Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (“12 Years a Slave“) will take part in a live virtual conversation at 6pm CT on Wednesday, July 7th, moderated by our recent Black Writers Week panelist Troy Pryor, founder of the multi-service entertainment company, Creative Cypher. Presented by Nō Studios, the event is entitled, “John Ridley: Superheroes and Representation,” and will focus on his work…
RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert is returning to the Cannes Film Festival this year and will provide her signature video dispatches. The festival kicks off tomorrow, July 6th, and runs through Saturday, July 17th. She filmed the following dispatch just before she left for the South of France, and starting tomorrow, she will be reporting from Cannes.…
Cush Jumbo, Billy Howle, and Jared Harris elevate a relatively soapy story in the British export “The Beast Must Die,” a 6-part limited series that premiere originally on streamer Britbox in the U.K. and is now unfolding in the United States on AMC+, starting today, July 5th, airing a week later on AMC proper. Examining…
It seemed like justice. The first third of “The Phantom,” a documentary about the exoneration of a man executed in 1989 for a murder committed by someone else, might even convince you that Carlos DeLuna deserved to be found guilty for the murder of a young cashier named Wanda Lopez. DeLuna, then 20 years old,…
While multiplexes are getting ready to be taken over by the newest flashy, big-budget Marvel movie—the kind of entertainment that has admittedly been missing in action for long—a small-scaled nail-biter is also sneaking in there this season, promising to deliver the theatrical goods. And in spite of its icy backdrop, the part home-invasion chiller, part…
Horror fans are bound to have a good summer, considering the filmmakers who are in the mix. But among the list of heavy hitters—Nia DaCosta (“Candyman”), M. Night Shyamalan (“Old”), David Lowery (“The Green Knight”) and more—there’s Leigh Janiak, previously of the indie horror “Honeymoon.” She throws down the gauntlet by offering three movies, based on…
