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Fire Behind The Film: Can John Carney’s ‘Power Ballad’ Connect With Moviegoers Despite No YouTube Phenoms Or Jump Scares?

5 June 2026 at 22:21
EXCLUSIVE: When Power Ballad opened the Sands Film Festival in St. Andrews, Scotland, recently, the audience reaction was rapturous. Same with showings at SXSW, Dublin and in a limited release last week. Sending festival audiences into a lather has been a regular occurrence for writer-director John Carney since he premiered Once at the 2007 Sundance […]

Will ‘Mandalorian And Grogu’ Get Lost In The ‘Backrooms’? Pic Eyes Record Opening For A24 With $40M-$45M – Box Office Preview

27 May 2026 at 16:58
It’s the summer of surprises, and one in which studios are finally getting their arms around the lost YouTube generation, as they call it, when it comes to younger moviegoers. Chernin Entertainment, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and A24’s thrifty financed feature take of Kane Parsons’ IP Backrooms is looking to Force-choke Lucasfilm/Disney’s Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu […]

‘Carolina Caroline’ & ‘The Last Whale Singer’ New In Moderate Release, ‘Power Ballad’ Expands — Specialty Preview

5 June 2026 at 22:16
TIFF-premiering romantic crime thriller Carolina Caroline and animated adventure The Last Whale Singer open in moderate release. The Little Sister from Cannes, documentary Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC, She’s The He and anime Jinsei are new limited debuts. John Carney’s Power Ballad with Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas expands to 1,275 screens after a nice launch on […]

WWII Drama ‘Pressure’ Sees Solid Opening, ‘Tuner’ Nice Expansion Amid Remarkable Indie Weekend — Specialty Box Office

31 May 2026 at 18:10
It’s an exciting weekend for indies film with two surprise global juggernauts by first-time directors who jumped from the internet to the big screen. More traditional independent releases were led by a nice opening for Pressure and a solid expansion by Tuner. It’s been well reported but noting the two unusual indie horror films, A24’s […]

 ‘Ask E. Jean’ Documentary Expands Amid Trump DOJ Probe Controversy – Specialty Preview

29 May 2026 at 21:35
Ask E. Jean by Ivy Meeropol is holding over for second week at IFC Center in New York after a full-house opening weekend and adding the NuArt in LA before expanding. Over 40 theaters are booked for the next month as the distributors build a network to support the documentary about the writer and former […]

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