With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
The signature appeal of Spike Lee’s early films have Ernest Dickerson’s cinematography to thank as much as Lee’s own cinematic flourishes. Dickerson’s eye helped give many Spike Lee joints their distinctive look; it was a symbiotic pairing that would continue through much of their careers. But directing was always in Dickerson’s future. After making his debut with “Juice” in 1992, Dickerson took on one of the most adapted literary works of all time, Richard Connell’s 1924 short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” He did so with mixed results, but introduced some provocative ideas that are still worth exploring today. “Surviving the Game” is a worthwhile flashback, given the current racial and political climate in America, as protests continue...
The signature appeal of Spike Lee’s early films have Ernest Dickerson’s cinematography to thank as much as Lee’s own cinematic flourishes. Dickerson’s eye helped give many Spike Lee joints their distinctive look; it was a symbiotic pairing that would continue through much of their careers. But directing was always in Dickerson’s future. After making his debut with “Juice” in 1992, Dickerson took on one of the most adapted literary works of all time, Richard Connell’s 1924 short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” He did so with mixed results, but introduced some provocative ideas that are still worth exploring today. “Surviving the Game” is a worthwhile flashback, given the current racial and political climate in America, as protests continue...
- 6/25/2020
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
The signature appeal of Spike Lee’s early films have Ernest Dickerson’s cinematography to thank as much as Lee’s own cinematic flourishes. Dickerson’s eye helped give many Spike Lee joints their distinctive look; it was a symbiotic pairing that would continue through much of their careers. But directing was always in Dickerson’s future. After making his debut with “Juice” in 1992, Dickerson took on one of the most adapted literary works of all time, Richard Connell’s 1924 short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” He did so with mixed results, but introduced some provocative ideas that are still worth exploring today. “Surviving the Game” is a worthwhile flashback, given the current racial and political climate in America, as protests continue...
The signature appeal of Spike Lee’s early films have Ernest Dickerson’s cinematography to thank as much as Lee’s own cinematic flourishes. Dickerson’s eye helped give many Spike Lee joints their distinctive look; it was a symbiotic pairing that would continue through much of their careers. But directing was always in Dickerson’s future. After making his debut with “Juice” in 1992, Dickerson took on one of the most adapted literary works of all time, Richard Connell’s 1924 short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” He did so with mixed results, but introduced some provocative ideas that are still worth exploring today. “Surviving the Game” is a worthwhile flashback, given the current racial and political climate in America, as protests continue...
- 6/25/2020
- by Tambay Obenson
- Thompson on Hollywood
When Ai Weiwei was detained by China’s secret police, the dissident artist imprisoned for 81 days for his supposed crimes against the state, the men tasked with interrogating him must have faced a unique challenge: He speaks in a stage whisper, murmuring with the flatness of someone to whom the world is always revealing itself. “They said I watched too many Hollywood movies,” he remembered. His voice barely went up a tick, even when imitating his furious jailers: “’This person is out of his mind! He’s talking about human rights and freedom of speech… can’t he just grow up?’”
The reasons for Ai’s release were as arbitrary as those for his incarceration, but perhaps he was set free because the Chinese government realized that he was fundamentally inextricable from his ideals. Born into exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai was displaced before he even had a home...
The reasons for Ai’s release were as arbitrary as those for his incarceration, but perhaps he was set free because the Chinese government realized that he was fundamentally inextricable from his ideals. Born into exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai was displaced before he even had a home...
- 10/18/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is particularly busy at the moment. He’s about to launch “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors,” an art installation in New York, and if that’s not enough, his latest documentary “Human Flow” is gearing up to open this week. The film, which chronicles the global refugee crisis, couldn’t be more timely, and it was important for Ai that his picture was informative as well as intimate.
Continue reading ‘Human Flow’ Clip: Refugees Seek A New Life [Exclusive] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Human Flow’ Clip: Refugees Seek A New Life [Exclusive] at The Playlist.
- 10/9/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
This week's episode of Fear The Walking Dead robs us of witnessing the true downfall of La, but also has some nicely-directed moments...
This review contains spoilers.
1.4 – Not Fade Away
There's an old saying that goes, “Good fences make good neighbours.” However, that rule seems only to apply when you're the person who has chosen to erect the fence. Put up a privacy fence and obstruct someone's view, or erect a fence where laws prohibit fencing, and your action will make you an enemy pretty quickly. In the universe of The Walking Dead, fences make good targets, because there's probably food behind said fences - either the canned kind or the mobile, screaming sort.
Things seem to be going on fairly normally in Nick Clark's neighborhood. His stepfather Travis is out for a run, waving at neighbours and getting up a good sweat. His stepbrother Chris is perched on...
This review contains spoilers.
1.4 – Not Fade Away
There's an old saying that goes, “Good fences make good neighbours.” However, that rule seems only to apply when you're the person who has chosen to erect the fence. Put up a privacy fence and obstruct someone's view, or erect a fence where laws prohibit fencing, and your action will make you an enemy pretty quickly. In the universe of The Walking Dead, fences make good targets, because there's probably food behind said fences - either the canned kind or the mobile, screaming sort.
Things seem to be going on fairly normally in Nick Clark's neighborhood. His stepfather Travis is out for a run, waving at neighbours and getting up a good sweat. His stepbrother Chris is perched on...
- 9/21/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
In this week’s episode of Fear the Walking Dead, the old saying “Good fences make good neighbors” took on a whole new meaning for Maddie. But it turned out there was something scarier than even the walker next door that could drop by. What was it? Read on and find out!
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A Close Shave | As “The Dog” began, Travis was reassuring Ofelia that the looters wouldn’t bother breaking into her father’s barber shop. “What are they gonna steal?” he scoffed. “Combs?” Still, the group was...
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A Close Shave | As “The Dog” began, Travis was reassuring Ofelia that the looters wouldn’t bother breaking into her father’s barber shop. “What are they gonna steal?” he scoffed. “Combs?” Still, the group was...
- 9/14/2015
- TVLine.com
Good fences, Robert Frost once wrote, make good neighbours. But when the new arrivals next door are a bunch of horny, booze-loving frat boys, you’re probably going to need more than that. Force field technology would be good. For new parents Mac and Kelly Radner, their first tactic is to try to win over the frat with charm and the power of a cute baby. Check out the clip from Bad Neighbours below. Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne star as Mac and Kelly, a married couple dealing with the transition from their carefree younger days to the responsibilities that arrive with a child. Their domestic bliss is nonetheless shattered when the fraternity begins to hold massive, noisy parties into the wee hours of the night.Though the couple tries to be cool with their young newcomers, eventually things descend into all-out prank war as Teddy (Zac Efron), the frat president,...
- 3/14/2014
- EmpireOnline
RZA is making his anticipated directorial debut with The Man with the Iron Fists, due out this weekend in the Us, followed by a December release here in the UK.
With his first feature behind the camera about to roll into theatres, THR are reporting that the multi-hyphenate has already set his sights on a further two projects.
First up is set to be action/thriller, No Man’s Land. The script comes from David Klass (Kiss the Girls) and Trey Ellis (Good Fences), and takes place over one night, described as having echoes of Walter Hill’s cult classic, The Warriors.
The story revolves around,
“a man who steals a powerful criminal’s diamond that soon proves to be far more valuable than initially thought. With the help of a dancer, he attempts to stay alive and cash in on the jewel.”
Next up, RZA has signed on to direct Genghis Khan,...
With his first feature behind the camera about to roll into theatres, THR are reporting that the multi-hyphenate has already set his sights on a further two projects.
First up is set to be action/thriller, No Man’s Land. The script comes from David Klass (Kiss the Girls) and Trey Ellis (Good Fences), and takes place over one night, described as having echoes of Walter Hill’s cult classic, The Warriors.
The story revolves around,
“a man who steals a powerful criminal’s diamond that soon proves to be far more valuable than initially thought. With the help of a dancer, he attempts to stay alive and cash in on the jewel.”
Next up, RZA has signed on to direct Genghis Khan,...
- 10/29/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If you hear anyone lamenting the state of the short horror fiction market these days, pay them no mind – they are clearly not looking in the right places. Yes, it’s true, the presence of genre fiction on the newsstands at your local bookshop is nearly nonexistent (if you’re lucky, you’ll find a beat-up copy of Cemetery Dance crammed on a bottom shelf in the Hobbies section next to the model train and dog grooming magazines), which is a shame considering the large amount of horror/science fiction movie magazines you can find just a few sections over. If you’re relying on the good folks at Barnes and Noble or Books-a-Million to feed your appetite for horrific literature, you’re all but starving.
But like a lot of things, short horror fiction has found new life online. Many small press publishers maintain online magazines that are companions to the books they produce,...
But like a lot of things, short horror fiction has found new life online. Many small press publishers maintain online magazines that are companions to the books they produce,...
- 10/8/2012
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
TORONTO -- The ReelWorld Film Festival, which is devoted to culturally and racially diverse films, unveiled its lineup Tuesday. The third edition of the Toronto event will open April 3 with the Mia Kirshner starrer Now & Forever and will close April 6 with director Ernest Dickerson's Good Fences, starring Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg. Other films to unspool at ReelWorld, which was founded and is organized by actress Tonya Lee Williams, include the North American premiere of the Bollywood hit Escape From Taliban: A True Story, by India's Ujjal Chatterjee, and Una Casa con Vista al Mar (A House With a View of the Sea), from Venezuela's Alberto Arvelo Mendoza. U.S. films in the lineup include Eric Byler's romantic drama Charlotte Sometimes; Rick Derby's Rocks With Wings, a documentary centering on a girl's basketball team on a New Mexican Navajo reservation; and Bobby Houston's documentary Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks. Among the 65 films that will unspool at the festival are 26 fiction features, 15 world premieres and 30 Canadian premieres. "This is a festival that wants to propel the careers of diversity actors and filmmakers and reflect the diversity of Canada on the big and small screen," Williams said at a news conference here. Raised in Toronto, Williams (The Young & the Restless) divides her time between acting in Los Angeles and business in Toronto, which includes a public relations agency and the ReelWorld Foundation. This year's festival will include a trade forum and gala evening screenings and will conclude with an awards presentation.
- 3/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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