Each year, the event honors recipients of the Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Awards, recognizing creators who embody the festival’s mission to celebrate, empower, and elevate diverse voices in film and television. This year’s honorees included Tosin Morohunfola (Run the World,…
Category: Film News 2025 – 2026
The Fabulous “7th Annual Micheaux Film Festival” Has Concluded With Its Signature Gold Night:
Hear Ye, Hear Ye: The 7th Annual Micheaux Film Festival Has Officially Kicked Off!
This Film Festival officially kicked off October 23 at The Culver Theater in Culver City, California – this reviewer is zooming in to catch up. There was a red-carpet celebration and the Los Angeles premiere of It’s Dorothy, alongside the series premiere of Remember and additional opening night selections. The Los Angeles premiere of It’s Dorothy brought the story full circle, returning to Culver City where The Wizard of Oz was originally filmed. – Gregg W. Morris, Editor-Reviewer
WORD Q&A with AFTER DARK Director Iain Forbes About the Genius Behind the Making of His Riveting Award Winning Film
AFTER DARK was Oscar-qualified after winning Best International Short Film at the Foyle Film Festival in 2024, cementing Forbes’ reputation as one of Scandinavia’s most exciting emerging directors. It world-premiered at Palm Springs International ShortFest (USA, 2024) and has since…
Film Review of Multiple Award-Winnng MONSTERS WITHIN
Buffalo 8 releases the film on digital platforms tomorrow, premiering on Cineverserms. It premieres on Cineverse’s Screambox November 7 in time for Veteran’s Day
The Latest From Director Marcel Walz’s (That’s A Wrap, Pretty Boy) and Writer Joe Knetter’s (George A. Romero’s Twilight of the Dead):
BRUTE 1976 on VOD & Digital Platforms
Now available on VOD, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Vimeo on Demand and YouTube Movies. In 1976 a group of people in the desert for a photo shoot, stumble upon an abandoned town called Savage. But they…
A Scuttlebutting Netflix Preview of Award Winning Director Katherine Bigelow’s Latest That Looks Like Another Bombshell
This writer-editor’s assessments of what audiences can expect are based on deep-diving and power-diving in the race-against-time, procedure-driven drama of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE which is unnervingly plausible because it brings to mind so several perils going on around the globe. WORD patrons should expect edge of the seat thrills.
Interview with New York Latino Film Festival Founder Calixto Chinchilla Whose Major Gorgeous Film Festival Opens September 13
It Wraps September 21 – And Then Hits the Road for Other Major Cities in the U.S.
In the interview, Calixto Chinchilla reflected on the festival’s long successful history, noting its survival through historically significant events like 9/11 and the COVID-19 pandemic, which tested its leadership and adaptability. Despite financial challenges, the festival is showcasing 120 films this year, highlighting its commitment to creativity and storytelling.
TORN Film Review
For Clarification: The reviewer-writer of this movie that blows his mind is Pro-Palestinian and despises The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist political organization with a military wing for its October 7, 2023 attack and massacre of innocent Israelis.
This reviewer-writer is Pro-Israel but despises Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his staunch elected supporters and right wing cabinet for the crimes against humanity and genocide perpetrated against Palestinians, who are dying and being slaughtered as this review is being written.
TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on New York City Streets
Opening September 5 in NYC
Told through the voices of 10 New Yorkers — including hostage family members, artists, students, activists, a free speech expert, and a rabbi — the film explores grief, identity, and the limits of empathy in today’s fractured public discourse. – By Gregg W. Morris, the WORD
JU DOU – Director Yimou’s Meticulously Restored Oscar-Nominee Arrives in Theaters October 3, 2050 from Film Movement Classics
Said to Be One of the Greatest Chinese Films Every Made
August 28 Update: JU DOU Part 2 in the Works
The film that put director Zhang Yimou and star Gong Li on the international cinema map follows beautiful young Ju Dou as she is married off to an egregiously cruel, and also impotent, owner of a dye mill in the…