Independent Spirit Awards 2020 Winners: The Complete List

The winners of the 35th Annual Independent Spirit Awards were announced on Saturday during a ceremony hosted by Aubrey Plaza that took place on the beach in Santa Monica. Lulu Wang's "The Farewell" won Best Picture and Supporting Female (Zhao Shuzhen), while the Safdie Brothers' film "Uncut Gems" also won big scoring three awards for Best Director(s), Male Lead (Adam Sandler) and Editing. Oscar favorite Renee Zellweger won Best Female Lead for her role in "Judy". For highlights from the show, check out the videos posted online after the jump.

Read the complete list of winners of the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards after the jump.

DVD & Blu-ray: THE FAREWELL (2019) Starring Awkwafina

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Product Description: After learning that her family’s beloved matriarch, Nai Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi returns to Changchun to ?nd that her family has decided to keep the news from Nai Nai. While the family gathers under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, Billi rediscovers the country she left as a child, and is forever changed by her grandmother’s wondrous spirit, in this richly moving story of how family can unite and strengthen us — often in spite of ourselves.

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Weekend Box-Office: HOBBS & SHAW Scores Strong $181M Worldwide Debut

The "Fast & Furious" spinoff "Hobbs & Shaw" performed according to expectations and delivered an impressive opening weekend, both domestically and overseas. The summer box-office is surging, also with the help of "The Lion King" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".

Find out more about the weekend box-office after the jump.

Weekend Box-Office: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Scores $40M Debut While LION KING Repeats at #1

It wasn't a record-breaking weekend, but at least there's some improvement. Disney's "The Lion King" is still king and close to reaching the $1 billion milestone, while Tarantino scored his best ever debut with "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". 

Find out more about the weekend box-office after the jump.

THE FAREWELL (2019) - Trailer, Images and Poster

"The Farewell" is a biographical dramedy written and directed by Lulu Wang ("Posthumous"). The film stars Awkwafina ("Crazy Rich Asians") as Billi, a Chinese-American woman who returns to China after her grandmother has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, while her family has decided to keep her in the dark. The cast also includes Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo, Chen Han and Aoi Mizuhara.

"The Farewell" premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It received a limited release in theaters on July 12, 2019. The film will expand nationwide on August 2nd.

Find out more about the movie after the jump.

New Soundtracks: THE FAREWELL (Alex Weston)

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Composer:
Alex Weston

Total Time:
25:00

Label:
Milan Records

Purchasing Links:
MP3, Apple

Release Date
July 12, 2019

Find more about the soundtrack (previews, track list) after the jump.

In Theaters: STUBER, CRAWL, THE FAREWELL and THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE

With "Spider-Man: Far From Home" and "Toy Story" ready to dominate the box-office once again, this weekend we find studios offering a bit of counterprogramming. The first new film is Disney's release of Fox's R-rated action comedy "Stuber" starring Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani, which brought in $750,000 from previews, and is expected to end the weekend with around $7 million from 3,050 theaters.

The other new wide release is the R-rated alligator horror film "Crawl" directed by Alexandre Aja ("The Hills Have Eyes") and produced by Sam Raimi ("Evil Dead", "Spider-Man"). The film raked in $1 million from Thursday night previews, and it could bring in as much as $13 million in its opening weekend from 3,1701 theaters.

In limited release we have some interesting choices, like the dramedy "The Farewell" starring Awkwafina, and the offbeat dark comedy "The Art of Self-Defense" starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola and Imogen Poots.

Synopses, details, critical/audience reception, trailers, and more after the jump.

New Trailers: AMERICAN WOMAN, EUPHORIA, RIM OF THE WORLD and More

Today we have new trailers for:

• The drama "American Woman" starring Sienna Miller, Christina Hendricks and Aaron Paul. The film is directed by Jake Scott ("Plunkett & Macleane") from a script by Brad Ingelsby ("Run All Night").
• Swedish writer/director Lisa Langseth's English-language debut "Euphoria" starring Alicia Vikander, Eva Green and Charlotte Rampling.
• Netflix's alien-invasion teen comedy "Rim of the World" from director McG ("The Babysitter", "Terminator Salvation").
• Ana Murugarren's Spanish Civil War whimsical comedy "The Bastards' Fig Tree" / "La higuera de los bastardos" based on Ramiro Pinilla's novel "La Higuera".
• The Sundance hit "The Farewell" starring Awkwafina, from Chinese-American filmmaker Lulu Wang

Watch all the new trailers after the jump.