Payday lending can expand in states where they have been previously restricted. The dangers of payday loans: What you need to know. An initiative on the ballot was passed by more than half of Nebraskan voters to limit the interest rates for payday loans, which are short-term but high-interest. Previous law allowed …

Filmmaker Goutam Ghose’s film “ Raahgir ”, starring Adil Hussain and Tillotama Shome, won four awards at the South Asian Film Festival in Washington DC. According to the film’s producers, the film won awards for Best Feature Film, Best Director for Ghose, Best Female Actor for Shome and Best Male …

ROME (AP) – Visitors to Venice could be forgiven for not realizing that beyond the majesty of St. Mark’s Square and the romance of gondola rides lies a city that helped provide a base reference point for what the world knows today about controlling pandemics. It was here that the …

Four / four Presents, a curatorial platform that commissions collaborations between musicians, choreographers and dancers, is producing its first series of collaborative outdoor live performances this summer called Open Air. The series offers artists the opportunity to connect and re-create new works in a live setting, breaking out of their …

CII’s Media and Entertainment Committee hosted the second edition of CII SummitFX, which lasted for six days and saw some interesting sessions from August 24-29. Fittingly, the theme for 2021 was “The Reset”. Emerging from the two waves of COVID 19, many industry verticals in the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming …

Directed by Jared Cohn, Lifetime’s “Cheer For Your Life” is a thriller centered around a young high school girl who enthusiastically joins the cheerleading squad without the knowledge of the horrors that are about to unfold. When the “Introductory Cheerleader Week” turns out to be humiliating instead of uplifting, high …

PrideArts today announced a documentary film festival relating to facets of queer life in America that have been largely unexplored in the mass media. The 11-day film festival will include the feature documentary DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION! – a history of lesbian cinema by the women who made it, PS. BURN …

Lovi Poe Photo from Instagram / @ lovipoe Filipino actress and singer Lovi Poe is set to star in the upcoming Hollywood film “The Chelsea Cowboy”, a biopic based on the life of actor, gangster and lothario John Bindon. According to Deadline, Poe will play the British blues singer Dana …

The City of San Mateo is undertaking a further review of its general plan. It is a regular exercise designed to meet municipal needs and anticipated changes with a view to the future. For some of us of a certain age and temperament, the late 1950s and early 1960s, a …

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Hong Kong is set to expand its film censorship regulations with an amendment that will allow the government to retroactively ban old films, according to reports. Under a proposed amendment to the Film Censorship Ordinance on Tuesday, August 25, unauthorized showing of retroactively banned films will …

NUR-SULTAN – In recent years, the Kazakh film industry has flourished with a new generation of directors who have gained international attention for their work. From Olga Korotko to Marina Kunarova, women are at the forefront of this new era. Kazakh director Olga Korotko’s “Bad Bad Winter” premiered at the …

New Delhi: Bollywood is ready to bet bigger on the proven strategy of patriotic and nationalist films in the post-covid months to bring audiences back to the cinema. Filmmakers and trade experts have said that films like Kangana Ranaut’s Tejas where she plays a fighter pilot, the biopics on Sam …

When he was doing teen comedies like “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” and “Step Brothers” few expected longtime Will Ferrell collaborator Adam McKay to become one of the most critical critics. fierce of American culture. “The Big Short and” Vice “retained McKay’s signature sense of humor, but used it …

A NEW independent short film festival will take place in Colchester next month. The Colchester Indie Short Film Festival will be held in Curzon, on Queen Street. Created by Nick Pelas of the Stage Theater Company, the festival will feature the work of talented independent filmmakers from the borough. The …

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Professor Chris Berry of King’s College London, who promotes Taiwanese-language films in Europe, told CNA in an interview that Lithuanian audiences have responded particularly well to films compared to other European audiences. . Of all the stops he made during his screening tour, it was only …

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In the midst of Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an animated series was created to capitalize on the hype of the Marvel characters. The result was an animated show titled Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes which isn’t much discussed but has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. RELATED: Jupiter’s …

Horendro Nath Singh and Sourav Kumar Singh A new film society named Ganju Film Society, comprising young people from the ethnic minority community of Ganju, began its journey on Thursday, a press release said. Horendro Nath Singh and Ronjit Kumar were elected respectively chairman and secretary general of the first …

12 minutes, an elegant thriller in a time loop, carries within it the love of cinema of the developer Luis Antonio through various allusions and tributes. The most obvious of these is of course the time loop mechanism itself, which is immediately reminiscent of the 1993 film. Groundhog day. References …

Aug 22 – ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The family of New Mexico-based stuntman Jay Torrez preserves his legacy with a memorial scholarship. Mary and Regina Torrez established the Jay Torrez Memorial Scholarship Fund to help a graduate of Valencia High School, Belen High School, Los Lunas High School or School of …

Director: John Gianvito. WE. 2020. 93 minutes The latest photo from documentary filmmaker and video essayist John Gianvito is further reflection on the themes that have occupied much of his career: protest, social injustice, radicalism. The subject of this sparse and stripped-down film is 19th-century activist, activist, speaker, and author …

As the coronavirus pandemic continues and the Delta variant causes a new wave of COVID-19 cases, the non-governmental organization (NGO) End Pandemics looks to the future health of the planet by preventing pandemics by ending animal trafficking and protecting nature. In a presentation at the Green Lake Country Dems and …

Three days after the Titanic sank in April 1912, around 700 survivors reached New York on another ship, the Carpathia, which had picked them up in the frigid North Atlantic. Some have reunited with their loved ones. Others received medical attention or simply breathed relief to find solid ground after …

Photo: ‘Val’ What do you know about Val Kilmer? That he was Batman in Joel Schumacher’s campy ‘Batman forever‘? That it was notoriously difficult to work with him during the disastrous production of “L’île du Dr Moreau”? Or that he had a two-year battle with throat cancer? You may be …

Produced by Delta-based Sher Films, Emergence: Out of the Shadows explores how culture plays a role in self-discovery and self-acceptance Coming out is not an easy journey for anyone to take, but especially for members of a conservative and traditional South Asian family. Emergence: Coming out of the shadowss, directed …

Documentary maker Drew Xanthopoulos started reading about the cognition, culture and communication of whales about four years ago, and was blown away by what he found. “It was stranger than any science fiction I had ever read or watched on screen,” Xanthopoulos says. “It occurred to me that if I …

Instagram has apologized for Pedro Almodóvar’s removal Parallel mothers movie poster, which features a lactating nipple, from its platform. The social media site had removed the image on the grounds that it was breaking its “nudity rules.” However, the decision has now been overturned and the posters restored. In a …

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Kathryn Everett, director of film at XTR XTR Some industries flourished during the Covid-19 pandemic. But ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity in these industries takes commitment. According to Geoffrey MacNab’s Screen Daily article, documentary film crews were better placed than mainstream teams to deal with the chaos caused …

“This is America. Where dreams come true … ish. That’s the slogan of ‘Americanish,’ a romantic comedy directed by Emmy Award winner Iman Zawahry, which will make its debut new- York at two festivals this weekend in New York. The film, in which three young women seek love in New …

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A performance by the award-winning performance group Black Took Collective highlights the fall lineup of the long-running Arts & Readings series at Cal State San Marcos. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the series will be presented in a virtual format for the third consecutive semester. All events will take place …

The Asian Project Market (APM) of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), the largest investment and co-production market in Asia, has selected 26 projects for the 2021 APM. APM has completed the selection of 26 film projects for the official Asian Project Market 2021. This year’s 429 submissions, an increase …

A growing number of film festivals are attracting the attention of filmmakers in northwest Arkansas and could create more jobs supporting the state’s creative economy, organizers say. “What’s so interesting about cinema is that it’s not just an art, it’s business, it’s economic development, it’s tourism,” said Kathryn Tucker, Director …

David Mitchell, 52, is the author of several bestselling novels, including Cloud Atlas. Born in Southport, Kent, he has lived near Clonakilty, Co Cork, for 17 years. In 2007, Time magazine named him one of its 100 most influential people in the world. In 2013, Mitchell and his wife Keiko …

In 2008, the world of Narnia added a new character when Prince Caspian stepped on the scene and spotlighted talented newcomer Ben Barnes. Like many viewers, this was my first introduction to Barnes as he portrayed Caspian in the sequel to the hit movie. The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, …

From ultra-bloody Kazakh comedy to a Donnie Yen epic and the tale of a ninja battling racism, these are NYAFF 2021’s must-see movies. New York Asian Film Festival Pivoting to a hybrid format that will see nearly half of its 60-film virtual lineup at Lincoln Center for those lucky enough …

Banning hopes to become an epicenter of filmmaking and film culture, and with this year’s first Prestige Film Festival at the iconic Fox Cineplex cinema, the buzz and promise has been exciting. Banning is delighted to preview the first Prestige Film Festival, which will … Dozens of films representing the …

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is back in the Scottish capital after being canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the Fringe has a smaller number of shows in 2021, of which around a third will be live. Until August 30, it will offer approximately 700 shows in person …

After going completely virtual in 2020, the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) returns with a hybrid program of screenings from August 6 to 22. The festival will open on August 6 with the South Korean action drama “Escape From Mogadishu” by Ryoo Seung-wan, which depicts the perilous escape attempt …

EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired the North American rights to The novice, the debut feature from writer / director Lauren Hadaway, which will debut in select theaters, digital platforms and VOD on December 17. Festival favorite follows queer freshman Alex Dall (Orphan‘s Isabelle Fuhrman), who joins her college rowing team …

Download PDFPrint the article Fatma Alloo’s activism developed in the decades following Tanzania’s independence in 1961, when she worked as a journalist under Julius Nyerere, or Mwalimu, the first president of Tanzania; co-founded the women’s rights group Tanzania Media Women’s Association (TAMWA) in 1987; and co-founded the vibrant Zanzibar International …

KARLOVY VARY 2021 by Martin Kudláč 08/06/2021 – Ethan Hawke is expected to receive the Festival President’s Award for his contribution to contemporary world cinema at the rally, which runs August 20-28 Compartment n ° 6 by Juho Kuosmanen the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF, August 20-28) has just …

Not so long ago there was no place for independent and arthouse films in mainstream cinema. While mainstream cinema serves to entertain the masses, it is independent and experimental cinema that helps define new trends and style of directing. The formula of successful independent films is then followed by other …

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Above: The 1952 20th Century Fox movie “Lydia Bailey” was a historic romance about two white Americans, but it used the Haitian rebellion as a backdrop and starred William Marshall (center) in a supporting role key. Listen to the podcast episode Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, professor of …

Image credit: Daps Magic Disney + and Walt Disney Animation Studios are back with the second season of Short Circuit Experimental Films, which kicks off today, August 4, 2021. Short circuit is the innovative and experimental short film program from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Anyone in the studio can pitch …

Last year, a group of celebrities began wearing merchandise featuring the logo of independent film studio Elara. From Timothée Chalamet and Emily Ratajkowski to Finn Wolfhard and Pete Davidson, Hollywood’s hottest names couldn’t get enough of the production company founded in 2014 by Sebastian Bear-McClard and Josh and Benjamin Safdie. …

The 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), to be held from October 6 to 15, presents a special program for promising Chinese directors, “New Voices, Chinese Films”. The 26th BIFF opens a special program, “New Voices, Chinese Films,” dedicated to emerging and talented Chinese directors who have actively participated in …

Image Courtesy: Shivangi Singh We often associate the film industry with the prominent faces of actors, directors and producers, whom we see all the time in the media, and seldom recognize the countless talented teams who work behind the scenes to do wonders on screens. It’s time to recognize how …

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A native of Philadelphia, Ephraim Asili, now an assistant professor at Bard College in New York, will see his first feature film screened at BlackStar. “The Inheritance” is both a narrative fiction and a cinematic essay on the history of black liberation. The protagonist inherits a West Philly house from …

the Jerusalem Film Festival is preparing for a start at the end of August, with the famous Cannes title “Where’s Anne Frank?” is about to open the 38th edition of the festival. Directed by Ari Folman, the animated film centers around Kitty, the imaginary friend of Anne Frank to whom …

The festival from October 21 to November 7 will present 11 world premieres, one of which will be the first theatrical work by author Michael Mohammed Ahmad, whose novel The Lebs was a finalist for the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2019. Other highlights range from the arts-meets-food event …