By Nick Vivarelli | Variety ROME — Darren Aronofsky’s horror thriller “Mother!” and new films by George Clooney and Guillermo del Toro will world premiere at the 74th Venice Film Festival, along with hotly anticipated titles from directors such as France’s Abdellatif...
...and what he's calling an incredible time in cinema by Trey Mangum| Shadow and Act After a series of delays, the film adaption of Stephen King's The Dark Tower, starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, hits theaters this weekend. Elba stars as the gunslinger...
by Owen Gleiberman | Variety Do white filmmakers have the right to make a movie like “Detroit”? The moral right, that is? Set during the Detroit riots of 1967, the movie tells an essential true story about the brutalization of African-Americans. The fact that the...
https://youtu.be/9uY-7_rKfPY Director: Heidi Specogna Writer(s): Heidi Specogna Starring: N/A Synopsis: It all started with a small exercise book. Its page were checkered with the courageous testimonies of 300 Central African women, girls and men. They reveal what...
https://vimeo.com/221496668 Director: Jaad Asante Writer(s): N/A Starring: Unknown Synopsis: A glimpse into Atlanta’s predominantly black dance company, Ballethnic. Founded in 1990 by husband/wife team Waverly T. Lucas II and Nena Gilreath, Asante turns her lens on...
https://youtu.be/2AGMmNzyLbY Director: Mark Atkins Writer(s): Mark Atkins Starring: John Savage, Jack Amstrong, Thandi Sebe, Ashley de Lange, Leandie du Randt, Tauriq Jenkins, Tapiwa Musvosvi, Camilla Waldman, Jonathan Pienaar, Joe Vaz, Sandi Schultz, Mélodie Abad,...
https://youtu.be/QGHMXWqCPDA Director: Stefon Bristol Writer(s): Stefon Bristol, Fredrica Bailey Starring: Eden Duncan-Smith, Dante Crichlow, Parish Bradley, Melvin Mogoli, Alex Emanuel, Manny Ureña, Sydney Francis, Chiquita Camille, Raliq Bashard, Stefon Bristol...
https://youtu.be/uVN4aVYA2eA Director: Amanda Lipitz Writer(s): N/A Starring: Gari McIntyre, Amanda Leonard, Blessin Giraldo, Chevonne Hall, Paula Dofat, Geneva Giraldo, Brooke Giraldo, Cori Grainger, Triana Grainger, Shelton Grainger, Tayla Solomon, Maisha Solomon,...
https://youtu.be/FCSh48OlvMo Director: Alan Yang Writer(s): N/A Starring: Lil' Rel Howery, Lakeith Stanfield, Jerrod Carmichael, Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish, Tessa Thompson, Hannibal Buress Synopsis: For Jay-Z’s latest, Master of None co-creator Alan Yang recreated an...
https://youtu.be/CDpXhlJd6WQ Director: Fabrice Du Welz Writer(s): Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Luke Evans, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer, Arthur Darbinyan, Lucan Melkonian, Diego Josef, James Jordan, Roman Mitichyan, Ava Kolker, Drew...
https://youtu.be/wZC5FoJ-cPU Director: Nikolaj Arcel Writer(s): Stephen King, Akiva Goldsman, Nikolaj Arcel Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert, Ben Gavin, Claudia Kim, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, Katheryn Winnick,...
by Blavity | Shadow and Act I used to hate horror films. Maybe because I get a little nauseous around blood or maybe because I don’t like raising my already high blood pressure, but it wasn’t until recently that I understood why I was so terrified. I hated them...