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A new local festival addressing the racial gap in Cincinnati’s wine industry is receiving national recognition. The Cincinnati Black Wine Festival, dubbed as the region’s first event featuring all Black-owned wines, has been nominated for
By Julia Dumbrell Marie just can’t let go of her past, and it is holding her back from moving forward. This is the basis for the masterfully-made thriller-mystery Our Father, the Devil, which opens the Vancouver International Black Film Festival (VIBFF) tonight at 7pm. Resonantly directed by Ellie Foumbi and featuring an inedible performance by star […]
Black Life: Untold Stories Toronto International Film Festival Source link
By Savanna Young For Daily Mail Australia 22:45 26 Nov 2023, updated 22:46 26 Nov 2023 Simon Baker was the epitome of dapper on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 20th Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco on Friday. The Australian actor, 54, was all smiles as he stepped out solo for the event, […]
LWVWI Issues Briefing, Nov. 9, 11 and 14, Zoom: Each fall the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin hosts a seminar on topics important to the body politic. With 2024 promising yet another most important election of our lifetimes, the 2023 topic, “Preparing for Elections in 2024,” is right on time. The Issues Briefing remains […]
A documentary providing an intimate portrait of life in Northern towns post-Brexit is to have its premiere at the Leeds International Film Festival. “From where We Stand” tells the stories of residents in diverse communities across Wakefield, Halifax and Middlesbrough and was made in collaboration with the University of Leeds as part of a large-scale […]
When the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival returns to Cinema St Louis on Thursday, festivalgoers will get to see how filmmakers from around the world approach their art. Festival organizers will play almost 280 films, documentaries and shorts at the festival, which runs through Nov. 19 at the Alamo Drafthouse, Webster University, Washington University, […]
In partnership with Northwest Film Forum Featuring a raven who brings daylight to the world, a 13-year-old computer coder, and a legendary Black cowboy, this program of narrative and documentary shorts for kids 9 and older showcases fan favorites from the 2023 BAMkids Film Festival. Explore the world through courageous characters who are determined to […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For the first time since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, killed hundreds of people, and kidnapped hundreds more, News4JAX spoke to a survivor who described the carnage and her terrifying escape. “Between five and eight terrorists stood in front of our car and started shooting at us, directly. One of them even made […]
Poor Things is a sexually liberated black comedy stirring with emotion and topical commentary: Brisbane International Film Festival Review
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November 6, 2023
Like his previous works that celebrate their fantastical, absurdist nature with a certain gravitas, Yorgos Lanthimos grounds Poor Things, an undeniably wild, oft-offensive, sexually liberated black comedy, with a stirring sense of emotion and topical commentary. In 19th century London – or what such a time period looks like within Lanthimos’ vivid imagination – the […]