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Written and directed by Eliza Hittman,  Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a quiet, yet powerful movie that has been leaving its mark on awards season. The Focus Features drama has been receiving plenty acclaim from critics circles and was nominated for numerous Spirit Awards including Best Screenplay, Best Feature…

EXCLUSIVE: Never Rarely Sometimes Always writer-director Eliza Hittman said she found inspiration for the Focus Features film in 2012, when she read about a woman who died after being denied a life-saving abortion. “I started to wonder where would she have had to go? How far would she have had to travel to save her…

It was a bit of a wait, thanks to the pandemic, but the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations for the 2020-21 season finally were announced today, with A24’s First Cow, Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A24’s Minari, Focus Features’ Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Searchlight’s Nomadland taking the five slots…

Starring newcomer Sidney Flanigan, Eliza Hittman's film Never Rarely Sometimes Always tells the harrowing story of a young woman who must travel from Pennsylvania to New York City in order to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Hittman, speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event on a panel featuring…

 WHO Sidney Flanigan Age: 22 Hometown: Buffalo, New York  WHAT Sidney Flanigan is a true beginner, having never even thought of acting until she was cast in Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always. But despite that lack of experience, Flanigan's performance has an almost shocking depth and nuance, and has…

EXCLUSIVE: Sidney Flanigan wowed critics with her performance in Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always this year—the tale of a teenager forced to travel out of state for an abortion. And now, Deadline can confirm that she is set to star in Matthew Kaundart’s psychological drama My Twin Is Dead. This is…

Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…

Focus Features’ latest title Never Rarely Sometimes Always, will be available at home on-demand for $19.99 48-hour viewing period starting Friday, April 3. The Eliza Hittman directed and written teenage drama, which has 99% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, faced the unfortunate circumstance of opening in New York…

As expected, the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the box office hard, as many are under self-quarantine in an effort to flatten the curve. Some patrons are braving the outbreak, but as seen in preliminary box office numbers, it seems that many theaters are closing or limiting numbers. Patrons are opting to stay home…

Despite a handful of films postponing their release dates as a precautionary measure in the wake of the coronavirus, the specialty box office is persevering and hoping that arthouse audience will come through. Last week, A24’s First Cow delivered a career-high opening for Kelly Reichardt — but that was before the…

Recent winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival as well as Special Jury Prize at Sundance, writer-director Eliza Hittman’s beautifully observed film of two young girls traveling to New York City so one of them can get an abortion is deserving of every accolade coming its way. Quiet, authentic and achingly…

UPDATE, writethru: The 70th Berlin Film Festival, and the first under new leadership team Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, drew to a close this evening with the Golden Bear awarded to Mohammad Rasoulof’s There Is No Evil. Rasoulof is currently banned from leaving Iran for participation in social and political…