The Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF) continues to champion global voices in cinema with a focus on indigenous storytellers. The fest revealed today its lineup for the 41st edition of the annual film festival taking place from November 4-14 on Oahu...
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) has unveiled the winners for the 37th edition of the fest which returned with a combination of in-person and virtual screenings and events. “We are proud to celebrate these seasoned and emerging artists whose...
Filmmaker Tom Huang (Find Me) has recently wrapped his latest project Dealing With Dad starring Ally Maki (Toy Story 4, Disney+’s upcoming Home Alone reboot) Hayden Szeto (Edge of Seventeen, Come As You Are, Truth Or Dare), and Peter S. Kim (Amazon’s...
We had a taste of the Jeyemes Samuel-directed action western The Harder They Fall in June and we were immediately in because it was a traditionally white film genre populated dope Black actors and this talented up and coming director was serving us something fresh...
The world premiere of Isaac Halasima’s Waterman which spotlights surfing legend Duke Paoa Kahanamoku has been set as the opening night film for the 41st Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF). The world premiere will take place on November 5 and be...
Billy Eichner‘s gay rom-com Bros is really looking to be as queer as possible — and that’s a good thing because otherwise we’d be raising our eyebrows. According to THR, the Universal pic has added RuPaul’s Drag Race Symone, author and...
Comedy legend Eddie Murphy has signed a three-picture and first-look film deal with Amazon Studios and it makes me ask the question, “Wait, he didn’t already have one?” Under the pact, Murphy will star in three films for Amazon Studios and develop...
The Rebecca Hall-directed Passing may be based on a book written by Nella Larsen in 1929, but the topic is quite relevant in the 21st century. The story follows two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Ruth Negga), who can “pass” as white...
The new trailer for Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth doesn’t have much dialogue. However, stars Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand‘s presence alone says, “Give me another Oscar.” Chances are you read Macbeth in high school or...
