This year’s tornado season has been unusually active—on the screen as well as in real life. Following recent reports that Daisy Edgar-Jones would be starring in Twisters, now rumors are whirling about that Glen Powell will be joining the storm-chaser cast. The upcoming Twisters—note the plural—is described by Universal and Amblin as a “new chapter”…
The 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas gets another screen adaptation with The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan directed by Martin Bourboulon. This is a two-part saga that was co-produced by France, Germany and Spain, whose sequel The Three Musketeers: Milady is set to be released at the end of 2023. This second part will introduce a new…
Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed that the company will begin its first of three rounds of layoffs this week. The media conglomerate is looking to reduce its workforce by approximately 7,000 employees, Deadline is reporting. The executive sent a memo to Disney’s employees today, in which he confirmed that the company is moving forward…
In an exclusive story first reported by Deadline, rising star Jonathan Majors will produce and star in Da Understudy, a new project of Westbrook Studios and Amazon Studies. Spike Lee is reportedly set to direct the new film; Lee had earlier directed Majors in Da 5 Bloods. The screenplay for Da Understudy was written by…
FIRST LOOK 2023, MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE’S FESTIVAL OF NEW AND INNOVATIVE INTERNATIONAL CINEMA, ANNOUNCES LINEUP Twelfth edition of the annual festival opens with Babak Jalali’s Fremont and closes with C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s Mami Wata—both acclaimed films from Sundance March 15–19, 2023 PRESS IMAGES FOR FIRST LOOK 2023 Astoria, New York, February 10, 2023…
The first 10pm screening I ever attended at the Sundance Film Festival was Justin Chon’s Ms. Purple, which, while melodically slow, was absolutely captivating and well worth the late hour. Chon starred in his subsequent film, Blue Bayou, a more conventional drama about a family torn apart by unexpected immigration news. His latest, Jamojaya, is…
It’s New Year’s Eve, it’s time to look back on our best films in our film industry and select the top 10 best films of 2022. We picked our favorites, so check out to see what we selected. To pay homage to filmmakers and actors, we don’t dare to rank them. Thank you for reading…
South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus takes a spin on the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa. The original screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro — inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s 1886 Russian novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich — finds a modern adaptation with the British drama Living. The film is set in London in the…
There is a rationale behind the idea of separation and church that, to many who live in a nation based on such principles, feels distinctly important. Religion is often experienced uniquely, and those in power can claim divine inspiration or a lifelong right to rule, subverting any need for free elections or for any checks…
Among the many widely-circulated misconceptions about slavery in America is that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation officially ended the practice throughout the country. As has too often been seen throughout history, there are those who stand so firmly by their convictions that they wish to go down only with a fight, which in this case…
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