Fathom Events presents Betty White: A Celebration in 1,529 locations nationwide, a one-day-only special event on Monday honoring the actress who died Dec. 31 just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. The star-studded reflection on White’s life and career, which had already been set by filmmakers Steven Boettcher and Mike Trinklein to celebrate her centennial Jan. 17, will run three showtimes at 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm.
As for weekend openings, a pair of solid documentaries and two dramas — about memory loss and global apocalypse by pink gas — debut in a frame where there isn’t much new. Distributors are carefully weighing expansion for award hopefuls already out amid the ongoing surge in Omicron and ahead of Oscar nods Feb. 8.
Newcomers include Magnolia Pictures’ drama Italian Studies in seven theaters including New York and LA, and on demand. Directed by Adam Leon it stars Vanessa Kirby, Simon Brickner,...
As for weekend openings, a pair of solid documentaries and two dramas — about memory loss and global apocalypse by pink gas — debut in a frame where there isn’t much new. Distributors are carefully weighing expansion for award hopefuls already out amid the ongoing surge in Omicron and ahead of Oscar nods Feb. 8.
Newcomers include Magnolia Pictures’ drama Italian Studies in seven theaters including New York and LA, and on demand. Directed by Adam Leon it stars Vanessa Kirby, Simon Brickner,...
- 1/14/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Corey Pegues grew up dealing drugs for Queens’ notorious Supreme Team gang during the 1980s, but he turned his life around by enlisting in the army and, afterwards, by joining the New York Police Department, where he rose through the ranks. Upon retiring in 2013, he spoke publicly for the first time about his criminal history, putting himself in the center of a department, and media, controversy. Guided by commentary from Pegues and those closest to him, “A Cops and Robbers Story” when it debuts in theaters and on VOD on Jan. 14.
Pegues is the primary narrator of “A Cops and Robbers Story,” although at the outset, director Ilinca Calugareanu’s documentary fails to establish the reason for placing her subject before the camera. That lack of introductory context will frustrate those who don’t already know about Pegues. Despite conveying that he straddled both sides of the law, there’s no sense,...
Pegues is the primary narrator of “A Cops and Robbers Story,” although at the outset, director Ilinca Calugareanu’s documentary fails to establish the reason for placing her subject before the camera. That lack of introductory context will frustrate those who don’t already know about Pegues. Despite conveying that he straddled both sides of the law, there’s no sense,...
- 1/13/2022
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
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