UAR Rolls Out ‘Till’ With Care, Mubi’s Widest Theatrical Release Yet ‘Decision To Leave’ – Specialty Preview
15.10.2022 - 01:17
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Specialty film rollouts continues to accelerate with Chinonye Chukwu’s Till, Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave and A24’s Stars At Noon joining releases from previous weeks to populate theaters as awards season gathers steam.
Till, from United Artists Releasing, world premiered at the ongoing New York Film Festival to stellar reviews (100% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a star turn for Danielle Deadwyler). It opens on 16 screens in five markets – NY, LA, Chicago, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. The story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old lynched in 1955 while visiting cousins in Mississippi, is an emotional one, and a tough one. But explicit violence is something Chukwu determinedly left out of the frame, focusing instead on Deadwyler’s Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmet’s mother, as she pursues justice for her son. Word of mouth, that this is first and foremost a poignant, powerful cinematic journey about one person changing history, will be key.
Till-Mobley “stood up, she made a difference,” said UAR President Erik Lomis. “It’s a tough topic covered with delicacy.” The film is launching at a mix of high-end commercial and commercial African-American venues including the Lincoln Square, Union Square and Harlem in New York, and The Grove, Century City and Baldwin Hills in LA. It will add more markets next week ahead of a national rollout.
Till also stars Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, and Whoopi Goldberg. Producers: Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Levine, Michael Reilly and Fredrick Zollo. Deadline review here.
Mubi presents Decision To Leave at three locations in New York (Angelika Film Center) and Los Angeles (AMC Sunset 5 and AMC Culver City). It expands to a few dozen theaters next week,