Itsaso Arana Wanders Around Madrid in Trailer for 'The August Virgin'

"Bumping into each other again, it's odd, right?" Outsider Pictures has released an official US trailer for an indie summer drama titled The August Virgin, from acclaimed Spanish indie filmmaker Jonás Trueba. He partnered with actress / writer Itsaso Arana to make a very personal film about figuring yourself out in your 30s. Arana stars as Eva, a young actress who is not quite satisfied with her life. In an act of faith, she decides to stay in Madrid during August, when all the other locals leave because it's too hot to stay. August offers her a chance to start from scratch as she wanders around the city. The small cast includes Vito Sanz, Isabelle Stoffel, Joe Manjon, María Herrador, Luis Heras, and Mikele Urroz. The film premiered at the Karlvoy Vary Film Festival last year and also opened in Spain last year. I saw it at KVIFF, loved it, and published a glowing review, saying it's "an exceptional slice of cinematic bliss - a lyrical, poetic, meandering film about the never-ending challenge in life to define ourselves." I'm happy it's finally getting a US release. ›››

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First Trailer for 'Stuntwomen' Doc All About Female Stunt Performers

"They fought so hard for us to get here… now we don't have that luxury of not being able to do something." Shout Factory has revealed the official trailer for a kick ass filmmaking documentary called Stuntwomen, made by producer / director April Wright. The film's full title is Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story and it will be available to watch this September. An action-documentary about the evolution of stunt women from The Perils of Pauline (1914) and beyond. Featuring narration (and interviews) by Michelle Rodriguez. The documentary goes "behind-the-scenes and introduces us to the female stunt performers who drive the action and thrills of Hollywood’s biggest blockbuster movies from the silent age of cinema to present day." This looks awesome! Seriously. I dig all the behind-the-scene glimpses, but it's also so great to hear from these badass, fearless women taking on these intense, dangerous stunts. Fire up the trailer below. ›››

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Official Trailer for 'A Call to Spy' About UK Women Spies During WWII

"We need you as our first female field agent." IFC Films has released an official trailer for A Call to Spy, an indie spy drama from producer-turned-filmmaker Lydia Dean Pilcher. This is her second feature after directing Radium Girls, which is also about badass women from the past. In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency – the Special Operations Executive (aka SOE) – to recruit and train women as spies. Their mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance, to help collect information about Nazis in France. SOE's "spymistress," Vera Atkins – who was the inspiration for Bond's Moneypenny – recruits two unusual candidates to be spies: Virginia Hall, an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan, a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Starring Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, with Linus Roache, Rossif Sutherland, Samuel Roukin, & Laila Robins. This looks like a riveting, inspirational thriller about a group of women passionate about peace and saving the world. ›››

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CNN's 'On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries' Documentary Film Trailer

"How do you do it?!" HBO Max / CNN Films have released an official trailer for a journalism documentary called On the Trail, titled in full: On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries. Developed internally by CNN, the doc film takes viewers behind-the-scenes to provide a "front-row seat to history for a glimpse into what it takes to cover a presidential campaign." The focus is on the powerhouse female journalists at CNN, set against the backdrop of one of the wildest elections in American history. Which is a bit of a soft way to describe what's happening. "CNN offered unprecedented access to their coverage, going out of their way to include names news junkies and casual viewers alike have come to know." Including: Dana Bash, Kaitlan Collins, Jessica Dean, Daniella Diaz, Annie Grayer, Kyung Lah, MJ Lee, Abby Phillip, Arlette Saenz, and Jasmine Wright. It's impressive how fast they took current events and worked them into a doc film about covering these current events. No matter how you feel about politics, this looks like an invigorating watch. ›››

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New Trailer for Nolan's 'Inception' Re-Release in Theaters This Month

"You never really remember the beginning of a dream… do you?" Warner Bros has unveiled a new official trailer to celebrate the 10th anniversary re-release of Christopher Nolan's Inception, which originally hit theaters in the summer of 2010. This re-release is connected with the delayed release of Nolan's latest movie Tenet, which has been rescheduled to open in the US starting in September. Inception is Nolan's complex sci-fi thriller about a team of thieves who are given the task of planting an idea inside the mind of a CEO, but end up finding themselves caught in a trap. The cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, and Marion Cotillard. Everyone knows all about this movie and we've talked about it at length, and hopefully cinemas will be safe enough to catch this on the big screen again. We've also included two fan-made posters below, and a video looking back at the influence the movie has had on cinema since its initial release. Enjoy. ›››

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How to Survive as an Indie Filmmaker in 'Clapboard Jungle' Doc Trailer

"Making movies is beautiful… Raising the money, selling them, is horrible." An official trailer has debuted for a documentary film titled Clapboard Jungle, made by Canadian filmmaker Justin McConnell. In full it's: Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business, an "introspective journey following five years in the life and career of an independent filmmaker." The film is "intended to serve as a survival guide for the modern independent filmmaker." Featuring interviews with dozens of directors, producers, writers, actors, distributors, festival programmers, publicists and more, all while following one filmmaker's personal journey, this is a film created to help people stay afloat in a risky business. As nice as that sounds, it seems like it might just remind people that it's an intense challenge to get into indie filmmaking. Even this doc has been in development for almost six years, originally planned to release in 2016. It's finally ready for release. But there's still no date set yet either. The best part about it is hearing from all these other directors. ›››

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Official Trailer for Netflix's 'Tiny Creatures' Series About Little Animals

"Experience the hidden world… where bigger isn't always better." Netflix has released an official trailer for a new docu-drama series titled Tiny Creatures, one of the first projects directed by award-winning nature cinematographer Jonathan Jones. It "magnifies some of the world's smallest wildlife… In every episode, immerse yourself in a different ecosystem and see the drama that unfolds right at our very feet." Nature is so cool! It's not really a documentary, they wanted to tell stories with each of these little animals. "All eight episodes feature tiny creatures facing huge challenges in dramatic new environments. Helped by a team of handlers and trainers, Jonathan used real animals for the stories, and even wrote scripts for them ahead of filming." The series is narrated by Mike Colter and directed by the cinematographer who won an Emmy for "Planet Earth II". I think we're all in need of some wholesome, adorable entertainment like this about all these little creatures. But this also seems so scary and intense it might be hard to watch! Take a look below. ›››

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