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A familiar face will broadcast on the streets of Philadelphia this week. Sheinelle Jones, who graduated to NBC News and her current 9-10 a.m. host stint on that networkâs âTodayâ from Channel 29âs local âGood Day Philadelphia, will report live from her hometown and former bailiwick through Friday as part of an ongoing series, âReopening Americaâ which involves a skein of big-city visits to show how the 2020 COVID shutdowns have affected those metropoles economically and psychologically and how they are beginning to recover. Because of her deep roots here â Her father, C. Darnell Jones II, is a sitting judge on Philadelphiaâs Court of Common Pleas â Jones chose Philly as the first stop for her reports. ....
click to enlarge Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jack Mitchell This year the 2021 Sundance Film Festival was virtual, and its offerings trimmed down from previous years. It included 73 feature films, 50 short films, four Indie Series, 23 talks and events, and 14 New Frontier multimedia projects. We watched 38 of the 73 films, including most of the award winners. Here are some sneak peaks of our favorites to look for in the year to come. A iley Some things are excruciatingly difficult to articulate in words, and can only be expressed in an abstract manner such as dance. Things such as the lonely success of Alvin Ailey, a gay man born in the depression in 1931 who, against all odds, was able to realize his dream. Choreographer, former Ailey company member, and friend George Faison reflects on thei ....
FX Announces Hysterical, Mayans M.C. Premiere Dates (TV News Roundup) Natalie Oganesyan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail CASTING Netflix’s thriller series “ Toni Collette, Omari Hardwick. “Pieces of Her,” based on Karin Slaughter‘s New York Times bestseller, follows 30-year-old Andy Oliver (Heathcote) and her mother Laura (Collette) whose lives are turned upside-down following a random act of violence in their quiet Georgia town. Looking for answers, Andy journeys across the country to uncover the mysteries of her family. Executive producers are showrunner Charlotte Stoudt, Cake” will premiere Mayans M.C.” debuts April 2 at Five Films About Technology’s” ....
The Blazing World Review: Carlson Young s Exhaustively Art-Directed but Enervating Adult Fantasy The Blazing World Review: Carlson Young s Exhaustively Art-Directed but Enervating Adult Fantasy Writer-director-star Carlson Young pours much effort and feeling into this loose riff on a 17th-century sci-fi text, but who is it for? Guy Lodge, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 99 MIN. Courtesy of Greenbelt Films For a filmmaker to take a possessive credit in their debut is already a confident move; for the opening credits of the first feature by writer-director-star Carlson Young to present it as “Carlson Young’s ‘The Blazing World’” is a brazen one. That title, of course, belongs first to a somewhat more established female author: Margaret Cavendish, whose 1666 book “The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World” was a foundational work of science fiction. Cavendish’s adventurous exploration of alte ....
Participant Partners With NEON to Co-Distribute Sundance Winner Flee Angelique Jackson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Participant has partnered with NEON on the North American distribution of Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s documentary, “Flee,” after its Sundance debut. The film, a largely animated documentary about the life of a gay Afghan refugee, earned the grand jury prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition category on Tuesday night, just hours after the new partnership was announced. More from Variety “We were awestruck by Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s beautiful and intimate Flee and are so proud to join with NEON in co-distributing this film,” Diane Weyermann, Participant’s Chief Content Officer, said in a statement announcing the partnership. ....