Indie Film Release Guide: November 3rd [An ONTD Original]

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The first weekend of November is set to be a pretty quiet one at movie theaters. Last weekend’s box office winner Five Nights at Freddy’s will likely repeat at the top spot this weekend, but there are no big studio new releases to give it any competition. Several films are expanding to more theaters, so look for those, along with the indies being released this weekend.

The films listed are from studios other than the “Big Five” - Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Walt Disney Pictures, and Columbia Pictures. Note that some of the movies listed are in their first week or two of limited release in the USA, so it may take them a few more weeks (or months) to show up in your local arthouse theater or on VOD. Check out the posts from the past few weeks for more movies that may have just opened near you: October 27th, October 20th, and October 13th.

Quiz Lady

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Stars: Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, Will Ferrell, Holland Taylor
Writer: Jen D’Angelo
Director: Jessica Yu
Genre: Comedy
Plot: A gameshow-obsessed woman and her estranged sister work together to help cover their mother's gambling debts.
What you should know: Director Jessica Yu has worked primarily in television, helming episodes of everything from E.R. to Fosse/Verdon to AHS.
Where to watch: Hulu



All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

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Stars: Charleen McClure, Moses Ingram, Reginald Helms Jr., Zainab Jah
Writer/Director: Raven Jackson
Genre: Drama
Plot: A decades-spanning exploration of a woman's life in Mississippi and an ode to the generations of people, places, and ineffable moments that shape us.
What you should know: This is writer/director Raven Jackson’s feature directorial debut.
Where to watch: In theaters

Rustin

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Stars: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen
Writer: Julian Breece, Dustin Lance Black
Director: George C. Wolfe
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Plot: Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
What you should know: Won a couple of awards at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
Where to watch: In select theaters; available on Netflix 11/17

The Marsh King’s Daughter

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Stars: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooklynn Prince, Gil Birmingham
Writer: Elle Smith, Mark L. Smith
Director: Neil Burger
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Plot: A woman seeks revenge against the man who kidnapped her mother.
What you should know: Based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Karen Dionne.
Where to watch: In theaters

Radical

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Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Haddad, Jennifer Trejo, Mia Fernanda Solis
Writer: Christopher Zalla, Joshua Davis
Director: Christopher Zalla
Genre: Drama
Plot: A teacher in a Mexican border town full of neglect, corruption, and violence, tries a radical new method to unlock their students' curiosity, potential - and maybe even their genius.
What you should know: It’s in Spanish.
Where to watch: In theaters

What Happens Later

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Stars: Meg Ryan, David Duchovny
Writer: Steven Dietz, Kirk Lynn, Meg Ryan
Director: Meg Ryan
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Plot: Willa and Bill are ex-lovers that will see each other for the first time in years when they both find themselves snowed in, in-transit, at an airport overnight.
What you should know: This is Meg Ryan’s second directorial effort, after 2015’s Ithaca.
Where to watch: In theaters

The Lady Bird Diaries

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Writer: Julia Sweig
Director: Dawn Porter
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: A groundbreaking documentary film that uses Lady Bird's audio diaries to tell the story of one of the most influential and least understood First Ladies in history.
What you should know: Won an award at SXSW 2023.
Where to watch: In theaters; streams on Hulu November 13th

Sly

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Director: Thom Zinny
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: The nearly fifty year prolific career of Sylvester Stallone, who has entertained millions, is seen in retrospective in an intimate look of the actor, writer, director-producer, paralleling with his inspirational life story.
What you should know: Premiered at AFI Fest 2023.
Where to watch: Netflix

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

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Stars: Gabriel Regojo, Anna Austin, Shelley Calene-Black, Patricia Duran
Writer: Mei Hachimoku, Tomohisa Taguchi
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Plot: Kaoru Tono heard a rumor: The laws of space and time mean nothing to the Urashima Tunnel. If you find it, walk through and you'll find your heart's desire on the other side...in exchange for years of your own life.
What you should know: Won the Paul Grimault Award at the 2023 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Where to watch: In theaters

At the Gates

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Stars: Ezekiel Pacheco, Vanessa Benavente, Miranda Otto, Noah Wyle
Writer/Director: Augustus Meleo Bernstein
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Plot: A Salvadoran housekeeper and her teenage son begin to question whether they’re being protected or imprisoned after an affluent couple offers to hide them from immigration officers in their basement.
What you should know: This is the directorial debut of writer/director Augustus Meleo Bernstein.
Where to watch: In theaters

Expanding

Priscilla (Trailer)
The Holdovers (Trailer)

More New Releases

Allswell in New York (Trailer)
Rumble Through the Dark (Trailer)
Subject (Trailer)
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 (Trailer)
Beyond Utopia (Trailer)

New to Streaming

Nyad (Trailer) on Netflix
Wingwomen (Trailer) on Netflix
Fingernails (Trailer) on Apple TV+
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (Trailer) on Peacock

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What have you been watching lately, ONTD? Seeing anything this weekend?