Sentences with phrase «by a black filmmaker»

Surely many would have preferred Detroit had been made by black filmmakers, but no one ever stepped up to tell the story.

In its first weekend alone, Black Panther slashed its way through records worldwide, becoming both the highest rated superhero film ever made and the top grossing movie directed by a black filmmaker.

And the first film led by a black cast, directed by a black filmmaker, expected to become a global blockbuster before it even opens.

I'd be careful as well of postulating that the roughness of the piece is some sort of statement about the difficulties encountered by black filmmakers, when that way lies paternalism.

Four of five films vying for Best Documentary were made by black filmmakers, including the poignant 13th from Ava DuVernay, the first black woman to be nominated in this category.

I have never heard of this critic, though I think its interesting that someone pointed out that he'll rush to the defense of films made by black filmmakers, regardless of quality, and its probably true.

The forecast: A historical epic about African Americans and racism made by a black filmmaker sells for a lot of money at Sundance — the obvious comparison point is to 2016's «The Birth of a Nation.»

The strong opening suggests «Black Panther» will easily set a box - office record for films directed by a black filmmaker.

TIFF also has a significant offering of films by black filmmakers.

It's rare for the film about the black experience, made by black filmmakers, to break into in the conversation at all, and when they do, the standards are always ridiculously high.

12 Years a Slave became the first film directed and produced by a black filmmaker — Steve McQueen, and also the first to be written by an African - American — John Ridley, to win the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year.

Not exact matches

Probably more than any other filmmaker, his name evokes instant expectations on the part of audiences: at least two or three great chills (and a few more good ones), some striking black comedy, and an eccentric characterization or two in every one of the director's movies.Originally trained at a technical school, Hitchcock gravitated to movies through art courses and advertising, and by the mid -»20s he was making his first films.

Having made appearances in international productions like Robert Aldrich's Too Late The Hero and Sydney Pollack's The Yakuza (written by Paul and Leonard Schrader) in the Seventies, Takakura continued to work with foreign filmmakers in Ridley Scott's Black Rain and with Tom Selleck in Mr. Baseball, as well as with Chinese director Zhang Yimou in 2005's Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, securing his superstar status in that country as well.

Black transgender director Yance Ford just made history by becoming the first trans filmmaker ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Black Panther, directed by Creed filmmaker Ryan Coogler, is due out February 16th, 2018, following a pair of two upcoming Marvel movies, Spider - Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok.

2013 was marked by conspicuous trends, ranging from end - of - the - world cataclysms, A-list Hollywood stars struggling against unforgiving environments to African American filmmakers portraying the black experience with emotional candor.

«The Black Power Mixtape: 1967 - 1975» sounds like a rap album, but it's really a rap sheet on the U.S., summarizing the abuses and prejudices heaped on African Americans during those years as described by African Americans and chronicled / interpreted by Swedish journalist - filmmakers.

Adding excitement to the project beyond all the thinkpieces the media can run about what this means for diversity in cinema is the fact that Black Panther is written and directed by Ryan Coogler, a young filmmaker who followed his acclaimed debut Fruitvale Station with a successful studio film in the endearing Creed.

Red Christmas is both written and directed by Australian actor - filmmaker Craig Anderson, making his feature directorial debut after numerous short films and TV work including «Double the Fist», «Black Comedy», and «How Not to Behave».

In rich black and white, it's the story of an aspiring young New York filmmaker (Steve Buscemi) in the throes of his creative struggle, his beautiful neighbor and muse (Jennifer Beals), and a lovable con man (Seymour Cassel), chasing their dreams in quintessential 1990s NYC amidst a cast of oddball characters played by Stanley Tucci, Sam Rockwell, Will Patton, Jim Jarmusch, Debi Mazar, Carol Kane, and others.

Black Panther marks this as being one of the greatest superhero films I've seen since it not only does the movie offer some tour - de-force performances by Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, and Lupita Nyong» o, but this is also one of the most mesmerizing, entertaining, and exhilarating experiences I've had at the movies this year so far, and it also proves that Ryan Coogler is one of the best filmmakers working today.

Check out the clip below and pick up a copy of the Blu - ray, which features 11 deleted scenes; commentary by Anderson and Owen Wilson; The Making of Bottle Rocket, an original documentary by filmmaker Barry Braverman with interviews with the cast and crew; and the original black - and - white Bottle Rocket short film.

Robin Hood is directed by English filmmaker Otto Bathurst, a veteran TV director (episodes of «Peaky Blinders», «Black Mirror», «Criminal Justice», «Hustle», «UGetMe») making his feature film directorial debut with this.

Beuys is directed by German filmmaker Andres Veiel, of the docs Balagan, Die Überlebenden, Black Box BRD, Die Spielwütigen, and Der Kick previously.

4 — Pioneers of African - American Cinema (Kino Lorber, Blu - ray, DVD) is the first comprehensive effort devoted to collecting and preserving feature films and shorts produced between 1915 and 1946 for black audiences, most of them made by African - American filmmakers.

Now showing in theaters is Prisoners, a chilling new crime drama featuring a Black List screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski, directed by French - Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.

Valentina, a day - walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, finds it difficult to suppress her bloodlust when a new woman is brought around her estranged twin daughters.Nikyatu Jusu is an award - winning Sierra Leonean - American filmmaker.

is both written and directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, of the films Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, and Noah previously.

Other high - profile titles screening at the festival, which opens Friday, include «Ginger and Rosa,» filmmaker Sally Potter's coming - of - age drama with Elle Fanning; «Midnight's Children,» director Deepa Mehta's adaptation of the novel by Salman Rushdie, who wrote the screenplay; and «Frances Ha,» a black - and - white look at a young dancer directed by «The Squid...

It's a daring choice by a filmmaker to make a nearly silent black and white film, and that he's able to pretty much pull it off is quite amazing.

Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua has signed a new first look deal with Sony Pictures, which will get underway with the Denzel Washington sequel The Equalizer 2, followed by an adaptation of Jeffrey Haas» book The Assassination Of Fred Hampton: How The FBI And The Chicago Police Murdered A Black Panther.

An older title brought back into circulation is All Day's expanded DVD release of Ganja and Hess (1983), which features an overly appreciative commentary with the director, co-star, cinematographer, and the film's composer, Sam Waymon, bubbling about a seminal work by independent black filmmakers that's either a lost masterpiece, or an indulgent, narrative mess to some.

Also, as pointed out by The Playlist, the THR piece also mentions that a trio of female filmmakers are being mentioned for the «Black Widow» spinoff.

On that special night in 2004 that I blogged about, I was introduced to writer and director Jonathan Demme by Black, and assisted Crispin Glover and Canadian filmmaker Ron Mann (Go Further, Know Your Mushrooms) in and out of the screening at the personal — and quite polite — request of Jarmusch.

Highest grossing film by a Black Director: It has been a watershed year for black filmmakers, with Barry Jenkins» «Moonlight» winning Best Picture, Jordan Peele getting a Best Director Oscar nomination for «Get Out» and F. Gary Gray directing a billion - dollar hit with «The Fate of the Furious.&rBlack Director: It has been a watershed year for black filmmakers, with Barry Jenkins» «Moonlight» winning Best Picture, Jordan Peele getting a Best Director Oscar nomination for «Get Out» and F. Gary Gray directing a billion - dollar hit with «The Fate of the Furious.&rblack filmmakers, with Barry Jenkins» «Moonlight» winning Best Picture, Jordan Peele getting a Best Director Oscar nomination for «Get Out» and F. Gary Gray directing a billion - dollar hit with «The Fate of the Furious.»

Oscar - winning filmmaker Alexander Payne reveals that his latest project, Downsizing, has been influenced by the hit sci - fi series, Black Mirror.

Ryan Faughnder and Daniel Miller looked at what the film's box office potential means, noting, «Crucially, «Black Panther» could help shake up the way Hollywood does business by defying assumptions about films with predominantly black casts and filmmakers.&rBlack Panther» could help shake up the way Hollywood does business by defying assumptions about films with predominantly black casts and filmmakers.&rblack casts and filmmakers.»

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BODY AND SOUL By Charles Musser This 1925 film reveals the formal and political radicalism of America's most prolific black filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux.

Filmmaker Rob Meyer first received the script for what was then titled Black Kid — and became Little Boxes — by writer Annie Howell in March, 2014 from producers Jared Goldman and Jordan Horowitz.

Disney has revealed the full - length official trailer for Marvel's Black Panther movie, directed by the talented filmmaker Ryan Coogler (of Fruitvale Station, Creed), and it looks awesome.

NOAH is a crazy film by Darren Aronofsky (THE FOUNTAIN, BLACK SWAN) manifesting the filmmaker's trademark tussle with the unknowable and a feverish attempt to reconcile good and evil, faith and fear, while yoking the otherworldly to concrete reality.

Sundance's Little Men by Ira Sachs and starring Greg Kennear and Jennifer Ehle will hit theaters via Magnolia Pictures, and Austin - based filmmaker Richard Linklater is the focus of a new documentary by SXSW co-founder Louis Black and Emmy - winner Karen Bernstein in a day and date roll out from Sundance Selects.

Films by white filmmakers like Detroit, and more recently, the hotly contested Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, have the habit of only treating the bodies of black people as miserable and / or broken things.

Black Panther is directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Ryan Coogler, of Fruitvale Station and Creed previously.

Struck by their Reservoir Dogs-esque black Ray - Ban sunglasses, leather coats, and waist - length hair, she became friends with the group and soon uncovered the kind of story documentary filmmakers dream about.

The filmmakers catch us up on old friends, build stronger identities for newer ones (Paul Rudd's Ant Man has tricks up his tiny sleeves) and introduce two significant characters, Black Panther (played with ferocious dignity by Chadwick Boseman) and a fresh Spider - Man (played as a genial, awestruck teen by Tom Holland, who actually is a teen).

The first American film by acclaimed French filmmaker Jean Renoir («The Grand Illusion» / «The Human Beast» / «Madame Bovary») is shot in black and white and on location in Georgia's Okefenokee swamp.

The Nice Guys is co-written and directed by filmmaker Shane Black, screenwriter of the Lethal Weapon series, The Monster Squad, Last Action Hero, and director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Marvel's Iron Man 3 previously.

by Walter Chaw I believe the title is meant to indicate the arrested protagonist more than it is the baby he tries to sell on the black market, thus The Child (L'Enfant)-- another of Belgian filmmakers Jean - Pierre and Luc Dardenne's mild, allegorical subversions of Robert Bresson and incrementally more violent subversions of the French New Wave — takes on Pickpocket via Breathless.