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Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love” and “Strength of a Woman” : Press Conference with Executive Producer Jordan Davis and Actors Ajiona Davis, Princess Davis, and Hamza Fouad

Synopsis : Mary J. Blige’s Real Love follows 18-year-old Kendra (Ajiona Alexus) as she sets off on her own for the first time at an HBCU in North Carolina. Attending on a scholarship, Kendra is determined to focus on school while balancing work study and keeping things professional with Ben (Da’Vinchi), her photo class partner….

Tribeca Festival Announces 2023 Competition Winners

The 22nd annual Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, today announced the winning storytellers in its competition categories at an awards ceremony at Racket NYC. The top honors went to Cypher for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, A Strange Path for Best International Narrative Feature, and Between the Rains for Best Documentary Feature. Awards…

Chicago Japanese Film Collective — the First Japanese Film Festival in the Midwest The 3rd Edition of the Festival is Finally Here!

Chicago Japanese Film Collective— the first Japanese film festival in the Midwest The 3rd edition of the Festival is finally here! Festival Dates: June 22nd (Thurs) – July 1 (Sat) for 10 days Chicago, IL— The Chicago Japanese Film Collective, now entering its third year, is back with a lineup of carefully selected, powerful independent…

The Cannes Film Festival : Review / “Kennedy” Made Me Cry!

“Kennedy” starts showing the lead character cool, poised and collected. We see modern India but enveloped in a sea of red warm colors as if foreshadowing of a murder that will happen. Yes a well planned murder happens and Kennedy is the culprit. All of this happening in a high end condo complete with full…

“Scarlet”/ Review: Italian Filmmaker Pietro Marcello Follows Up Absorbing “Martin Eden” With Vague French Fable

In 2019 “Martin Eden” made a splash in the arthouse film world. The Jack London based story of a tortured man in Naples craving to write prose with his working-class hands in post-World War II, established Pietro Marcello as a clever filmmaker with fresh ideas and salty nerve. In his follow up “Scarlet” another pair…

Ren Gyo Soh : Exclusive Interview with Theater/Film Director Saki Kawamura

Saki Kawamura is a NYC-based theatre/film director from Japan. Her wide-ranging works can be seen in theater, film, and visual art. Selected Directing credits include IKIGAI: a purpose of living (Encore Award at Hollywood Fringe 2021), The Giving Tree, Precognito, The Man Who Turned Into A Stick, Margaret’s Bed, Spite, and The Librarian and recent…

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Official Trailer (2023 Movie) – Tom Cruise

Paramount Pictures has dropped a new full-length trailer and official poster for Christopher McQuarrie’s latest outing, “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” nearly a year after the teaser trailer debuted online. The seventh installment of “Mission: Impossible” franchise, reunites Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames for their new adventure which was…

Film Review: Paul Schrader’s Crime Thriller Master Gardener Flourishes with Important Social Commentary

© 2022 MASTER GARDENER US LLC. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Securing redemption through a painful sacrifice, particularly after traveling on a long self-destructive path, is a powerful recurring theme that drives many of the protagonists in Oscar-nominated writer-director Paul Schrader’s films. In his new social crime thriller, Master Gardener, he crafted the titular main…

Film at Lincoln Center and Cinecittà Announce the 22nd Edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, June 1-8

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER AND CINECITTÀ  ANNOUNCE THE 22nd EDITION OFOPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA, JUNE 1–8   Opening Night—Francesca Archibugi’s The Hummingbird New York, NY (May 9, 2023) – Film at Lincoln Center and Cinecittà announce the complete lineup for the 22nd edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, running from June 1 to…

Book Club: The Next Chapter, Clichés Exterminate The Promising Debate On Gendered Ageism

Life and art have a vigorous osmosis. Filmmaker Bill Holderman exemplified this with his directorial debut: the 2018 romantic comedy Book Club. The entertaining flick showed how the readings of four friends, during their monthly book club, would affect their personal lives. The success of this cinematic guilty pleasure has lead to a sequel, Book…