‘The Saviors’ Review: Adam Scott and Danielle Deadwyler in a Timely Comic Thriller With Good Intentions and Clunky Execution

‘The Saviors’ Review: Adam Scott and Danielle Deadwyler in a Timely Comic Thriller With Good Intentions and Clunky Execution

If there is one thing Sean (Adam Scott) would like to make perfectly clear, it’s that he’s only ever had the best intentions. He’s no bigot. He doesn’t buy into far-right propaganda like his parents (Ron Perlman and Colleen Camp) do. And he’s been nothing but hospitable to his new Airbnb guests, Jahan (Nazanin Boniadi)…

Read More
Danielle Deadwyler, Billy Barratt, Alfred Molina Join David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman in A24 Drama ‘The Chaperones’ (Exclusive)

Danielle Deadwyler, Billy Barratt, Alfred Molina Join David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman in A24 Drama ‘The Chaperones’ (Exclusive)

 Danielle Deadwyler, Billy Barratt, Alfred Molina, Tim Meadows, and Dolly De Leon have joined the cast of A24 drama The Chaperones. Plan B and Icki Eneo Arlo, the Robert Pattinson-fronted banner, are producing the feature that has indie darling India Donaldson directing.  David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman and Paul Dano are toplining the drama, centered on a drug…

Read More
Cintima Mounts Short Film Festival “Celebrating Intimate Storytelling” in Three Minutes or Less

Cintima Mounts Short Film Festival “Celebrating Intimate Storytelling” in Three Minutes or Less

Cintima — the SAG-AFTRA-accredited intimacy coordinator training organization — is mounting an inaugural short film festival featuring works that explore “the complexity and artistry surrounding intimacy on film” in three minutes or less. The one-night event, dubbed Flicker Festival, will unspool inside Culver City’s Culver Theater on Oct. 16. Submissions are now open for the…

Read More
#AAFCA Awards: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ ‘Till,’ ‘Emancipation’ Among Top Winners

#AAFCA Awards: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ ‘Till,’ ‘Emancipation’ Among Top Winners

AAFCA Awards: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ ‘Till,’ ‘Emancipation’ Among Top Winners The African-American Film Critics Association Award ceremony honored the variety of Black experiences depicted on screen, along with Black excellence in front of and behind the camera. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Till, Emancipation and The Woman King were among the top winners at Wednesday’s…

Read More
#Santa Barbara Film Fest: Eight Breakouts, Including Oscar Frontrunners Austin Butler and Ke Huy Quan, Celebrated as Virtuosos

#Santa Barbara Film Fest: Eight Breakouts, Including Oscar Frontrunners Austin Butler and Ke Huy Quan, Celebrated as Virtuosos

Santa Barbara Film Fest: Eight Breakouts, Including Oscar Frontrunners Austin Butler and Ke Huy Quan, Celebrated as Virtuosos At the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Wednesday night, eight performers who, at different stages of their careers, experienced a big screen breakthrough in 2022, were feted with Virtuoso Awards: Austin Butler (Elvis), Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin), Danielle…

Read More
#Danielle Deadwyler Addresses ‘Till’ Oscars Snub: “We’re Talking About Misogynoir”

#Danielle Deadwyler Addresses ‘Till’ Oscars Snub: “We’re Talking About Misogynoir”

Danielle Deadwyler Addresses ‘Till’ Oscars Snub: “We’re Talking About Misogynoir” Danielle Deadwyler is offering her thoughts on Hollywood and systemic racism after she missed out on a 2023 Academy Award nomination for her role as Mamie Till-Mobley, mother to Emmett Till, in director Chinonye Chukwu’s film Till. Deadwyler was a guest on Kermode & Mayo’s…

Read More
#‘Till’: 10 of the Film’s Stars and Their Real-Life Inspirations

#‘Till’: 10 of the Film’s Stars and Their Real-Life Inspirations

‘Till’: 10 of the Film’s Stars and Their Real-Life Inspirations Chinonye Chukwu’s Till recounts the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley’s (Danielle Deadwyler) fight for justice after her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till (Jalyn Hall), was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi in 1955. The biographical drama shows how Till-Mobley channeled her grief into action. Following Till’s…

Read More