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The World According to Allee Willis : Exclusive Interview with Director Alexis Spraic and Allee Willis’ Partner Prudence Fenton

©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures  The World According to Allee Willis : Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and colors, her signature asymmetrical haircut and famed parties at her real-life Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Allee didn’t waste any opportunity to…

The Grab : Exclusive Interview with Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite and Emmy Award-winning Reporter Nathan Halverson 

©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures/Participants The Grab : Quietly and seemingly out of sight, governments, private investors and mercenaries are working to seize food and water resources at the expense of entire populations. These groups are establishing themselves as the new OPEC, where the future world powers will be those who control not oil, but food….

Thelma – Official Trailer | June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Fred Hechinger

Watch out, Tom Cruise. There’s a new action-movie star in town, Magnolia Pictures has dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated Sundance Favorite film, “Thelma.” Josh Margolin’s first film as director, “THELMA,” is a touching comedy with an action twist that presents veteran Oscar nominee June Squibb (“NEBRASKA“) with her first leading role and…

Red Right Hand : Exclusive Interview with Eshom & Ian Nelms

Orlando Bloom in RED RIGHT HAND, a Magnolia Pictures release. © Red Right Hand Productions LLC, Steve Squall. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. RED RIGHT HAND, Cash (Orlando Bloom) is trying to live an honest and quiet life taking care of his recently orphaned niece Savannah (Chapel Oaks) in the Appalachian town of Odim County….

THE PROMISED LAND : Official Trailer / Starring Mads Mikkelsen

Magnolia pictures has dropped a new trailer for Mads Mikkelsen’s historical drama, “The Promised Land” which is the Denmark’s Official Submission for the International Feature Film for the 96th Academy Awards.  Directed by Nikolaj Arcel who has previously teamed up with Mikkelsen for the 2012 acclaimed drama “A Royal Affair,” the 127-minute feature is written…

“The Stones and Brian Jones” Exclusive Interview with Director Nick Broomfield

Synopsis : Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time, The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, key to the success of the band, and uncovers how the founder of what became the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world was left behind…

“A Compassionate Spy” : Exclusive Interview with Director Steve James on the Manhattan Project Scientist Ted Hall Who Shared Classified Nuclear Secrets with Russia

Synopsis : Directed by two-time Oscar® nominated filmmaker Steve James (HOOP DREAMS, LIFE ITSELF), A COMPASSIONATE SPY is a gripping real-life spy thriller about controversial Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall, who infamously provided nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, told through the perspective of his loving wife Joan, who protected his secret for decades. Recruited…

Film Review: Paul Schrader’s Crime Thriller Master Gardener Flourishes with Important Social Commentary

© 2022 MASTER GARDENER US LLC. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Securing redemption through a painful sacrifice, particularly after traveling on a long self-destructive path, is a powerful recurring theme that drives many of the protagonists in Oscar-nominated writer-director Paul Schrader’s films. In his new social crime thriller, Master Gardener, he crafted the titular main…

Dalíland – Official Trailer | Starring Sir Ben Kingsley | Directed by Mary Harron | Opens June 9

Director Mary Harron has been tackling a very engaging subject nearly thirty-years of her career. Now, Magnolia Pictures has dropped a new trailer for Mary’s latest outing, “Daliland” which Ezra Miller and Ben Kingsley both portray famed artist Salvador Dalí.  Harron’s new film examines Surrealist legend Salvador Dalí, in Set in New York and Spain in 1974, the film…

Hunt : Exclusive Interview with “Squid Game” Actor Lee Jung-jae on his Directorial Debut Film

Synopsis : After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (LEE Jung Jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (JUNG Woo Sung) are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could…

Magnolia Pictures to Distribute Mary Harron’s Salvador Dali Film, ‘Dalíland’

Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Mary Harron’s “Daliland” and is planning a theatrical release in 2023. The biopic about the legendary Surrealist, Salvador Dali, was the closing-night film in the recent Toronto Film Festival. It stars Ben Kingsley as the mature Dali and Ezra Miller as his younger incarnation. Barbara Sukowa plays…