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The Victorians: A New Wave Adventure In Amsterdam

Take a wild ride with our royal rogues as they take over the city of Amsterdam in the upcoming indie film, ‘The Victorians.’

As a band of misanthropes take their turn on a cocky American tourist, we are pulled into an existential drama with themes of entitlement, obsession and drug abuse, exploring everything from the meaning of life to scoring that next fix. Whimsical and comedic repartee bleed in and out of surreal montage, which feels like the best parts of new wave cinema, mixed with all your favorite indie music from the 90s. The quirky dialogue is strangely rewarded by an avalanche of unpolished, raw, melancholic tones, giving the film a unique feel that pushes against the genre.

Filmmakers Dwight A. Gabbert & Laetitia Miles give some insight into discovering the right music for the soundtrack, and the bonds created along the way.

A Thousand Songs: In Their Own Space and Time

When the perfect piece of music plays over a scene, it just hits you — then comes the dreaming and sculpting, all the trusted voices around you, all in search of that perfect sound.

It was Gregor who really broke the whole thing open, basically living in that editing chair for a month and a half, meticulously cataloging footage, even battling carpal tunnel along the way.

Our line producer, Zala, introduced us to her friends, Ash Caws and Max Felts of The Smokin’ Durrys, with the punk rock song, ‘Feelin’ Fuzzy’.

Then, delivering that first piece of magic, Gregor gave us a much needed visual representation, creating the first teaser trailer, and saving the morale of our production in the process. Ultimately, crafting the opus that would become the musical theme for The Victorians.

As we settled into the long task of finding the songs for the film, it was our producer, Laetitia Miles, who had the idea of having an online music competition, enabling us to build off that same feeling. We posted on every available platform with a link to our website and the teaser trailer. Laetitia went out of her way to maintain an atmosphere of transparency and communication with every artist, which helped form the bonds and really carried us through.

Diving into these songs, we immersed ourselves in diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives, experimenting with a thousand songs juxtaposed across a multitude of sequences. From the acoustic jangly guitars to the lo-fi charm of artists creating music in their own space and time, we managed to weave together a rich tapestry of eclectic sounds that would become the heart of The Victorians.

🎬✨ Watch the teaser trailer here:
https://youtu.be/GV5AU4KJhno

We extend our profound gratitude to all the Artists. Additionally, we would like to thank all the music platforms and organizations that were supportive and helped us along the way.

Sincerely,
The Victorians

Meagan Good Edition: Bits & Pieces – In this action comedy, two estranged half-brothers, Jonny (Jason Momoa) and James (Dave Bautista) are forced to reunite after their father’s mysterious death. As they set out to uncover the truth, buried secrets resurface and loyalties are tested, unveiling a conspiracy that can tear their family apart.  Together, they are ready to WRECK anything that gets in their way.  Set in the streets of Hawaii, the film is directed by Angel Manuel Soto (Blue Beetle) and also stars Claes Bang, Jacob Batalon, Stephen Root, and Morena Baccarin.

Mickey (Zelda Adams) faces a deadly diagnosis, but she isn’t ready to die yet. Heading into the woods with her father (John Adams), she seeks dark magic at the hands of mysterious recluse, Solveig (Toby Poser) , who has an intimate relationship with death and roots that go deep in the land. For three days, Mickey endures Solveig’s extreme rituals of death magic. But every cure has its cost, and every curse is another’s gift. As buried secrets claw their way to the surface, the veil between the living and the dead begins to unravel, and Mickey finds herself facing dark truths that only the dead and the dying can know.

It should have been a dream collaboration: a glamorous world-famous movie star, Gloria Swanson, and her financier lover, Joseph P. Kennedy, hired the most celebrated director of the time, Erich von Stroheim, to make a groundbreaking independent film. Instead, QUEEN KELLY was canceled mid-production. This unfinished film became a Hollywood legend. Basing his reconstruction on von Stroheim’s original scripts, Milestone Films’ Dennis Doros has recreated the film’s dénouement.

Christopher Nolan’s next film, The Odyssey, is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX^® film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX^® film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.

The Chronology of Water is a portrait of Lidia, brought up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, who escapes through competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships and addiction, before finding her voice and her unexpected freedom through writing. Lidia’s journey is an exploration that shows us how trauma can be transformed into art through re-possessing our own bloody histories, particularly those uniquely experienced by the bodies of women and girls.

Time to top up your glass: a new season of the globetrotting wine odyssey “Drops of God” is about to be served. Today, Apple TV debuted the riveting trailer for season two of the hit multilingual French-Japanese drama from Legendary Entertainment, starring Fleur Geffrier and Tomohisa Yamashita. Set in the high-stakes world of fine wines and gastronomy, the International Emmy Award Best Drama-winning series is inspired by The New York Times bestselling Japanese manga series of the same name. The eight-episode second season will premiere on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 with the first episode, followed by one episode weekly until March 11, 2026.

H is for Hawk follows Helen (Foy), who, after the sudden death of her father (Gleeson), loses herself in the memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together and turns the ancient art of falconry—rooted in European tradition—training a wild goshawk named Mabel to navigate her profound loss. But as she teaches Mabel to hunt and fly free, Helen discovers how deeply she has neglected her own emotions and life. What begins as an act of endurance transforms into an intimate journey of resilience and healing.

Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.

Fresh from winning the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, Without Kelly (Utan Kelly) arrives at Sundance as the latest film by writer-director Lovisa Sirén, continuing her long-standing exploration of motherhood and female intimacy.

A decade after rewiring pop culture, Stranger Things returns for its final chapter. One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things Season 5 is a sweeping behind-the-scenes chronicle that follows the cast, creators, and crew as they bring the final season to life—and say goodbye to the show that changed them forever. Directed by Martina Radwan, One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 is a MakeMake production premiering 12th January, only on Netflix.

Out-of-work filmmaker Jimmy Lang (Joe Begos) spirals into a bender, and claims to have been abducted by aliens. Fearing their return, he contacts his old friend Stiggs to help him gear up for war. The two party-hard friends must reconcile their differences if they’re to survive the all-out carnage and otherworldly body horrors of an explosive and terrifying alien attack.

Following critical acclaim from its World Premiere at TIFF and its UK premiere at the 69th BFI London Film Festival as part of the Thrill Strand, the directorial debut of Cal McMau, Wasteman tells the incredible story of how a convict’s chances for early prison release come under threat from his ruthlessly violent new cellmate in this uncompromisingly brutal British thriller.

Trailer Talk: Dec 2025

It may be the time of joy and giving, but this month’s trailers have decided that Halloween is still upon us, starting with the latest big screen adaptation of ‘Silent Hill’. 

Based on the most popular entry ‘Silent Hill 2’, this adaptation follows James Sunderland (Jeremy Irvine – Baghead) as he finds himself in the eerie foggy town. While it looks like it’ll have intense sequences and creepy monsters and entities that inhabit the town, it also looks like a TV movie despite having a cinema release of next month.

In contrast, another video game adaptation has chosen the cinematic but goofy route: ‘Street Fighter’. This counts as the third time the fighting game will getting the big screen, live action treatment and it looks like a lot of fun. While the announcement trailer is only under a minute, it’s colourful, full of action-packed fighting sequences and the characters all look accurate to the source material.

From action-packed video games to horror with the surprising sequel ‘Ready or Not 2’. Following on from the fantastic 2019 film, Grace (Samara Weaving) believes she’s escaped the hunt first conceived by her in-laws but soon finds out that they were part of a bigger game. Not only has the second film been fun with the title, ‘Ready or Not: Here I Come’, but they’ve given this the sequel treatment which is to add more cast members to the list and make the situation bigger than before. And, with these films, that works with a continuation that makes sense and an incredible cast: Kathryn Newton (Freaky), Elijah Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and even horror legend David Cronenberg (The Fly, Videodrome)!

Next year is looking to be an even more fantastic year for films, and there are so many more that I look forward to in 2026!

Addison Rae Edition: Bits & Pieces – Diddy. Puff Daddy. Love. The public knows the hip-hop icon by many names — but who is the real Sean Combs? In a new four-part documentary by Emmy and Grammy Award–winning executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Emmy Award-winning director Alexandria Stapleton, Sean Combs: The Reckoning is a staggering examination of the media mogul, music legend, and convicted offender. Born with an insatiable drive for stardom and a knack for spotting talent, Combs made a quick ascent through the ranks of the music industry with Bad Boy Entertainment and was crucial in bringing hip-hop to the pop masses and launching the careers of dozens of generation-defining artists like The Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, and Danity Kane. But along the way, and as detailed by his former associates, childhood friends, artists, and employees, something darker began to color his ambitions. Through explosive, never-before-seen materials, including exclusive interviews with those formerly in his orbit, this documentary tells the story of a powerful, enterprising man and the gilded empire he built — and the underworld that lay just beneath its surface.

Kino Lorber is proud to present LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS the riveting coming-of-age debut feature by Slovenian writer and director Urška Djukić. Opening Berlinale’s new Perspectives Competition Section, the film garnered the FIPRESCI Award. The electrifying and sensual film was selected as Slovenia’s Official Entry for Best International Feature Film for the Academy AwardsⓇ 2026 and is included in the shortlist of feature films for the European Film Awards. Following a tour of notable festivals around the world, LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS opened exclusively at the IFC Center in New York on December 5 and will next open in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s Monica Film Center on December 12 with national rollout to follow.

Vertigo Releasing is excited to announce the digital release of MAN FINDS TAPE, the mysterious and supernatural horror film from award-nominated Austin-based filmmakers Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman, following its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

From Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse and the artists that made KPop Demon Hunters, comes GOAT, an original action-comedy set in an all-animal world. The story follows Will, a small goat with big dreams who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball – a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world. Will’s new teammates aren’t thrilled about having a little goat on their roster, but Will is determined to revolutionise the sport and prove once and for all that “smalls can ball!”

MUBI, the global film distributor, streaming service, and production company, has released the official trailer and artwork for Sound of Falling, the critically lauded second feature film from writer and director Mascha Schilinski. The film will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 6 March 2026, following a prize-laden year in competition on the festival circuit, headlined by a Cannes Jury Prize win after receiving its World premiere there in May. Sound of Falling had its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival and has also screened at Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival. The film also won the Silver Frog award at this year’s Camerimage.

Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann.

Big Brother meets 28 Days Later in Can Sarcan’s (Muck) chiller thriller Quarantine 19, that’s set to go viral when it arrives on digital release on 1 December, courtesy of Trinity Content Partners.

Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.

Four girls, Alma (1910s), Erika (1940s), Angelika (1980s), and Lenka (2020s) each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other, revealing shared secrets that have been kept hidden.

The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.

Ailing filmmaker Leonard Fife (Richard Gere) wants to tell his life story, unfiltered, before it’s too late. As the director of lauded documentary exposés, he has much to be proud of, but his reputed avoidance of the Vietnam War draft and his past relationships harbour thorny truths. When Leonard sits for a filmed interview, with his wife Emma (Uma Thurman) present, his unruly stories about his younger self (Jacob Elordi) unleash revelations about the man behind the myth.

Following critical acclaim from its World Premiere at TIFF and its UK premiere at the 69th BFI London Film Festival as part of the Thrill Strand, the directorial debut of Cal McMau, Wasteman tells the incredible story of how a convict’s chances for early prison release come under threat from his ruthlessly violent new cellmate in this uncompromisingly brutal British thriller.