The full lineup of programming for the 29th edition of the SXSW Film Festival -- and it's back in-person! (Pending another possible variant like Omarion or Delta Burke) Actually, the fest will be hybrid with in-person films and select films online. The fest kicks...
Ali Wong? More like Ali WERK. The comedian and actress comes back to Netflix with her third comedy special Ali Wong: Don Wong. Directed by Young Rock and Fresh Off the Boat's Nahnatchka Khan, Don Wong is set to debut just in time for Valentine's Day. While you...
Like most well-written and directed films, Nikyatu Jusu’s debut feature, Nanny beautifully deposits visual breadcrumbs that enhance the themes of the plot. Within the first 30 minutes of the evocative horror, we see Aisha (played expertly by Anna Diop) slipping a...
Kahlil Joseph’s groundbreaking video exhibition BLKNEWS is being adapted by A24 and Participant into a whole feature film. Joseph is a L.A.-based video artist and filmmaker and his video exhibition BLKNEWS made its debut at Venice Art Biennale in 2019 before being...
ViacomCBS announced the 15 performers that will star in the 2022 Showcase. The virtual event will stream live on February 8 and 9 at 1pm PT, 4pm PT and 7pm PT. Showcase has become THE event to look to when it comes to highlighting diverse talent. Since its...
In 2019, Lulu Wang's The Farewell debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and for me, it really hit close to home and yes, I cried during an interview I did with Wang as well as stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, and Diana Lin. I want to say I left an impression on Wang...
Hulu has given an 8-episode series order to the adaptation of Alexis Schaitkin’s debut novel, Saint X from ABC Signature with celebrated Mudbound and Pariah filmmaker Dee Rees set to direct. Saint X is a psychological drama, told in multiple timelines and...
Comedian, actor, and queen Michelle Buteau wrote a book of essays titled Survival of the Thickest. Netflix thought it was so good that they wanted to base a whole ass scripted comedy series on it. The streamer greenlit the series today and ordered eight episodes of...
RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 finalist Gottmik and her fabulous & fierce self announced the nominees for the 33rd annual GLAAD Media Awards on GLAAD's TikTok channel. Since 1990, the GLAAD Media Awards has been showing us just how queer media, TV and film are...
