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...
If you follow me on Twitter you will probably know that when I watched Kogonada‘s After Yang at Sundance and it has haunted me ever since. I cannot stop thinking about it — it’s almost like that time in Parks and Recreation when Tom became...
DIASPORA teamed with CAPE and GKIDS to host a Q&A with the legendary Mamoru Hosoda to discuss his career and his latest film Belle. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hosoda directed films such as Wolf Children and Mirai. With Belle he continues his visually...
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...
The Cherokee Nation Film Office (CNFO) is making history with its film incentive program that will provide up to $1 million in annual funding for productions filmed within the Cherokee Nation’s 14-county reservation. The first of its kind, The Cherokee Nation Film...
Just when you thought she was gone, she is back to give us a “Hallelujer!” or two. Netflix has dropped a trailer for Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming and the new movie hitting the streamer on February 25 features actor Brandon Black playing the...
The forthcoming HBO Max superhero film Batgirl is bolstering LGBTQIA representation with the character of Alysia Yeoh, who will be played by Ivory Aquino, who appeared in When They See Us, Tales of the City as well as Isabel Sandoval’s critically acclaimed...
20th Digital Studio and Hulu are collaborating on a horror slate of nine features over the next few years. The films will expand directly on the shorts from the “Bite Size Halloween” collection, featuring previous writers or directors, or inspired by past shorts....
