Rustin : The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he desired. And he did not back down. He made history, and in turn, he was…
Making a popular science fiction movie can be challenging since audiences will almost certainly come in with a set of expectations that compare new material to the many iconic films, TV series, comics, and books that have influenced them. Adapting a beloved work for the screen is always a risk since casting actors as characters…
One of the benefits of social media and increasingly accessible and advanced technology is that news can be transmitted at rapid speed to the entire world. Atrocities can’t happen as easily without people being made aware of them, though the prominence of misinformation also leads to doubt being sown about whether an image or video…
“In India people think there’s no future in dancing” this is how Manish introduces us to his story. He further adds how those who come from a humble background, like himself, consider dancing a hobby for rich people and not a profession that can allow a livelihood. The documentary Call Me Dancer, directed by Leslie Shampaine…
@Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures There’s a scene near the end of Immediate Family when several grizzled musicians, now in their seventies, are seen walking through Times Square as they reminisce about the decades they’d spent together as a session band. As the men negotiate a zebra crossing on Broadway, it’s hard not to think—for one…
Sweet Home is a South Korean web series starring Song Kang, Lee Jin-wook, and Lee Si-young. Based on the Naver webtoon of the same name by Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan, which recorded over 2.1 billion net views. The first season was released on Netflix on December 18, 2020. The second season was released on…
The latest work by the award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki won the Jury Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, and was chosen as the Finnish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Fallen Leaves is a simple tale of romance between two misfits who have to overcome several hurdles to finally…
@Courtesy: Loveworld Media “Mediha” is about a young Yazidi girl who was a prisoner of ISIS after they attacked the Yazidi people back in 2014. The story shows her life after she and two of her brothers were freed from enslavement. The three live with their uncle as he tries to find their parents and youngest…
From the most momentous events in history, some of those who were very crucially involved aren’t necessarily remembered. Part of that has to do with the fact that plans don’t always materialize, and something may play better with a crowd than it did on the page in the planning stages and as a result become…
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES THE RADICAL CINEMA OF KIJŪ YOSHIDA DECEMBER 1–8 The most complete retrospective of one of Japan’s greatest cinematic rebels presented on 35mm and 16mm Heroic Purgatory; Confessions Among Actresses; Flame and Women; Wuthering Heights; and Eros + Massacre (images courtesy of the Japan Foundation) New York, NY (November 2, 2023)…
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