Aug 11, 2010

Ticketholders Can Taste - and Learn to Cook - Their Way Through Italy, India and Indonesia

Jun 18, 2010

As part of its ongoing ADFF Spring and Summer Film Series at Teachers College, Columbia University, ADFF and the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs are presenting the “RACE AND PRIVILEGE IN SOCIETY” film series on June 23 to 27.

Jun 1, 2010

Now in its 16th year, Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by Los Angeles Times, showcases the best of American and international cinema. The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival takes place June 17-27, 2010 in downtown Los Angeles. The Festival screens more than 200 features, shorts, documentaries and music videos from more than 40...

May 1, 2010

Reggie Ponder interviews Common, star of "Just Wright"!

Apr 1, 2010

Join us tonight for Black World Cinema at the ICE Chatham 14 Theater in Chicago. the screening and discussion of the French blaxploitation revival film, "BLACK". 7pm!

Feb 23, 2010

Black History Month is coming to an end, but our celebration of 100 Years Of Black Cinema is just warming up! Join us with Black World Cinema, a showcase of seldom seen classic features and new films from around the world, as history is made on the big screen!

Feb 4, 2010

The journey of the first 100 Years of Black Cinema begins in Chicago. And so it’s only right that one of the best Black cinema series takes place In Chicago, at the ICE Theaters Chatham 14. So, if you’re in the area this month, check out Black World Cinema’s TRUTH BE TOLD – A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HERITAGE series every Thursday! See...

Dec 17, 2009

A FREE SCREENING of the WINNING VIDEOS in the Metropolis Art Prize 2009 will take place in TIMES SQUARE, New York from 7 to 8pm tonight, December 17.

Dec 8, 2009

Superstar actress Daryl Hannah, Pras of The Fugees, and Giancarlo Esposito were joined by Bollywood Stars Nandita Das, Nandana Sen, and Filmmaker Madhu Mantena. All are bound for Port Harcourt, Nigeria to attend the 6th Annual ION International Film Festival.

Nov 23, 2009

Interactive Work of Art Brings King of Pop's Legacy to Disadvantaged Kids In Time for Thanksgiving

Nov 18, 2009

When Turner Classic Movies (TCM) launches the first-ever TCM Classic Film Festival in April 2010 in Hollywood, the spectacular events will include the world premiere of a newly restored edition of George Cukor’s music-filled 1954 drama A Star is Born; the North American premiere of a restored version of Fritz Lang‘s 1927 science-fiction silent...

Oct 20, 2009

The Bay Institute today announced the world premiere of A Simple Question: The Story of STRAW at the San Francisco Public Library. Produced by Kevin White and David Donnenfield of Filmmakers Collaborative SF, A Simple Question is an inspiring documentary about students and teachers restoring a watershed, and a program that has galvanized the local community...

Sep 30, 2009

(New York, NY)—The 13th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by BET Networks, today announced the winners for feature, documentary, short film, screenplay and audience award categories. The five-day festival was held September 23-27 in New York City; wrapping up on September 27 with a closing awards brunch to congratulate the competition’s winners....

Sep 28, 2009

The 6th Abuja International Film Festival, which was initially scheduled to hold between 22 and 25 of this month, has been postponed. The festival was postponed in order to allow delegates, visitors and participants observe the Islamic Ramadan period actively. The event, which has so far received over 211 film entries from Nigeria and abroad, is now billed to...

Sep 21, 2009

“Mama, I Want To Sing!” Selected as Closing Night Film The 13th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by BET Networks, today announced the world premiere of “Mama, I Want To Sing!” as its closing night selection. The highly-anticipated musical starring R&B superstar Ciara and Emmy Award winner Lynn Whitfield will screen on...

Sep 21, 2009

The 13th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival will present director F. Gary Gray with the festival’s Career Achievement Award in celebration of an outstanding body of work, including “Friday,” “Set It Off,” “The Negotiator“, “The Italian Job” and the previously announced 2009 opening night selection, “Law...

Sep 18, 2009

TWILIGHT SCREENINGS OF “MADE IN JAMAICA ” WHEN: Friday, September 18, 2009 – Midnight Saturday, September 19, 2009 – Midnight General Admission: $12.50; Seniors (64+) & Child (-12) $8.50 WHERE: Sunshine Cinema, 143 East Houston Street, NYC ArtMattan Productions is celebrating the DVD launch of 2-DVD set, “Jamaican Music...

Sep 3, 2009

NEW YORK, NY (September 3, 2009) – The 13th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by BET Networks, today announced the opening night selection of Overture Films’ dramatic thriller LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, starring Gerard Butler, Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx and Academy Award nominee Viola Davis under the direction of F. Gary Gray. The star-studded...

Aug 28, 2009

Montgomery’s Black Film Festival made its debut in 2003 with one screening of one film. Since then, however, the festival has evolved into an all-day event with multiple films, a Q&A session with the subject of a new documentary, pre- and post-film discussions and more. The seventh annual Black Film Festival, which is from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday...

Aug 13, 2009

We told you right after Comic-Con that there were plans for an Avatar Day, a day to see everything folks saw at the con (and more!) Well, it’s almost here, and here are the details you need. On Monday, 20th Century Fox will launch an unusual offer on Avatarmovie.com: free tickets for an early look at 16 minutes of footage from the futuristic thriller...

Aug 13, 2009

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) – Foreign films predominate in the lineup of the New York Film Festival, announced Tuesday. The festival, which opens September 25, will showcase such European filmmakers as Michael Haneke (“The White Ribbon”), Alain Resnais (who will open the fest with his “Wild Grass”), Pedro Almodovar...

Aug 5, 2009

Okay, we’ve been talking about this since the Super Bowl. Now, it’s almost here. Paramount has been very tight about who sees “GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra” before it’s release on Friday. WE haven’t even seen it yet. (we’ve got a limited screening on the 6th, so we’ll have a review up in time for you to make a...

Jul 31, 2009

Over the past fifty years, film noir has been recognized as a unique example of an organic cinematic movement, one that produced many of the best and most time-tested Hollywood films of the forties and fifties. These tough-as-nails crime stories, told in a distinctly American vernacular, but informed by a darkly romantic European visual sensibility, continue...

Jul 29, 2009

Based on the autobiographical book, “Cass” is the incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, Cass Pennant, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. CASS grew up in a time before political correctness and was forced to endure racist...