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...

Thursday, Sep. 2, 2021

Jane Campion has not made a feature since 2009, but after a few years working in television she found herself drawn back to the romance of the two-hour story. 

Campion's grand return to the form is the period piece "The Power of the Dog," a sweeping but intimate family drama set in the...

Thursday, Sep. 2, 2021

"What is life worth?" asks Washington lawyer Kenneth J. Feinberg (Michael Keaton) in the opening scenes of the based-on-a-true-story drama "Worth," while writing the question on a blackboard for a room full of law school students. 

To Feinberg, it's not a trick question or a moral one. It...

Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2021

Hope for the future of cinema was front of mind for many as the Venice International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday on the Lido. 

In the face of the delta variant, and the trials those in the global film industry weathered last year, the 78th edition of the oldest festival in the...

Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021

Jason Momoa doesn't get to play many ordinary guys. He's Aquaman. He's Khal Drogo. He's Conan the Barbarian. 

It's part of the reason why he wanted to be in "Sweet Girl," a new action drama out on Netflix. In the film he's an ordinary Pittsburgh father named Ray Cooper who vows to get...

Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021

Sandra Oh has been dancing with death and serial killer Villanelle on "Killing Eve" since 2018, so she could do with a laugh.

That's one of the reasons the Canadian-American actor took on the role of Professor Ji-Yoon Kim, the newly appointed head of a prestigious but struggling college's...

Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021

AFI Fest 2021--which is set to take place November 10-14, 2021--will open with the world premiere of Netflix’s tick, tick...Boom! Directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Lin-Manuel Miranda in his feature directorial debut, the film is based on the autobiographical musical by “...

Thursday, Jul. 15, 2021

Those looking for definitive answers about Naomi Osaka and how she copes with the demands of her career and fame shouldn't expect to find them in a new Netflix docuseries about the four-time Grand Slam champion.

It's the tennis star's unresolved questions that are the heart of "Naomi...

Thursday, Jul. 15, 2021

“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+) led the way with five nominations for Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards, followed by four programs with four apiece--”Hacks” (HBO Max), “I May Destroy You” (HBO), “Mare of Easttown” (HBO) and “WandaVision” (Disney+).

Netflix topped the network tally with...

Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2021

Meghan and Prince Harry's second Netflix project will focus on a 12-year-old girl's adventures in an animated series.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Archewell Productions announced Wednesday that the working title "Pearl" will be developed for the streaming service. Meghan created the...

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