Indiewire Browse the indiewire network

Recent Comments

Popular Posts

  • Cannes 2013 - Film Based On 2010 Rio de Janeiro Favela ...
  • L.A. Rebellion Chicago Screening Of 'Daughters Of The D...
  • Cannes 2013 - First Look Footage From Mahamat-Saleh Har...
  • Cannes 2013 - Cape Town, South Africa Launches New Film...
  • Short Shouts: A.V. Rockwell's Gritty City Tale 'Kids'; ...
  • Watch 2 Clips From Tonight's 'Scandal' Season Finale
  • Image Entertainment Takes US Rights To Winnie Mandela B...
  • Exclusive: Watch Adepero Oduye As 'Binah' In 'How Love ...
  • Darryl Roberts' Controversial Doc 'America The Beautifu...
  • Kenyan Director Hawa Essuman Talks 'Soul Boy,' & Upcomi...
  • Cannes 2013 - South African Film Adaptation Of Operatic...
  • Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival 2013 Call For Entries (No...
  • First Trailer & Poster For Film Adaptation Of Ivorian G...
  • First Full Trailer For 'Hit The Floor' (Kimberly Elise,...
  • Ketchup Entertainment Acquires Slave-themed Drama 'Sava...

Shadow and Act

Rod Gailes' "Earl's Post-Prison Playdate" Highlights HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors (NSFW)

  • By Jasmin
  • |
  • April 6, 2012 9:18 PM
  • |
  • 6 Comments
Video
This post comes a tad late, as the following film has been causing a stir since earlier this week. Earl's Post-Prison Playdate, directed by Rod Gailes (winner of the last Shadow & Act Filmmaker Challenge), is a 12-minute short that takes a provocative look at HIV/AIDS through the risky sexual behaviors of a newly released ex-con.
Read More »
More: Rod Gailes OBC, Watch Now

1978 Musical Drama "Stony Island" Comes to DVD for the First Time Ever

  • By Jasmin
  • |
  • April 3, 2012 8:08 PM
  • |
  • 2 Comments
News
34 years after its original release, Stony Island, the debut feature by Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Under Seige, Collateral Damage), will be available for the first time on DVD and digital download platforms on April 24.
Read More »
More: Andrew Davis, New On DVD, Watch Now

Watch Now: Trailer for Noel Clarke's Sports Drama "Fast Girls"

  • By Jasmin
  • |
  • April 3, 2012 1:57 PM
  • |
  • 6 Comments
Video
Written by and co-starring Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, 4.3.2.1), the forthcoming drama Fast Girls stars a multiracial cast and centers on a street-smart runner who forms a rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy athlete.
Read More »
More: Noel Clarke, Watch Now

Watch Now: New Clip from Mario Van Peebles' "We the Party"

  • By Jasmin
  • |
  • March 28, 2012 4:49 PM
  • |
  • 3 Comments
Video
In anticipation of the film's April 6th theater opening, a new clip has been released from We the Party, the new teen comedy by Mario Van Peebles.
Read More »
More: Watch Now, Mario Van Peebles

SFIFF '12 Preview: Poor Family Struggles While Country Hosts World Cup in Doc "Meanwhile in Mamelodi"

  • By Vanessa Martinez
  • |
  • March 27, 2012 9:45 PM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
Festivals
The 55th San Francisco International Film Festival unveiled its lineup earlier today to reveal the following films profiled in S&A: 2011 SXSW Jury Award winner Gimme The Loot, the French comedy The Untouchables, The Double Steps (which I reviewed HERE), the Sheldon Candis drama LUV, the French/German drama Sleeping Sickness, and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights.
Read More »
More: San Francisco International Film Festival, Documentary, Preview, Trailer, Watch Now

Watch Reagan Gomez, Vanessa Simmons, Essence Atkins & More in 2 New Clips from "Dysfunctional Friends"

  • By Jasmin
  • |
  • March 27, 2012 5:41 PM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
Video
In anticipation of the film's April 3 DVD release, the team from the new film Dysfunctional Friends has released two new video clips. Directed by Corey Grant and produced by Datari Turner, the dramedy is being billed as a black version of The Big Chill.
Read More »
More: Watch Now

Watch Trailer For Adventure Drama "On The Road" (Terrence Howard Co-Stars)

  • By Vanessa Martinez
  • |
  • March 10, 2012 10:16 AM
  • |
  • 3 Comments
Video
Here's the trailer for the highly anticipated ensemble-cast drama On The Road, penned by Jose Rivera based on the seminal novel of the same name written by Jack Kerousac.
Read More »
More: Trailer, Watch Now

Watch Samuel L. Jackson in Trailer For Suspense Thriller "Meeting Evil" (On VOD May 4th)

  • By Vanessa Martinez
  • |
  • March 10, 2012 8:59 AM
  • |
  • 1 Comment
Video
This is the first time hearing of this project. Meeting Evil, directed by Chris Fisher and adapted from the Thomas Berger noir-thriller novel by the same name. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson as a mysterious stranger named Richie, who takes a family man, played by Luke Wilson, on a "murder-fueled ride."
Read More »
More: Trailer, New On VOD, Watch Now

SXSW '12 Preview: Doc "Wildness" Portrait of Historic L.A. Bar of Latin/LGBT Immigrant Communities

  • By Vanessa Martinez
  • |
  • March 7, 2012 8:48 PM
  • |
  • 1 Comment
Video
Directed by L.A. performer and filmmaker Wu Tsang, the documentary Wildness will premiere this weekend at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin. Wildness revolves around the nightly performers and entertainment of Silver Bar in L.A., patronized by the Latin/LGBT communities since 1963. The 75-min doc screened at MOMA in NYC last month.
Read More »
More: Documentary, South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW), Trailer, Watch Now, Festivals

Watch Part 1 Of Philippe Niang's "Toussaint L'Ouverture" Film Starring Jimmy Jean-Louis Now!

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
  • |
  • March 7, 2012 1:11 PM
  • |
  • 2 Comments
Video
It's the non-subtitled version though, so only our French speakers will be able to fully appreciate it.
Read More »
More: Watch Now

Follow Us

fresh from the blogs

browse the blog network »
Skinny Matthew McConaughey Talks New Approach to Roles: 'Mud,' 'Dallas Buyer's Club,' 'Magic Mike' [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]'

Latest Tweets

Follow us

Around The Network

the network

indiewire

categories