“Freaky Tales”
Following their foray into blockbuster filmmaking (“Captain Marvel”), filmmakers. Ryan Fleck and Ana Boden return to their indie roots with four interconnected tales set in 1987 Oakland, where mysterious forces guide the Town’s underdogs. It sounds like Robert Altman set in the Bay Area. Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Normani Kordei Hamilton, Dominique Thorne, Ben Mendelsohn, and Ji-Young Yoo star.
“Good One”
On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend. Making her feature-length debut, India Donaldson directs a subtle-sounding indie starring newcomer Lily Collias but also veteran and sometimes underappreciated indie actors like James LeGros and Danny McCarthy. It’s said to be a real gem.
“The Greatest Night In Pop”
Everyone should remember USA For Africa’s “We Are The World,” still one of the biggest-selling pop songs of all time, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie and produced by Quincy Jones for famine support to Ethiopia and the continent in 1984. Bao Nguyen (the director of the acclaimed Bruce Lee doc “Be Water”) tells the story of how the song came together and was recorded in one star-studded evening.
“Handling The Undead”
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the newly dead awaken. It’s basically a zombie drama, but it’s set in Norway, and it’s based on the work of writer John Ajvide Lindqvist, who is known for films like “Let the Right One In” and “Border.” Writer/director Thea Hvistendahl directs, and it stars Renate Reinsve, Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Bahar Pars.
“I Saw The TV Glow”
Writer/director Jane Schoenbrun broke out big at Sundance with 2021’s “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair.” A24 backs her latest about a mysterious late-night TV show that opens up a vision of a supernatural world. Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Fred Durst, and Danielle Deadwyler star.
