Chadwick Boseman Wins Golden Globe For Best Actor In A Drama

The award marked Boseman’s first Golden Globe nomination and first win. In the Best Actor category, Boseman beat out Riz Ahmed for “Sound of Metal,” Anthony Hopkins for “The Father,” Gary Oldman for “Mank,” and Tahar Rahim for “The Mauritanian.” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is also up for a Golden Globe for Viola Davis, Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama. Elsewhere in the ongoing awards season, Boseman is also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics Choice Award, and is the favorite to beat for the Academy Award for Best Actor, though nominations won’t be announced until later this month....

January 1, 2023 · 2 min · 268 words · Jennifer Moore

Charlyne Yi Seth Rogen Apologize To James Franco Assault Survivors

In an Instagram post published this week, Yi said Rogen’s decision to originally side with Franco was harmful to the women who accused Franco of sexual misconduct. Yi wrote that Rogen’s actions could have “caused denial, loss of reality, loss of intuition to protect self from future abusers, life-long health issues, [and/or] attempt in suicide” for the women. Yi also provided a checklist for Rogen that included the following requirements: “Apologize to survivors for making their lives even more vulnerable by publicly siding with an abuser, further damaging their careers and safety; commit to educating self about coercion, sexual assault, and how to be a protective ally; promote protecting and hiring survivors....

January 1, 2023 · 2 min · 287 words · Thomas Bailey

Cinemacon Crowd Chants As Netflix Struggles

On day 2 of CinemaCon 2022, Marcus Theaters CEO Rolando Rodriguez was on stage at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace to introduce Motion Picture Association CEO Charlie Rivkin and his annual state of the Industry presentation. But before he did, Rodriguez asked everyone to stand, the house lights came up, and he said, “I want us to chant three words so loud they hear us out in the casino!” He then shared the three words and the assembled chanted them back three times, followed by some modest cheers....

January 1, 2023 · 5 min · 897 words · Tina Moran

Criterion Collection Films To Pre Order September 2021

Each month, the Criterion Collection gives us a new batch of digitally remastered movies from across the globe. If you’re looking to discover new classics, or maybe check out an old favorite, try the vast collection of gems the Criterion Collection has to offer. The upcoming releases for the month of September (and a couple from October) range from drama to horror, film noir, and more. To help with your love of discovering films, we’ve put together a list of films that have been restored like never before and contain exclusive bonus content....

January 1, 2023 · 5 min · 1030 words · Cynthia Warren

Cusp Review An Intimate Look At Real Life Teenage Girls

Despite the myriad ways in which teenagers so readily share their lives online these days — Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, surely something else brand-new by the time this is published — there is something distinctly brave about the three subjects at the heart of Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill’s intimate documentary “Cusp.” Following a trio of very different friends during a shiftless summer in small-town Texas, the pair’s feature debut unearths a series of staggering revelations, all of them rooted in the real experience of their courageous stars....

January 1, 2023 · 4 min · 768 words · Edwin Levine

Damien Chazelle Releases Short Film Shot In Iphone In Vertical Display

The film opens with McComas performing in some sort of action movie where he flees from a gun-toting duo by jumping off of a tall building. When his parachute fails, McComas closes his eyes and reminisces about the various films he’s performed stunts in. Chazelle’s film then flashes through McComas’ character’s career, which includes work on projects ranging from a film that riffs on “Indiana Jones” to a romantic feature. Most of the fictional movies also star Preeti Desai, who McComas’ character is in love with....

January 1, 2023 · 2 min · 319 words · Heather Silva

Darren Aronofsky To Direct A24 S The Whale With Brendan Fraser

“Adapting my play into a screenplay has been a real labor of love for me,” Hunter said in a statement to Deadline. “This story is deeply personal and I’m very thankful it will have the chance to reach a wider audience. I’ve been a fan of Darren’s ever since I saw ‘Requiem for a Dream’ when I was a college freshman writing my first plays, and I’m so grateful that he’s bringing his singular talent and vision to this film....

January 1, 2023 · 2 min · 359 words · Dawn Harris
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