Disneyland: Black Panther Mural With Chadwick Boseman Unveiled
Black Panther’ Mural With Chadwick Boseman Unveiled at Disneyland Disneyland Resort/Christian Thom Wakanda forever. Disney unveiled a Chadwick Boseman mural in its Downtown Disney shopping district. The artwork from Nikkolas Smith shows the late Marvel star giving the Wakanda salute to a young fan wearing Black Panther mask. Smith shared photos of his work on Thursday […]
Malcolm and Marie: Netflix Acquisition out of Toronto Film Fest
Netflix had no film titles at the Toronto Film Festival this year but set the tone at the virtual sales market by buying Malcolm & Marie for $30 million, paying $20 million for Halle Berry’s directorial debut, Bruised, and an undisclosed sum for Pieces of a Woman, which stars Shia LaBeouf and The Crown star Vanessa Kirby, after its Venice Fest debut.
Individualism and Commitment in American Cinema: John (Duke) Wayne Model
Why John Wayne is the most durable, popular and significant movie star in Hollywood’s history. In the typical John Wayne war films, there is no major transformation of his screen character. The narrative begins with his already established ideological commitment to the cause.
Young Doctors, The (1961): Phil Karlson’s Medical Drama, Starring Ben Gazzara and Fredric March,
Narrated by Ronald Reagan, The Young Doctors is a rather conventional medical melodrama, elevated by the direction of Phil Karlson and acting of Ben Gazzara, Fredric March, Dick Clark, Ina Balin, Eddie Albert, Phyllis Love, Aline MacMahon, George Segal.
Juniper Tree, The (1990): Icelandic Nietzchka Keen’s Medieval Fantasy-Fairy Tale, Starring Björk (Sundance Fest; Women Make Film)
Icelandic Nietzchka Keene directed The Juniper Tree, a beautifully mounted black-and-white Medieval fantasy, based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
Lovers Rock: Steve McQueen’s Film to Play 2020 London Film Fest
Lovers Rock is one of five films from Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology alongside the festival’s Opening film Mangrove
Emmys 2020: Jimmy KImmel Responds to All-Time Low Ratings
The “weirdest” part about 2020’s half-live, half-virtual ceremony was that “when it was over there are usually parties and everyone is carrying their Emmys around, everybody’s happy, everybody’s celebrating. This year, the show ended and it was like ‘Well, I guess I’ll go into my car and drive home.’ It was nothing”–Jimmy Kimmel
Emmys 2020: Best Record–Most Wins by Black Actors in Various Categories
I love being American, and it’s important that people see all of those things together, and when you have the platform celebrate that and remind those that tend to look past Black girls, Black women. When I saw my sister Uzo had on this same shirt it just was a confirmation that this was right–Regina King
Emmys 2020: How the Astonishing Success of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Made for an Anti-Climactic (and Necessarily Repetitive) Show after the First Hour and 7 Wins!
It wasn’t just that the show from Dan and Eugene Levy won all seven comedy awards handed out during the telecast, it’s that it won them one after another after another.
Emmys 2020: Schitt’s Creek Sets Record–Most Wins for Comedy
Emmys 2020: ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Sets Record–Most Wins in a Single Season for a Comedy
Emmy Awards 2020: Uzo Aduba Wins for Mrs. America
Uzo Aduba Thanks Women of ‘Mrs. America’ and Shirley Chisholm in Emmys Acceptance Speech
Emmy Awards 2020: Winners in All Categories (Updating List)
Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek swept the comedy series categories, with seven wins, including best series. Catherine O’Hara won for actress in a comedy series, Eugene Levy claimed the actor win in the same category, Annie Murphy won for supporting actress.
Tenet: Nolan’s Tentpole Underperforms in the U.S.
Christopher Nolan’s tentpole earned $4.7 million in its third weekend of play domestically for a North America total of $36.1 million.
Nomadland: Chloe Zhao’s Epic, Starring Frances McDormand, Wins People’s Choice Award at Toronto Film Fest
Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland picked up the top People’s Choice honor on Sunday at the pandemic-era Toronto Film Fest.
Gilda (1946): Charles Vidor’s Erotic Film Noir–Great (Not Guilty) Pleasure
Viewed from a modernist perspective, Charles Vidor’s Gilda is an ultra erotic film and a classic noir, featuring Rita Hayworth at her most glamorous as a sex goddess.
Regina King: Making History in Hollywood–Oscar Winner, Emmy Winner and First-Time Director
Regina King: Hollywood’s hottest actor (Oscar winner for If Beale Street Could Talk, Emmy winner for Watchmen) and now hottest filmmaker, about to become the first black and sixth women nominated for Best Director Oscar?
Pop Culture: Meryl Streep’s Keynote Address at Kageno Fundraiser
To publicize the September 23 event, the three time Oscar-winning actor and more than two dozen others posed in vibrant aprons made by the villages supported by Kageno.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court Justice Dies at 87
September, 18, 2020–Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday of “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” the Supreme Court announced.
Doctor and the Girl, The (1949): Curtis Bernhardt’s Medical Melodrama, Starring Glenn Ford and Janet Leigh (Doctors and Medical Heroes)
Curtis Bernhardt directed the medical drama, The Doctor and the Girl, starring Glenn Ford and the young Janet Leigh, inspired by the French novel Corps et Âmes of Maxence Van der Meersch.
Buck Alamo: Bruce Dern Is the Voice of Death
Buck Alamo, an experimental drama from director Ben Epstein, has its world premiere Friday at the Oldenburg Film Festival.
