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The new musical comedy film OPENING NIGHT celebrates its VOD release today, November 18, 2016. Watch the official trailer below!

Released today, November 18, the Moana original motion picture soundtrack features seven original songs and a full original score, plus two reprises as well as two end-credit versions of songs from the film. Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Moana' opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 23, 2016.

Dramatic Escape, a new feature-length documentary, will have a special screening at the School of Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 6:30 PM, presented by Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA), a NY-based non-profit. A panel & reception with RTA prison alumni will follow the screening; tickets: $30, $50 (reserved). More information at http://www.rta-arts.org/

On December 9, 2016, Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood will open a reimagined exhibit offering an up-close look at authentic props and costumes from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and the beloved Harry Potter films. Highlights of the Fantastic Beasts experience include costumes worn by Eddie Redmayne (Newt Scamander), Katherine Waterston (Tina Goldstein), Alison Sudol (Queenie Goldstein), Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski) and Colin Farrell (Percival Graves), as well as Newt's case of creatures. Tour guests will now be able to explore how J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World has been brought to life on the silver screen over the past 15 years.

On this, the centennial of the passing of famed author and adventurer, Jack London, join THE JACK LONDON STAGE AND FILM FESTIVAL on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at The Mary Rodgers Room, The Dramatists Guild, 1501 Broadway, NYC.

John Cameron Mitchell & Stonestreet's Founders will present Miles Teller (Bleed for This, Whiplash, War Dogs) with the First Annual Stonestreet Granite Award for Exceptional Work in the Motion Picture Arts at Stonestreet Studios' 25th Anniversary Event, taking place at TAJ - 48 West 21st Street, New York, NY on Monday, November 14th.

Today, October 28th, the White House will host a discussion on the role of storytelling, cinema, and media in sharing the importance of science and mathematics.

The new musical comedy film OPENING NIGHT has just announced its VOD release for November 18, 2016. Not only that, but the official trailer is out - watch it below! 

"Desolation Angels" is the theme song written, arranged and orchestrated by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Drummer and founding member of the original Alice Cooper group, Neal Smith, for the movie "Desolation Angels/Rise of the BOAS.' Neal also stars in the lead role as the ruthless Russian mob boss, Yury Streinkov.

The second season of the All Shorts Irvington Film Festival (As iFF) will be presented at the Irvington Town Hall Theater (85 Main Street) in two parts: Fall 2016 and Spring 2017.

Set for release on November 18, the Moana original motion picture soundtrack features seven original songs and a full original score, plus two reprises as well as two end-credit versions of songs from the film. Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Moana' opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 23, 2016.

After achieving a measure of success in Hollywood as producer of the popular Cinderella Story franchise for Warner Bros, Ilyssa Goodman is now parlaying her award-winning track record into a successful directing career starting with her latest film 'The Standoff'.

'To Climb a Gold Mountain,' an inspiring documentary about the Chinese immigrant experience in early California, will screen as part of the LA Femme International Film Festival on Saturday, Oct. 22.

LA Femme International Film Festival (LAFIFF) is proud to announce that Connie Stevens, Aisha Tyler, Gina Torres (pictured), Wendie Malick, and Kerris Dorsey are being honored at this year's at LAFIFF Awards Show and Gala event on October 23, 2016 (Red Carpet at 6 pm; Show at 7 pm) at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in downtown Los Angeles.

Four hundred years after the death of William Shakespeare, The Museum of Modern Art will screen 21 films based on his iconic writings in Breaking Bard: Shakespeare on Film, today, October 12, through October 24 in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters.

Meryl Streep stars in FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS, arriving on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand December 13, 2016 from Paramount Home Media Distribution

THE CRUEL TALE OF THE  MEDICINE MAN is a dark, storybook fairy tale and a genre-defying mixture of comedy, horror, sex, fantasy, freak show, dream and cartoon. The film will be released nationwide this Friday, October 15.

Profiles in History, the world's largest auctioneer of Hollywood memorabilia, in conjunction with Lionsgate, a premier next generation global content leader, has announced 'The World of The Hunger Games - Auction Part II' on Friday, October 14, 2016.

To honor his legacy, Museum of the Moving Image will present The Master: Philip Seymour Hoffman from September 16 through October 2, a retrospective featuring sixteen films, including his directorial debut Jack Goes Boating; Capote, for which he won an Academy Award for Leading Actor; and The Master, Magnolia, and Boogie Nights- three films he made with Paul Thomas Anderson.

Museum of the Moving Image will present the most comprehensive U.S. retrospective of all of the Polish director's features, short films, early documentary work, and a marathon viewing of the Dekalog, from October 7 through November 6, 2016. The series will also include four posthumous works based on Kieslowski's unproduced screenplays.