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香蕉视频直播淨ueer香蕉视频直播� (Sept. 3)

returns to Venice with 香蕉视频直播淨ueer,香蕉视频直播� an adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel, starring in a performance that Barbera has called 香蕉视频直播渃areer defining.香蕉视频直播� It follows an American expat to Mexico City on a quest for a drug. There, he encounters all sorts of characters and develops an obsession with a young man. The novel was written in the early 1950s, a sort of companion piece to 香蕉视频直播淛unkie,香蕉视频直播� but not published until 1985. Others have attempted to adapt it before, including Steve Buscemi and Oren Moverman. 香蕉视频直播淨ueer香蕉视频直播� is also seeking distribution.

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English-language debut, with and starring? We barely even need a description to get excited about that, which is probably good because details are vague. He香蕉视频直播檚 said that it香蕉视频直播檚 about an imperfect mother and a resentful daughter who are estranged because of a 香蕉视频直播減rofound misunderstanding.香蕉视频直播� In addition to tackling subjects like war, death, friendship and sexual pleasure, Almod贸var said, 香蕉视频直播渋t also talks about the pleasure of waking up to birds bringing a new day at a house built on a natural reserve in New England.香蕉视频直播� It香蕉视频直播檒l also make a stop at the before a December release.

香蕉视频直播淏abygirl香蕉视频直播� (Aug. 30)

Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn made the so we香蕉视频直播檙e especially curious what 香蕉视频直播淏abygirl香蕉视频直播� holds. The erotic thriller stars (who 25 years ago came to Venice with 香蕉视频直播淓yes Wide Shut香蕉视频直播�) as a powerful CEO who begins an affair with a younger intern played by (香蕉视频直播淭riangle of Sadness,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淭he Iron Claw香蕉视频直播�). also co-stars. A24 plans a December theatrical release.

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This 3 1/2-hour drama from filmmaker follows architect L谩szl贸 Toth and his wife Erzs茅bet on a decades-long journey as they flee Europe following World War II and attempt to set up a life in America. There, Toth meets industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren who commissions him to design a modernist monument, changing their lives for better and worse. Corbet (香蕉视频直播淰ox Lux香蕉视频直播�) is not always going to be a filmmaker for everyone, but he香蕉视频直播檚 never not interesting. Focus Features, CAA and Universal are distributing, but the movie does not yet have a release date.

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There are quite a few innovative offerings in the nonfiction space: 香蕉视频直播淪eparated,香蕉视频直播� about the Trump administration香蕉视频直播檚 border policy; future-looking 香蕉视频直播�2073香蕉视频直播�; 香蕉视频直播淧avements,香蕉视频直播� Alex Ross Perry香蕉视频直播檚 hybrid doc about the and Andres Veiel香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淩iefenstahl.香蕉视频直播� But only one made it to the main competition: Wang Bing香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淵outh (Homecoming),香蕉视频直播� the conclusion to his in which he followed migrant workers in Zhili, China香蕉视频直播檚 textile factories across five years. It香蕉视频直播檚 seeking distribution.

香蕉视频直播淎pril香蕉视频直播� (Sept. 5)

sophomore film is about Nina, an OB-GYN working in rural Georgia who also performs abortions, despite the laws of the country. When a newborn dies in her care, an investigation fuels rumors about her morality and professionalism. Three years after snagged the top prize at Venice, the buzz is that this will be one of the breakouts. Kulumbegashvili香蕉视频直播檚 debut, 香蕉视频直播淏eginning,香蕉视频直播� about the bombing of a Jehovah香蕉视频直播檚 Witnesses church, made waves on the festival circuit in 2020. 香蕉视频直播淎pril,香蕉视频直播� which is seeking a U.S. distributor, is also set to play at TIFF and the New York Film Festival.

香蕉视频直播淭he Order香蕉视频直播� (Aug. 31)

produced and stars in this 1980s-set crime thriller about a white supremacist group who his FBI agent character suspects is tied to a series of crimes in the Pacific Northwest. plays the group香蕉视频直播檚 charismatic leader in the film, to be released in theaters in December.

香蕉视频直播淗arvest香蕉视频直播� (Sept. 3)

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BONUS: 香蕉视频直播淒isclaimer香蕉视频直播� (Aug. 29)

This is not a film, but this series coming to AppleTV+ on Oct. 11 is from who wrote and directed the seven-episode psychological thriller starring and Blanchett plays a journalist who discovers she香蕉视频直播檚 a character in a novel that reveals her dark secret.