Charli XCX Edition: Bits & Pieces

19th October 2024

Charli XCX Edition: Bits & Pieces – Acclaimed writer and director Sonia Kronlund follows up her amazing Cannes-nominated The Prince of Nothingwood with the story of a seductive conman, THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND FACES, that received its world premiere at this year’s Raindance Film Festival.

BOGART: LIFE COMES IN FLASHES is the first official feature documentary to explore the remarkable life and career of Hollywood legend Humphrey Bogart. For the first time ever, narrated in Bogart’s own words and using previously unseen archives, letters, and interviews from those closest to him, the film definitively explores the impact of one of the most influential cinematic and cultural icons of all time.

This mockumentary format gives this lively, drug-fuelled comic drama a jolt of energy as it charts one guy’s romantic endeavours to give his girlfriend the return home from rehab that she deserves. Bionico is a man with a purpose. He is determined to get clean, buy an engagement ring and welcome girlfriend La Flaca home with suitable fanfare. But temptation lies around every corner as his motley crew of friends distract him, while a film crew chronicles the ever-widening gap between Bionico’s lofty aspirations and the reality of his life.

A married New York couple finds themselves in a love triangle with their rock star neighbor after exploring an open relationship, further complicated by their rebellious daughter and flirtatious confidante.

An outrageous, proper naughty comedy about addiction, violence, and happy endings, MARCHING POWDER sees the long-anticipated reunion of acclaimed director Nick Love (The Business, The Sweeney, The Football Factory, The Firm, TV’s Bulletproof) and long-term collaborator and national treasure Danny Dyer (TV’s EastEnders, The Football Factory, The Business, Human Traffic).

A night of frights awaits in THE MOUSE TRAP on digital platforms from 30th September and DVD in the UK & Ireland from 14th October.

Dogwoof has released its UK trailer for BLACK BOX DIARIES. Filmed, written and directed by Japanese filmmaker and journalist, Shiori Itō, this is her courageous and devastating account of the investigation of her own sexual assault, based on her international best-selling memoir, ‘Black Box’. Her quest becomes a landmark case, exposing Japan’s outdated judicial and societal systems. BLACK BOX DIARIES was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and picked up the HUMAN:RIGHTS Award at CPH:DOX 2024 in March as well as being one of the Top 5 Audience Favourites at Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Festival.

A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, FLOW follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. From the boundless imagination of the award-winning Gints Zilbalodis (Away) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Steeped in the soaring possibilities of visual storytelling, FLOW is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart.

Through intimate and revealing interviews with the icon herself and those from her inner circle, R.J. Cutler’s definitive documentary on Martha Stewart traces her rise from teenage model to her reign as the original influencer and America’s first self-made female billionaire.

Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.

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