Searchlight Pictures Returns, With Kudos From Disney CFO; Plus ‘Moonage Daydream’, ‘God’s Country’, ‘The Silent Twins’ – Specialty Preview
deadline.comA steady flow of specialty films starts this weekend with the return of a key player to cinemas and a broader arthouse slate that will expand steadily into awards season.
This is still a weird theatrical landscape but independent distributors and theater owners have agreed for months that there’s no recovery without a brisker pace of new releasesIndie distributors also appreciate that the weekend’s big studio release, The Woman King with Viola Davis, is a classic battle epic, yes, but also a story for adults, and for women.
Another wide release, A24’s XXX prequel Pearl, skews young but — it’s still indie.“I think we are starting to get a full complement of movies to see.
Adult movies that are smart and funny,” says one specialty distribution executive. It’s been a long wait. “Patience is a virtue we need to have a lot of.
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