Before Hollywood, Chicago was a major film hub in the early era of cinema. It’s where Charlie Chaplin created some of his biggest silent films. It’s also where a major film discovery was made possible by the coronavirus pandemic. Olivia Babler’s painstaking work preserving films at the Chicago Film Archives is usually routine, but sometimes […]
Rahul Gandhi demonising RSS schools legitimises Pak terror; he must visit shakas: BJP, VHP
After former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday in an interview with Kaushik Basu alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is attacking the higher education institutions in the country through their schools and likened them to “madrasas used by radical Islamists in Pakistan”, several political leaders across political parties have reacted to his remark. Rahul’s demonisation of RSS […]
Drive-In Movie Season Returns to the Aut-O-Rama on March 19
click to enlarge After a record-setting year thanks to being one of the few pandemic-safe entertainment options available while most of the world shut down, the Aut-O-Rama twin drive-in movie theater in North Ridgeville is ready to emerge from a brief winter slumber come mid March. The Aut-O-Rama, like other drive-ins, thrived in the summer […]
Judas And The Black Messiah director: ‘I wouldn’t have made the film without Daniel Kaluuya – he’s one of the best actors in the world’
There’s a reason that civil rights activist and Black Panther deputy chairman Fred Hampton’s story is little known, according to filmmaker Shaka King – because it “would contradict everything America represents”. Judas And The Black Messiah – the director’s first studio feature – is already very much part of the awards conversation, with six Oscar […]
Anne Beatts, pioneering ‘SNL’ writer and ‘Square Pegs’ creator, has died
By Brian Lowry, CNN Updated 4:55 PM ET, Thu April 8, 2021
Promising Young Woman: Carey Mulligan film ‘deeply troubling’
“It’s thrilling that in such a terrible and strange year, there has been so much great stuff, the fact that there’s so much diversity too and so many women making things, it’s just really exciting. It feels like there’s this whole kind of rush of newness, of exciting things that you haven’t seen before, including […]
Another Round: How a film about a drinking experiment became a celebration of life
Co-written with Danish screenwriter Tobias Lindholm, Another Round sees Mads Mikkelsen play Martin, a history teacher, who together with his colleagues Tommy, Peter and Nikolaj (played by Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe and Magnus Millang) conduct an experiment to see if alcohol can help them discover the lost joie de vivre and mental agility of […]
Production Begins on Film Adaptation of #1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s ‘Wicked’
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Maverick Black Cinema Channel Expands to The Roku Channel’s Free Linear Lineup
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Maverick Entertainment Group today announced it is expanding its free live/linear channel ‘Maverick Black Cinema’ on The Roku Channel in the U.S. The Maverick Black Cinema channel features a 24/7 line up of diverse Black Cinema born from diversity both behind and in front of the lens. The […]
New ‘Medical Racism’ Film Confronts Long-Standing Experimentation on Minorities
LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense, in conjunction with Centner Productions and the Urban Global Health Alliance (UGHA), and co-producers Rev. Tony Muhammad and author/historian Curtis Cost, today announced the release of the trailer for their upcoming documentary “Medical Racism: The New Apartheid” which premiers on March 11, 2021. The trailer is available here. “Medical Racism” […]