Best known for his work as a cinematographer, Sean Price Williams has brought his rough and ready aesthetic to independent hits such as Good Time, Funny Pages, and Her Smell. Fantasy drama The Sweet East marks his directorial debut and sees him doubling down on his experimental approach and follows high schooler Lillian (Talia Ryder) on a field trip to Washington, D.C.
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Just one year after the release of Baz Luhrmann’s glitzy Elvis biopic, writer and director Sofia Coppola presents another side to the story with her latest feature, Priscilla. Based upon the 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, we first meet Priscilla (Cailee Spaeny) as a 14-year-old military brat living in West Germany where her stepfather is stationed in the US Navy. She’s invited to a party where she’s starstruck to meet Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) who had been drafted into the army at the peak of his fame. Before long, they start dating and go on to marry, and the film explores the overwhelming highs and lows of their fraught relationship.
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Filmmaker Emerald Fennell has spent most of her career in front of the camera, known for her television roles in Call the Midwife and The Crown. A few years ago, Promising Young Woman was released; a bold, divisive debut that marked her as a writer and director to be reckoned with. Her follow-up feature is Saltburn, a black comedy thriller set in the mid-noughties.
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