“The Burial”
Directed by Maggie Betts (“Novitiate”) in her sophomore film, Jamie Foxx stars as a lawyer in “The Burial” who takes on the case of a funeral home owner — Tommy Lee Jones — to help him save his family business. From the trailer alone, it’s the type of role Foxx tends to sink his teeth into. Based loosely on true events, the script is penned by Betts and Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright. Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie, and Bill Camp star alongside Foxx and Jones (read our review).
Release Date: In limited theaters October 6 via Amazon Studios, then streaming via Prime Video October 13.
“Anatomy Of A Fall”
Directed by Justine Triet, “Anatomy of a Fall” is a gripping drama that follows the story of a woman suspected of killing her husband and her blind son who faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness. While France chose to submit “The Taste of Things” as their selection for the upcoming Oscars, which caused some controversy, critics continue to praise the film. Our critic wrote, “Triet’s breathtakingly intelligent and subtly perverse masterpiece takes the long way through the cold and the snow to address, in nuanced but never ambiguous terms, the ineffable and irreducible mystery at the heart of deep relationships…”
Release Date: In theaters October 13 via NEON.
“The Delinquents”
Already acclaimed at Cannes, one of the highlights of the Un Certain Regard section, this Argentinian heist dramedy from Rodrigo Moreno has the ideas of capitalism, exploitation, and pay and class inequity, centering on a group of bank tellers and workers who decide to rob their own bank to take back some of what they believe is owed to them for all their hard work. Daniel Elías, Esteban Bigliardi, Margarita Molfino and more co-star (read our review).
Release Date: October 18 via MUBI.
“Killers Of The Flower Moon”
Any Martin Scorsese film should be considered event cinema, and his latest, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is no different. Armed with his regulars such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro along with newcomers to his worlds such as the tremendous Lily Gladstone and Jesse Plemmons, the film is based on the novel “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.” Our review noted Gladstone as a devastating highlight.
Release Date: In theaters October 20 via Apple TV and Paramount Pictures.
“Pain Hustlers”
Emily Blunt and Chris Evans take on big pharma in the crime drama “Pain Hustlers” by director David Yates. Yates, best known for his work on the Harry Potter series, is trying to broaden his scope by adapting the book of the same name by Evan Hughes. Blunt plays a single mother and high school dropout whose job at a failing pharmaceutical company spirals into a criminal conspiracy. Andy García, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, and Chloe Coleman also star.
Release Date: In select theaters on October 20 before streaming on Netflix on October 27.
