From facial wars to a penguin friend, wandering surfers and Haitian immigrants in Miami, the independent film market is fun, thoughtful, varied and contending with a faster cadence of high performing studio wide releases.
That’s exhilarating on one hand but, indie distribution executives say, is making it increasingly difficult to date their films after having a pretty clear field for the first half of 2024. New this weekend: IFC Films’ Elizabeth Banks-starring Skincare on 768 screens.
Banks is Hope Goldman, a legendary Hollywood facialist to the stars preparing to enter the next phase of her career with a new line of skincare products in this dark comedy.
Sensing that someone is trying to sabotage her business and destroy her life, she starts investigating to save what she’s built by any means necessary.
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