Photo by James Hargis Connelly – © MPTV – Image courtesy Though Asian actors have been performing in movies for more than a century, they were often cast in one-dimensional roles that stereotyped them as either hopelessly passive or brutally aggressive. In many cases, Asian characters were often played by non-Asian actors in “yellowface.” For example,…
© 2001 – Warner Bros. – All Rights Reserved The Harry Potter television series is set to make its debut on Max in 2026. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed the news during the company’s Q4 earnings financial call today, Variety is reporting. The television show is expected to span seven seasons. Each installment will…
©Amazon, Foe, Paul Mescal Irish-born actor Paul Mescal will play the role of William Shakespeare in Chlóe Zhao’s upcoming film adaptation of Hamnet, the 2020 novel by Maggie O’Farrell. The yet-unnamed film will also star Jessie Buckley in the role of Agnes Shakespeare (aka Ann Hathaway), the wife of the celebrated dramatist. Buckley is noted…
©Cinediaz And So It Begins : Amidst the traditional pomp and circumstance of Filipino elections, a quirky people’s movement rises to defend the nation against deepening threats to truth and democracy. In a collective act of joy as a form of resistance, hope flickers against the backdrop of increasing autocracy. With the end of Rodrigo…
UNIFRANCE AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER PRESENT 29TH RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA, FEBRUARY 29–MARCH 10 Opening Night—New York Premiere of Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom starring Romain Duris, with Cailley in person Featuring films starring Marion Cotillard (in person), Melvil Poupaud, Virginie Efira, Noée Abita, Laetitia Casta, Anders Danielsen Lie, Léa Drucker, Romain Duris, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Vincent Lacoste,…
© 2023 Rubber Ring Films LLC While looking into a yellowing book owned by his great-grandfather, the Jewish American poet Hyam Plutzik wrote what is perhaps the best summary of Matthew Mishory’s touching film, Fioretta. After perusing the faded pages of the century-old book, Plutzik wrote: “I am troubled by the blank fields, the speechless graves./Since…
Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki American Symphony :Early in 2022, multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste finds himself the most celebrated artist of the year with eleven Grammy nominations including Album of the Year. In the midst of that triumph, Jon is immersed in his most ambitious challenge yet: composing American Symphony, an original symphony that reimagines the traditions…
© 1996 – Dimension Films Neve Campbell has publicly addressed the possibly of returning to the acclaimed Scream film series to reprise her role of iconic final girl Sidney Prescott. She told Variety yesterday at the BAFTA Tea event at the Maybourne hotel in Beverly Hills that she could see herself coming back some day…
©Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Director Troy Edward Shults is reportedly at work on a new film starring Abel Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. The news was revealed in a World of Reel story, which added that Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) and Reza Fahim would be co-authoring the script with Shults. Shults came…
@One Life. Courtesy of Bleecker Street Media. THE JEWISH MUSEUM AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE THE 33RD ANNUAL NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL, PRESENTED JANUARY 10-24, 2024 Opening Film: One Life by James Hawes Centerpiece Film: Valeria Is Getting Married by Michal Vinik Closing Film: Remembering Gene Wilder by Ron Frank NEW YORK, NY (December 7, 2023) –…
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