Pickpocket, Fatherland, Wicker Lead Specialty Openings

Sony Pictures Classics opened The Only Living Pickpocket in New York in limited release on six screens in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, alongside a slate of other specialty titles reaching US theaters. The film is Noah Segan's directorial debut and stars John Turturro as Harry Lehman.

Mubi released Pawel Pawlikowski's Fatherland in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles. The film stars Hans Zischler as Thomas Mann and Sandra Hüller as his daughter Erika.

Mubi also debuted Making Marie Antoinette, Eleanor Coppola's behind-the-scenes documentary about Sofia Coppola directing Marie Antoinette, on 20 screens nationally including New York and Los Angeles.

Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment released A Talent For Murder on 876 screens, with Helen Mirren playing Patricia Highsmith. Black Bear launched Wicker in 1,471 theaters; the film stars Olivia Colman, Peter Dinklage, Alexander Skarsgård and Elizabeth Debicki.

Wicker adds two special screenings

Wicker will play in Dolby Cinema at AMC locations nationwide for a daylong event on Oct. 25, and Black Bear will host a one-night 4DX event on Oct. 28, according to Deadline.

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York premiered at Sundance, and Turturro won the Zurich Film Festival's Golden Eye Award for his performance. Fatherland world premiered at Cannes, where Pawlikowski won Best Director, while Making Marie Antoinette premiered at Telluride. In October 2025, A Talent For Murder world premiered at TIFF; it is based on Joanna Murray-Smith's 2014 play Switzerland. Wicker premiered at Sundance and had a stunt screening at Beyond Fest.