Indie Film Release Guide: September 13th [An ONTD Original]

Sep 12, 2019 11:04




The Goldfinch alighted with a thud at TIFF last weekend, but it hopes to fly at the box office this weekend against STX’s newcomer Hustlers, and the lil clown movie that dominated the box office last weekend. For the record, The Goldfinch isn’t as horrifically bad as the reviews made it out to be; it’s just not very good, either.

The films listed are from studios other than the “Big Six” - Paramount, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Columbia and Disney. 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: September 6th, August 30th, and August 23rd.

Hustlers

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Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Julia Stiles, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer
Writer: Lorene Scarfaria, based on the article by Jessica Pressler
Director: Lorene Scarfaria
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Plot: Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
What you should know: This premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim.
Opens in: Wide release



Monos

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Stars: Julian Giraldo, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón, Sneider Castro
Writer: Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos,
Director: Alejandro Landes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Plot: On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
What you should know: It’s in English & Spanish
Opens in: Select cities

The Weekend

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Stars: Sasheer Zamata, Tone Bell, DeWanda Wise, Kym Whitley
Writer/Director: Stella Meghie
Genre: Comedy
Plot: A comedian goes away for the weekend with an ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
What you should know: Played AFI Fest in 2018.
Opens in: Select cities and available on demand

The Sound of Silence

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Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones, Tony Revolori, Austin Pendleton
Writer: Ben Nabors, Michael Tyburski
Director: Michael Tyburski
Genre: Drama
Plot: A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.
Opens in: Select cities and available on demand

Another Day of Life

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Stars: Miroslaw Haniszewski, Vergil J. Smith, Tomasz Zietek, Olga Boladz
Writer: Raúl de la Fuente, Amaia Remirez, Niall Johnson, David Weber, Damian Nenow
Director: Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow
Genre: Animation, Biography
Plot: A gripping story of a three-month-long journey that renowned Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski took across Angola ravaged by a war in which the front lines shifted like a kaleidoscope from one day to the next.
What you should know: Based on the book by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Opens in: Select cities

Chained for Life

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Stars: Jess Weixler, Adam Pearson, Stephen Plunkett, Charlie Korsmo
Writer/Director: Aaron Schimberg
Genre: Drama
Plot: A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut.
What you should know: This is Charlie Korsmo’s first role since Can’t Hardly Wait
Opens in: Select cities

Depraved

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Stars: David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux, Ana Kayne
Writer/Director: Larry Fessenden
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Plot: A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft.
What you should know: Filmed on location in Brooklyn, NY.
Opens in: Select cities

Haunt

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Stars: Katie Stevens, Will Brittain, Lauryn Alisa McClain, Andrew Caldwell
Writer/Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Plot: On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some monsters are real.
What you should know: This writing pair also wrote A Quiet Place
Opens in: Select cities

Chasing Einstein

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Director: Steve Brown, Timothy Wheeler
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: Nobody has managed to topple Einstein's theory of relativity, even though it leads to the shocking conclusion that most of the universe must be made of a mysterious form of invisible matter that nobody has observed. Now physics stands at a crossroads. Some of the sharpest brains in physics have dedicated their lives to search for this "dark matter" while others are working on a new theory of gravity.
Opens in: Select cities

Can You Keep a Secret?

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Stars: Alexandra Daddario. Laverne Cox, Tyler Hoechlin, Kimiko Glenn
Writer: Peter Hutchings
Director: Elise Duran
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Plot: Thinking they're about to crash, Emma spills her secrets to a stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger...Until she later meets Jack, her company's young CEO, who now knows every humiliating detail about her.
What you should know: Based on the novel by Sophie Kinsella
Opens in: (Allegedly in) select cities, and available on demand

Also opening: Freaks (Trailer), Dream Girl (Trailer), Seeds (Trailer), 3 Days with Dad (Trailer), Liam Gallagher: As it Was (Trailer), The Harvesters (Trailer)

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What have you been watching lately, ONTD? Planning to see anything this weekend?

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