With a big holiday, it was a pretty quiet week in terms of promoting projects. But not completely silent!
No ugly sweaters in this post which features festivity, unposted looks of past weeks, lots of directors, and cheeky matching.
[STREAMABLE or RENTABLE MOVIES]SINNERS
STREAMING
Summary: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Director Ryan Coogler in conversation with Christopher Nolan (DGA screening) and Ben Stiller respectively
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KPop Demon Hunters
NETFLIX
Summary: A successful kpop group doubles as a trio of demon hunters
EJAE in Juntae Kim, Audrey Nuna in Dingyun Zhang, and Rei Ami in Akira/HAN KJØBENHAVN/performing at the Lions vs Vikings Christmas Day NFL halftime show
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Twinless
RENTABLE
Summary: A young man who has recently lost his twin makes a new friend in a unique support group
Dylan O’Brien at SAG-AFTRA Foundation
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Train Dreams
NETFLIX
Summary: 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.
Director Clint Bentley and Joel Edgerton at a CAA screening, Edgerton at a SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversation, Edgerton at a Netflix screening/dinner, and Joel Edgerton at a cocktail party hosted by Baz Luhrmann
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Goodbye June
NETFLIX
Summary: Follows a group of fractured siblings who must come together when their mother’s health takes a turn for the worse.
Andrea Riseborough in McQueen on Good Morning America
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[THEATRICAL MOVIES PRESENT and FUTURE]Rental Family
IN THEATERS (?)
Summary: An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers.
director Hikari and Brendan Fraser at the London photocall
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Anaconda
IN THEATERS
Summary: A group of friends are going through a mid-life crisis. They decide to remake a favorite movie from their youth but encounter unexpected events when they enter the jungle.
Jack Black and Paul Rudd in Alex Mill jumpsuits at the London photocall
Paul Rudd and Jack Black on Drew Barrymore
Jack Black on Seth Meyers
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Song Sung Blue
IN THEATERS
Summary: The highs and lows of a Minnesotan Neil Diamond tribute band
Kate Hudson at a screening with Neil Diamond and her family (Goldie, Kurt, Wyatt, Oliver, etc)
Kate Hudson on Watch What Happens Live
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The Chronology of Water
LIMITED THEATERS | WIDE
Summary: Through loss, love, and self-discovery, a woman transforms pain into art-and writes a life on her own terms.
director Kristen Stewart at a screening hosted by Lucy Dacus, Alia Shawkat, and Kiwi Smith
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Father Mother Sister Brother
LIMITED IN THEATERS | WIDE JAN
Summary: Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents
director Jim Jarmusch at a LA screening
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H is for Hawk
JAN 23
Summary: After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.
Claire Foy in Patrizia Pepe at SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversation
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Fucktoys
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Summary: A young woman seeks to break a curse by raising $1000 for psychics in a pre-millennium alternate universe. She navigates the seedy underbelly of Trashtown via scooter, encountering bizarre characters along the way.
Writer/director Annapurna Sriram and producer Timothy Petryni at a LA screening
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NEON’S HOLIDAY PARTY featuring cast and creative talent from Sentimental Value, Splitsville, No Other Choice, The Secret Agent, and more
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[TELEVISION SHOWS]The Copenhagen Test
PEACOCK
Summary: A first-generation analyst realizes his brain’s hacked, allowing access to his senses. Stuck between the agency and hackers, he acts normal to reveal the culprits.
Mark OBrien, Simu Liu, Melissa Barrera, Eric Francisco, Brian DArcy James, Sinclair Daniel, Kathleen Chalfant at a SAG screening
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Stranger Things
NETFLIX
Summary: Strange things happen in an ’80s rural Indiana town
Caleb McLaughlin on Jimmy Fallon
Finn Wolfhard on Jimmy Fallon
Noah Schnapp on Watch What Happens Live
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Emily in Paris
NETFLIX
Summary: A young American woman from the Midwest is hired by a marketing firm in Paris to provide them with an American perspective on things.
Lily Collins in Balenciaga at the Plaza Hotel in NYC
