AUGUST
“Cuckoo”
German filmmaker Tilman Singer directs a mysterious thriller about a teenage girl who is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem.
Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Jan Bluthardt, and Marton Csokas star.
Release Date: August 2, via Neon.
“Borderlands”
Eli Roth directs a science fiction action comedy based on the popular video game series about a ragtag team of misfits on a mission to save a missing girl who holds the key to unimaginable power. Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Gina Gershon, Jamie Lee Curtis and more star.
Release Date: August 9, via Lionsgate.
“Good One”
One of the big breakouts out of Sundance earlier this year, writer/director India Donaldson’s debut feature is a thoughtful and meditative film in the vein of Kelly Reichardt’s similarly intimate and observational “Old Joy.” Featuring breakout star Lily Collias, she plays a quiet teenager battling the egos of her divorced dad (James Le Gros) and loudmouth best friend (Danny McCarthy) on a hiking trip. Simple, but super affecting (our review).
Release Date: August 9, via Metrograph.
“Trap”
Suspense filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan returns with a terrific premise: a serial killer (Josh Hartnett) joins his daughter (Ariel Donoghue) at a concert only to realize the entire event is a ruse and trap set by the police to catch him. Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, and Allison Pill co-star.
Release Date: August 9, via Warner Bros.
“Alien: Romulus”
“Don’t Breathe” filmmaker Fede Álvarez takes over the “Alien” franchise with a film set between Ridley Scott and James Cameron’s classic that looks lean, mean, and down and dirty. Cailee Spaeny (“Civil War”), David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu star.
Release Date: August 16, via 20th Century Studios.
“The Crow”
Rupert Sanders (“Ghost in the Shell“) directs the long-in-the-works “The Crow” remake about a murdered musician (Bill Skarsgård) who is resurrected to avenge the deaths of himself and his fiancée (FKA Twigs). Danny Huston, Laura Birn, Sami Bouajila, and Jordan Bolger co-star.
Release Date: August 23, via Lionsgate.
“Blink Twice”
Formerly titled “Pussy Island,” actor Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut and dark thriller centers on a cocktail waitress who becomes infatuated with a billionaire tech mogul and travels with him to his private island, where things go horribly wrong. Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie star alongside Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Kyle MacLachlan, Alia Shawkat, Christian Slater, and Geena Davis.
Release Date: August 23, via MGM Studios.
“Between The Temples”
Indie filmmaker Nathan Silver (“Thirst Street“) returns with a hilarious comedy about a cantor in a crisis of faith whose new adult bat mitzvah student happens to be his grade school music teacher. Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane alongside Dolly de Leon, Robert Smigel, Madeline Weinstein, Caroline Aaron, and more (our review).
Release Date: August 23, via Sony Pictures Classics.
“Slingshot”
Directed by Mikael Håfström (2003’s Academy Award-nominated “Evil“), this sci-fi psychological thriller starring Casey Affleck centers on an astronaut on a possibly fatally endangered mission to Saturn’s moon Titan who struggles to keep his grip on reality. Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone, David Morrissey, and Mark Ebulué co-star.
Release Date: August 23, via Bleecker Street.
Also In August:
“Harold and the Purple Crayon” (August 2, Warner Bros); Rachel Morrison’s “The Fire Inside” written by Barry Jenkins (August 9, MGM); “Kneecap” (August 2, Sony Pictures Classics); “It Ends with Us” starring Blake Lively (August 9, Sony); “The Union,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry (August 16); “Trigger Warning” starring Jessica Alba and Mark Weber (TBD Summer, Netflix); “Incoming” starring Mason Thames, Bobby Cannavale, Kaitlin Olson (TBD Summer, Netflix).
Well, that’s more than plenty to keep you busy this summer, right? See you at the movies.