Movies
BlackStar Festival launches new magazine celebrating Black, Indigenous filmmakers of color
The influential indie film festival in Philadelphia saw a need for critical writing about Black, brown, and Indigenous visual culture.
4 years ago
Charlie Brown specials to air on TV, after all, in PBS deal
On Wednesday, Apple bowed to the backlash, announcing it had teamed up with PBS for ad-free broadcasts of “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” and "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
4 years ago
Filmmaker returns to Camden roots to tell story of a ‘Higher Love’ threatened by addiction
“Higher Love” tells the story of Daryl Gannt as he struggles to extricate his girlfriend, who is pregnant and has a drug addiction, from the Camden streets.
4 years ago
Actor Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90
The Scottish actor rose to international superstardom as the suave and fearless secret agent, first playing Bond in “Dr No” in 1962.
4 years ago
Disney warns viewers of racism in some classic movies with strengthened label
Many people have long said certain Disney classics like Peter Pan, Dumbo and The Aristocats contain racist stereotypes and overtones.
4 years ago
Rocking Philly gear, Adam Sandler plays ‘a local with good taste’ in Netflix basketball movie
Keep a lookout for a South Fellini “Wawa Jawn” t-shirt.
4 years ago
Regal movie chain will close all 536 US theaters on Thursday
Some 40,000 Regal theater employees are now facing a furlough across the U.S., after the movie chain announced it's closing all locations due to the coronavirus.
4 years ago
How my time at an elite Philly private school inspired my film about isolation
Filmmaker André Robert Lee, the brainchild behind “The Prep School Negro,” writes about isolation, racism and identity.
4 years ago
Hollywood’s inclusion problems still run deep, study finds
In the most popular films of 2019, protagonists were more diverse than ever, and there were more women behind the camera.
4 years ago
Inconceivable! ‘Princess Bride’ fan Ted Cruz criticizes cast support for Democrats
Several cast members including Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Crystal and others will reunite for a live-streamed script reading and a question-and-answer session.
4 years ago
Chadwick Boseman honored as hometown hero in native South Carolina
A viewing of “Black Panther” was held at an outdoor amphitheater where people practiced social distancing.
4 years ago
Philly grieves death of Chadwick Boseman — Black superhero on screen and in life
Boseman’s death left Philadelphians grieving the loss of a beloved Black icon.
4 years ago
Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
As his Hollywood career boomed, though, Boseman was privately undergoing “countless surgeries and chemotherapy” to battle colon cancer, according to a family statement.
4 years ago
New Jersey movie theaters will remain closed, federal judge says
The decision upholds Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order that kept theaters closed even as other public places were allowed to reopen.
4 years ago
Fairmount Park gets a drive-in showing free movies outside the Mann
The pop-up theater will run for six weeks, and there’ll be food trucks on site.
5 years ago