Chinonye Chukwu, in the awards conversation this season for her Sundance-winning death row drama Clemency, has been set to direct the first two episodes of HBO Max’s Americanah. The 10-episode limited series, written and showrun by Danai Gurira, stars Lupita Nyong'o, Zackary Momoh, Uzo Aduba and Corey Hawkins.
The…
Aldis Hodge has been acting since he was a child, but he caught the attention of Hollywood when he starred in the acclaimed Texas high school football drama Friday Night Lights as Ray “Voodoo” Tatum, the stone-faced, “I’m not here to make friends” Dillon Panthers quarterback who posed problems for Coach Taylor and the…
The specialty box office space was hustling and bustling on the holiday weekend, as moviegoers came out to theaters after unwrapping gifts, eating endless amounts of Christmas cookies, or just wanting to take a desperate break from family fun time. A handful of limited releases performed strongly over the five-day…
Sam Mendes’ World War I drama 1917 is set to open in limited release this weekend. Moviegoers may be skeptical as they ask themselves, “Do we really need another World War I movie?” but with a certified fresh Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 93%, 1917 is proving to be a must-see film, awards season or…
Alfre Woodard has done something no one else ever has — scoring a total of 17 Emmy nominations for 16 different roles, a feat that stands alone in Emmy history. She has won four of them, along with many other awards, in her storied acting career. And now there is Oscar buzz for her latest performance as a prison…
It has been a busy time for Alfre Woodard, beginning in January, when Chinonye Chukwu's Clemency debuted at Sundance to critical acclaim, winning the Grand Jury Prize. Although the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning Woodard has had a number of noteworthy performances this year—from a dramatic rendering of the Mueller…
Chinonye Chukwu's sophomore feature Clemency has had long legs this year, debuting to win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in January before quickly becoming a steady festival favorite around the world. It was in the States, though, that the film's subject matter hit the hardest, with Alfre Woodard starring as prison…
Neon brought the films Parasite and Clemency to The Contenders Los Angeles on Saturday. Parasite is a Korean con artist film that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year. Clemency is an American drama about a death row warden that won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year. The connection is that both filmmakers…
NEON has released the first trailer to Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning drama, Clemency, written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu, who made history as the first black female to snag the marquee award at the festival. The film stars Alfre Woodard in a performance that has placed her among the early Oscar…
The Hamptons Film Festival will open with Just Mercy, a legal drama that Warner Bros. plans to release commercially this Christmas, and will also screen Disney’s Ford v Ferrari as its Centerpiece selection.
The 27th annual edition of the fest will be held over Columbus Day weekend, October 10-14.
Along with the two…
EXCLUSIVE: Chinonye Chukwu's Clemency, which took the Sundance Grand Jury Prize Award and was acquired at the fest by NEON, will open on Dec. 27, just in time for awards season.
The film stars Oscar nominee Alfre Woodard as prison warden Bernadine Williams, who has become hardened over the years by her job on Death…
