By Angelique Jackson | Variety As much as Jurnee Smollett is an actor, she could also be considered an archivist — given how much of her 38-year career she’s spent capturing elements of untold history. Smollett has been in front of the camera since she was 10 months...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSVPW6_0VOc Journey behind the scenes of 'Mufasa: The Lion King' with director Barry Jenkins, composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, and stars Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Seth Rogen, and Billy Eichner as they discuss the new...
By Angelique Jackson | Variety Around the time Zoe Saldaña turned 40, she had a realization: She’d lost touch with her inner artist — the “little brown girl from Queens” who had delivered a standout supporting turn in 2000’s ballet drama “Center Stage” while dreaming...
https://youtu.be/p732SIU0bMc Let's Shoot! with Pete Chatmon | Episode 48: CHARLES MURRAY On His Journey From Self-Taught Screenplay Writer To Showrunner During a time when there was no clear blueprint for becoming a filmmaker in Hollywood, Charles Murray devoted his...
L Llewellyn James | Black Filmmakers Group Let's face something about Marvel Studios being completely adrift and dumbfounded about making a new "Blade" film: the original with Wesley Snipes was a watershed moment, not just because the film saved Marvel from...
By Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline Hollywood There’s a new sheriff in town for Season Two of the Amazon Prime series Outer Range. Charles Murray has taken the reins of this quirky drama that might be a close cousin to Yellowstone if the Dutton clan also battled such sci-fi...
https://youtu.be/PW3nPuNa-hI DESCRIPTION In their Actors on Actors conversation 'Euphoria' stars Jacob Elordi ('Saltburn' & 'Priscilla') and Colman Domingo ('Rustin' & 'The Color Purple') joke about how their 'Euphoria' characters would fight over Zendaya's...
Hasitha Fernando | Flickering Myth The influence The Matrix had on cinema as a whole is undeniable and even a quarter century later the effort continues to trigger discourse and stir debate amongst cinephiles and movie critics the world over. The film is the near...
Louis Chilton | Independent Ernie Hudson sits under a bright light, cameras pointed squarely at him. The Ghostbusters star shot to fame in 1984 as the fourth member of the iconic ghoul-fighting quartet, alongside Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis. Today, he’s...
By Clayton Davis | Variety | Photographs by Matt Sayles It’s the morning after the Oscars, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who was out celebrating her big win as best supporting actress until 5:45 a.m., looks as if she’d fall asleep for the rest of the day if she closed her...
By Erik Pedersen| Deadline Hollywood David Alan Grier’s illustrious and varied career began with big dreams from a youth sitting in front of a television in Michigan and absorbing classic film. Grier next stars in The American Society of Magical Negroes, a sharp...