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ORION PICTURES/UNITED ARTISTS RELEASING

Till

Chinonye Chukwu (Writer/Director) Danielle Deadwyler (Actor) John Douglas Thompson (Actor)

APPLE ORIGINAL FILMS

Causeway

Lila Neugebauer (Director)

Sidney

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VARIANCE FILMS

RRR

S.S. Rajamouli (Co-Writer/Director)

UNIVERSAL PICTURES

She Said

Zoe Kazan (Actor)

BREAKING GLASS

Nostalgia

Mario Martone (Co-Writer/Director) Ippolita Di Majo (Co-Writer)

NETFLIX

The Good Nurse

Tobias Lindholm (Director) Scott Franklin (Producer)

White Noise

Noah Baumbach (Writer/Director/Producer) Greta Gerwig (Actor)

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CONTENDERS We’re back in the Big Apple again showcasing some of our top picks of the season

BY A N T O N I A B LY T H

It’s that time again, when Deadline

Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey,

Artists Releasing, along with Danielle

decamps to New York City, bringing

Kazan will be here to talk about her

Deadwyler, who plays Mamie, and

you the latest installment of our

role as Kantor, starring opposite Carey

co-star John Douglas Thompson.

Contenders event series, with the

Mulligan as Twohey.

lowdown on some of our favorite

As with She Said, stories based

Also taking to the Contenders stage in the true-life department are director

upon truth tend to rank high as

Tobias Lindholm and producer Scott

Coming to you this time from

Oscar contenders, and this year is no

Franklin with Netflix’s The Good Nurse.

The Times Center, we have some

exception. In Chinonye Chukwu’s Till,

Starring Jessica Chastain as Nurse Amy

showstopping talent on deck.

we get a devastatingly close-up look at

Loughren, and Eddie Redmayne as her

One of the industry's much-awaited

the real-life deadly lynching of 14-year-

serial killing co-worker Charlie Cullen,

stories this season is Universal Pictures’

old Emmett Till and his mother Mamie

the film, penned by 1917 Oscar-winner

She Said—the Maria Schrader-directed

Till-Mobley’s trajectory toward life as

Krysty Wilson-Cairns, explores how

telling of the New York Times’ takedown

a civil rights activist. Chukwu will be

Loughren came to expose Cullen’s

of Harvey Weinstein. Based on the 2019

here to speak about her work on the

crimes. This one is also based on a

book by the story-breaking journalists

film from Orion Pictures and United

journalist’s book—Charles Graeber’s

Oscar possibilities.

true crime story.

Another Netflix offering—although fictional this time, and based on the

who, in 1964, became the first Black man to win an Oscar.

Also from Apple comes Causeway,

in India.

Plus, there's director and co-writer Mario Martone with his Italian mobster

1985 novel by Don DeLillo—is White

which stars Jennifer Lawrence as a

drama Nostalgia, which takes a look

Noise from Noah Baumbach. The

soldier struggling to adjust following a

at a longtime friendship divided by

Marriage Story writer and director will

traumatic brain injury. And director Lila

organized crime.

be here to dig into this environmental

Neugebauer will be onstage to break

disaster tale, along with one of the key

down her approach to the project.

castmembers, Baumbach's frequent

As usual, we have a smörgåsbord

Finally, don't forget to roll the dice and enter our raffles too, for a chance to win sunglasses from Eyepetizer,

collaborator Greta Gerwig. Adam Driver,

of themes for you, including RRR, from

Los Siete Misterios Mezcal, Michter’s

Don Cheadle, Jodie Turner-Smith and

director and co-writer S.S. Rajamouli,

whiskey, and even a Four Seasons stay.

André 3000 also star.

who’ll be here to discuss his Indian

So with that, just sit back, relax and

Telugu-language fictional story about

enjoy our latest Contenders event—

non-fiction with Sidney, Reginald

a clash between historical leaders in

Deadline’s snapshot of what’s coming

Hudlin's biopic about Sidney Poitier,

the wake of a young girl’s kidnapping

up for Oscars. ★

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THE FILMS

CAUSEWAY

SIDNEY

APPLE ORIGINAL FILMS

Causeway Director Lila Neugebauer’s feature debut is a somber-toned psychological drama that examines the bonds of budding friendships and shared trauma. After suffering a traumatic brain injury while serving in Afghanistan, Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence) reluctantly returns to her hometown where she struggles to adjust to a normal life.

While grappling with restlessness, Lynsey befriends James (Brian Tyree Henry), a disabled mechanic with a painful past.

Sidney Reginald Hudlin directs this documentary about Sidney Poitier, who in 1964 became the first Black man to win an Academy Award. Using narration taken from an interview between Poitier and producer Oprah Winfrey, the film takes an indepth look at his life and career from leading man to key figure in the civil rights movement. The film is also told by those he influenced most, including Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford and Halle Berry.

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NOSTALGIA

THE GOOD NURSE

BREAKING GLASS

Nostalgia This Neapolitan mobster drama, directed and co-written by Mario Martone, follows the dissolution of the relationship between two life-long friends. Faced with a growing concern for his ailing mother after a 40-year absence, Felice (Pierfrancesco Favino) returns to his hometown of Naples to take care of her. During his visit, Felice reconnects with his former best friend only to learn that the friend has turned into a coldhearted gangster.

NETFLIX

The Good Nurse Academy Award winners Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain star in this true crime thriller examining the life and downfall of a serial killer nurse. Nurse Amy Loughren (Chastain) develops a strong friendship with co-worker Charlie Cullen (Redmayne), but a series of mysterious patient deaths forces Loughren to see who Cullen really is. The Good Nurse marks the first English language film for Danish director Tobias Lindholm.

NETFLIX

White Noise When a terrible accident spawns a toxic plume of smoke that threatens the lives of everyone in a cushy suburban town, Jack Gladney (Adam Driver), his wife Babette (Greta Gerwig) and their children are forced to reckon with the concepts of American consumerism, environmental disasters and mortality. Noah Baumbach wrote and directed this black comedy based on the 1985 novel

by Don DeLillo. The film also stars Don Cheadle, Jodie TurnerSmith and André 3000.

WHITE NOISE

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Till Chinonye Chukwu brings together the true story of civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobley, played by Danielle Deadwyler. After the brutal lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett (Jalyn Hall), TillMobley embarks on a relentless pursuit of justice and becomes a key member of the civil rights movement. The film also stars Frankie Faison, John Douglas Thompson and Whoopi Goldberg.

TILL

2022 GOTHAM AWARDS NOMINATION OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE

DANIELLE DEADWYLER

UNIVERSAL PICTURES

She Said Based on the 2019 book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, this film depicts the work of the New York Times journalists as they exposed Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct.

Their story helped launch the #MeToo movement and gave a voice to the women whose allegations had been silenced

by Hollywood for decades.

Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as Twohey and Kantor.

VARIANCE FILMS SHE SAID

RRR

RRR After a girl from the Gond tribe in India is kidnapped by a British Governor and his wife, the outraged tribe’s guardian Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) embarks on a quest to save her. Hearing of the impending threat, officer Alluri Sitaramu Raju (Ram Charan Teja) promises to bring him to the government dead or alive. S.S. Rajamouli co-wrote and directed this fictionalized Indian Telugulanguage epic about two real-life historic revolutionary leaders and the fight against the British Raj. RRR is reportedly the most expensive Indian film ever made.

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