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Clyde Taylor, a scholar who in the 1970s and ’80s played a leading role in identifying, defining and elevating Black cinema as an art form, died on Jan. 24 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 92. His daughter, Rahdi Taylor, a filmmaker, said the cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As a young […]
We Are Parable, the UK-based organisation that celebrates Black cinema from around the world, is expanding into distribution, looking to acquire films for UK and international release. The organisation, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this week with a four-day event at Brixton House in London, will begin by acquiring films for UK release. It will […]
MSU Cinema International Celebrates Black History Month with … WKMS Source link
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England’s second goal just before half-time at Al Bayt Stadium, the goal that killed this World Cup last-16 tie, was a pure Jude Bellingham moment. Watching the three white England shirts surge and veer like an aerial display team across that wide-open lozenge of green, it almost felt like a moment of show-Bellingham, a gloss […]
OPENING THIS WEEK “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams” — OPENS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 AT THE STATE FOR LIMITED SCREENINGS From director Luca Guadagnino (“Call Me by Your Name”, “Bones and All”), the documentary explores the life of Italian shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo, who created shoes for Hollywood stars . . .
A veteran movie critic’s new documentary celebrates talents from Black cinema NPR Source link
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is accustomed to playing the role of saviour: he rescued his on-screen family from an earthquake in San Andreas, pulled loved ones from a tower inferno in Skyscraper and saved drowning swimmers in Baywatch. Now the cinema industry itself is hoping he will come to the rescue as it struggles to […]
It’s tempting to say that I found David O. Russell’s new film, “Amsterdam,” a hoot and a half, and be done with it. But there’s much more to this exuberant movie, in substance and in style. It’s a historical fantasy that is written and acted like a comedic tall tale, but it’s all the more […]
Jean-Luc Godard, the European filmmaker and cinematic rule-breaker regarded as one of the most influential, uncompromising and at times befuddling artists of his era, once declaring “a film should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order,” has died at 91. French President Emmanuel Macron