By: Al B.
PACE
Available in Select theaters now
Struggling with dysphoria, a boxer wrestles with the decision to transition at the potential cost of their marriage. When another boxer who shares their identity enters the gym, the two find solace in training together while navigating their own challenging journeys.
STUDIO ONE FOREVER
Available on VOD October 8 via Gravitas
A beacon of dancing and freedom for gay men looking for identity in a world that saw them as outcasts, Studio One was a haven and the blossoming center of nightlife in West Hollywood. From merging the gay community and Hollywood elites like Bette Davis and Jimmy Stewart to being at the forefront of the LBGTQ+ rights movement and the fight against the AIDS crisis, the venue was more than just a disco, it was a movement.
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN
Cinephobia Releasing
Availabe on DVD October 15
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN is set at a nude beach near Athens. There, best friends Demosthenes (Yorgos Tsiantoulas) and Nikitas (Andreas Labropoulos) begin to brainstorm ideas for a screenplay based on the colorful events of a previous summer. Nikitas, who fancies himself the next Xavier Dolan and Demos, who dreams of a Hemsworth brother playing him take their memories. blends its intersecting narratives, as memory collides with fantasy and art rubs up against truth.
THE WAIT (LA ESPERA)
Unfiled Productions, Nostromo Pictures & Spal Films
In Theaters now and VOD & Digital October 4
Deep in the Andalusian countryside, Eladio (Clavijo) has been hired to watch over the hunting grounds of Don Francisco’s estate, somewhere in rural Spain. The estate is divided into ten hunting stands, spaced far enough apart to avoid incidents. After three years of service, Don Carlos — Don Francisco’s second in command — offers him a bribe to add an additional three stands to the property. Eladio initially hesitates, but his wife eventually convinces him to take the money. Eladio’s greed has unfortunate consequences that drag his entire family to perdition, and plunging him into the depths of guilt, hatred, and revenge.
GREEN NIGHT
Film Movement
Available on VOD/Digital/Film Movement Plus October 18
Trapped in a cycle of oppression, Chinese immigrant Jin Xia works in customs at South Korea’s Incheon Airport, where she encounters a mysterious green-haired girl acting suspiciously at the security checkpoint. Overcome by the unspoken attraction between them, she takes the enigmatic stranger home only to uncover her involvement in a deadly drug trafficking ring. After the two end up killing Xia’s abusive husband, the pair go on the run, but when Xia returns to the crime scene to retrieve the drugs the green-haired girl left behind, their plans for finding freedom together take a dangerous turn.
FAMILY
IndiePix Films
Available on DVD/Digital October 15
Home is where the hurt is. Lily would do anything to make it go away. In a perfect world, she would have grown up with a loving father, a caring mother, a sane sister and a brother who wasn’t madly in love with her. Instead, Lily is staring at four dead bodies in the living room. Desperately in need of an emergency therapy session, she discovers that the only person at home is her therapist’s judgmental and insensitive teenage daughter. With nowhere else to turn, Lily once again finds herself locked in a seemingly inescapable battle of wills.
AFRAID
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Available on Digital now
and Blu-ray/DVD November 5
Curtis (John Cho) and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called AIA. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, AIA seems able to do it all. She learns the family’s behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family’s way.
THE FIRE INSIDE
Amazon MGM Studios
In Theaters this Christmas
THE FIRE INSIDE is the inspirational true story of Claressa Shields, arguably the greatest female boxer of all time. Claressa, a high school Junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield, pushes past all limitations to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. But even at the pinnacle of success, Claressa has to reckon with the fact that not all dreams are created equal, and the real fight has only just begun.
DOVERMANN
Capelight Pictures
Available on VOD/Digital now
He is the slickest and toughest gangster in town — the Dobermann is the leader of the gang of the same name. They have more bank robberies to their name than they can count. His adversary, Christini, is not only the most corrupt and ruthless cop in town, but also hell bent to capture the Dobermann.
I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE
Dark Films
Available on VOD/Digital October 18
Richard is a mute who is on parole from prison and has been released into the mandatory custody of a superstitious real estate investor who pays him to stay alone in a haunted house for six days to rid it of evil spirits. This is his chance to return to a normal life, but there’s a dark catch: if he fails to stay all six nights, the investor will send him back to prison.