Each director hails from a different corner of Latin America, contributing folklore and political and social commentary from Argentina, Cuba, + Mexico, fused through a genre lens. The film spotlights Hispanic talent both in front and behind the camera. "Detectives - you have no idea what is coming." Epic Pictures has revealed a trailer for indie horror project Satanic Hispanics, arriving in theaters this September. This has been picking up great reviews from critics at fests, and it'll be playing in select theaters next month. "Tenderly sculpted and lyrically shot in black-and-white, Babak Jalali's Fremont is a wry, deadpan vision of the universal longing for home." Anaita Wali Zada stars as Donya, and the cast features Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington, Hilda Schmelling, and Avis See-tho. Seeking connection, she decides to send a message out to the world through a cookie, unsure where it will lead. Donya, a lonely Afghan immigrant in the US who works at a fortune cookie factory, is promoted to writing the fortunes inside each cookie. This first premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and has stopped by lots of other festivals including SXSW, Karlovy Vary, IFFBoston, Sun Valley, Seattle, and more. "It's okay to feel lonely sometimes…" Music Box Films has revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled Fremont, a black & white dry comedy from writer / director Babak Jalali, co-written by Carolina Cavalli (who also directed this year's Amanda). This looks like a very cinematic doc, telling a crazy true story of heinous corruption and wealth. He ran off with billions, and was involved in helping finance Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (of course he was), dubbed "the Asian Great Gatsby." The disgraced financier has already been the subject of other movies, including The Kleptocrats. It's all focused on one man: Low Taek Jho from Malaysia. Director Cassius Michael Kim's meticulous investigation unravels a web of greed and corruption, revealing the profound impact of this colossal financial scandal and the implications. #RUTH DOWNIE AUTHOR PLUS#The film is the definitive accounting of the 1MDB ( 1Malaysia Development Berhad - not to be confused with IMDb) saga, plus an indictment of the global capitalist system and its inability to regulate itself in the face of avarice & corruption. "Where do you think Jho Low is?" "I have no idea." The Smoking Section / Evergreen Media has debuted an official trailer for a thrilling true crime documentary film called Man on the Run, directed by filmmaker Cassius Michael Kim. And there's the tagline: "Don't rush, die slow." Not much footage in this first look, but there's enough to make me smile & laugh at this hilarious concept. Starring Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney Craven, Olivia Rouyre, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Andrew Horton, Sutter Nolan, and Grace Patterson. It's time to meet Alpha the Killer Sloth. She adopts a cute sloth, thinking it can become the new mascot and help her win, until a string of fatalities implicate the sloth as the main suspect in the murders. Emily Young wants to be elected as her sorority's president. #RUTH DOWNIE AUTHOR MOVIE#It's described as a "delightfully over-the-top and movie about a sloth that goes on a killing spree in a sorority…" In the spirit of M3GAN, Cocaine Bear, and the Chucky / Child's Play series, though I'd reckon it's more like Gremlins or Critters. "In the jungle, she's a 'beta.' But out here, she's an 'alpha.'" Gravitas Ventures + Iconic Events have unveiled the first official trailer for Slotherhouse, the hilariously fun new slasher horror film featuring a killer sloth.
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