‘The Zone of Interest’ and ‘American Fiction’ Release in Limited Edition as Awards Season Gets in Full Swing – Specialty Preview

Jonathan Glazer’s unusual Holocaust film The zone of interest Today, Cord Jefferson’s satirical comedy plays in four theaters in New York and LA American fiction debut in seven years, the latest punchy specialty offering in a fall market full of strong titles as the end of the year approaches and awards season kicks into high gear after this week’s Golden Globe nominations.

From the A24, The zone of interest Premiere at Cannes (deadline review here), won the Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI prize. The (de facto) commander of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hülser, who also won the Palme d’Or in Neon) played the main role Anatomy of a fall) strive to build a dream life for their growing family in a beautiful villa and garden whose back wall borders the concentration camp. The film opens with the family picnicking and frolicking on a lush riverbank and then happily going home.

Auschwitz itself is never shown, but is present in muffled gunshots, orders, screams and roaring smoke. “There are two films, the one you see and the one you hear,” Glazer said after a screening at the New York Film Festival in October. Zone Cannes won for Best Soundtrack (Mica Levy) and CST Artist-Technician (Johnnie Burn). This week saw Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture (Non-English) and Best Soundtrack.

Opened at Lincoln Square and Angelika in NYC, Century City and Vista in LA.

American fiction from MGM opens in seven theaters in New York, LA and Austin, opening next week before expanding in January. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, America Fiction premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the People’s Choice Award. See deadline evaluation.

Jefferson’s directorial debut earned him Golden Globe nominations for Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and actor for Jeffrey Wright. The film received five Critics Choice Award nominations: Best Picture, Best Comedy, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor (Sterling K. Brown) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Jefferson).

Wright plays Monk, a frustrated novelist who is tired of the establishment profiting from “black” entertainment based on tired and offensive phrases. To prove his point, Monk uses a pseudonym to write a bizarre “black” book of his own that drives him to the core of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to despise. The film confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Also starring Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody and Keith David.

Play AMC Century City, AMC Grove, AMC Burbank, AMC LSQ, Angelika NY, Alamo Brooklyn and Alamo South Lamar.

Magnolia Pictures plays Denny Tedesco’s music documentary Immediate family in two theaters in New York and LA, following Tuesday night screenings at 75 locations across the country. The film follows the rise and collaboration of a group of legendary session musicians Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel and Waddy Wachtel in the 1970s and beyond, chronicling their illustrious collaboration and impressive record of creating hits. Recall the foundations of their enduring friendship, forged on the road and in studios through intimate interviews with the boys themselves, as well as the memories of some of rock’s most celebrated voices, including Carole King, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards and Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Phil Collins and more.

The film played at festivals and won Best Music Documentary at the 2023 Hollywood Music In Media Awards. Audience Choice at the DOCLANDS Film Festival 2023; Audience Award, Woodstock Film Festival 2022; Audience Award, Tallgrass Film Festival 2022. Documentary by Tedesco from 2008 The demolition team followed the first wave of studio musicians in the 1960s and the booming singer-songwriter era, when the talents of these four musicians were in high demand.

Extensions: Searchlight photos Poor stuff starring Emma Stone, expands to nine screens after a strong limited opening last week and seven Golden Globe nominations. The Yorgos Lanthimos-directed film received nominations for Best Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score, as well as two supporting nominations for Willem DaFoe and Mark Ruffalo. Expansion in LA, NY, Austin and San Francisco, as well as an additional 17 cities in the US and Canada, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, DC, Portland, Orlando, Toronto, Vancouver.

Netflix is ​​expanding Bradley Cooper’s master at around 400 cinemas. Golden Globe nominations for film – drama, direction and performances for Cooper and Carey Mulligan. The streamer also opens up about Zach Snyder’s sci-fi Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire in 70mm in Paris in NYC and in the Egyptian in LA. Evaluation deadline.

The Bleecker Street is expanding Waitress: The Musical on more than 800 screens after the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical got off to a strong start last weekend. Directed by Brett Sullivan, starring Sara Bareilles.