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Focus Features has acquired Elsinore, from acclaimed director Simon Stone, an inspiring true story starring Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers, Pressure) as Ian Charleson, an actor at the height of his powers whose final performance — on stage at London's National Theatre — became his greatest triumph. Facing his own mortality with unflinching honesty, wit, and grace, Charleson delivers a courageous performance that becomes a source of healing and inspiration for those around him.

Match your summer fun with equally exciting movies. From a high-octane action movie about sisters fighting back to a feel-good basketball comedy to a mind-blowing documentary, here are five films to make this July special. In the mood for a high-flying action comedy?

Set in a small town in Oregon in 2006, Hayley Kiyoko'sGirls Like Girls follows Coley’s (Maya da Costa) journey from being the new girl in town to falling in love with Sonya (Myra Molloy) to growing up. Resonating with the warmth of summer and lazy afternoons outside, the film “captures the easy swoon of young love,” writesMashable. What began as a hit song, Kiyoko transformed into a music video, novel, and now feature film.

On July 4th, people across the United States will celebrate the 250th birthday of their country with barbecues, parades, and fireworks. To celebrate, we’re showcasing four truly independent filmmakers—artists whose unique talent and vision have brought new energy and vitality to American cinema. Curry Barker on the set of Obsession With Obsession, writer-director-editor Curry Barker proves just how far a smart filmmaker can go with verve, style, and talent.

R | Aug 14, 2026 | Comedy | 1hr 37min Get ready for laughs with an all-star cast in the outrageous comedy Wet Hot American Summer. It's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.

Twenty-five years after introducing audiences to the unforgettable counselors of Camp Firewood, Focus Features is bringing Wet Hot American Summer back to theaters nationwide for a special 25th Anniversary re-release beginning August 14, 2026. The limited engagement will run through August 21st, with participating theaters offering multiple showtimes throughout the week.

In Hayley Kiyoko'sGirls Like Girls, Coley (Maya da Costa) has just moved to a small town in Oregon in 2006 after her mother’s death when she meets Sonya (Myra Molloy), a charismatic girl at the center of the town’s social circle. All summer, the two hang out—at each other’s homes, at the communal swimming hole, in the woods, at the local café—slowly finding themselves lost inside their own private world.

Focus News | Jun 22, 2026 Embrace summer with fun, poignant films, from movies perfect for Pride Month to adventures that will help kick off your vacation. In the mood for a touching romance? | Of an Age Elias Anton and Thom Green in Of an Age Writer-director Goran Stoleski’sOf An Age compresses the full range of love and loss in a single day.

In the last four weeks, Obsession, Curry Barker’s smart horror story about a young man (Michael Johnston) who uses a novelty-store trinket called “One Wish Willow” to make his secret crush (Inde Navarrette) fall in love with him, has gone from a critics’ favorite to a monster hit. This weekend, Deadline reports that Obsession has now become Focus Features’ "highest grossing movie ever…crossing $224.7M worldwide." Each week, Obsession has made headlines.

Today, June 6, marks the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, the date when the Allied forces turned the tide of World War II by launching the largest seaborne invasion in history. On June 6, 1944, 156,115 Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, either by landing via sea or being parachuted in. The months of extensive planning to break the Nazi hold on Europe rested on everything going right for the first few hours of the attack.