Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke are again collectively — however the place are you able to watch their latest collaboration, “Blue Moon,” this weekend?
Hawke and Linklater reunited for one more chapter of their storied, intertwining careers after discovering earlier success on the “Earlier than” trilogy, “Boyhood” and a handful of different initiatives. This time, the pair set their sights on one other inventive duo (Rodgers and Hart) with “Blue Moon.”
After premiering at Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition in February, “Blue Moon” is lastly accessible to public audiences. However the place are you able to watch this Hawke/Linklater characteristic, and is it streaming? Learn on to search out out.
Is “Blue Moon” streaming?
No, “Blue Moon” shouldn’t be streaming but. The movie is at the moment solely accessible in theaters.
Did “Blue Moon” launch in theaters nationwide?
Sony Footage Classics distributed “Blue Moon,” giving the movie a restricted launch beginning Friday, Oct. 17. The movie can have a wider launch throughout the U.S. beginning the next Friday, Oct. 24.
What’s “Blue Moon” about?
Whereas Hawke and Linklater are as sturdy as ever, “Blue Moon” follows the duo of Rodgers and Hart (who collaborated on such songs as “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “My Humorous Valentine,” “Manhattan,” “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” and, in fact, “Blue Moon”) in direction of the tip of their relationship.
“Blue Moon” focuses no Lorenz Hart (Hawke), a struggling, alcoholic, motor-mouthed lyricist who finds himself on the outs with former collaborator Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott). The movie nearly solely takes place in a bar Hart frequents, one he slips away to throughout the opening evening efficiency of “Oklahoma!” — Rodgers’ first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II (Simon Delaney). Whereas Rodgers’ profession is able to take off to new heights, Hart has probably by no means been decrease.
The bar — additionally the location of the “Oklahoma!” afterparty — quickly fills with celebratory faces Hart should endure. Among the many coming into crowd is Elizabeth Weiland (Margaret Qualley), a 20-year-old Yale pupil Hart is enthusiastic about. It’s a narrative Hawke and Linklater have had in thoughts for years, ready for simply the correct time to sort out it.
Are Hawke and Linklater making the rest this 12 months?
It’s been a busy 12 months for each Hawke and Linklater — although “Blue Moon” marks their solely 2025 collaboration.
This weekend, audiences also can see Hawke star in “Black Cellphone 2,” returning as his villainous character The Grabber. Linklater, in the meantime, will quickly launch his second directorial mission of the 12 months: “Nouvelle Imprecise,” a movie concerning the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave movie “Breathless.” “Nouvelle Imprecise” will launch on Netflix Nov. 14 after a restricted theatrical window beginning Oct. 31.
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