Tag: Shaka King

Judas and the Black Messiah | Review

Only God Forgives: King Resurrects Fred Hampton in Significant, Unequivocal Portrait of Betrayal and Assassination On December 4, 1969, Fred Hampton, chairman of the...

’15 Sundance Film Fest: Jake Mahaffy, Zachary Heinzerling, Shaka King, Matt Wolf & Actor Riz Ahmed Supply Short Imports & Exports

Not unlike the previous year, a whopping eight thousand plus short films were submitted to Sundance this year. Among some of the filmmaker names...

Ryan Coogler & Shaka King…..”Do The Right Thing”

Fruitvale Station's Ryan Coogler & Newlyweeds' Shaka King helmers are encouraging film fans to Do The Right Thing. As part of a day of...

Most Anticipated Films for 2015: An Overview

Last month, we unveiled our all-encompassing, most anticipated films for the current year in film. Now we peer into a future that is a...

We’ve got Plans for NEXT Weekend; Blue Caprice, It Felt Like Love & A Teacher Part of Blossoming Sundance Sidebar

I'm pretty sure that four years back when Trevor Groth and John Cooper (Sundance programming tandem who overhauled, switched over and re-defined the Spotlight...

Best of Fest: Sundance 2013’s Top 20 New Voices

Yesterday, Jordan M. Smith, Nicholas Bell and I highlighted our Top 10 New Faces (strictly in the acting domain) of 2013's Sundance Film Festival...

2013 Sundance Film Fest: Moors, Porterfield, Bujalski and Hartigan Fill Innovative NEXT Program

Moving from last year's eight selections (which included Craig Zobel's Compliance), this year section described as "a “greater” next wave in American cinema" balloons...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...