The founders of WeWork thought they were on the brink of making history. The company was valued at $47 billion dollars, it was ready for a huge IPO, and its charismatic CEO Adam Neumann thought they were going to change the world. Adam had a prophet-like vision for WeWork that he sold to some of…
Co-Presented byFEBRUARY 11 – MARCH 10 AT FILM FORUMFOUR-WEEK FESTIVAL OF 33 FILMS STARRINGTHE LEGENDARY JAPANESE ACTOR TOSHIRŌ MIFUNE35mm rarities and rediscoveries imported from the libraries ofThe Japan Foundation and The National Film Archive of JapanSeries includes SEVEN SAMURAI, RASHOMON, YOJIMBO, THRONE OF BLOOD, A WIFE’S HEART, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS, HIGH AND LOW, DRUNKEN ANGEL,…
Is Denzel Washington poised to reprise his role of mercenary Robert McCall in Antoine Fuqua’s Equalizer series? In an interview with Steve Weintraub published this week in Collider, the Oscar-winning actor was caught waxing absolutely macho about the prospect, saying with just a whiff of Trumpian bravado: “They have written the third Equalizer, so I’m scheduled…
Nominations for the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced this morning by Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Hudgens. The acting group honors film and television projects but does not differentiate between lead and supporting performances. Its film prizes are often seen as a crucial benchmark on the way to Oscar attention. House of Gucci…
The 79th Golden Globe Awards were handed out tonight, but not in traditional fashion. After reports of the group’s lack of diversity in its membership and their eagerness to accept very generous gifts, NBC had announced that it would not air the broadcast this year. The postponement of other awards ceremonies due to the pandemic…
Reality is stranger than fiction. Sometimes fiction may anticipate reality. Authors like George Orwell with 1984, H.G. Wells with The War of the Worlds, Aldous Huxley with Brave New World, all foresaw a future similar to the one we are now inhabiting: an intelligence-based social hierarchy, where every citizen’s privacy is at the mercy of…
Trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier died yesterday in the Bahamas at the age of 94. Eugene Torchon-Newry, the acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed the news of the Academy Award-winning performer’s death, USA Today is reporting. Poitier overcame an impoverished upbringing in the Bahamas to rise to the top of his profession…
Synopsis : The Tender Bar tells the story of J.R. (Tye Sheridan), a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie (Ben Affleck), is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother (Lily Rabe) struggles to…
Getting that warm, fuzzy, feel-good story about someone climbing out of a rough past they thought they would be stuck in forever– it’s what a lot of people want from a film going experience. Even though, you’re aware from the start that your protagonist is going to win out in the end, you’re in it…
Synopsis : Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and his young nephew (Woody Norman) forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together in this delicate and deeply moving story about the connections between adults and children, the past and the future, from writer-director Mike Mills. Q&A with Director Mike Mills on “C’mon, C’mon” (Q&A was…
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