In advance of the Palm Springs Film Festival, where the talents will be honored, Variety announces 10 breakout filmmakers with promising careers ahead. Before film critics start summing up the present year at the movies with a deluge of Top 10 lists, Variety gazes...
by Pete Hammond | Deadline Hollywood Eddie Murphy will receive the Career Achievement Award, and Nia Long, Chiwetel Ejiofor and director Kasi Lemmons will also be honored December 2 at the Celebration of Black Cinema presented by the Critics Choice Association...
Director: Aisha Tyler Writer(s): Irwin Winkler, Jose Ruisanchez Starring: Unknown Synopsis: A socially charged #MeToo era thriller that follows the journey of a young woman who, after suffering a brutal attack, channels her anger and grief into protecting others....
Alfre Woodard and Cynthia Erivo both star in movies helmed by black female directors this year; Woodard in Chinonye Chukwu’s “Clemency” and Erivo in Kasi Lemmons’ “Harriet.” In their “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors” conversation, the two talked about their new...
https://vimeo.com/375161496 Director: Henry Hobson Writer(s): Mustang Mach-E Team/BBDO Starring: Idris Elba Synopsis: Idris Elba reflects on the history of the Mustang, a “stampede” that has been ongoing for 55 years. Elba should have expected that Ford would release...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYAZ89RhVko Director: Shawn Cauthen Writer(s): Gina Keating Starring: Didier Allouch, John Antioco, Javier Bardem, Angela Bassett, Corey Bridges, Derek Cecil, Dawn Chmielewski, Bill Clinton, Jim Cook, Ben Cooper, J.W. Craft, Alfonso...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHK3KPv2yhc Director: Simon George Writer(s): Simon George Starring: Sonny Liston, Mike Tyson, Geraldine Chambers, Sven Ruygrok, D. David Morin, Lionel Strasky, Daniel Lasker, Devin Dollery, Arthur Falko, Mvelisi Mvandaba, Lance Elliot,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqDsc4oChWo Director: Mark Landsman Writer(s): N/A Starring: Ken Auletta, Malcolm Balfour, Carl Bernstein, Tony Brenna, Iain Calder, Steve Coz, Jerry George, Gigi Goyette, Maggie Haberman, Larry Haley, Keith Kelly, Jose Lambiet,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZDKMFQylq8 Director: Andrew N. Shearer Writer(s): Dee Flowered, Andrew N. Shearer Starring: Dee Flowered, Tittiana Sprinkles, Thio Rose, Izzie Popp, Ebony Dee Lyte, Anne Atomic, Kirin Thurman, Mia O’My, Coquette de Jour, Diego Wolf...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU_2vJrKV7A Director: Fred Olen Ray Writer(s): Fred Olen Ray Starring: Rick Fox, Marla Gibbs, Vanessa Williams, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Daniel Booko, Eva La Dare, June Carryl, Reatha Grey, Bobby Rice, Sasha Fox, Alley Piontek, Rodney...
Director: Chip Baker Writer(s): Chip Baker (idea), Danny Garcia, Aaron Stielstra, Jose L. Villanueva Starring: Ken Luckey, Dan van Husen, Crispian Belfrage, Russell Quinn Cummings, Al Matthews, Aaron Stielstra, Danny Garcia, Daniel Jordan, Daisy Hughes, Ray Gange,...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Russell Simmons, Kenya Barris Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The story of how the legendary hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings came to be. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, Music | MPAA Rating: Unknown | Note(s):...