With the state of the film and television industry in disarray, as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue to ensure better pay and treatment for writers and actors, the future theatrical release schedule continues to shift. While certain fall releases have already been pushed, August has remained largely untouched. With plenty of festival favorites making their way to the big screen along with heavy-hitting tent poles such as “Blue Beetle,” the month ahead offers an eclectic bunch of releases.

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Prescient and timely, given the conversations we’re having culturally about sexual identity, trans identity, and more, “Mutt” is a Sundance prize winner about a trans guy bustling through life in New York City. 

“Mutt” premiered earlier this year at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where star Lío Mehiel won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting— the first trans actor in history to win the honor.

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PARK CITY – After almost 40 years, there are actually few subjects in the LGBTQ community the Sundance Film Festival hasn’t put a spotlight on. The fact that Vuk Lungulov-Klotz’s “Mutt,” a rare non-coming-out story about a trans man, is part of the annual independent event is therefore noteworthy in and of itself. More noteworthy is the fact the talented Lungulov-Klotz clearly hasn’t taken their directorial debut for granted.

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A selection in this year’s U.S.

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