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Specialty newcomers were in the shadows of their Oscar-nominated brethren this weekend. Brooklyn, Spotlight and Room reaped the bulk of the limited release box office as new roll outs were mostly off to tepid starts. Cohen Media Group’s Rams had the highest average of the pack reporting numbers Sunday, with just over…

Oscar hopefuls continue to dominate the specialty space, though counterprogramming is in full swing as some distributors hope to tap awards-weary audiences. Rebecca Hall and Jason Sudeikis star in Tumbledown from Starz Digital. The company is opening the date movie in New York and L.A. before a fairly hefty expansion…

The anthology horror pic Southbound has been making waves on the festival circuit since its TIFF debut in September, but it finally sees theatrical release Friday from The Orchard. That’s good news for horror fans but terrible news for the film’s protagonists, whose mistakes and bad actions come back to haunt them in…

The Orchard has acquired North American distribution rights to Southbound, the horror pic that played in the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto Film Festival as well as the genre-focused Fantastic Fest. A mid-2016 release is planned. The pic features a unique narrative structure: five tales tied together only by…