Today in New York's Columbus Circle, at the southwest corner of Central Park, Netflix promoted the fourth season of "Arrested Development" with a pop-up banana stand. The appearance of a cool summer treat follows the appearance of the stand in the UK and yesterday's trip to Radio City Music Hall.
Read More »Rialto Premieres and their upcoming acquisition of five first run films from international distribution giant Studiocanal including hit comedy The Stroller Strategy.
Read More »Father Greg Boyle, a white Jesuit priest, is affectionately known as 'G-Dog' by the homies he has come to know during the 25 years he has spent in East L.A. He founded 'Homeboy Industries', an organization that serves former gang members and convicts with a continuum of services such as job training...
Read More »The internet has been buzzing about Filly Brown. The film starring Gina Rodriguez, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, and Jenni Rivera hit theaters this past Friday and made close to $1.5 million over the weekend. It’s an impressive opening for an independent Latino film.
Read More »With the scent of spring in the air, I can't wait for L.A. to open its great outdoor events. A new Rooftop Theater, Electric Dusk Drive-In began in March already, and Oscars Outdoors, a screening series at the Academy's new open-air theater, located on the Academy Hollywood campus will begin this s...
Read More »Last summer, Julia Ahumada Grob and Yamin Segal, creators of the popular East WillyB web series took to kickstarter, hoping to raise 50K in 50 days to fund a new season. The media savvy producers took social media by storm, their funding campaign quickly became the buzz of the internet.
Read More »Beginning today, March 15, the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement will release their fifth film - Storm Saulter's award winning Better Mus' Come - in New York and Los Angeles.
Read More »First Time Fest (FTF) – a celebration of first time filmmakers – is a new and unique film festival which took place in New York City the first week of March, 2013. FTF is set to discover and present the next generation of great cinema artists.
Read More »It’s an exciting week for Latino film. There are lots of options at theaters across the country including the Oscar nominated NO (starring Gael García Bernal), the Puerto Rican thriller Los Condenados, and Bless Me, Ultima based on Rudolfo Anaya’s classic Chicano novel.
Read More »Although the film was much anticipated, whether because it was already locked into a self-distribution plan, or because film wise, it did not meet the climatic heights expected, Upstream Color remains newsworthy on account of the filmmaker Shane Carruth and his well thought-out plans for the film
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