2013 has been a fantastic year
for black cinema.
Not exact matches
The entire Imax
cinemas was acquired
for the night by UBA t to allow
for the crowd of movie lovers who had thronged the venue to the
Black Panther.
So, it was a bit of a surprise to see that the actress opted
for a
black dress when it came to the UK premiere of Huge held at the Empire
cinema in London this June.
The
black dress is considered to be one of the best looks of
cinema during the 20th century which says a lot
for a minimalistic monochrome dress.
So, after my last trip to the
cinema ended so well, I trucked back this week to check out the latest offering from Darren Aronofsky, the director of a slew of awesome flicks,
Black Swan, The Fighter, Pi, Requiem
for a Dream.
Dubbed «sugar babies», these good - looking girls join rich older men
for cinema dates, gym trips and holidays in return
for a monthly cash allowance and lavish presents - plus the piece of mind that they'll leave university in the
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In plumbing the pitch
black, Werewolf offers the distinct hope of a brighter future - at least, a brighter future
for Canadian
cinema.
There are no twists or surprises in store
for those trekking out to the
cinemas this weekend to see
Black Panther.
The comic enabled dignified, empowered, positive representations of blackness deployed on a global level:
Black visual pleasure and desire
for escapism through fantasy
cinema recognized and served.
Salvation
for cinemas is imminent, with the release today of Marvel's
Black Panther, swiftly followed on Valentine's Day by Guillermo del Toro's awards favourite The Shape of Water.
Grahame was known
for her brash femme fatales in the days of
black - and - white
cinema, but her on - screen persona only told part of her story.
Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award
for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent
cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious
black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's
for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.
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.
Italian director Mario Bava paved the way
for decades of Italian horror
cinema with the sinister
black - and - white witch's tale Black Sunday (1
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Black Sunday (1
Black Sunday (1960).
Borrowing the form of the Maysles» Gim me Shelter that documented the Rolling Stones» tragic Altamont concert, Altamont Now presents a unique reversioning of 1960s rock - sploitation films,
Black Panther - style revolutionary rhetoric, and
cinema verité to portray and eerily emblematic group of youth who have nothing worth rebelling
for.
May 7, 2021 might be a good time
for Black Panther 2 - especially considering how popular and successful the first movie has been - and July 30, 2021 could see another Thor movie hit
cinemas (although that's been thrown into doubt since Chris Hemsworth revealed he's not contracted
for anymore MCU appearances past Avengers 4).
With
Black Panther set to open in
cinemas around the world this week, Marvel will soon be turning its full attention to the marketing campaign
for Avengers: Infinity War, and today we've got a new piece of promotional artwork
for the hugely - anticipated superhero event, which gives us another look at Iron Man in his latest -LSB-...]
Hence coming up with a consensus
for a «top» five among seven or eight people proved to be downright impossible (leaving off all of the great «off the wall»
cinema was particularly difficult — e.g. Grindhouse, Bug and
Black Snake Moan specifically).
With
Black Panther set to open in
cinemas around the world this week, Marvel will soon be turning its full attention to the marketing campaign
for Avengers: Infinity War, and today we've got a new piece of promotional artwork
for the hugely - anticipated superhero event, which gives us another look at Iron Man in his latest armor.
An article about the African - American Film Critic's Association's announcement that 2016 is the best year
for Blacks in
cinema.
As such, this
black & white throwback is a tour de force which earns well - deserved recognition
for its unique contribution to
cinema.
For those like this author unschooled in the TV show, Orphan
Black co-star Tatiana Maslany is a revelation, surpassing any of her previous
cinema roles with a wonderfully nuanced take as Jake's partner.
There is certainly a plethora of different possibilities
for black American cinema to explore right now, from the Brechtian operatics of Spike Lee's Chi - Raq to the exuberant pop myth - making we can no doubt expect from Ryan Coogler's Black Pan
black American
cinema to explore right now, from the Brechtian operatics of Spike Lee's Chi - Raq to the exuberant pop myth - making we can no doubt expect from Ryan Coogler's
Black Pan
Black Panther.
Brad Pitt,
for his part, was so keen
for a franchise he created his own, producing last year's World War Z, while Scarlett Johansson is nowadays best known to many
cinema goers as Marvel Comics
Black Widow (she reprises the part in Captain America: The Winter Soldier).
Because
Black Panther isn't just a crowd - pleasing superhero movie (though it is that
for sure), it's a vital moment in
cinema history and a heartfelt, thoughtful exploration of the scars of colonialism and the hope
for healing.»
For a fan of classic
cinema, there is nothing quite like seeing a
black and white film presented beautifully in High Definition, and My Darling Clementine looks splendid on Blu - Ray from The Criterion Collection.
Activision released the LG
cinema 3d trailer
for «Call of Duty
Black Ops 2» coming Novemeber 13, 2012 to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
Its digs at racial stereotypes and dedication to honouring the images and conceits of
black cinema from the Seventies are dead on - target
for the most part, while its attempts to marry it all into some sort of spy plot are subject to the same extended dull spots suffered by any dinosaur Bond flick.
But those are minor complaints compared to its many strengths, because while the film isn't
for everyone, fans of Chinese
cinema or just really good
black comedy will love it.
The organization honors excellence in
cinema by creating awareness
for films with universal appeal to
black communities, while emphasizing film about the
black experience and those produced, written, directed and starring performers of African descent.
One of the most consistent performers in
cinema, Washington has won the
Black Reel as a Producer
for Outstanding Motion Picture
for Antwone Fisher (2002), Outstanding Director, Antwone Fisher (2002), and four times
for Outstanding Actor in Flight (2012), Training Day (2001), Remember the Titans (2000), and The Hurricane (1999).
The
Black Reel Awards is the major fundraiser
for the Foundation
for the Augmentation of African - Americans in Film (FAAAF) and annually spotlights
Black cinematic excellence in films and performances in theatrical, independent, television and world
cinema films.
You can read more below, but this sounds like an awesome and juicy bit of pulp
cinema that could turn into something more if everything breaks right
for Black and company.
This self - containment also makes
Black Panther more accessible
for cinema goers that are not necessarily Marvel fans.
The stark
black and white cinematography and a stunning supporting performance by Joe Pesci make the film one
for the ages and are easily the greatest boxing movie in
cinema history.
Del Toro's unconventional story works as both a Cold War - era Beauty and the Beast, and an epic love poem to
cinema — an outpouring of love
for empathetic movie monsters like The Creature from the
Black Lagoon's iconic Gill - man.
For the «Mad Max» lover, the «Mad Max» unfamiliar and even those non-savvy with the art form of cinema, «Mad Max: Black & Chrome» is bound to make you the ultimate Santa of your loved ones» holiday, if for the idea of presenting people with one of the very best films of 2015 or giving them the gift of Doof warrior but in black - and - whi
For the «Mad Max» lover, the «Mad Max» unfamiliar and even those non-savvy with the art form of
cinema, «Mad Max:
Black & Chrome» is bound to make you the ultimate Santa of your loved ones» holiday, if for the idea of presenting people with one of the very best films of 2015 or giving them the gift of Doof warrior but in black - and - w
Black & Chrome» is bound to make you the ultimate Santa of your loved ones» holiday, if
for the idea of presenting people with one of the very best films of 2015 or giving them the gift of Doof warrior but in black - and - whi
for the idea of presenting people with one of the very best films of 2015 or giving them the gift of Doof warrior but in
black - and - w
black - and - white.
Whether he's paying dazzling creative homage The Red Shoes or The Creature from the
Black Lagoon, Del Toro taps into the history of fantastical
cinema for his film, ably abetted by production designer Paul Austerberry and cinematographer Dan Laustsen whose evocative helps bring Del Toro's vision to life.
Film Heritage Award: «One Way or Another:
Black Women's
Cinema 1970 - 1991,» BAMcinématek; Dan Talbot
for his pioneering work as an exhibitor and distributor in bringing worldwide
cinema to the United States
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) called 2016 a banner year
for Blacks in
cinema and it looks like they were right.
Meanwhile, Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter wrote of the film, «Intense emotional currents and the jagged feelings of volatile actors are turned loose to raucous dramatic and darkly comedic effect in one of the most sustained examples of visually fluid tour de force
cinema anyone's ever seen... An exemplary cast, led by Michael Keaton... fully meets the considerable demands placed upon it by director Alejandro G. Inarritu... The film's exhilarating originality,
black comedy and tone that is at once empathetic and acidic will surely strike a strong chord with audiences looking
for something fresh.»
Responsibility
for helming the Wakandan king's first solo headline gig fell to Ryan Coogler, but as the hype builds and pre-sale ticket records are smashed ahead of the film's release, it's important to consider the wider cultural impact of this landmark event in the history of
black cinema.
For all the problems we may have with the idea of a black man fighting for the side that would continue to enslave his own people, by the end of the film, it's his character that reminds us of the bond between the Civil War and the cinema myth of the American We
For all the problems we may have with the idea of a
black man fighting
for the side that would continue to enslave his own people, by the end of the film, it's his character that reminds us of the bond between the Civil War and the cinema myth of the American We
for the side that would continue to enslave his own people, by the end of the film, it's his character that reminds us of the bond between the Civil War and the
cinema myth of the American West.
Shane
Black — writer, director, occasional purveyor of filthy jokes — took to the stage of a London
cinema last night
for an Empire Podcast - organised Q&A.
Tom Holland has praised star Chadwick Boseman
for his changing the shape of superhero
cinema with Marvel's
Black Panther.
It has taken half a century
for this film to make it onto a British
cinema screen, basically because it is a low - budget independent drama about being
black in early 1960s Alabama, and
for no other perceptible reason.
Indeed, movies and the wonder they inspire, «like seeing dreams in the middle of the day,» are central to the story, and Selznick expresses an obvious passion
for cinema in ways both visual (successive pictures, set against
black frames as if projected on a darkened screen, mimic slow zooms and dramatic cuts) and thematic (the convoluted plot involves director Georges Méliès, particularly his fanciful 1902 masterpiece, A Trip to the Moon.)
On April 9, NEH announced $ 18.6 million in grants
for a traveling exhibition and public programming exploring the role of
blacks in American
cinema from 1900 - 1970, a New York Historical Society touring exhibition on
Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, development of undergraduate curriculum at the University of Dayton related to the life and work of Paul Laurence Dunbar, and research
for a book on self - taught Louisiana painter Clementine Hunter (1887 - 1988).
It will be presented by 25 high - contrast
black and white photographs, which are from editorial images of the 90's
for VOGUE, HARPER»S BAZAAR, INTERVIEW and many other international magazines, to his personal work inspired by modern dance, landscapes, early German and East European
cinema and photography.