Sentences with phrase «of black filmmakers»

Since the only superpower Hollywood truly recognizes is boffo box office, I hope that the inescapable commercial success of «Black Panther» will result not simply in more black - themed superhero movies but also in something far more valuable: a recognition of the extraordinary range and artistry of black filmmakers, writers, and actors whose talents even now remain so imposingly underrepresented and unexpressed.

But this Disney community is featuring a couple of black filmmakers that could go 1 - 2 at the box office in 10 days.

But the casually (and incredibly off - putting) candid remarks of an «anonymous» female veteran Academy voter inadvertently revealed that there is an incredible discomfort with praising the work of black filmmakers.

I think it's a part of a proud black lineage of black filmmakers who are making films with black heroes... I don't think it's a trendy thing, it's something that is part of kind of a historical continuum.»

Not exact matches

This week, we sit down with Hillsong United to discuss their upcoming documentary «Let Hope Rise» from filmmaker Michael John Warren (the director of Jay Z's «Fade to Black») and the global worship movement.

She's a wise - cracking, comedically abusive and pot - smoking older lady, which means that Perry is playing her in drag — a fact that some other black filmmakers like Spike Lee have criticized, accusing Perry of being too uncomfortably close to racial stereotypes of the past.

«I'm in a really privileged position as a woman filmmaker, as a black filmmaker because at the current moment there's not a shortage of opportunity to tell the stories and that's not something that I was able to say even two years ago, three years ago,» she says.

This year included nominations of six non-white-themed films and more than 10 black actors and filmmakers after two years of severe lacking.

Alysia Reiner actress, filmmaker, mother, alysiareiner.com, Star of TV Show «Orange is the new black»

The story charts the emotional development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Utah - based filmmaker Andrew Black makes his feature debut with Pride & Prejudice: A Latter - Day Comedy.

In the decades since, Black Panther has undergone a variety of costume alterations and adventures in the comics, some under the direction of the filmmaker Reginald Hudlin and, more recently, the author Ta - Nehisi Coates.

For a while, as the story and the Black Panther veer here and there, jumping from Wakanda to Busan, South Korea, the filmmakers seem as if they're simply going to deliver a remix of James Bond with a touch of Spidey shenanigans.

He's working in the vein of early Spike Lee, or of Robert Townsend, whose 1987 satire Hollywood Shuffle seemed to herald a new path forward for black filmmakers.

The big difference in Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordeno's vibrant documentary portrait is that it surveys the lives of LGBTQ youth - of - color at a time when Black Lives Matter has become a national movement and trans rights is making a long - overdue entry into the political conversation.

Better, the filmmakers have surrounded Black Panther with women who are not just worthy of him but frequently leave him in the dust.

The latter made his name as a filmmaker with the 2009 country musician drama Crazy Heart (which landed Jeff Bridges his Academy Award), and further established himself as a storyteller interested in making mood / performance - driven fare with the dramatic thriller Out of the Furnace and Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass..

In 1992, her name was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

English Writer / Director John Michael McDonagh is the elder brother of filmmaker Martin McDonagh, the mastermind who is behind such sterling black comedies as IN BRUGES (2008, 8/10) and SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2012).

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.

The director's new masterpiece is a summation of nearly everything he has learned as a filmmaker, and about black culture, but he doesn't feel the need to beat the audience over the head for each lesson he's trying to impart.

The director of the new version is Craig Brewer, an accomplished filmmaker who showed a talent for syncing movies and music with Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan.

Smart, stylish, and with a ton at work under the surface, Black Panther is an exhilarating addition to the MCU and one more indication that Coogler is a filmmaker worth taking note of.

He has broken all kinds of barriers and was influential to many black indie filmmakers.

The Nice Guys is a prototypical Shane Black film, saturated with all his earmarks as a filmmaker: Southern California, Christmas, private detectives, slapstick violence, explosions, people falling off of things, and a loosey - goosey plot that won't really hold up if you look too hard at it.

It was the kind of all - American fuck - up that, as Ridley Scott proved with Black Hawk Down, can be a gift to a filmmaker.

Other filmmakers had the opposite problem, having to deal with truncated and censored edits for television: Michael Apted, William Friedkin, David Anspaugh and Martin Brest removed their names from the studio - mandated TV or in - flight edits of «Thunderheart,» «The Guardian,» «Rudy» and «Meet Joe Black» respectively.

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.

Never in a million years would I have guessed that the same filmmaker might turn around and make something like Tangerine, his punk - as - fuck portrait of a much seedier L.A.. It's not just a total creative 180, but kind of the opposite of a sell - out move: Trading a formulaic story for an unpredictable one and a slick Indiewood aesthetic for a gorgeous, radical lo - fi approach, Baker trains his iPhone camera on the kind of characters — black and transgender prostitutes, immigrant cabbies — that the movies rarely acknowledge, let alone put into starring roles.

david j. moore chats with filmmaker Jonathan Mostow... Filmmaker Jonathan Mostow has been making some incredibly entertaining films since his early days, directing such made - for TV movies as Flight of Black Eagle, but it was his film Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell and J.T. Walsh that really put him onfilmmaker Jonathan Mostow... Filmmaker Jonathan Mostow has been making some incredibly entertaining films since his early days, directing such made - for TV movies as Flight of Black Eagle, but it was his film Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell and J.T. Walsh that really put him onFilmmaker Jonathan Mostow has been making some incredibly entertaining films since his early days, directing such made - for TV movies as Flight of Black Eagle, but it was his film Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell and J.T. Walsh that really put him on the map.

From filmmaker and activist Crystal Emery, Black Women In Medicine highlights the experiences of a number of successful black women in the medical field, and it also suggests solutions to the challenges facing young black women entering medical careers tBlack Women In Medicine highlights the experiences of a number of successful black women in the medical field, and it also suggests solutions to the challenges facing young black women entering medical careers tblack women in the medical field, and it also suggests solutions to the challenges facing young black women entering medical careers tblack women entering medical careers today.

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.

John Singleton commented that black filmmakers at major studios are not producing the same type of productions any because studio executives will not let them.

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.

This entirely African American - conceived and produced ensemble drama is the result of a collaboration of a pair of pioneering Black artists: writer Ishmael Reed and filmmaker Bill Gunn, who wrote and... More

Davis» black - comedy touches, her careful casting and her confident handling of actors all suggest a filmmaker to watch.

It's only Ryan Coogler's third feature — and an ambitious leap from his impressive 2013 debut, Fruitvale Station, and his critically acclaimed Rocky franchise entry, Creed (2015)-- but Black Panther is executed with the confidence of a far more experienced filmmaker.

At the same time, hiring Shane Black to direct was a minor stroke of genius, the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang filmmaker reteaming with that film's star allowing Downey to breathe new life into a character that was on the verge of becoming stale.

Henry Cavill («Justice League,» «Man of Steel»), Angela Bassett («Black Panther,» «American Horror Story»), and Vanessa Kirby («Me Before You,» «The Crown») also join the dynamic cast with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie («Jack Reacher») returning to the helm.

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.

Last month it was announced that Warner Bros. has enlisted up and coming filmmaker Cathy Yan (Dead Pigs) to direct Birds of Prey, a «girl gang» movie featuring Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn alongside other prominent female DC characters, thought to include the likes of Batgirl, Black Canary and the Huntress.

The Coens might have found jet - black humor underneath all of the menace, while Scott, ever the serious filmmaker, plays it all with the straightest of poker faces.

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.

Since then, Lee has produced a steady output of films, becoming arguably the most respected black filmmaker in the business.

Car Wash may be the quintessential example of this kind of film, and with a mostly African - American cast, its influence is still felt today among many aspiring Black filmmakers.

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

The filmmaker took to Instagram to share that Black Panther was one of the first films to shoot on one of is many stages.

Hot on the heels of the Alice Lowes and Ben Wheatleys of this world, are an entire new movement of young, cult - driven filmmakers, pushing old - school movie monsters and pitch black dark comedy to the very front of their repertoires.

Although the film generated much controversy, it gave hope to other race filmmakers that black films could compete in the new market of sound movies.