Limited and VOD Releases: Getting Lost in the Crowd
November 15, 2019
It is not a terribly busy week for limited releases, not unless you are talking about documentaries. There are a few that have a real shot at opening well, including The Report and Waves, but it’s I Lost My Body that I’m the most interested in.
Atlantics - Reviews
Everybody’s Everything - Reviews
The Hottest August - Reviews
I Lost My Body - Reviews
Mickey and the Bear - Reviews
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project - Reviews
The Report - Reviews
Scandalous - Reviews
Waves - Reviews
Secondary VOD Releases:
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A Senegalese / French film set in Senegal. It is about a construction worker who is one of many to abandon a construction site over withheld wages. He and Ada are in love, but she is betrothed to another man. The reviews are close to award-worthy and it was selected by Senegal to be their official entry for the Best International Feature Film at this year’s Oscars.
A documentary about Lil Peep, whose fusion of musical genres was about to bring him and a new genre of music to the mainstream, but then he tragically died of a drug overdose. The reviews are amazing, but there’s a lot of strong competition for documentaries this week.
One of several documentaries on this week’s list. This one doesn’t have the best reviews, nor does it have the same level of buzz as some of its competition, so it has a weaker box office potential.
A French animated film about a severed hand that escapes the lab it was held in to try and find the rest of its body. It’s reviews are excellent and Oscar voters like to hand out at least one Best Feature-Length Animated Film Oscar nomination to a smaller foreign animated film, so this film could be nominated for an Oscar.
Camila Morrone stars as the titular Mickey, a teenage girl trying to be more independent from her father. The film’s reviews are 100% positive, but it doesn’t have the same pre-release buzz as a couple of the other films on this week’s list, so I fear it won’t be able to find an audience in theaters.
A documentary about Marion Stokes and her recording of 24-hour news over the course of decades. 70,000 VHS tapes in all. The reviews are unanimously positive, but there’s a lot of competition for documentaries this week and I fear this one will slip between the cracks.
This film is based on the real life investigation of the CIA torture program. The reviews suggest it could find an audience in theaters; however, it hits VOD next week, so it doesn’t have a lot of time to sell tickets.
A documentary about the National Enquirer. Normally I don’t think this would be a really popular film in theaters, but the paper’s involvement in the 2016 election could bring this film more exposure.
This is one of only a few films on this week’s list earning lots of pre-release buzz. Fortunately, its reviews live up to the buzz and it has a real shot at opening in the $10,000 club.
Autonomy - Reviews - Video on Demand
Feast of the Seven Fishes - Reviews - Video on Demand
Line of Duty - Reviews - Video on Demand
MBF: Man’s Best Friend - Reviews - Video on Demand
Night Sweats - Reviews - Video on Demand
Radioflash - Reviews - Video on Demand
The Shed - Reviews - Video on Demand
The Turkey Bowl - Reviews - Video On Demand
There is a huge selection of secondary VOD releases this week with Feast of the Seven Fishes and MBF: Man’s Best Friend being the ones I am most interested in.
Filed under: Limited Releases, VOD Releases, Home Market Releases, Line of Duty, Waves, The Report, The Hottest August, Mickey and the Bear, Everybody’s Everything, Autonomy, Atlantique, The Turkey Bowl, MBF: Man’s Best Friend, Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer, J’ai perdu mon corps, Radioflash, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, The Shed, Night Sweats, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Camila Morrone, Lil Peep