Indiewire Browse the indiewire network

Recent Comments

Popular Posts

  • Watch The Greatest Black Film Ever Made Now!
  • South African, Morrocan, African American Feature Title...
  • TV News Round-up: 'Steve Harvey' Sold Through 2016; Sol...
  • Trinidad+Tobago Film Fest Call For Entries For 3rd RBC ...
  • Class Warfare On A Moving Train In 1st Trailer For 'Sno...
  • A Treat For 'Scandal' Fans: Listen To The Cast's 'Epic'...
  • 5 African Diaspora-Interest Features To See At The Los ...
  • 'Carmen Jones' Coming To Blu-Ray DVD 12/3
  • Watch Trailer For Katherine Nero's Indie Family/Legal D...
  • DiCaprio *Replaced* De Niro For Scorsese; What Young Bl...
  • Principal Photography Wraps On Debbie Tucker Green's Fe...
  • BBC Three Announces New Initiative To Find 'Fresh Direc...
  • Idris Elba Pads Producer Credits - Will Produce Michael...
  • Review - 'Gideon's Army' Is A Necessary Look At The Wor...
  • SIFF Review: Painterly, Meditative S. African Drama 'Fo...

Shadow and Act

Another New African American TV Network to Launch In 2012: Soul Of The South Network

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 12:29 PM
  • |
  • 8 Comments
Another one? Must be something in the air... First Bounce TV, then MGM announced plans for its KIN TV, and now comes Soul Of The South Network... from the press release:
Read More »
More: FYI, Things That Make You Go Hmm...

Donald Glover Is A Ghost From Lynching-Past In Video For "Bonfire"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 12:20 PM
  • |
  • 19 Comments
I've never really been much of a Donald Glover fan (his humor specifically); but I'm kinda digging this whole get-up: the music video for the 1st single (titled Bonfire), from his upcoming new album, Camp, which drops on November 15th.
Read More »
More: Watch Now, Music Break

Vin Diesel's "Chronicles Of Riddick" Sequel Shut Down Over Money

  • By Cynthia Reid
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 10:06 AM
  • |
  • 7 Comments
TMZ is reporting the new Chronicles Of Riddick sequel, being filmed in Montreal, was recently shut down due to money issues.
Read More »
More: Things That Make You Go Hmm...

Watch Global Documentary Experiment "Life In A Day" For Free Now!

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 9:11 AM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
A project that was announced back in July 2010, and that we've been covering since; It’s called Life In A Day, produced by Sir Ridley Scott, and directed Kevin Macdonald in what they called a historic global experiment to create the world’s largest user-generated feature film: a documentary, shot in a single day, by YOU.
Read More »
More: Watch Now

Official Poster For Don Cheadle's "House Of Lies"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 8:51 AM
  • |
  • 1 Comment
Don Cheadle's new dark comedy TV series for the Showtime network, titled House Of Lies (based on the book House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time by Martin Kihn) debuts on Sunday, January 8th, 2012, at 10PM.
Read More »
More: Film posters, Television

Your Favorite Scary Movies (A 2011 Halloween Survey)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 7:48 AM
  • |
  • 15 Comments
If I had to come up with a list of my 10 favorite scary movies (today is Halloween, in case you didn't know), it probably would comprise almost exclusively of films made before 1990. Why? Well... I really can't say that I've been much affected by the majority of the so-called horror movies I've seen in the last 21 years, the way those I saw as a kid growing up in the early 80s (when I was finally allowed to watch some of these flicks) worked me over psychologically, and stayed with me long after I saw them.
Read More »
More: Things That Make You Go Hmm..., Survey

Charles Burnett 5-Film Retrospective Coming To Black Cinema Center @ IU Cinema Nov 3 - 6

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 7:29 AM
  • |
  • 2 Comments
From the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University in Bloomington, screening as part of the “Arriving at the Truth” film series:
Read More »
More: Screening Sighting

Eddie Murphy Says He's Writing An All-Black Cast Alien Abduction Comedy

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 7:03 AM
  • |
  • 3 Comments
Lots of Eddie Murphy items lately it seems, from the 2012 Oscar host announcement, to the upcoming release of Tower Heist , getting over his SNL grudge, and turning Beverly Hills Cop into a TV series; did I miss anything? And now this quote from Eddie:
Read More »
More: Things That Make You Go Hmm...

British Independent Film Awards Nominees Announced ("Shame," "Attack The Block," Make The Cut)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 7:02 AM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
3 films we've covered quite a lot here on S&A received nominations for this year's British Independent Film Awards: Steve McQueen's Shame (7 nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director (Steve McQueen), Best Actor (Michael Fassbender), Best Supporting Actress (Carey Mulligan), Best Screenplay (Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen) & Best Technical Achievement (Joe Walker – Editing & Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography); Richard Ayoade's Submarine (5 nominations including Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director, Best Screenplay (Richard Ayoade), Best Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins) & Most Promising Newcomer (Yasmin Paige & Craig Roberts)); and Joe Cornish's Attack The Block (2 including Most Promising Newcomer (John Boyega), and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director (Joe Cornish)). The 14th annual British Independent Film Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, December 4th in London.
Read More »

"Annie Claus" Is Coming To Hallmark Channel, w/Vivica A. Fox, Nay Nay Kirby

  • By Emmanuel Akitobi
  • |
  • October 31, 2011 6:51 AM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
In my second piece of Vivica A. Fox news for the day . . .
Read More »
More: Television, Coming Soon

Follow Us

Email Updates

fresh from the blogs

browse the blog network »

Around The Network

the network

indiewire

categories