Sundance Scarer “Infinity Pool,” Oscar Nominee “Close” and Deon Taylor’s Latest “Fear” – Specialty Preview

Neon and Topic Studios presents writer/director Brandon Cronenberg infinity pool in 1,835 theaters over a vibrant weekend special between a new generation of Sundance films and remarkable extensions in the glare of Oscar nominations.

infinity pool, starring Alexander Skarsgard, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman and Jalil Lespert, made a great debut last weekend in the midnight section of the just-concluded Sundance Film Festival. Skarsgard and Coleman are enjoying a perfect beach vacation in the fictional state of Li Tolqa, until another tourist couple persuades them to venture outside the resort grounds, where they are plunged into a culture of violence, hedonism and horror. Appointment overview here.

A24 presents the Belgian director Lukas Dhont near, just nominated for Best International Film and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The drama follows Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi (Gustav De Waele), two thirteen-year-old best friends whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly and tragically torn apart. Written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens. Also with Émilie Dequenne and Léa Drucker.

The film begins in four locations in New York and LA

Hidden Empire Releasing by Deon Taylor and Roxanne Taylor presents horror thrillers fear, directed by Deon Taylor and written by Taylor and John Ferry, on over 1,000 screens.

A year after the start of a global pandemic, a group of friends gather at the historic Strawberry Lodge in the remote Tahoe Mountains. A much-needed holiday and festival weekend quickly turns into a nightmare and struggle to survive as the truth about the lodge unravels before their eyes. With Joseph Sikora, Andrew Bachelor, Annie Ilonzeh, Ruby Modine, Iddo Goldberg, Terrence Jenkins and Jessica Allain, along with Tip “TI” Harris.

Greenwich Entertainment presents The man in the cellar in NYC, LA and 10 other top 25 markets on 17 runs (with a 32-day exclusive theatrical window). Directed by Philippe Le Guay and starring François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier and Bérénice Bejo. It won the top prize at the British Jewish Film Festival.

Based on a true story told by friends of co-writer/director Le Guay, a happily married Parisian couple (Renier and Bejo) sell a storage room in the basement of their apartment building to a seemingly ordinary man (Cluzet) for his to store records. It quickly becomes clear that the man has gone to live there permanently and that he also turns out to be a notorious Holocaust denier. The couple desperately tries to cancel the sale, to no avail, and then begins a lengthy eviction court process as the basement dweller becomes a scheming presence, undermining the couple’s marriage and ingratiating herself with her naïve teenage daughter.

Greenwich set the release date for National Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 28.

Extend: UAR lists nominees for the Academy Award for Best Picture women talk a nationwide expansion this weekend to more than 700 theaters in more than 150 markets – an increase of 153 runs in 59 markets.

Focus functions are expanded tar, with six Oscar nominations on 535 domestic runs.

Other special openings: IFC Films presents a romantic comedy Life turned upside down written and directed by Cecilia Miniucchi and starring Bob Odenkirk, Radha Mitchell, Danny Huston and Rosie Fellner. Bound by friendship, love and work, three couples navigate relationships in the digital age as their lives slowly but surely turn upside down.

Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing presents spy thrillers Compromise, directed by Jérôme Salle, starring Gilles Lellouche and Joanna Kulig, on five screens, including LA’s Laemmle Glendale, and on demand. The story of a French official who unknowingly comes into conflict with one of the most powerful and dangerous forces of modern times, Russia’s FSB or Federal Security Service, where he is accused of a gruesome crime.

Abramorama/PBS Great performances present Remember that limited edition by Jeff Hutchens and Derek Goldman. Written by Clark Young and Goldman. With David Strathairn in a solo performance as Jan Karski in a true story of a reluctant hero of World War II and witness to the Holocaust. As a member of the Polish underground, Karski risks his life to bring the first eyewitness accounts of war-torn Poland to the Western world and ultimately to the Oval Office.

Yash Raj Films has opened the Bollywood spy thriller Pathan Wednesday in nearly 900 theaters, earning $59 million over a few weeks and a controversial music video with 240 million views. Directed by Siddharth Anand. Starring Shah Rukh Khan – in his highly anticipated first film in five years – Deepika Padukone and John Abraham.