Aaliyah Edition: Bits & Pieces

19th August 2021

Aaliyah Edition: Bits & Pieces – Critically acclaimed comedy horror hit Scare Me,from Josh Ruben in his feature directorial debut, which he also writes and stars in, makes its UK Blu-ray debut this August from Acorn Media International in conjunction with Shudder, following its success on the streaming service.

Rodger returns home from college with two friends to settle the affairs of his recently deceased father. They begin to experience weird and unsettling occurrences in the house. Rodger is soon plagued by strange childhood memories about a haunting by a ghostly presence. These memories boil over into reality culminating in an intense showdown with the terror that has come back.

Marking 25 years to the day since the first night of the record breaking Knebworth 1996 concerts, today Oasis unveil the trailer for their eagerly anticipated cinematic documentary, released in cinemas worldwide from September 23 via Trafalgar Releasing. In addition, tickets to the theatrical release of ‘Oasis Knebworth 1996’ are now available.

Following the success of his debut feature, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, distributor Titanus tasked writer/director Dario Argento with delivering a follow-up in short order. The resulting film, granted a greatly enhanced budget and heralded in its US marketing campaign as “nine times more suspenseful” than its predecessor, was The Cat O’ Nine Tails.

STEEL SONG follows the lives of three of these women; Shoshana Shellans, a teacher and military veteran who tirelessly trains to make the American team, Bridgette Parkison, a writer with autism and essential tremors, who fights to conquer her self- doubt, and Julee Slovacek-Peterson, a mother and domestic abuse survivor who faces her past in combat with the love and support of her family.

THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK’s MI6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Written and directed by Marley Morrison, the sharply observed coming-of-age comedy stars Jo Hartley (This is England, David Brent: Life on the Road & Eddie the Eagle), Sophia Di Martino (LOKI) & newcomers Nell Barlow & Ella-Rae Smith. The film delighted critics and audiences at BFI Flare LGBTQ+ Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival & Best First Feature at Inside Out Toronto.

When a mysterious stranger arrives in a gated community on the outskirts of a large Polish city, he is welcomed by the wealthy residents who embrace his talents as a masseur. Though his hands provide healing, his eyes seem to penetrate their very souls, lifting a disquiet in each of their lives. Zhenia (Alec Utgoff) possesses a magical gift and to the residents his Russian accent also sounds like a song from the past, a peaceful melody from their childhood when the world was a safer place. And though his hypnotic techniques bring calm his background remains a mystery, leaving the residents to wonder what other secrets he holds.

We are thrilled to debut the CANDYMAN featurette “A LOOK INSIDE” featuring Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele. CANDYMAN is the highly anticipated contemporary incarnation of the cult classic directed by rising filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Little Wood) and produced by Oscar® winner Jordan Peele (Get Out, US).

PIG is the directorial debut of Michael Sarnoski whose script is based on a story he co-wrote with Vanessa Block. The film is produced by Dimitra Tsingou, Thomas Benski, Ben Giladi, David Carrico, Adam Paulsen, Dori Rath, Joseph Restaino, Steve Tisch. Block and Cage.

BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) presents an entrancing look at the delicate connection between mother and daughter. A favourite of the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, this beautifully understated drama returns the director to her preoccupation with coming-of-age stories to typically masterful effect.

The Hand of God will be released in select cinemas in December and on Netflix on December 15, 2021. The World Premiere will take place on 2nd September at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.

Lucy Standbridge (Aubrey Plaza) has inherited her father’s publishing house, and the ambitious would-be editor has nearly sunk it with failing titles. She discovers she is owed a book by Harris Shaw (Michael Caine), a reclusive, cantankerous, booze-addled author who originally put the company on the map decades earlier. In a last-ditch effort to save the company, Lucy and Harris release his new book and embark on a book tour from hell that changes them both in ways they didn’t expect.

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