2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival Reviews: ‘Black Zombie,’ ‘The Last One for the Road,’ ‘Loafers,’ ‘You Had to Be There’ 
Sweeping Oscars Changes: Academy Says No to AI, Opens International Film Eligibility, Allows Multiple Acting Nods in Same Category 
2026 NewFest LGBTQ+ Pride Summer Series to Feature ‘STOP! THAT! TRAIN!,’ Outdoor ‘Heated Rivalry’ Screening and More 
‘The Traitors’ Leads 8th Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations 
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2026 NewFest LGBTQ+ Pride Summer Series to Feature ‘STOP! THAT! TRAIN!,’ Outdoor ‘Heated Rivalry’ Screening and More 
Issa Rae secures five-year, multi-platform deal with WarnerMedia
Projects to be developed with Rae’s HOORAE media company Today, WarnerMedia announced a five-year overall deal with Issa Rae, extending their relationship with the Emmy-nominated... Read More
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Michaela Coel, Radha Blank, Gina Prince-Bythewood topline women-ruled wins at night two of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards
It was truly a dominating night for women at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards second evening of awards, rewarding writers and directors of television series’... Read More
Afrofuturism: Blackness Revisualized Film Festival begins March 26, will be free via ALL ARTS
Curated by Black futurist artist Celia C. Peters, this festival celebrates the boundlessness of Black imagination through 10 films from across the diaspora starring Sterling K.... Read More
HBO Max’s ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ returns April 23 for season two
The Emmy-nominated sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show will return for its second season Friday, April 23 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT). The six-episode season will air on... Read More
Focus Features to release Timur Bekmambetov thriller ‘Profile’ theatrically this May
Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to the thriller Profile, a Berlin Film Festival sensation from Timur Bekmambetov, the director behind the intense Angelina Jolie-led thriller Wanted.... Read More
Interview: Megan Park, director of SXSW winner ‘The Fallout’ on the tricky line of exploring trauma without exploitation
In a March wracked by mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, it’s grotesquely fitting that writer-director Megan Park’s debut feature, The Fallout, greeted audiences at... Read More
SXSW Review: ‘Women Is Losers’ aims high but falls short despite winning performance from Lorenza Izzo
Set in 1960s and 1970s San Francisco, Women Is Losers, cannot be faulted for its ambition. With a higher production value than most first features,... Read More
Barack Obama, Madison Potts, ‘The Last Stand’ earn NAACP Image Awards
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Sorry Not Sorry: The 30 Best Demi Lovato Songs, Ever
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‘Promising Young Woman’ tops Online Film & Television (OFTA) nominations
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2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival Reviews: ‘Black Zombie,’ ‘The Last One for the Road,’ ‘Loafers,’ ‘You Had to Be There’ 
‘The Traitors’ Leads 8th Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations