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Sneak Peeks: Kajillionaire, Misbehaviour, Sneakerheads & The Artist’s Wife

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SNEAK PEEKS


Misbehaviour


Website: ALTAVOD


Synopsis: In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition. Not only that, when the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favorite but Miss Grenada, the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.


Release Date: September 25, 2020

Directed by: Philippa Lowthorpe

Screenplay by: Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe

Starring: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Keeley Hawes, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Manville, Rhys Ifans, and Greg Kinnear

Distributor: Shout! Studios

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 46 minutes

Not Rated 


The Artist’s Wife


Website: Strand Releasing


Synopsis: Claire (Lena Olin) lives a domestic life in the Hamptons as the wife of celebrated artist Richard Smythson (Bruce Dern). Once a promising painter herself, Claire now lives in the shadow of her husband’s illustrious career. While preparing work for his final show, Richard’s moods become increasingly erratic, and he is diagnosed with dementia. As his memory and behavior deteriorate, she shields his condition from the art community while trying to reconnect him with his estranged daughter and grandson from a previous marriage. Challenged by the loss of her world as she knew it, Claire must now decide whether to stand with Richard on the sidelines or step into the spotlight herself.


Release Date: September 25, 2020

Directed by: Tom Dolby

Screenplay by: Tom Dolby, Nicole Brending, and Abdi Nazemian

Starring: Lena Olin, Bruce Dern, Juliet Rylance, Avan Jogia, and Tonya Pinkins

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Genre: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes

Not Rated 


Kajillionaire 


Website: Focus Features


Synopsis: From acclaimed writer/director Miranda July comes a profoundly moving and wildly original comedy. Con-artists Theresa (Debra Winger) and Robert (Richard Jenkins) have spent 26 years training their only daughter, Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), to swindle, scam, and steal at every opportunity. During a desperate, hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger (Gina Rodriguez) into joining their next scam, only to have their entire world turned upside down.


Release Date: September 25, 2020

Directed by: Miranda July

Screenplay by: Miranda July

Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins, and Debra Winger

Distributor: Focus Features

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 46 minutes

Rated R


NETFLIX TV SNEAK PEEK


Sneakerheads 


Website: Netflix

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