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Babak Jalali’s ‘Fremont’: An Extraordinary Film About Love and Solitude

Who would have thought that a black-and-white film about an Afghani refugee woman working in a Chinese fortune-cookie bakery could be so engaging? Fremont is an extraordinary film by an extraordinary director who has brought together an extraordinary ensemble of characters. Keep your eye on Babak Jalali, auteur-in-the-making. Like Yasujiro Ozu and Ingmar Bergman before…

One of Hollywood’s Most Prestigious Talent Agencies CAA Contemplates Selling Majority Stake to Kering

One of Hollywood’s most prestigious talent agencies may soon be sporting a beret. According to Bloomberg News, the CAA group is seriously considering selling a majority stake to François-Henri Pinault, a principal in the Kering fashion and luxury empire. CAA, which was founded in 1975 by a group of William Morris agents, represents many thousands of…

SAG-AFTRA Actors Set to Strike After Contract Negotiations with Major Studios and Streamers Collapse

SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents approximately 160,000 Hollywood actors, is poised to go on strike after its talks with major studios and streamers have collapsed. The decision comes after the union completed its final day of negotiations with the studios and streamers yesterday, which didn’t produce an agreement, CNN is reporting. Fran Drescher, the president…

LOVE IN TAIPEI : First Look and Premiere Date!

Today, Paramount+ has released first-look images from the all-new YA film, “LOVE IN TAIPEI,” based on the New York Times’ best-selling novel Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen, in which a young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei – inspired by an actual program attended by thousands…

Elemental: Press Conference with Director Peter Sohn, Actress Leah Lewis, Actor Mamoudou Athie, Producer Denise Ream and Singer-Songwriter Lauv

Infusing its latest visually dazzling computer-animated family film with such contemporary messages as the importance of overcoming ethnic strife and instead practicing racial tolerance has become Pixar’s signature theme in recent years. It’s latest movie, the romantic comedy-drama Elemental, perfectly continues the production company’s tradition. The high-concept film reimagines the four elements as identified by…

Harlem International Film Festival 2023 Announces Film Lineup for May with World Premieres and Local Focus

  PRESS RELEASE  THE 2023 HARLEM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL announces line-up for 18th edition(May 18-28) Opening Night features the New York Premiere of Ryan Dickie and Abigail Horton’s Blow Up My Life, with Christina Kallas’ Paris Is In Harlem Friday Spotlight Presentations include World Premiere  of first two episodes from STARZ’ Run the World  second season, and Clayton P Allis and Doug E. Doug’s In…

“Meg” and “The Meg 2: The Trench” : Exclusive Interview with “Meg” Series Author Steve Alten 

Steven Robert Alten (born August 21, 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American science-fiction author. He is best known for his Meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. Alten holds a bachelor’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University, a master’s in sports medicine from the University of…

“Paint” Review : A Sappy Film About Death and Resurrection in Vermont

Though the first half hour of Brit McAdams’s Paint flows about as fast as maple syrup in January, it’s worth enduring the long, slow drip as the buckets of this sappy, laid-back film inexorably fill with sweetness. Perhaps “bittersweetness” is a more appropriate term, for Paint depicts—albeit with a muted color palette—the saga of one…

Athena Film Festival : Plan C / Q&A with Director Tracy Droz Tragos, Francine Coeytaux, Co-Founder of Plan C, Doctors and Producer

Synopsis : With a controversial visionary at the helm, a grassroots network fights to expand access to abortion pills across the United States keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v. Wade. Genre:Documentary Original Language: English Director:Tracy Droz Tragos Producer:Tracy Droz Tragos Runtime: 1h 39m   Moderator: Kathryn Kolbert, co-founder of Athena…

Athena Film Festival / Judy Blume Forever : Q&A with Director/Producer Davina Pardo and Producer Marcella Steingart

Synopsis : The radical honesty of the books by trailblazing author Judy Blume changed the way millions of adolescent readers understood themselves, their sexuality, and what it meant to grow up, but also led to critical battles against book banning and censorship. Genre: Documentary, Biography Original Language: English Director:Davina Pardo, Leah Wolchok Producer: Sara Bernstein, Brian Grazer, Ron…