Director: Dee Rees Writer(s): Joan Didion (novel), Dee Rees, Marco Villalobos Starring: Ben Affleck, Anne Hathaway, Willem Dafoe, Toby Jones, Mel Rodriguez, Rosie Perez, Edi Gathegi, Onata Aprile, Laura Niemi, Carlos Leal, Steve Heinz, David Vadim, Jené, Ashae Reagan,...
by Jordan Simon | Shadow and Act Since the announcement that Mahershala Ali will be portraying Blade, fans all over Twitter have been giving their two-cents on who should direct the Moonlight actor in the highly anticipated MCU reboot. We here at S&A have decided...
Director: Dee Rees Writer(s): Dee Rees Starring: Unknown Synopsis: A swirling, futuristic roller-coaster journey of a young musician who catapults herself from the anonymity of her hometown of Same Ol’, Same Ol’ to the bright lights and plastic sights of the fabled It...
Director: Dee Rees Writer(s): David Kukoff, Dee Rees Starring: Carey Mulligan Synopsis: The life and career of the renowned journalist and feminist crusader, Gloria Steinem. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre: Biography, Drama | MPAA Rating: Unknown...
by Dino-Ray Ramos, Anthony D’Alessandro and Matt Grobar | Deadline Hollywood Get Out took home the top prize of Best Feature tonight at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Peele also took home the trophy for Best Director in what could possibly be one of the...
Tambay Obenson | Shadow and Act The list continues to get shorter, as new information is revealed, and we are now at the end of the journey with this being the final list, less than a month (Tuesday, January 23, 2018) before the Academy announces the nominees for the...
Tambay Obenson | Shadow and Act The 2018 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees were announced earlier today, and, as we expected, Jordan Peele’s Get Out is well represented, with nominations in 5 different categories, including Best Feature, Best Director,...
Dino-Ray Ramos | Deadline Hollywood During the Q&A portion of the closing keynote conversation with Dee Rees at the Film Independent Forum, an aspiring filmmaker stepped up to the microphone and, through tears, expressed gratitude to the acclaimed director for...
Director: Dee Rees Writer(s): Virgil Williams (earlier screenplay), Hillary Jordan (novel), Dee Rees (screenplay) tarring: Carey Mulligan, Jonathan Banks, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Dylan Arnold, Kerry Cahill, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Mary J. Blige, Kelvin...
Patrick Hipes | Deadline Hollywood Sony Pictures Classics’ Call Me By Your Name, A24’s The Disaster Artist and Entertainment Studios’ Hostiles have been set as the Centerpiece Galas for this year’s AFI Fest, which runs November 9-16. The festival also said it is...
Tambay Obenson | Shadow and Act From Friday, November 10 through Thursday, November 16, BAMcinématek in Brooklyn, NY will present the screening series Strange Victories: Black Soldiers and World War II, a program inspired by the release of Dee Rees’...
Gordon Cox | Variety The New York Film Festival has announced the full list of films on its tightly curated main slate — and the roster shows just how quickly streaming services have become major players in the film industry, with all three of the previously announced...
Director: Dee Rees Writer(s): Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Dee Rees (teleplay), Horton Foote (story) Starring: Tika Sumpter, Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Oliver Platt, Bryan Greenberg, Khandi Alexander, Mike Epps, Charles S. Dutton, Mo’Nique,...
Cynthia Littleton | @Variety_Cynthia | Variety.com FX is developing a limited historical drama series with writer-director Dee Rees and Shondaland based on Isabel Wilkerson’s 2010 book “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” The book...
Director: Dee Rees Writer(s): Dee Rees Starring: Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell, Sahra Mellesse, Kim Wayans, Shamika Cotton, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Afton Williamson, Zabryna Guevara, Kim Sykes, Rob Morgan, Nina Daniels, Jeremie Harris,...
