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First Look at SXSW 2023 Lineup

WATCHLIST: CEC hits up SXSW this spring! “Down Low” (Bruce Hall, First Assistant Director) and “If You Were The Last” (Ashley Kent, Makeup Department Head) will have their world premieres at the festival.

“Down Low” is an outrageous comedy about one wild night, a deeply repressed man, the twink who gives him a happy ending, and all the lives they ruin along the way.

“If You Were The Last” follows two astronauts who think they’ve been lost in space forever fall in love, becoming content with their isolated lives, only to suddenly have to return to Earth.

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Apple’s “Hello Tomorrow” Flies You To The Moon With This New Trailer

Trip around the moon? Hone up your sales skills and jump on board! Watch the official trailer for Apple’s new series “Hello Tomorrow.” Premieres February 17th! VANESSA PROCOPIO, EDITOR. Starring Billy Crudup.

“Hello Tomorrow!” is set in a retro-future world, centering around a group of traveling salesmen hawking lunar timeshares.

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Sundance 2023 Review: “Landscape With Invisible Hand”

Fresh from its premiere at Sundance, “Landscape With Invisible Hand” is “ambitious” and “entertaining.” Link for the full review below. LATOYA HENDERSON, MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD. Directed by Cory Finley and starring Kylie Rogers, William Jackson Harper, Michael Gandolfini, Tiffany Haddish and Asante Blackk. 

In “Landscape With Invisible Hand,” a pair of teenagers come up with a plan to ensure their families’ futures when an occupying alien race’s promise of economic prosperity leaves most of humanity impoverished and desperate.

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Screen Media Takes North American Rights for ‘Devil’s Peak’

A dark, intense thriller set in the Appalachian Mountains – “Devil’s Peak” will be released in theaters on February 17th. MICAH LAINE, MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Hopper Penn, and Robin Wright.

“Devil’s Peak” watches as a family is dominated by a crime lord who uses his fists to control both them and his business. When his son meets the girl of his dreams, desperately wanting to escape the life he is expected to lead and free himself from the clutches of his father, he is forced to go head-to-head with the terrifying man who will stop at nothing to ensure loyalty from all of those around him. 

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First Look at “We Have a Ghost”

A family + a haunted house + the CIA = the new Netflix feature “We Have a Ghost.” Get your first look at the film here. LATOYA HENDERSON, PERSONAL ARTIST/SPECIAL MAKEUP FOR ANTHONY MACKIE. Directed by Christopher Landon and starring Anthony Mackie and David Harbour.

In “We Have a Ghost,” Kevin’s family turns into overnight social media sensations when they find a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home. But while investigating the mystery of Ernest’s past, they become a target of the CIA.

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