Directors: Burnett, Charles–Pioneering African American Director

His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1978), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007).

Il Cinema Ritrovato 2024: Charles Burnett’s “The Annihilation of Fish,”

When The Annihilation of Fish first screened at the Toronto Film Festival in 1999, viewers loved Charles Burnett’s quirky comedy. But one harsh review sent the film into distribution limbo.

Directors: Debuts–Stunning, Coen Brothers, Linklater, Lumet, Lynch, Peele, Romero

Directors: Stunning Debuts Research in progress, Aug 22, 2025 Coen Joel and Ethan, Blood Simple (1985) Linklater, Richard, Slacker (1991) Lumet, Sidney, 12 Angry Men (1957) Lynch, David, Eraserhead (1977) Peele, Jordan, Get Out (2017) Raimi, Sam, The Evil Dead (1981) Romero, George A., Night of the Living Dead (1968) Soderbergh, Steven, sex, lies and […]

Cannes Film Fest 2023: Un Certain Regard

Cannes Film Fest 2023: Un Certain Regard

Exorcism, The: Russell Crowe’s Film–Critical Failure, Commercial Bomb

The movie, from Miramax and Vertical, stars Crowe as an actor who starts to behave irrationally on the set of his latest horror film.