Movies News Desk - Page 34

Pixar Animation Studios heads back inside the mind with an all-new short. RILEY'S FIRST DATE? made its world premiere this afternoon at D23 EXPO 2015. Scroll down for stills from the short film, which will appear as a bonus feature in the digital HD and Blu-ray releases of Disney/Pixar's INSIDE OUT!

Things are looking up at Walt Disney Animation Studios - way up. Scroll down for a first look at Disney's upcoming film GIGANTIC, a unique take on 'Jack and the Beanstalk' with music from Oscar-winning FROZEN songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez!

Alex Ross Perry has become one of the most accomplished and provocative American independent filmmakers, with four disparate feature films that reinvent genres, are emotionally transgressive, feature scabrous dark humor, and evoke great cinema of the past while pushing ahead towards new forms. From August 22 through 25, 2015, Museum of the Moving Image will present all of his features, including a special preview screening of the new film Queen of Earth, with Perry and Moss in person, on August 25.

Japan Society's Film Program resurrects Monthly Classics to give New Yorkers regular screenings of beloved classics, hidden gems or recent discoveries of Japanese cinema on the first Friday of every month.

Garden Thieves Pictures releases today, August 17th, DVD and VOD release of Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull's Blood Cells.

From undercover investigations to peaceful protests throughout LA, animal lover and filmmaker Kim Sill documents her 5-year journey rescuing ANIMALS while coming face-to-face with animal abusers, hoarders, gang members and owners of puppy mills. Saved In America tells her story of defeat and triumph, and showcases the EVERYDAY heroes who spend their time and resources saving ANIMALS from death row. Screenings take place at noon in Agoura Hills, today, August 14 through August 20, with a special red carpet screening on August 15.

IFC Midnight presents Andrew Droz Palermo & Neima Shahdadi's ONE & TWO, sarring Kiernan Shipka and Timothée Chalamet, hitting theaters today, August 14th.

BIG SKY, set to hit theaters and digital today, August 14th, is a thrilling tale of an agoraphobic young woman on the run from deranged gunmen. The feature film stars SCREAM's Bella Thorne, along with LES MISERABLES and upcoming GREASE LIVE! star Aaron Tveit, and THE CLOSER's Kyra Sedgwick, who just finished her run in OFF THE MAIN ROAD at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Click below to watch the trailer!

The sci-fi thriller AIR, starring Norman Reedus and Djimon Hounsou, will be opening day and date, in theaters and on VOD today, August 14th via Vertical Entertainment and Stage 6 Films.

FilmBuff in partnership with VICE Media announced today the upcoming release of PRINCE (PRINS), the feature debut from acclaimed Dutch music video director Sam de Jong.

More than 40 former and current actors and child stars will attend the First Annual 'Guiding Star Gala' event to benefit A Minor Consideration, including: Alison Arngrim, Paul Peterson, Erin Murphy, Keith Coogan, Jeremy Miller, Scott Schwartz, Katie Kurtzman, Sarah Monahan, Steven Wishnoff, Dr. Jeanne Russell, Liane Curtis, Samantha Stanton and many others. The event will take place on Sunday, August 30, 2015 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Lucky Strike Live at Hollywood & Highland.

The Saint Pio Foundation is greatly honored to announce that acclaimed American actor and singer Robert Davi has agreed to become a Goodwill Ambassador of the Saint Pio Foundation.

The Museum of Modern Art has announced its film exhibitions for September 2015. Scroll down for details!

Kino Lorber is pleased to announce the U.S. theatrical premiere of HOW TO SMELL A ROSE: A VISIT WITH RICKY LEACOCK IN NORMANDY beginning tonight, August 12, at New York's Film Forum. 

The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the remaining guests for this summer's popular FREE Film Society Talks series (sponsored by HBO), and they're loaded with Broadway talent! 

The musical-horror film ALLELUIA! THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II) and starring David Hasselhoff, Emilie Autumn, Paul Sorvino, Adam Pascal, Ted Neeley, and Barry Bostwick, among many more, will kick off a traveling circus tour with its premiere in Los Angeles tonight, August 11th, before continuing in cities across the U.S. and Canada throughout the fall.

Powerhouse Female Director, Arlene Bogna's indie film The Ballad of Snake Oil Sam continues its journey to cinema screens in the Pacific Northwest at the 8th Annual Columbia Gorge International Film Festival in Washington State this August 2015. The screening for this film takes place at Vancouver Community Library: 901 C St, Vancouver, WA 98660 tonight, August 8th, 2015, at 5:00pm. The Columbia Gorge festival program and schedule is online.

The New York Philharmonic will present the third season of THE ART OF THE SCORE: Film Week at the Philharmonic September 18-21, 2015, featuring two complete Academy Award-winning films screened with live performances of their acclaimed scores: On the Waterfront and The Godfather.

This summer, Museum of the Moving Image will present See It Big! 70mm, every weekend from August 7 through 30, featuring eight films made between 1961 and 2014 -- all of them shot in 70mm and to be shown in 70mm prints in the majestic Sumner M. Redstone Theater.

Kevin Bacon (THE FOLLOWING, HBO's TAKING CHANCE, MYSTIC RIVER) stars in director Jon Watts' delightful throwback thriller COP CAR, slated to hit theaters today, August 7th.