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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

DREAMQUIL wr by sisters/artists Vanessa Prager & debut feature dir Alex Prager colorful Wes Anderson-looking Twilight Zone of female CEO gives wife/mother/exec Elizabeth Banks wellness & time w/help of AI clone, robot tech, husband John C Reilly In theaters 10/16 www.patriotpictures.com/dreamquil

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Dominik Moll's very relevant detailed CASE 137: Léa Drucker’s Internal Affairs investigator of fraught riot police case struggles with tech, angry victims, resentful cops, banned empathy in Paris --could be any city 10/16 @QuadCinema Then + theaters Via @Film_Movement filmmovement.com/case-137

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Theatrical: Case 137 :: Film Movement

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

WE’RE NOTHING AT ALL Wr/Dir/Prod/Self-financed by Hong Kong’s Herman Yau: forensic investigation based-on-real bus explosion twines with tragic lives of 2 poor, abused, rejected gay men at their wit’s end 10/16 @laemmlemonica Via BlackLight Entertainment www.blacklight-global.com

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A PRAYER FOR THE DYING: Debut Director Dara Van Dusen with DP Kate McCullough plunge us into adaptation of Stewart O’Nan’s 1999 post-Civil War apocalyptic novel in red-tinged nightmare for Johnny Flynn & John C. Reilly. In Theaters via @QuiverDistrib www.quiverdistribution.com/slate/a-pray...

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A Prayer for the Dying | Quiver

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

WINTER OF THE CROW: Warning vs authoritarianism, Director Kasia Adamik again adapts, w/Sandra Buchta, work by Nobelist Olga Tokarczuk, tracks feisty Lesley Manville to Warsaw 1981 as darkness of Martial Law descends @quadcinema more cities Via Cohen Media cohenmedia.net/product/wint...

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Winter of the Crow :: Cohen Media Group

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In 2nd hiking beautiful UK scenery movie of 2026, THE NORTH takes different trails bringing out raw emotions as wr/dir Bart Schrijver brings Dutchman & Spaniard bromance to Scottish Highlands 10/9 w/Q&As @AngelikaFilmNY @laemmleglendale @picturehouse.bsky.social www.picturehouse.com/thenorth

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The North | Picturehouse

The North depicts the grueling and emotional journey of two friends - Chris, a Dutchman (Bart Harder) and Lluis, a Spaniard (Carles Pulido) - who reunite after a decade to undertake Scotland's famed 3...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN debut dir/co-star James McAvoy writers Elaine Gracie & Archie Thomson memoir-based story of only 2 rappers feel emotionally guilty for faking their origins in hip hop biz Opens NY LA 10/9 w/Q&As +cities 10/16 & 10/23 via @MagentaLightHQ www.magentalightstudios.com/film?slug=ca...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In wr/director Wen Mue’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDDLE EAST restaurant chef (Shen Tang) witnesses Iraqi corruption, cruelty of U.S. invasion & occupation leading to ISIS terrorism, while China epilogues care for kids in war. Et tu Ukraine war? 10/9 @wellgousa wellgousa.com/films/once-u...

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Once Upon A Time In The Middle East - Official Movie Site - Watch Online

One of China’s biggest stars, Shen Teng, leads the acclaimed international box office sensation Once Upon a Time in the Middle East. Seeking a fresh start, chef Xu Fu travels to the Middle East to

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY NZer writer/director Paloma Schneideman mentee of Jane Campion debuts as a Next Gen Breillat Down Under for frank treatment of social tensions and pressures on female adolescent sexuality CoStar Noah Taylor 10/9 theaters @BlueFox_Ent www.bluefoxentertainment.com/movie/detail...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Writer/director Liz Sargent expands her short into debut suffused in love feature TAKE ME HOME – her charismatic sister has lessons for everyone on caregiving for aging & disabilities Now @ifccenter.bsky.social 10/2 @laemmlemonica More cities via Willa willa.org/film/take-me...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THE DEPUTY Feature debut dir Matt Sukkar of Carlo Bernard’s fairly faithful adaptation Victor Gischler's 2010 SW noir novel violently relevant re corruption & trafficking Plus Stephen Dorff William H. Macy & Tiffany Hadish Theaters/VOD/Digital Via @wellgousa.bsky.social wellgousa.com/films/deputy

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The Deputy - Official Movie Site - Watch Online

Chief Kreuger (William H. Macy) assigns rookie Deputy Toby Sawyer (Duke Nicholson) to guard a dead body. But when the corpse vanishes, Toby launches a frantic search that unearths decades of

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Scottish delightful wee film tradition of Bill Forsyth, feature debut wr/dir Louis Paxton’s INCOMER w/ versatile Domhnall Gleeson evicting HOD’s witchy Gayle Rankin from remote gull-filled isle haunted by John Hannah @ifccenter.bsky.social +theaters @SumerianPics sumerianpictures.com/movies/the-i...

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The Incomer

“Hilarious and uplifting… It’s magic, and it highlights the beautifully strange dance that is human connection. ” – Kristy Strouse, Film Inquiry “Rankin and O’Rourke deliver two of the funniest comic ...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Writer/Director/Star @KennyORiches makes MOUSE a scammers’ noir with his Japanese mother, Sarah Coffey as the femme fatale, and atmospheric score by Andrew Rease Shaw. Multi-Cities @regalmovies.bsky.social www.deardenny.com

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Editor turned debut director Padraic McKinley’s THE WEIGHT is tense thriller in dense woods as desperate father Ethan Hawke has to take extreme physical risks vs Russell Crowe’s schemes In theaters via @vertical_film www.vert-ent.com/library/the-...

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The Weight | Vertical

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Charming THE FISHERMAN inspired by debut feature writer/director Zoey Martinson’s time in Ghana village to colorful Accra markets with talking fish (comic Dulo Harris), traditional elder, and Gen Z optimists (@EnduranceGrand shines) @quadcinema 9/29 VOD www.thefishermanfilm.com

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF SALMAN RUSHDIE Autobiographical insights from his book, through doc director @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social and frank up-close recovery videos by wife Rachel Eliza Griffiths @jigsawprods Now @ifccenter.bsky.social More theaters in US via @abramorama knifethefilm.com

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KNIFE | The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

John Wilson’s idiosyncratic meta-documentary THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE goes beyond building & falling apart into metaphors of his & others’ surprising intersecting passion projects in NYC Now @ifccenter.bsky.social w/Q&As +theaters/cities @magnoliapics.bsky.social www.magpictures.com/thehistoryof...

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The History of Concrete | Official Movie Site

A hilarious new documentary from John Wilson (How To with John Wilson), from Magnolia Pictures. In theaters now.

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Families & All celebrate @aardman.bsky.social 50th Anniversary's 3rd Feature Animation SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM as the stop-motion farm, smart vet & town preps for Halloween so Shaun becomes a classic mad scientist. In theaters via @gkids.com gkids.com/films/shaun-...

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SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM - GKIDS Films

Coming in theatres Halloween 2026.

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

TAKE OFF Chinese Director/Co-Writer Fei Peng adapts/expands Xuetao Shuang's novella “The Aeronaut” thru places, years, family feuds, complications & political changes, while one clever worker still yearns to fly. Now @amctheatres.bsky.social via @orchidtree.bsky.social www.orchidtreemedia.com

Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

BLACK ZOMBIE Director Maya Annik Bedward delves dramatically into how Westerners misunderstood, misused & fused with racism into horror Haiti’s anti-slavery anti-colonial spiritual & revolutionary resources @QuadCinema with Q&As @NuartTheatre via @kinolorber.com kinolorber.com/film/black-z...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bolivia’s Oscar entry CONDOR DAUGHTER wr/dir Alvaro Olmos Torrico touching portrait of generation change for crucial indigenous midwives as young women pressured to cities @cinema_village 9/18 @laemmle +cities thru Nat’l Hispanic Heritage Mth @OutsiderPics www.outsiderpictures.us/movie/thecon...

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The Condor Daughter – Outsider Pictures

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

MIGHTY MARY Director/Olympian Mary Mazzio soars to 1990’s when 1st female, upstart sailing team competed in grueling prestigious America’s Cup races, with feisty interviews, archival footage & lessons learned for men & women 9/11 @amctheatres.bsky.social Republic Pictures www.mightymaryfilm.com

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Mighty Mary Film

Mighty Mary, narrated by Elizabeth Banks and Hugh Jackman, directed and produced by Mary Mazzio, chronicles the first all-women's America's Cup team in history.

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@Tribeca Fest award winner ON A STRING’s Director/Writer/Star Isabel Hagen personifies the plight of NYC’s professional musicians racing from amusing to frustrating gigs like a Manhattan road movie. 9/11 @quadcinema w/Q&As More cities @jokezerocomedy jokezero.com/on-a-string

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

9/11 @ifccenter.bsky.social SERPENT’S PATH (2024) is Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (mostly) French language re-make of his own 1998 film – with violent noir elements that are scarily relevant if conspiracy-laden disinformation were true. But is FICTION @KimStimFilms More cities www.kimstim.com/film/serpent...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

9/11: RECLAIMING GROUND ZERO – Free on Amazon Prime from 9/11 – Director J.B. Sabey usefully documents the citizen participation process in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. My Review: mavensnest.net/WTC.html#rec... @FreestyleDigitalMedia mattersmedia.org/project/9-11...

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9/11: Reclaiming Ground Zero – MATTERS MEDIA

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

BARBARA FOREVER Debut doc dir Brydie O'Connor immerses audience in images & words of pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer as archive moves @filmforumnyc.bsky.social 9/11 LA 9/18 SF, Chicago more @strandreleasing filmforum.org/film/barbara... strandreleasing.com/films/barbar...

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Film Forum · BARBARA FOREVER

BARBARA FOREVER Opens Friday, September 4

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

MAYA & SAMAR Canadian Writer Tamara Faith Berger & Director Anita Doron explore fluid female ethics-free zone where always video-ing online writer intersects with illegal migrant under pressure Rated NC-17 for lust fulfilled Now Digital/VOD @QuiverDistrib www.quiverdistribution.com/slate/maya-s...

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Maya & Samar | Quiver

BUY OR RENT

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Writer Justine Waddell & Director Tina Gharavi take clues & a few sentences in VIRGINIA WOOLF'S satirical pre-WWI Britain rom-com NIGHT & DAY to make a rousing feminist STEM anthem @QuiverDistrib @kanopy.com Now in 43 US theaters @QuadCinema @laemmle www.quiverdistribution.com/slate/virgin...

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Virginia Woolf's Night & Day | Quiver

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

SARA BAREILLES: GOOD GRIEF – now rolling out in theaters – Her 1st studio recording in 7 yrs is one of the most impactful album experiences re: grief since Springsteen’s “The Rising”. Dir Josh Alexander, DP: Jenna Rosher My review: mavensnest.net/TFF2026Women... sarabmusic.com/pages/goodgr...

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Reel Life: Flick Pix

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA. This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Burkina Faso director Idrissa Ouédraogo’s SAMBA TRAORÉ (1992) 4K restoration Exemplar of African authenticity, empathy for city dreamers return w/guilt to village family & friends @filmlinc.bsky.social 9/8 L.A. +cities @fm_classics filmmovement.com/samba-traore www.filmlinc.org/films/samba-...

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Theatrical: Samba Traore :: Film Movement

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

SUN NEVER SETS: Wr/Dir Joe Swanberg teams 4th time w/Jake Johnson as older boyfriend w/kids in not unpredictable male POV romantic triangle w/Dakota Fanning & her Ex in Alaska NYC previews w/Q&A 8/31 & 9/1 Opens 9/4 @ifccenter.bsky.social U.S. @IndieFilmCom www.independentfilmco.com/films/the-su...

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The Sun Never Sets | Championing Independent Movies | Independent Film Company

Wendy’s life is thrown into chaos when her older boyfriend insists they take space to evaluate the relationship.

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

THE DEB: Debut Director/co-star Rebel Wilson: “It’s always been my dream to create a movie like” PRISCILLA & MURIEL’s WEDDING. She did it! With Aussie story/writers/lyrics/music by Meg Washington & Hannah Reilly, sung & danced by new stars. Now Digital & VOD in U.S. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_G...

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The Deb - Official UK Trailer (2026) | On Digital 24th August

YouTube video by Vertigo Releasing

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

SALT PATH Debut director Marianne Elliott, adapter Rebecca Lenkiewicz, DP Hélène Louvart take us on UK’s longest Nat’l Trail 634 miles up/down hills, moors, sea, emotions in Cornwall SW Coast Path to renew Gillian Anderson & Jason Isaacs @AngelikaFilmNY +via Rialto www.thesaltpathmovie.com/tickets/

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The Salt Path | Official Website | August 28 2026

Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for The Salt Path on the official site. In theaters August 28 2026 brought to you by Rialto Distribution. Directed by: Marianne Elliott. Starring: Gil...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

CYCLE OF LOVE Director Orlando Von Einsiedel follows extraordinary memories & improvises touching reenactments of 1970s Hippie Trail where Indian "Untouchable" fatefully meets Swede through the kindness of strangers. Now @AngelikaFilmNY More weeks & theaters thecycleoflovefilm.com/buy-tickets/

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

FRANZ Agnieszka Holland brilliantly interprets life, context, inspirations, writings, impact of Kafka as Kafkaesque w/flashbacks, flashforwards, resonant images My review: mavensnest.net/Franz.html @CohenMediaGroup Now @quadcinema @filmlinc.bsky.social more theaters cohenmedia.net/product/franz

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

10 KILOS @10kilosofficial Action Director Doron Eran brings Sharon Yitzhaki’s unusual memoir to vivid life thru portrayal by Daniella Kertesz & other Israelis with Guatemalan cast: “Framed. Imprisoned. Unbroken. All true.” @breakingglasspics.bsky.social Now NYC 8/28 LA 10kilosthemovie.com

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10 Kilos of Cocaine Movie | Official Film & True Story

10 Kilos of Cocaine is a drama inspired by the true story of Sharon Yitzhaky. Discover the film, cast, trailer, filmmaker, and US premiere on August 21, 2026.

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

THE BRINK OF WAR debut writer/director Michael Russell Gunn dramatizes worthy nostalgia for 1986 when direct talks bt adversarial world leaders could lead to legacy of arms reduction My review: mavensnest.net/Brink.html 8/14 in theaters via @angelstudio.bsky.social www.angel.com/movies/brink...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

See Willem Dafoe dominate (& sing & dance) international cast in THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Spanish director Miguel Angel Jiménez adapting (hard-to-get) Panos Karnezis novel, as Onassis/Zorba oligarch vs his family on Corfu Theaters & VOD via Quiver Distribution www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duj...

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The Birthday Party | Official Trailer

YouTube video by Quiver Distribution

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

UNION COUNTY debut wr/dir Adam Meeks brings Will Poulter & Noah Centineo to his Ohio roots representing struggling participants in Adult Recovery Court that too few communities offer addicts 8/14 @ifccenter.bsky.social Landmark Nuart Theatre + cities Via Oscilloscope unioncounty.oscilloscope.net

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UNION COUNTY

A film by Adam Meeks

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Gogol’s 1842 social satire is acutely reborn as noir American Western in DEAD SOULS as "last film" of dir/star Alex Cox (Repo Man) /co-writer Gianni Garko (spaghetti w'erns) 8/14 NY Roxy Cinema 8/15 Q &A www.roxycinemanewyork.com/events/qa-wi... via @kinolorber.com kinolorber.com/film/dead-so...

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Q&A with Alex Cox

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

8/14 Robb Moss's THE BEND IN THE RIVER w/2 other docs in his trilogy of his fellow aging Baby Boomer friends - from youth - RIVER DOGS (1982) @metrographnyc.bsky.social h to middle-age THE SAME RIVER TWICE (2003) @filmforumnyc.bsky.social with Q&As My review: mavensnest.net/BendInRiver....

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

LAST PICTURE SHOWS: Rustin Thompson’s investigative W’ern U.S. small town-road trip of “10 states, 10,825 miles, 123 theaters” finds there are still cinephiles running ones (despite distributor rules) like the one I grew up in. @AngelikaFilm_NY Then more: rustinthompson.com/last-picture...

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The Last Picture Shows | Rustin Thompson

A feature documentary.

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

LATE FAME Writer Samy Burch aptly adapts Schnitzler’s 1894 Vienna to Greenwich Village as Willem Dafoe’s poet faces same age, class & sensual issues w/Greta Lee swinging “Surabaya Johnny” Now @filmforumnyc.bsky.social @filmlinc.bsky.social + @magnoliapics.bsky.social www.magpictures.com/latefame/

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Late Fame | Official Movie Site

Watch the official trailer and explore the cast of Kent Jones' acclaimed drama starring Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee.

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

THE BIG CHEESE Director Sara Joe Wolansky entertainingly follows cheese promoter/importer Adam “Mr Moo” Moskowitz as he guides diverse American cheesemongers to Le Mondial du Fromage competition to get world recognition for Team USA Now NYC 8/14 LA ObscuredPics obscuredreleasing.com/films/the-bi...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

SHADOW OF THE SUN: w/all Venezuelan crew & cast (including deaf actors) in rural area, director Miguel Angel Ferrer celebrates cultural & social resilience of his native country, despite poverty & prejudices On VOD via Outsider Pictures www.outsiderpictures.us/movie_cat/dr...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

COOKIE QUEENS Dir Alysa Nahmias Eds: Kim Roberts, Jeanne Applegate, Fatima de los Santos- 1st observational lk at 6 wk Girl Scout Cookie season where capitalism/entrepreneurs cross w/4 diverse American girls & families: Cuteness Sells In theaters via Roadside Attractions youtu.be/nnSQS43Eil8?...

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

EVERYBODY CALLS ME MIKE: French debut writer/director Guillaume Bonnier tensely clashes Western vs African family, travel, values & goals in a small sailboat on the high seas: “Why didn’t you tell me you’re Somali?” Now streaming @indiepix.bsky.social Trailer at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqXp...

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EveryoneCallsMeMike trailer

YouTube video by indiepixfilms

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Nora Lee Mandel @mandelmavensnest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

TIME AND WATER Director Sara Dosa w/Lucy Munger animate folk tales & history beautifully adapt Andri Snær Magnason’s writing, personal & work archives into creative “polytemporal” edit of family’s & Iceland’s love of glaciers as they die @natgeodocs.bsky.social Streaming @DisneyPlus @hulu

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