Directors Maryam Ataei and Hossein Keshavarz discuss the clandestine production, collaborative method and international trajectory of their film, a Tehran-set drama about artistic freedom, friendship and resistance under political pressure.
Punk doesn’t just mean rebellion or — in James Gunn’s avowedly unironic definition — kindness. At its core, punk also means opposition to the Powers-That-Be, to corporate capitalism and its defenders, to a people-first, profits-last attitude, a way of life or an ethos that rejects reactionary complacency and embraces activism, both personal and collective. Punk as a potent, dynamic ideal aptly describes the subject of writer-director Sue Carpenter’s behind-the-scenes documentary, 40 Watts From Nowhere. Produced by Jack Black, 40 Watts From Nowhere follows the brief, brilliant life, not unexpected, precipitous fall, and sudden demise of Carpenter’s pirate radio station, KBLT, during a tumultuous cultural era, specifically the Los Angeles-based, post-punk music scene. Carpenter isn’t just the co-writer (with Amanda Laws) or director…
A hypnotic, unhinged thriller with an original story promising plenty of glamour, sex, and violence.
A woman wakes in the back of a moving camper trailer with a badly infected wound. A voice from the truck towing it tells her they must reach a doctor within the hour or she’ll suffer a horrific fate.
THE RUNNER: Official Trailer & Poster For Amazon MGM’s Thriller, Starring Gal Gadot And Damian Lewis
Kevin Macdonald’s ticking-clock thriller, The Runner, premieres globally on Prime Video on September 2nd, 2026. The official trailer and poster have arrived today. Check out the trailer, down below. In the pulse-pounding psychological thriller The Runner, Maia Marten (Gal Gadot) has built her life on being one step ahead — a sharp, resourceful, high-powered lawyer at the top of London’s legal world. During her routine morning run, a single phone call shatters her world: her son has been taken. The instructions to get him back are simple and merciless — keep moving, follow every command, and tell no one. Stop, and he dies. Forced to sprint through the city and obey a series of sinister commands, Maia must confront an impossible question: how…
In plague-ravaged 14th century England a peasant triggers a rebellion against King Richard II and unintentionally becomes a legend of resistance.
When an ordinary couple wins an exclusive weekend with their celebrity idols, they discover the glamorous power couple are hiding murderous secrets, forcing them into a twisted game of deception and survival where fame, desire, and identity become deadly obsessions.
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A restrained yet incisive Nordic tragicomedy, The Guest spins the dysfunctional-family drama for a millennial generation through claustrophobic staging, corrosive microaggressions, and Trine Dyrholm’s meticulously ambiguous performance.
Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter, and Kris Kristofferson star, with Harvey Keitel, Diane Ladd, Vic Tayback, and Jodie Foster.