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She & Him’s M. Ward, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis are celebrating the 15th anniversary of their supergroup, Monsters of Folk, and the release of their self-titled album with a new expanded edition featuring five previously-unreleased songs.

Monsters of Folk originally arrived in September 2009, featuring 14 collaborative songs from the group, who began performing together a few years prior. Now, the new expanded edition will include a batch of songs originally recorded during the album’s 2012 sessions, including two — “Disappeared” and “Museum Guard” — which were intended for a since-scrapped sci-fi film based on a screenplay by Oberst. As a preview, “Disappeared” is streaming in full below.

The 15th anniversary edition is due on June 14th via Ato Records, and will be on digital and vinyl formats (pre-orders are ongoing). Also featured on the album are contributions from Centro-matic’s Will Johnson. Check...

Exclusive: Wolfe Releasing has acquired North American rights to Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ first narrative feature, It Is In Us All, in which she stars alongside Cosmo Jarvis (Peaky Blinders), Claes Bang (The Northman) and newcomer Rhys Mannion, slating it for release in theaters and on digital this fall.

The thriller picked up from Sphere Films centers on Hamish (Jarvis), who is forced to confront his self-destructive core when a violent car crash involving precocious teenager, Evan (Mannion), challenges him to face his truth. It made its world premiere at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, there winning a Special Jury Prize for Extraordinary Cinematic Vision. Emma Foley and Tamryn Reinecke of Pale Rebel Productions produced the pic, with Conor Barry of Savage Productions exec producing.

“It Is In Us All embraces a setting that is without geography. It was integral for me that this story sit in the universal and the ambiguous,” said Campbell-Hughes.

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.

Ahead of the Curve

In 1990, a 23-year-old named Frances “Franco” Stevens applied for multiple credit cards. When she was approved, she withdrew as much cash as she could from them, and used the money to launch Deneuve, one of the first lesbian magazines in the United States. In a fiction feature-length film, this moment would arrive halfway through the running time, the percussion in the score would tense as we saw an actor convey the fear and hopefulness of someone attempting something bold and risky. A mellow piano would probably announce that this is “the” make or break moment for our heroine. – Jose S. (full review)

Where to Stream: VOD

Bad Tales (D’Innocenzo Brothers)

Amid the litany of horrors the biting little film Bad Tales presents,...