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Following his breakout roles in Euphoria and Saltburn, Jacob Elordi charts a new chapter with On Swift Horses, an iconic queer romance set in 1950s America. The film will arrive on Netflix in the United States on August 23.

Directed by Daniel Minahan and based on Shannon Pufahl’s novel, Elordi stars as Julius, a Korean War vet turned gambler, tasked with a raw journey of love and identity. It was initially released in the United States on April 25, 2025, after its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024.

What is Jacob Elordi’s On Swift Horses About? On Swift Horses | Credits: Sony Pictures Classics

Set against the 1950s backdrop, Kansas, San Diego, and Las Vegas, On Swift Horses masters the hidden lives and longings of queer outsiders. Written by Bryce Kass, it stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle in prominent roles.

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Try as you might, you can never stop the ticking of the clock. Because of this, it has now somehow been eight years since MCU star Tom Hiddleston got the closest he’ll ever get to playing James Bond in this critically acclaimed spy thriller series. Finally, after waiting almost a decade, the show has now taken a major step forward, with a second season now well into production.

The series is titled The Night Manager, and finds Hiddleston starring as Jonathan Pine, the night manager of a luxury hotel in Cairo and former British soldier. Taking pride in running the prestige hotel, Pine finds himself recruited by Angela Burr, the manager of a Foreign Office task force, and instructed to infiltrate the inner circle of arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie). Now, Pine finds himself attempting to not only integrate himself into Roper's inner circle by becoming a felon himself,...

It’s been some eight years since the BBC-amc adaptation of John le Carré’s “The Night Manager” took the world by storm, racking up awards on both sides of the pond. The spy thriller, starring Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman will be back, this time set mostly in Colombia.

“More than 75% of the story is about Colombia,” says Barry Ryan, head of production at Ink Factory, which also produced Season 1 and will produce Seasons 2 and 3. The fact that there has been a peace process, that there was a conflict and that young soldiers were involved – that background has been used to inform and shape the narrative, he adds.

When series creator-writer David Farr thought about setting Season 2 in Colombia, he flew over with executive producer Tessa Inkelaar, on a “writing recce.” Drawing inspiration from his visit, he wrote all six episodes, completely off-book. In an interview with other outlets,...

Since her breakout role in 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street, Margot Robbie has had a knack for critically acclaimed projects. However, 2022 was not a good year for the actress.

That year, she collaborated with two famous directors on two star-studded films: David O. Russell's Amsterdam, which also starred Christian Bale, and Damien Chazelle's Babylon. The latter was an epic comedy-drama, loud, colorful, and expensive. While the film didn't impress the critics and the audience during its release, Babylon, which Robbie compared to The Shawshank Redemption, has now found a second life on streaming, becoming a hit on Paramount+, per FlixPatrol.

The Oscar-nominated film just debuted in the Top 10 charts on the streaming platform, and it made a huge impact. On its first day in the charts, Babylon debuted in third place on Paramount+, becoming the No. 1 film in two countries. Babylon was just behind Gladiator II, which...

One of the most polarizing films of 2022 is becoming a sleeper hit on streaming.Damien Chazelle's Hollywood epic Babylon, which currently holds a 57% Rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes, is currently the #3 top-streaming movie on Paramount+. Despite underwhelming audience and critical support during its release, it seems that the film is now finding its audience on streaming.

Babylon was a big risk for Chazelle, coming off the critical acclaim but box-office underperformance of First Man, his Neil Armstrong biopic. Its star-studded cast reunited Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie from Quentin Tarantino's 2019 hit Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, and carried a budget of $80 million Usd. Ultimately, it too was a financial disappointment, grossing only $64.9 million. Audiences may have been put off by its epic length (over three hours), its unflinching depiction of over-the-top decadence, or by its reviews, which were wildly polarized: some critics hailed it as a masterpiece, while...

A couple of months ago, we heard that Sophie Thatcher (Companion), Kristine Froseth (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser), Havana Rose Liu (No Exit), and Charles Melton (Warfare) were set to star in Her Private Hell, the latest film from director Nicolas Winding Refn. Now, Deadline has revealed the names of several more cast members. They are: Dougray Scott (Mission: Impossible II), Diego Calva (Babylon), Aoi Yamada (Perfect Days), Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool & Wolverine), and Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car). Details on the characters they’ll be playing have not been revealed, which makes sense, since we don’t have any idea what the story is, either. We’re assuming that Sophie Thatcher is the “her” of the title, but it’s not clear what the “private hell” is.

Refn is best known for making the 2011 film Drive. His other directing credits include Pusher, Bleeder, Fear X, Pusher II, Pusher III, Bronson,...

Nicolas Winding Refn is going for a film that’ll have a truly international identity — Deadline reports that Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Kristine Froseth, and Havana Rose Liu will cross paths with Dougray Scott, Diego Calva, Aoi Yamada, Shioli Kutsuna and Hidetoshi Nishijima in Refn’s Her Private Hell. Production has already began on the Neon title which is poised for a Cannes 2026 launch. We have been following the project since it was first announced in April. Reminder that the film will work in both the English and Japanese language. While we still don’t know the plotline, we learn that the project was co-written alongside Esti Giordani.…...

Television director Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses left me with extremely mixed films. By no means is it an irrevocably dishevelled work. On the other hand, some of its plotting is so pedestrian it felt like a betrayal.

The very fact that the film has the power to evoke a sentiment as strong as betrayal proves the director and his writer Bryce Cass are on to something special. Sadly the film loses it way in trying to find a path through what was known in the 1950s as “forbidden love.”

In ploughing gently through the fertile farm of fragile feelings, the narration encounters unforeseen hurdles, much of it of the most vapid variety.

When we first meet the film’s very lovely heroine Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) she reminded me Madhabi Mukherjee as Charulata in Satyajit Ray’s film. The same smouldering yearning, a longing for something that her arid marriage cannot provide.

Exclusive: Nicolas Winding Refn, the provocateur filmmaker behind titles like Drive and Bronson, has added five to the cast of his new Neon flick, Her Private Hell: Dougray Scott (Irvine Welsh’s Crime), Diego Calva (Babylon), Aoi Yamada (Perfect Days), Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool & Wolverine), and Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car).

Plot and character details are being kept under wraps for the project, which marks Refn’s first for the big screen since The Neon Demon, starring Elle Fanning, in 2016. Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Kristine Froseth, and Havana Rose Liu will lead the cast, as previously announced. Production is underway, with Neon repping worldwide rights and releasing the film in U.S. theaters, and Neon International handling foreign sales.

Written by Refn and Esti Giordani, Her Private Hell is directed and produced by Refn. Executive producers include Takuma Takasaki (Perfect Days), Kimberly Willming, Christina Erritzøe, and Lene Børglum, under the byNWR Originals banner.

Coming off its sixth consecutive Palme d’Or win with Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, which it acquired at Cannes, Neon won a total of six awards at the festival, including the Grand Prix for Joachim Trier’s buzzy Sentimental Value. Also in Cannes, Neon debuted Julia Ducournau’s Alpha, Raoul Peck’s Orwell: 2+2=5, and Michael Angelo Covino’s Splitsville, acquiring North American rights to Sirât from Oliver Laxe, The Secret Agent from Kleber Mendonça Filho, and Ugo Bienvenu’s animated feature Arco with Natalie Portman.

Scott is represented by Gersh and Independent Talent Group; Calva by WME, Entertainment 360, and Lumina Management; Kutsuna by United Agents and Prime Talent Media; and Nishijima by CAA and Artists International Group.

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Bono: Stories of Surrender (Andrew Dominik)

After his wildly divisive Blonde was released three years ago, there’s been no movement on a new narrative feature from Andrew Dominik, but he’s back in the relatively safe territory of the concert documentary with his latest work. Following a world premiere at Cannes Film Festival, Bono: Stories of Surrender––based on Bono’s memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, and the accompanying book/theatre tour––has now arrived on Apple TV+.

Where to Stream: Apple TV+

A Desert (Joshua Erkman)

A neo-noir mystery oozing atmosphere, Joshua Erkman’s debut feature A Desert follows a photographer attempting to find a creative spark while on a trip in the barren lands of the American southwest. When...

Following its acclaimed festival debut and a quiet theatrical run, On Swift Horses—a brooding period drama rich with desire and deception—is galloping toward its digital streaming release. Directed by Daniel Minahan (Deadwood: The Movie) and based on Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel, the film is now available on VOD platforms, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

What is On Swift Horses About?

Set against the backdrop of post-war 1950s America, On Swift Horses follows Muriel (played by Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her husband Lee (Will Poulter) as they try to settle into a new life in California after Lee’s return from the Korean War. But tranquility is short-lived.

Their world is disrupted by the arrival of Lee’s younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi), a magnetic and mysterious gambler with secrets he can’t outrun. A simmering love triangle emerges, complicated further when Julius vanishes to chase a young card cheat he’s fallen for,...

Damien Chazelle is planning to plot a show-worthy comeback after his 2022 tentpole, Babylon, bombed at the box office. However, for his return, Chazelle is not coming alone, as he is, reportedly, trying to enlist Oppenheimer and James Bond to script his return.

As per reports, the 40-year-old director is trying to bring in the Oscar-winning actor for Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, and James Bond star Daniel Craig for his upcoming film, Chazelle, who himself is an Oscar winner, is reportedly looking forward to a successful comeback with the two heavyweights in the helm of his project.

Damien Chazelle is tapping Daniel Craig and Cillian Murphy for his comeback project

As reported by Deadline, Damien Chazelle is working on his next project – the first since his box office disappointment, Babylon, in 2022. Made on an estimated budget of $78-70 million, the film earned only a meager $64.9 million.

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The Night Manager Season 2 will feature a love triangle stage when the show comes back to the air in 2025. The British series initially wowed audiences in 2016 behind names like Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston. New episodes have been greenlit after a nearly decade-long wait, so the story can continue.

Diego Calva, who will star in The Night Manager Season 2, teased another love triangle plot point coming. Season 1 used the love triangle concept through most of its overarching narrative between Hugh Laurie's Richard Roper, Tom Hiddleston's Jonathan Pine, and Elizabeth Debicki's Jed Marshall. That plot device seems to be staying in place when the show returns for a new season.

Speaking exclusively with The Direct's Russ Milheim at SXSW while promoting On Swift Horses, Calva offered the love triangle information quickly while teasing what to expect from the new season:

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Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson and Daisy Edgar-Jones are set to lead heist film “Here Comes the Flood” at Netflix. The feature directed by Academy Award nominee Fernando Meirelles tells the story of a bank guard plotting with a master thief to steal, the rise and fall of his relationship with a bank teller and a series of twists that unveil the con game at the center of it all.

The project was announced during Netflix’s Upfront presentation on Wednesday. Simon Kinberg (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”) penned the script for “Here Comes the Flood.” Producers include Kinberg and Audrey Chon for Genre Films and Meirelles. Samson Mucke serves as executive producer. According to Netflix’s official logline, “Here Comes the Flood” is an “unconventional heist movie about a bank guard, a teller, and a master thief in a deadly game of cons and double crosses.”

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Diego Calva is opening up about filming On Swift Horses with Jacob Elordi!

In the movie, the two play two characters who meet and start a hidden romance, with a steamy relationship.

This, of course, leads to scenes where they both end up in sexual encounters, and having to be without clothes.

In a recent interview, Diego dished on having to be naked on set with Jacob and what it was like kissing someone who is very tall.

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“There was one moment, probably the first scene when I realised how tall Jacob was and it was my first time acting looking up,” Diego told Attitude mag. “He was laughing at me! He’s way taller – I had like a neck pain for the first week from just kissing.”

As for filming sex scenes, Diego noted it was intimidating with Jacob.

“Believe me, being naked around Jacob Elordi is intimidating!

While filming On Swift Horses, Diego Calva experienced some whiplash that was not equestrian-related.

The Golden Globe nominee recalled suffering “neck pain” while kissing 6’5″ scene partner Jacob Elordi in some steamy scenes from the Daniel Minahan-helmed queer romance, now playing in theaters.

“There was one moment, probably the first scene when I realised how tall Jacob was and it was my first time acting looking up,” he told Attitude. “He was laughing at me! He’s way taller – I had like a neck pain for the first week from just kissing.”

Calva also admitted to being intimidated around his co-star in their nude scenes. “Believe me, being naked around Jacob Elordi is intimidating! He’s like a fucking god! He’s too perfect! … It’s hard not to do a hot scene with Jacob shirtless!” he said.

In On Swift Horses, Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and husband Lee (Will Poulter...

There were many things that On Swift Horses stars Diego Calva and Sasha Calle learned about being queer and Latin in 1950s America while working with director Daniel Minahan. That includes the greaser subculture when the federal government took a major step to hiring openly LGBTQ+ workers, and that gay bars could have a designated song to alert patrons to “stop kissing and then pretend they’re really macho,” recalls Calva.

“Just trying to go and find love, it was like going to war,” the Golden Globe-nominated Mexican actor tells The Hollywood Reporter while discussing what he learned portraying Henry, the partner in crime and romantic interest of Jacob Elordi’s Julius. “We call it campo minado in Mexico — when you can step onto a bomb at any time. It was dangerous.”

It’s the kind of dangerous Calva’s fellow On Swift Horses star Calle, a queer actress of Colombian descent,...

Directing an adaptation of an iconic book that has already been successfully adapted by the legendary Otto Preminger is an ambitious task for a first-time director, yet that is precisely what Durga Chew-Bose did for her debut feature, Bonjour Tristesse. Taking advantage of her superb cast and some gorgeous scenery, Chew-Bose manages to make her version of this story worth watching despite a safe script.

Bonjour Tristesse Review

Bonjour Tristesse follows a young woman vacationing in the south of France with her father and his younger girlfriend when their seemingly idyllic getaway is disrupted by the arrival of one of her late mother’s old friends. A little bit of debauchery and a whole lot of melodrama ensue, creating a film that goes down incredibly easy.

The biggest obstacle Bonjour Tristesse has to overcome is that its characters aren’t the most approachable. They’re rich and superficial, but this...

On this week’s Screen Talk, co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio dig into Ryan Coogler’s $90-million period vampire musical “Sinners,” starring Michael B. Jordan as twins Smoke and Stack, as well as the boffo box office and the controversial deal.

Warners opened the movie to a bigger-than-expected $48 million Easter weekend, and a weak $15 million overseas. The only other horror film to ever earn an A CinemaScore was James Cameron’s sequel “Aliens” in 1986. It’s rare and bodes well for a broader audience. Nearly half of the opening-day audience was Black, which increased to 38 percent by the weekend’s end.

Warners has bragging rights over this one and, with “A Minecraft Movie,” enjoyed two movies grossing over $40 million. It spells some relief for embattled studio heads Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy. The movie is original and unusual, and thoughtful and entertaining enough to warrant success. It’s...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson for Wbgr-fm on April 24th, 2025, reviewing the new film “On Swift Horse,” based on a novel about two souls seeking identity. In theaters on April 25th.

Daisy Edgar-Jones is Muriel, a Kansas gal in the 1950s who will eventually marry Lee (Will Poulter), who is the brother to Julius (Jacob Elordi). The trio make a triangle, and make a promise to move together to San Diego, but Julius takes a detour in Las Vegas, where he takes up with Henry (Diego Calva), and they make other promises to each other. Meanwhile Muriel is setting up house with Lee, but finds herself attracted to neighbor Sandra (Sasha Calle). Instead of boy girl boy it’s now boy boy and girl girl … not the best situation to be in during the uptight 1950s.

”On Swift Horses” is in theaters on April 25th.

I blame “Ozzie and Harriet.” The 1950s are often treated like a halcyon era for American culture, when all the cars were colorful land yachts, all the steaks were the size of a human head and four out of five doctors said smoking was good for you. Yup, the TV claimed that everything was just ducky in the United States in the 1950s. Unless of course you were a woman. Or if you weren’t white. Or if you were queer in literally any way.

Daniel Minahan takes us back to the decade of quiet desperation with his adaptation of “On Swift Horses,” a 2019 novel by Shannon Pufahl. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Muriel, whose Korean War veteran boyfriend Lee (Will Poulter) has asked her to marry him many times. Which, as we all know, is in no way a red flag and just means you have to ask more often.

The indie box office offers a half dozen strong debuts from Magic Farm buy El Planeta’s Amalia Ulman to Venice Special Jury Prize winner April to Cannes Critics Week award- winner Blue Sun Palace. Sony Pictures Classics leads moderate releases with On Swift Horses with a remastered rerelease of Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii and Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. The Legend Of Ochi takes a big leap to 1,700 screens.

Limited release indies: Mubi debuts Ulman’s comedy comedy Magic Farm starring Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apolloino, and Simon Rex at the Angelika Film Center in New York. World premiered at Sundance, screened at the Berlin Film Festival and was the opening night film of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies earlier this month. When a misguided American documentary crew in search of their next viral segment ends up in the wrong town in rural Argentina, chaos ensues.

Although great novels do not always translate perfectly to the screen, using a profound piece of literature as inspiration is rarely a mistake. Many of the hardest aspects of storytelling are crafting characters with interiority, developing a world that feels like it could exist beyond the confines of the specific narrative, and detailing a time and era that informs the context of the situation. As a novel, “On Swift Horses” may have been pitched as an attempt to recapture the spirit of the “Great American Epic,” as there are innumerable comparisons to be made with the work of William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and F. Scott Fitzgerlad. As a film, Daniel Minhan’s directorial debut is absorbing and understated, even if it often feels overexerted in trying to bring to life every detail from the page.

Set in the midst of the Korean War, “On Swift Horses” explores the lives of...

One of this weekend’s big film releases is yet another cinematic ride in Doc Brown’s DeLorean to what many believe to be a simpler, more “fun” era. Of course, last week, Sinners dispelled such notions about the oh-so segregated 1930s (and then tossed vampires into the mix). It’s appropriate that I referenced that 1985 classic, since this new film is also set in the 1950s, those “Happy Days” referred to in the classic TV show. Sure, it was the birthplace of great rock and roll, but for certain minorities, it was a time to be very careful to the point of hiding in the shadows. While this film also briefly touches on race, its main focus is on sexual orientation, which could also lead to harsh punishments from all sides (including the courts). Perhaps that’s why one of the characters in this tale wants to escape the...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classics releases “On Swift Horses” in theaters Friday, April 25.

“A gambler only has one obligation: to keep himself informed.”

When Julius (Jacob Elordi) dispenses this wisdom to his sister-in-law Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) he’s ostensibly talking about cheating in card games. But in “On Swift Horses,” his words cause ripples beneath the surface in a makeshift family where nearly everyone is living a lie. He’s a gambler addicted to the highs of life, traversing desert casinos to chase the thrill of stealing a quick buck and fleeting connections with gay lovers. And she’s a married woman whose attraction to other women is becoming harder and harder to ignore, prompting her to start betting on horses to fund the kind of double life she’s starting to suspect she’ll need. Like moths to dueling flames,...

Plot: Muriel and her husband Lee are about to begin a bright new life, which is upended by the arrival of Lee’s brother. Muriel embarks on a secret life, gambling on racehorses and discovering a love she never thought possible.

Review: In 2005, it was considered radical that Brokeback Mountain would get a wide theatrical release, considering it was a homosexual love story. How times have changed. Two decades later, On Swift Horses is the latest in a long line of queer films that boast substantial star power and nuanced narratives about same-sex relationships. The stigma is no longer as prominent as it once was, but there is still something to be said about heterosexual actors playing gay characters. Still, it bodes well for box office performance when you have up-and-coming talents like Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones in those roles. On Swift Horses, based on Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel of the same name,...

Based on the popular 2019 novel by Shannon Pufahl, On Swift Horses debuted at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where its star-studded romance enchanted audiences. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi as a woman and her brother-in-law who undergo their own journeys of self-discovery in the underworld of gambling.

We at FandomWire got the opportunity to speak with On Swift Horses director Daniel Minahan and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Diego Calva (Babylon) about the film, its unique place within the Lgbtqia+ film canon, and how the actors approached their roles.

On Swift Horses Interview On Swift Horses RelatedOn Swift Horses TIFF Review — Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones Prove Their Star Power in Riveting Romance

FandomWire: On Swift Horses defies the expectations of its genre. At first, you think it’s setting up a love triangle, but it soon becomes clear that it’s so much more. Why do you...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. On Swift Horses opens in theaters on April 25.

It’s been some time since we’ve had such a ridiculously attractive lineup of buzzworthy young actors as the quartet starring in Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses. Daisy Edgar-Jones, the tremendously talented star of Twisters and Normal People, is Muriel, a young woman in 1950s Kansas. Her soon-to-be husband, Lee, is played by Will Poulter, who has shined in everything from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to Kathryn Bigelow’s underrated Detroit. Returning from Korea––and making his introduction to Muriel shirtless, reclining on a car––is Lee’s brother, Julius. Yes, friends: the devil-may-care Julius is played by Jacob Elordi. I have not even gotten to the characters played by Babylon’s Diego Calva and Sasha Calle, a.k.a., the best thing about The Flash.

The American dream in all its slippery indefinability and spurious promise is the guiding light of Daniel Minihan’s On Swift Horses, based on the novel by Shannon Pufahl. In the tradition of The City and the Pillar, Giovanni’s Room, and The Price of Salt, the film looks at midcentury gay and lesbian life as a series of quotidian tragedies of compromise in the pursuit of health, wealth, and happiness. This was an era of national, capitalistic self-determinism that excluded queer individuals from the promised joys of the post-war boom.

Jacob Elordi stars as Julius, who, after an early discharge from the Korean War, winds his way back to the homestead of his brother, Lee (Will Poulter), and sister-in-law to be, Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones). Lee is thrilled to have his wayward brother by his side, and the trio eagerly plan a future in California together. Six months later, though,...

Manuel Masalva is currently in a medically induced coma after contracting a bacterial infection while traveling.

On Thursday (April 3), Manuel‘s friend, Mario Morán, revealed in a TikTok that the 43-year-old actor is “fighting for his life” after falling victim to a “very aggressive virus” while on vacation in an undisclosed location.

“As of today, his situation remains delicate,” Mario said in Spanish in the video.

Mario, who described Manuel as “one of [his] best friends,” urged people to donate to Manuel‘s GoFundMe page to help pay for his treatment.

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“The medical costs are enormous and in a country where everything is more difficult, any help, no matter how small, can make the difference in this very difficult moment,” he said.

While Manuel‘s exact diagnosis has not been publicly shared, an update says that doctors were able to identify the bacteria, and he...

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This April, we are getting a ton of entertainment on various platforms, including streaming services, television networks, and, last but not least, theatres. This upcoming month, we will finally see the release of the much-anticipated sequel to the 2016 film The Accountant and Ryan Coogler‘s new period supernatural horror film Sinners. So, we are here to sort out all of the brilliant upcoming movies that you might not want to miss seeing in theatres.

A Minecraft Movie (In Theatres Right Now) Credit – Warner Bros.

A Minecraft Movie is a fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Jared Hess from a screenplay co-written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta. Based on the popular sandbox game Minecraft developed by Mojang Studios, the 2025 film follows a group of misfits as they are pulled into the Overworld,...

While our sprawling summer movie preview will arrive by the end of the month, we’ll first take a comprehensive look at the April releases to have on your radar. Featuring festival favorites from as far back as early last year finally getting a theatrical run to at least one studio tentpole that piques our interest, dive in below.

13. Magic Farm (Amalia Ulman; April 25)

While not quite delivering on the promise she showed in her first feature El Planeta, Amalia Ulman’s Magic Farm is a zany odyssey that finds the satire in Vice News-type journalism. Kent M. Wilhelm said in his Sundance review, “I was sold on the premise of satirizing opportunistic content creators who play dress-up as journalists, but weaving that into the storylines of the ensemble cast is no easy task for a sophomore feature. The plot gets lost; when it feels like there’s too much going on,...

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Paramount+ is ready with an entertainment-packed January next year. The upcoming month will see the premiere of one of the most anticipated Paramount+ original shows, Happy Face, and the streaming release of the political horror comedy film Rumours. Just like every month, Paramount+ is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 5 best movies and TV shows coming to Paramount+ in March 2025.

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Strange Darling is a horror thriller film written and directed by Jt Mollner. The 2023 film is set in rural Oregon, and it follows a woman who discovers that the man she just had a one-night stand with is a serial killer, and now she must run to survive as the man chases her.

When “On Swift Horses” played as a secret screening at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January, at least half a dozen people walked out, not because it’s bad but because a certain contingent of the normally open-minded art-house audience hadn’t signed up for a gay love story. For that reason, it feels like the opposite of a spoiler — something between a consumer service and a selling point — to address what the festival capsules only coyly imply, using phrases like “self-discovery” (Toronto) and “exploring a love she never dreamed possible” (SXSW).

Adapted from the well-regarded novel by Shannon Pufahl, director Daniel Minahan’s queer period drama explores the challenges of coming out in the 1950s, as two characters attracted not to one another — as those deliberately deceptive plot synopses would have you think — but to members of their own genders. Knowing that allows you to focus not on...

Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled the official poster and trailer for its upcoming drama, “On Swift Horses,” set to hit theaters on April 25, 2025.

Directed by Daniel Minahan and adapted by Bryce Kass from Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel, the film boasts a stellar cast including Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle.

The narrative centers on Muriel and her husband Lee, who embark on a new life in California following Lee’s return from the Korean War. Their stability is disrupted by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a gambler with a secretive past. As a complex love triangle forms, Julius departs in search of a young card cheat he’s enamored with, prompting Muriel to explore her own desires through gambling on racehorses and pursuing an unexpected romance.

The official poster, released recently, captures the film’s romantic and dramatic essence, featuring the lead...

Filmmakers and festival attendees are in Austin for the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival to celebrate the convergence of the tech, film and music industries across a variety of programming formats and special events. The fest runs March 7-14.

Celebrating its 31st year, SXSW promises a dynamic blend of tech, film, and music, featuring red-carpet premieres and diverse programming.

Kicking off the festivities, Amazon MGM Studios is world premiering Another Simple Favor, the sequel starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively and directed by Paul Feig. This time, Stephanie and Emily trade suburban secrets for Italian intrigue as Emily’s lavish Capri wedding descends into a whirlwind of murder, betrayal and unexpected twists. The cast includes Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Elizabeth Perkins, Michele Morrone, Alex Newell, Henry Golding and Allison Janney.

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Sony Pictures Classics has released the official poster for the forthcoming film On Swift Horses, which will be in theater this April! Check out the poster below!

Synopsis: Muriel and her husband Lee are beginning a bright new life in California when he returns from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more propels her into a secret life of her own, gambling on racehorses and exploring a love she never dreamed possible.

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Genre: Drama Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, Sasha Calle Director: Daniel Minahan Screenplay: Bryce Kass Produced by: Mollye Asher, Michael D’Alto, Tim Headington, Daniel Minahan, Theresa Steele Page,...

The Miami Film Festival today revealed the lineup for its upcoming 42nd edition, a slate of almost 200 narratives, documentaries, and short films, including 35 world premieres.

The cinematic showcase, set to unfold April 3-13, will open with Meet the Barbarians, directed by and starring two-time Oscar nominee Julie Delpy. The French-born star and filmmaker will receive the festival’s Impact Award on April 3. The festival, a presentation of Miami Dade College, will close with On Swift Horses, the drama directed by Daniel Minahan that stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle.

Musician Willy Chirino

Mff will host the world premiere of Chirino directed by Jorge A. Soliño, “the story of Willy Chirino, one of the greatest musicians in the history of Cuban music.” Among the festival’s other world premieres are Ethan Bloom, directed by Herschel Faber; A Line of Fire, directed by Matt Shapira; Interstate,...

Babylon, Margot Robbie's controversial period movie with Brad Pitt, will soon have a new streaming home. The film will be available to stream on Hulu on March 8.

Babylon stars an ensemble cast, with Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo and Li Jun Li joining Robbie and Pitt. The story explores the decadent and chaotic world of early Hollywood, especially during the transition from silent film to talkies in the 1920s. Released in 2022, Babylon was a box-office bomb that received polarizing reviews from critics. The film, with an estimated production budget of around $80 million, only grossed $65 million worldwide and was estimated to have lost Paramount $87 million.

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The trailer for Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones‘ new movie has been released!

The two actors star alongside Diego Calva, Will Poulter, and Sasha Calle in the new movie On Swift Horses from director Daniel Minahan.

Based on the novel of the same name by Shannon Pufahl, the movie is described as a queer love story during a time when queerness wasn’t celebrated or accepted.

Keep reading to find out more…Jacob stars as Julius, a Korean war veteran that’s moving in with his brother Lee and Lee’s wife, Muriel. Eventually, the brothers part and Julius finds himself in Las Vegas working as a mole to catch cheaters in casinos. While there, he meets Henry, played by Diego. Julius and Henry feel a natural pull towards each other and eventually begin a romance that they must hide from everyone around them.

In an interview from September 2024, Jacob...

"Your new at this, aren't you? It's all luck. We're all just a hair's breadth away from losing everything." Sony Pictures Classics has debuted an official trailer for the indie drama On Swift Horses, an enigmatic sweeping romantic proper movie set in the past in America. Not to be confused with the Apple TV series Slow Horses. Made by director Daniel Minahan, this first premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival last year, and is next playing at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival coming up in March. Another chance to catch it before it opens. Muriel and her husband Lee are about to begin a bright new life in California, which is upended by the arrival of Lee's brother. Muriel embarks on a secret life of her own, gambling on racehorses and discovering a love that she never thought possible. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle.

This April, secrets will come crashing down when On Swift Horses premieres in cinemas. The Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) drama is just around the corner, and today Sony Pictures Classics decided to release a trailer that delves deeper into the story and provides an idea of the tone of the romantic story. With Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People), Will Poulter (The Bear), Sasha Calle (The Flash), and Diego Calva (Midnight Family) in the cast, the movie centers around different love triangles with couples in the conservative post-wwii world.

Sporting quite the cast of up-and-coming talent, On Swift Horses, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle premiered at TIFF last fall and will now get a showcase at SXSW ahead of an April 25 release. Ahead of the roll-out, Sony Pictures Classics have now debuted the first trailer for Daniel Minahan’s 1950s-set melodrama.

Here’s the synopsis: “Muriel (Daisy Edgar Jones) and her husband Lee (Will Poulter) are beginning a bright new life in California when he returns from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius (Jacob Elordi), a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more propels her into a secret life of her own, gambling on...

One of the hottest sales titles at TIFF 2024 is finally hitting theaters. Sony Pictures Classics will release “On Swift Horses,” the period war drama and romance from director Daniel Minahan this April, after it closes out the SXSW Film & TV Festival next month.

“On Swift Horses” features a cast that’s as buzzy as it gets with Jacob Elordi, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Will Poulter, and is based on a novel by Shannon Pufahl with a screenplay by Bryce Kass. The film also stars Sasha Calle and Diego Calva.

The film follows Muriel and her husband Lee as they are beginning a bright new life in California upon Lee’s return from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the...

In the wake of news that On Swift Horses is closing SXSW, Sony Pictures Classics has set an April 25 theatrical release for the Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones drama.

Based on the novel by Shannon Pufahl, the film is directed by Daniel Minahan (Deadwood: The Movie) and follows Muriel and her husband Lee as they are beginning a bright new life in California upon Lee’s return from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more propels her into a secret life of her own, gambling on racehorses and exploring a love she never dreamed possible. Will Poulter, Sasha Calle and Diego Calva also star.

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South by Southwest has rounded out its film lineup for the 2025 edition, while also announcing that Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses will close the Film & TV Festival in its U.S. premiere.

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi and Will Poulter starring movie follows Muriel (Edgar-Jones) and her husband Lee (Poulter) as they are about to begin a bright new life, which is upended by the arrival of Lee’s brother. Muriel embarks on a secret life, gambling on racehorses and discovering a love she never thought possible. The Sony Pictures Classics romance also features Diego Calva and Sasha Calle. Pic was produced by Peter Spears, Daniel Minahan, Tim Headington, Mollye Asher, Theresa Steele Page, Michael D’Alto and written by Bryce Kass. On Swift Horses made its world premiere at TIFF back in September.

SXSW

Making its world premiere is Jillian Bell’s feature directorial debut Summer of 69 which the...

For the first time since 2022, this year’s South by Southwest Film & Television Festival does not overlap with the Oscars — which seems to have given SXSW curators a richer field to pull from, as the 2025 lineup has no shortage of buzzy titles and stars. Running from March 7-15, the festival will present 111 movies and 17 series featuring the likes of Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Issa Rae, Jenna Ortega, Daveed Diggs and more.

The festival will open with “Another Simple Favor,” the sequel to the 2018 comedic thriller “A Simple Favor,” once again starring Lively and Kendrick and directed by Paul Feig. The new film is set in Capri, Italy, where Stephanie (Kendrick) and Emily (Lively) travel for Emily’s wedding to a rich Italian businessman; as the logline reveals, “murder and betrayal” ensue. Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Henry Golding, Elizabeth Perkins,...

SXSW announced the rest of its 2025 film and television lineup on Wednesday, including the world premiere of Jillian Bell's directorial debut Summer Of '69. It was also announced that the festival will feature the U.S. premiere of On Swift Horses, directed by Daniel Minahan. The film stars Jacob Elordi...

It’s officially Jacob Elordi’s year.

The rising star has a slew of projects being released in 2025, including Justin Kurzel and Shaun Grant’s buzzy limited series “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” which will be premiering at Berlinale 2025 as a Special Gala.

The sales title series was in development for years at Fremantle before Elordi’s casting was announced in 2022; the project was a Sony Pictures Television production. The official logline reads: “A celebrated World War II hero is haunted by his experiences in a Japanese prisoner of war camp and memories of an affair that took place just before the war in this adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s 2013 Booker Prize-winning novel.”

Elordi plays lead character Dorrigo Evans, an Australian army surgeon imprisoned at a Pow camp. The original novel jumps across multiple periods of Evans’ life, from his affair as a young man with his uncle...

Netflix has teased their latest crime thriller series, with the first trailer for Prison Cell 211 promising a gripping, terrifying tale of a human rights lawyer who finds himself trapped inside a border town prison during a riot and pretending to be a fellow prisoner in order to survive. The series is all set to land on the streaming platform next month, and you can check out the explosive new trailer below.

Based on an unbelievable true story, Prison Cell 211 (Celda 211) is led by Diego Calva Hernández, who is best known for roles in the horror spin-off Bird Box: Barcelona, the crime drama series Narcos: Mexico, and the deeply divisive historical drama Babylon. The rest of the cast includes Noé Hernández (We Are the Flesh) and Gerardo Taracena. Prison Cell 211 is due to hit Netflix next month on February 5, 2025, and you can check out the official synopsis for the limited series below.