Saturday, Mar. 2, 2024

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events for the African American Film Critics Association.

No matter which renowned Black actor showed up — from Viola Davis to Forest Whitaker — the organization known as...

Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024

Cue all the "did 'Barbie' direct itself" snark. But Greta Gerwig not being among the five best director nominees for this year's Oscars is one of the biggest shocks in recent memory. Here are some other major "snubs" and "surprises" from Oscar nomination morning.

GRETA GERWIG SHUT...

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024

Ava DuVernay kept hearing she had to read "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents." She had Isabel Wilkerson's book in galleys before it was published in 2020. Oprah Winfrey kept telling her to read it. But she put it off. It seemed an imposing read. Copies kept proliferating in her home....

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024

Words like "important" and "vital" are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. It's not that we don't mean it — it's just that sometimes we (ok, I) can get a bit excited. And when watching and reviewing good films in real time, it's impossible to know what is yet to come....

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024

The hundreds of television series on U.S. broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, and the executive producers creating them, are the subject of a new list — one that scores them for the diversity and inclusion of the people working both on screen and behind the scenes.

The Inclusion...

Tuesday, Sep. 5, 2023

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay will return to the Toronto International Film Festival with her latest offering, Origin. DuVernay’s film will have a gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall on Monday, September 11. DuVernay will be in attendance.
 
Written, produced, and directed by Academy...

Tuesday, Jul. 25, 2023

Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein drama "Maestro," Sofia Coppola's Priscilla Presley movie, Michael Mann's "Ferrari," David Fincher's "The Killer" and Ava DuVernay's "Origin" will make their world debuts at the Venice International Film Festival this fall.

Organizers announced the lineup...

Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022

Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay will serve as guest artistic director at AFI Fest 2022. DuVernay has selected three independent films amplifying the voices and vision of women directors to showcase: Hellion (2014), directed by Kat Candler and starring Academy Award...

Friday, Jun. 10, 2022

The ripple effect of good is real--as reflected in SHOOT’s Emmy season coverage. Last month’s Emmy Preview included observations from Christina Voros, director/cinematographer on 1883 (Paramount+). And this week’s installment of SHOOT’s The Road To Emmy Series contains...

Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2021

Filmmaker Haile Gerima is having a long overdue moment and he's a little conflicted about it.

The 75-year-old director of "Bush Mama" and "Ashes and Embers" has proudly operated outside of mainstream Hollywood for almost 50 years. Now retired and living in Washington D.C., where he taught...

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