Petra Volpe had long been thinking about the role of nurses and the integral role they play in society but it wasn't until the aftermath of the pandemic that the Swiss writer-director felt compelled to make them the subject of her latest movie, Late Shift. "It's such an intense job and people…

EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has acquired North American rights for Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's drama Young Mothers, which was announced as Belgium's 2026 Oscars entry earlier this week. Paris-based film company Goodfellas is handing international sales on the drama about five young women…

EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has acquired North American distribution rights to director Shane D. Stanger's Good Bad Things, starring Jessica Parker Kennedy (The Flash), Brett Dier (Jane The Virgin) and Danny Kurtzman. The film, which will be released on digital platforms on February 4, 2025, was…

The indie box office busted out this year, hitting is stride post-Covid with an eclectic string of releases that made a splash artistically and financially. Independents and mini-majors saw $1.47 billion in box office receipts as of Dec. 27, up from $811.7 million in 2022, according to…

When HBO hosted a special screening of Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, the intimate documentary about the singer-songwriter's personal and creative journey during the making of his 2020 album Reunions seemingly met with unanimous approval. But as…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is turning up the volume of its music documentary slate. The network has renewed Music Box, its Bill Simmons-led collection of feature docs, for a second season. It comes as the last of its initial six film collection – Juice WRLD: Into The Abyss – is set to air on December 16. Simmons and HBO will…

EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to Levan Akin’s And Then We Danced, which made its world premiere as a Directors’ Fortnight title at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Music Box is planning a theatrical rollout in 2020 followed by a release on home entertainment…

Music Box has acquired German hit tragicomedy Oh Boy from Beta Cinema. The movie won six Lolas earlier this year including Best Film, Best Script, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Jan Ole Gerster’s first film is a Berlin-set ironic portrait of a young man and the city he lives in. Earlier in…

New York, NY (March 12, 2012) – Music Box Films announced today that the company is acquiring all North American rights to KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, the latest film from Ira Sachs. The film premiered to critical acclaim at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Subsequently, at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival, it…

Chicago (Sept. 22, 2011) Music Box Films has acquired all US rights to the French-Canadian film MONSIEUR LAZHAR, Canada's official submission to the 2012 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film won the Audience Award at this summer's Locarno Film Festival and was named Best Canadian Feature last…

SUNDAY AM: Since my weekend box office report puts all its emphasis on the big moneymakers, I want to give smaller movies some love (or hate). Beginning today, I’ll post a separate wrapup for limited releases: Focus Features released its Julianne Moore/Annette Bening/Mark Ruffalo starring dramedy The Kids Are All…