Raoulof Difficulties / The Bikeriders New Official Poster / Nickel Boys Has a Release Date

RASOULOF DIFFICULTIES

A week ago I wrote that among the titles that had just been added to the lineup for the 77th Cannes Film Festival that Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig was  a film worth watching as a possible selection for TFF #51.

Now, Jordan Ruimy/World of Reel reports and not surprisingly, authorities in Iran (Rasoulof's home country) are putting pressure on producers and cast members of the film to keep the film from being screened at the Fest.  A number of people connected to the film have been banned from leaving Iran.  Rasoulof himself has been banned from leaving the country since 2017.

Rasoulof has previously screened a number of films at Telluride including There Is No Evil and Manuscripts Don't Burn but a successful push to keep this new film from screening at Cannes might also portend no play at TFF.  

Ruimy's complete post is here.

THE BIKERIDERS NEW OFFICIAL POSTER

Focus Features has released an official poster for Jeff Nichols The Bikeriders.  The film screened at last year's 50th TFF and though responses seemed mixed at the time I quite enjoyed the film.  Currently the film sits at 73 on Metacritic and 83 on Rotten Tomatoes.

Here's the poster: