burnough. This originally premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival, and also played at the Hamptons and Rio de Janeiro Film Festivals....

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Looking Back: Dino Kos Presents 'Cinema 2020 - A Year in Film' Video

"Give me a moment, would you, friend? I've never been on trial for my thoughts before." As crazy as 2020 has been, the truth is - we still had plenty of great movies to enjoy. Friend of the site Dino Kos (also known as @WolvieCBM) has spent the last few months editing his year-in-review video. His presentation is called Cinema...

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New Trailer for Re-Release of Park Chan-wook's 'Joint Security Area'

"Neutral has no place here. You have to choose sides." Arrow Video has debuted an official trailer for the restored 1080p re-release of Park Chan-wook's early film known as JSA - Joint Security Area. This first opened in South Korea in 2000, and premiered at festivals in 2001, Park's third feature at the time. "Before Oldboy,...

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Trailer for Fran Lebowitz's 'Pretend It's A City' Directed by Scorsese

"Do you think it's fair to bring a book into Times Square?" Netflix has revealed the first official trailer for Pretend It's A City, a new docu-series directed by Martin Scorsese about his friend, the kooky, outgoing, outspoken author / speaker Fran Lebowitz. Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer,...

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Official Trailer for Eco Documentary 'Once Upon a Time in Venezuela'

"Right now, sedimentation is killing us." Topic Original Films has revealed the official US trailer for an acclaimed doc film titled Once Upon a Time in Venezuela, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival at the start of this year. The film has also played at a few other festivals this year, and won Best International...

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Thomas Sadoski in Kooky Dark Comedy 'The Mimic' Official Trailer

"After that, every time I went someplace - he was there." Gravitas has unveiled an official trailer for an indie dark comedy titled The Mimic, which premiered at this year's Cinequest Film Festival. A very strange comedy where the main character "learns that imitation may not be the sincerest form of flattery when he is befriended...

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Brief Trailer for Genre-Bending, Indie Paranoia Thriller 'Go/Don't Go'

"They were there. And then they were gone…" Kamikaze Dogfight has debuted an official trailer for an indie psychological thriller titled Go/Don't Go, made by, starring and directed by filmmaker Alex Knapp. This premiered at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival earlier this year, and drops on VOD in January. Caught between...

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from FirstShowing's Movie Lovers

Joyeux Noel! Gledelig Jul! Frohe Weihnachten! Mele Kalikimaka! From all of us at FirstShowing.net, we want to wish every one our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays! Whether you're in quarantine alone, with family or friends, or just your partner; or whether it's snowing or sunny, we hope you have a lovely...

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Watch: A Killer Animatronic Santa in Christmas Horror Short 'Jolly'

"Ho ho ho! I'm going to unwrap your skull." Have a holly, jolly Christmas! It's the best time of the year… As long as Santa isn't killing you, then there will be plenty of cheer. How about a fun Christmas horror short to warm up these holiday days? Jolly is a new short film by from Todd Spence & Zak White. The two have...

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Enjoy These 'Star Wars' Featurettes - '40 Years of Empire: The Legacy'

"It felt real, it felt so believable, and yet so imaginative and creative." Disney has debuted a set of behind-the-scenes featurettes celebrating 40 years since Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back opened. The highly anticipated sci-fi sequel first hit theaters on June 20th, 1980, three years after the original Star Wars movie...

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Josh Lucas & Pilou Asbæk in Trailer for Thriller 'Murderous Trance'

"We are trying to help you…" MVD Entertainment Group has released an official US trailer for the Finnish crime thriller titled Murderous Trance, formerly known as The Guardian Angel when it first premiered. From producer / director Arto Halonen, it is about the most incredible series of hypnosis crimes in history, sending...

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New US Trailer for Almodóvar's 'The Human Voice' with Tilda Swinton

"Tilda Swinton burns up the screen…" Sony Classics has debuted a new US trailer for Pedro Almodóvar's short film that he made during lockdown earlier this summer titled The Human Voice. This premiered at the Venice Film Festival a few months ago, and it also played at the New York and London Film Festivals. Almodóvar teamed...

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New US Trailer for Goro Miyazaki's 'Earwig and the Witch' Animation

"You agree that you'll teach me magic, and I agree to help you out." GKids has revealed a new US trailer for the Japanese animated film Earwig and the Witch, the latest film by Goro Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki's son who also directed the films Tales from Earthsea and From Up on Poppy Hill previously. This is Studio Ghibli's first...

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Digging into American Hatred in Doc Film 'Healing from Hate' Trailer

"They knew that they wanted to help other guys get out." Freestyle Digital Media has released an official trailer for the documentary Healing from Hate, a new documentary by Peter D. Hutchinson. The film has also gone under the titles Angry White Men: Life After Hate, and even The Masculine Mystique, but they've officially...

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New Trailer for Jake Mahaffy's Shocking Pregnancy Horror 'Reunion'

"When you get scared, just ring that and I'll be right there." Dark Sky Films has debuted an official trailer for a "psychological shocker" horror titled Reunion, from filmmaker Jake Mahaffy. This first premiered at the Nightstream Film Festival this fall, and it arrives on VOD in February. A pregnant woman returns to her...

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Scott Dunn is a Slacker Time Traveler in 'Mandao Returns' Film Trailer

"Are you human?" Or is he something else? Indie Rights has debuted an official trailer for a peculiar indie sci-fi comedy titled Mandao Returns, the sequel to Mandao of the Dead from 2018. Korean-American filmmaker Scott Dunn writes, directs, and stars in both of these homemade films as Jay Mandao, an astral projecting time...

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Official Trailer for Found Footage Paranormal Horror 'Curse of Aurore'

"Is there a presence here with us in this house?" Freestyle Digital Media has released an official trailer for Curse of Aurore, a found footage paranormal horror film from filmmaker Mehran C. Torgoley. This meta horror film is about writers working on a script. A thumb drive from the dark web reveals disturbing footage documenting...

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Gil Kenan's Magical Adventure 'A Boy Called Christmas' Teaser Trailer

"Long ago, nobody knew about Christmas…" Studiocanal UK has debuted an early teaser trailer for a new holiday movie titled A Boy Called Christmas, adapted from the children's novel by Matt Haig. This is the re-imagiined story of Father Christmas, the tale of a young boy named Nikolas, played by Henry Lawfull, as he goes on...

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Review: Pixar's Profound 'Soul' Made by Pete Docter & Kemp Powers

Whether or not the soul really truly exists, as we humans perceive it, doesn't really matter. Pixar's Soul is a profound and moving experience and one of their best movies in years. It is a spiritual sequel to Inside Out, but only in concept, in that it visualizes and rationalizes the irrational concept of a "soul" (rather...

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Provocative Drama 'Gun and a Hotel Bible' Adaptation Official Trailer

"You're not humbling yourself, you're not learning, you're not even listening" Freestyle Digital Media has unveiled an official trailer for Gun and a Hotel Bible, an indie drama based on the original play of the same name. Filmmakers Raja Gosnell (The Smurfs, Show Dogs) & Alicia Joy LeBlanc team up to tell this story of...

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New US Trailer for English-Language 'Rams' Remake with Sam Neill

"That's it, mate. They're taking the whole bloody valley…" Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled an official US trailer for the US release of Rams, the English-language remake of the award-winning Icelandic film of the same name from 2015. This Australian remake stars Sam Neill and Michael Caton as sheep farmers, and as brothers...

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Official Trailer for HBO's Documentary 'Tiger' Profiling Tiger Woods

"What has Tiger done to Tiger Woods?" HBO has revealed the full-length trailer for an epic biopic doc titled Tiger, described as a monumental and definitive look at the life of golf legend Tiger Woods. The doc will be released as a two-part "series" premiering together in January. Co-directed by doc filmmakers Matthew Hamachek...

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Full Trailer for Michel Franco's Controversial Mexican Film 'New Order'

"A necessary fiction… about a reality in the very near future." The Match Factory has released a full-length official trailer for the Mexican film New Order, which originally premiered at the Venice + Toronto Film Festivals this year. Nuevo Orden (in Spanish) is the latest film from acclaimed filmmaker Michel Franco (After...

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Official Trailer for Armenian Religious Music Epic 'Songs of Solomon'

"Come with me, my child. Take my hand." A new trailer has been released for an international film titled Songs of Solomon, made by Armenian actor Arman Nshanian. He was initially going to make it as a short film, but turned into a full feature instead thanks to the push of producers. Inspired by true events, this is a film...

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Denzel Washington & Rami Malek in Thriller 'The Little Things' Trailer

"How's the trunk space?" Warner Bros has released an official trailer for The Little Things, a serial killer investigative thriller from filmmaker John Lee Hancock - director of The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder, The Highwaymen. This is currently set for release in January from Warner Bros - one of the first releases...

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They're Back! 'Coming 2 America' Official Trailer with Murphy & Hall

"Well, I'll be damned! Look who done come up in here!" Amazon has revealed the first trailer for Coming 2 America, the long-awaited sequel to the beloved comedy classic Coming to America from 1988. Both boys are back! Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet the unlikely heir...

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Official US Trailer for Outstanding Romanian Doc 'Acasa, My Home'

"I'm free here." Zeitgeist Films + Kino Lorber have debuted an official trailer for the acclaimed Romanian documentary titled Acasa, My Home, which initially premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film won a Special Jury Award for Cinematography at Sundance, and played at numerous other festivals – mostly...

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Trailer for 'Balloon Man' Doc on First African-American Balloon Pilot

"He was an excellent pilot." Gravitas is releasing this documentary film in February and we haven't featured the trailer for it yet. Balloon Man is a documentary Bill Costen, a former football player for the Buffalo Bills. Saying goodbye to a career on the turf, Bill takes to the air, becoming the first African American Hot-Air...

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Kacey Rohl Pretends to Have Cancer in 'White Lie' Film Official Trailer

"What do people think you have?" Rock Salt has debuted an official trailer for an indie drama titled White Lie, which originally premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year. It also played at numerous other fests around the world, including the Vancouver, Calgary, Busan, Kolkata, Tallinn Black Nights, & Rio de Janeiro...

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Kung-Fu Spy Adventure Comedy 'The Rise of Sir Longbottom' Trailer

"I have a suggestion: two words. Nitro cannon." Overnight Pictures has released an official trailer for an action comedy sequel called The Rise of Sir Longbottom, also known as Pocketman and Cargoboy 2, made by filmmaker Clay Moffatt. Kick off the new year with a wild new Kung-Fu spy adventure! Pocketman, Cargoboy and all...

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Kate Hudson in Sia's Musical Cinematic Experience 'Music' Full Trailer

"I'm gonna help her, just like she helps me." Studiocanal has released a new full-length trailer for the film Music, made by Australian singer Sia - making her first feature. The film is a musical drama + music video "cinematic experience" that will be playing in theaters early next year (if they're open), and will launch...

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First Trailer for Wilderness Survival Film 'Land' Made by Robin Wright

"Do you ever get lonely out here?" "I know I'd be more lonely there than here. Focus Features has debuted the first trailer for Land, the feature directorial debut of Golden Globe-winning actress Robin Wright. This is officially set to premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in January, then open in theaters just a few...

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Full Trailer for Ramin Bahrani's 'The White Tiger' on Netflix in January

"They had plans… I had plans, too… I would have to become the creature that gets born only once every generation." Netflix has revealed the full-length official trailer for The White Tiger, the new film made by Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo, At Any Price, 99 Homes). The film tells the epic and empowering...

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First Sneak Peek Look at Peter Jackson's 'The Beatles: Get Back' Doc

"Get back to where you once belonged." Disney has unveiled a special "sneak peek" teaser trailer preview for the new documentary about The Beatles called The Beatles: Get Back, due out in theaters in August 2021. This is New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson's latest documentary (following They Shall Not Grow Old) that he has...

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Secrets Abound in Horror 'The Village in the Woods' Official Trailer

"I think they know what we're up to… It's like they were playing games with us." Someone is out-tricking the tricksters. 4Digital Media has released an official trailer for an indie horror film titled The Village in the Woods, made by UK filmmaker Raine McCormack. This already opened in cinemas in the UK last year, and is...

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Trailer for India's Great Monkey Battle Comedy Film 'Eeb Allay Ooo!'

"Have you ever dealt with a monkey?" NaMa Productions has revealed an official trailer for a very strange, clever, entirely original new film from India titled Eeb Allay Ooo! If that title doesn't get your attention, then maybe the funky plot will? A young migrant battles hordes of monkeys in the heart of New Delhi as a contractual...

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Watch: Comedic Short Film 'Alex's Dream' About Anxiety & Dreams

"I just feel, perpetually, like I'm out of my own comfort zone." Another excellent short that is worth your time to watch. Alex's Dream is a 9-minute short film written and directed by British actor Jack Cooper Stimpson. It originally premiered in 2018 and is now available online to watch thanks to Short of the Week. Alex...

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Official Trailer for Shaz Bennett's Drama 'Alaska Is a Drag' from Array

"What's stopping you, what are you afraid of?" Array has revealed an official US trailer for an indie drama titled Alaska Is a Drag, made by filmmaker Shaz Bennett. This originally premiered in 2017, but has been quietly awaiting release as it's a low film about being gay in Alaska. Thanks to Ava DuVernay's Array, it will...

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New US Trailer for 'My Wonderful Wanda' About a Polish Immigrant

"It's a proof of love." Zeitgeist Films has released a new official US trailer for a Swiss indie drama titled My Wonderful Wanda, which was initially part of the Tribeca Film Festival line-up earlier this year (before it was cancelled). The film is the latest from Swiss filmmaker Bettina Oberli, and is still seeking international...

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Watch: Sleepy Skunk's Look Back 2020 Movie Trailer Mashup Video

"I didn't get to say goodbye." Even though it's not the most magical year, the movies are still as magical as ever. It's time for an emotional look back at all the movies from 2020. Our longtime friend the "Sleepy Skunk" has debuted his annual end-of-the-year recap video - 2020 Movie Trailer Mashup - borrowing footage from...

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New Trailer for 'M.C. Escher: Journey Into Infinity' Documentary Film

"Then he said, 'I'm not an artist. I'm a mathematician.'" Zeitgeist Films + Kino Lorber have debuted a new official US trailer for the entrancing art world documentary M.C. Escher: Journey Into Infinity, which is finally launching in the US in February after originally premiering in The Netherlands in 2018. The doc film tells...

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'Chadwick Boseman: A Man Among Men' Promo Trailer from Netflix

"I'm happy that I got to be a part of sharing his genius with the world." Netflix has released a featurette for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, a 1920s blues movie from filmmaker George C. Wolfe (Nights in Rodanthe, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks). The film debuts on Netflix today - and this final trailer is in memory of the...

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Trailer for Mob Thriller 'American Dream' Directed by Janusz Kaminski

"You want me to kill HIM?" Lionsgate has revealed an official trailer for a crime thriller titled American Dream, arriving on VOD at the beginning of January. This is actually the feature directorial debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who was still is Steven Spielberg's regular cinematographer for years...

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