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A Jazzman’s Blues, Is A Bona Fide Deep South Melodrama

Written, directed and produced by Academy Award honouree Tyler Perry, A Jazzman’s Blues, takes audiences on a four-decade journey of forbidden love in the American Southern states. The film, that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be available on Netflix. The movie unspools the vicissitudes of Bayou (Joshua Boone) and Leanne (Solea Pfeiffer)…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

September 22, 2022

Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival Line-up Announced!

After a hybrid edition in 2021, the Toronto International Film Festival is back in full force for this year. The long-running Canadian festival announced the majority of the lineup this year, directors like Sam Mendes, Sarah Polley, Todd Field and Darren Aronofsky’s films are among the selections. And the distributors behind these films will be…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

July 28, 2022

Interviews

Bogart: Life Comes In Flashes : Exclusive Interview with Director Kathryn Ferguson

Bogart: Life Comes In Flashes : The first official feature documentary to explore the remarkable life and career of Hollywood legend Humphrey Bogart. For the first time ever, narrated in Bogart’s own words and using previously unseen archives, letters, and interviews from those closest to him, the film definitively explores the impact of one of…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

November 21, 2024

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‘Our Oceans,’ Is A Bewitching Natatory Experience

The five-part Netflix series Our Oceans is executive produced by James Honeyborne, Michelle Obama and Barack Obama, and narrated by the latter. The voice of the 44th President of the United States narrates what life is like in our oceans: Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic and Southern. Five filmmakers have curated each episode: Rachel Scott, Joe…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

November 21, 2024

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‘Flow’ is the Most Immersive and Transfixing Animated Film of the Year

©Courtesy of Janus Films For some, it will be hard to ignore the Biblical implications of this new animated tale. After all, it follows a rag-tag group of animals, who survive a sudden apocalyptic flood aboard a floating sanctuary. Yet, other viewers will see it as a cautionary environmentally-themed beast fable, somewhat in the tradition…

Joe Bendel

November 20, 2024

News

Warner Bros. and Korean Studio CJ ENM Sign Remake Production Deal

© Courtesy of CJ Entertainment Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group and CJ ENM have signed a deal to develop, finance and distribute English language and Korean language features, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The projects will be remakes of each studio’s films. As part of the new agreement, Warner Bros. will serve as the lead…

Karen Benardello

November 20, 2024

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A Jazzman’s Blues, Is A Bona Fide Deep South Melodrama

Toronto International Film Festival Line-up Announced!