Warner Brothers. Discovery had landed the rights to a legendary African samurai Yasuke and “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule tapped to direct the period piece in Japan. According to Variety, the studio beat out three other studios for the movie, which is tentatively titled “Black Samurai.” The latest project will reunite Bazawule and producer/CEO…
©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures FOOD, INC. 2 is a timely and urgent follow-up to the Oscar®-nominated documentary from directors Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo. In the sequel, Kenner and Robledo reunite with investigative authors Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) to take a fresh look at our vulnerable food system….
This true story of a Japanese reality TV star left naked in a room for more than a year, tasked with filling out magazine sweepstakes to earn food and clothing, prompts innumerable questions about our culture of oversharing. Before the onslaught of reality television in the West, there was an ominous harbinger in Japan of…
Crunchyroll has acquired the North American distribution rights to a highly-anticipated Japanese anime movie: Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle. Following its Japanese premiere last February and a great success at the box office, Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle will arrive in U.S. theaters starting on May 31, 2024. The upcoming movie is the latest installment to the…
Netflix unveiled the trailer of this year’s most anticipated series from India — visionary director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi : The Diamond Bazaarpremiering globally May 1st only on Netflix. In the midst of a power struggle in Heeramandi, a young heir caught in the crossfire chooses love over succession, disrupting the status quo. Set in…
Photo by Cliff Lipson – © Copyright: Showtime 2013 20th Century and Disney have landed the star of the Bruce Springsteen project, Deliver Me From Nowhere, which has Jeremy Allen White to star as the Boss. “Crazy Heart” director Scott Cooper will tackle this feature based on the 2023 book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska by…
The newly released trailer for City Hunter sets the stage for the eagerly awaited live-action adaptation of the legendary manga. Fans are treated to a glimpse of the budding bond between Ryo Saeba (Ryohei Suzuki) and Kaori Makimura (Misato Morita), whose friendship unexpectedly develops amid a whirlwind of adventure and danger. After receiving a cryptic message,…
©Courtesy of Vertical Releasing Vertical Releasing has dropped a new trailer for Maïwenn’s period drama “Jeanne du Barry” starring Johnny Depp, Depp is making a royal return to the big screen. The film marks Depp’s first appearance on screen since he won his highly publicized defamation suit against ex-wife, Amber Heard. The life of Jeanne Bécu…
©Drafthouse Films Kim’s Video : Physical media reigns supreme in KIM’S VIDEO, an elegiac tribute to the iconic video store in New York City that inspired a generation of cinephiles before it mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a small and slightly dubious Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” But what starts…
Four Seasons of Children: Spring/Summer © 1939 Shochiku Co., Ltd. “Kindred to Jean Renoir, and even anticipating Hou Hsiao-hsien, was a man in Japan who brought a new wind to cinema: Hiroshi Shimizu.” —Ryusuke Hamaguchi “Ozu and I create films through hard work, but Shimizu is a genius.” —Kenji Mizoguchi New York, New York, April 4,…
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