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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Once You See This Film, You Will Want to See It Again and Again and Again
Monday, June 14, 2021
NO RUNNING Film Review – 2021 Tribeca Film Festival Online World Premier, Juneteenth Programming
Thursday, June 10, 2021
New Trailer – Public Screening Today, 5 p.m. Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens, Director Ben Proudfoot and Lucy Harris in-person for Q&A!
Thursday, June 10, 2021 – Somewhat Late Breaking News
2021 Tribeca Festival Kicked Off Opening Nights for Its 20th Anniversary with World Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ IN THE HEIGHTS in all Five New York City Boroughs Last Night
Jon M. Chu, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Dascha Polanco, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal more attend premiere at United Palace Theater in Washington Heights with scenery from the film serving as the backdrop on the carpet. For the first time ever, the festival’s opening night was screened simultaneously across all five boroughs in multiple open-air venues.
Jon M. Chu directed the screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical, created and produced by New York’s own Lin-Manuel Miranda. The screenplay adapted by Quiara Alegría Hudes, with original songs and lyrics by Miranda, is about a bodega owner Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, who hopes, imagines, and sings about a better life. The film also stars Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and Jimmy Smits. Miranda, Hudes, Scott Sanders, Anthony Bregman, and Mara Jacobs produce.
Tribeca also hosted members of its 2021 jury at the In The Heights screening at The Battery including Sharon Stone, Helen Hunt, Delroy Lindo, Bryan Cranston, John Turturro, Hari Nef, Justin Bartha, Adria Petty, Ana Lily Amirpour, Elegance Bratton, Tig Notaro, Iyabo Boyd, Judith Godreche, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon.
Tribeca 2021 runs June 9-20 and is the first major North American film festival held in person since COVID-19. The 12-day live celebration is the culmination of NY PopsUp, the statewide revitalization initiative to bring back live entertainment and the arts to the community.
More TFF 2021 news to follow.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Friday, May 28, 2021
Coming Your Way Soon
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
“As a competitive ballroom dancer, I want to inspire my students to improve, work hard and have the most fun when they’re dancing, especially during the Pandemic” –Sima Sadykhov
Picture by Sima Sadykhov © Copyright 2021
Inspiring Young Kids to Use Dance to Soothe the Ills of a Savage Beast
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
#MaskUpHunter, #VaxUpHunter – #MaskUpCUNY, #VaxUpCUNY
Before the Pandemic, Hunter’s third-floor sky bridges were major thorofares at peak campus hours. File photo
Monday, May 24, 2021
Dance Is the Art Form of the Soul for Humans to Express Inner Feelings, Thoughts and Experiences
Monday May 24,2021
Tribeca Film Festival 2021 Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead Short Film Review
Monday, May 24, 2021
Another in a series of articles by WORD Feature Writers Reporting During This G*d D*mn COVID-19 Pandemic
The Whop-Whop-Whopping of Several Blades Slapping – May 8, 2021
Friday, May 21, 2021
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Issued: May 14, 2021 02:00 p.m. Expires: August 13, 2021 02:00 p.m.
The Secretary of Homeland Security has issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the current heightened threat environment across the United States. The Homeland is facing threats that have evolved significantly and become increasingly complex and volatile in 2021. These threats include those posed by domestic terrorists, individuals and groups engaged in grievance-based violence, and those inspired or influenced by foreign terrorists and other malign foreign influences. Social media and online forums are increasingly exploited by these actors to influence and spread violent extremist narratives and activity. Such threats also are exacerbated by the impacts from the ongoing global pandemic.
Thursday, May 13, 2021
20th Anniversary, June 9-20, 11 Days of Awesomeness
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Oh là là!, Er, Oh jee!
Ninth in a Series of Articles About Hunter Students – And the Families and Friends of Many Contributing to this Project – Deal with the Pandemic
Monday, May 3, 2021
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Eighth in a Series of Articles About Hunter Students (as Well as Families and Friends of Many) Deal with the Pandemic
Big Apple Film Fests Coming to the Fore!
Friday, April 30, 2021
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Sunday, April 25, 2021
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PaleyImpact: Media’s Role in Combating Hate and Violence Towards Asians and Pacific Islanders
Monday, April 19, 2021
Seventh in a Series of Articles About Hunter Students (As well as Families and Friends of Many) Dealing with the Pandemic
Sixth in a Series of Articles About Hunter Students – as Well as Families and Friends of Many – Dealing with the Pandemic
Sunday, April 18, 2021
Sunday, April 18, 2021
Fifth in a Series of Articles About Hunter Students – as Well as Families and Friends For Many – Dealing with the Pandemic
April 12, 2021
Fourth in a Series of Articles About Hunter Students – as Well as Families and Friends of Many – Dealing with the Pandemic
April 11, 2011
Third in a Series of Articles About Hunter Students – as Well as Families and Friends of Many – Dealing with the Pandemic
Second in a Series of Articles About Hunter Students – as Well as Families and Friends of Many – Dealing with the Pandemic
April 11, 2021
April 10, 2021
First in a Series of Articles About Hunter Students – As Well as Families and Friends of Many – Dealing with the Pandemic
April 9, 2021
WITNESS INFECTION Taking Cinephiles to Dimensions of Comedy and Horror Beyond Belief, Cinematically Speaking of Course?
WITNESS INFECTION 5Ws-and-H Q&A with Writers Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Meleán – Part 1
WITNESS INFECTION Taking Cinephiles to Dimensions of Comedy and Horror Beyond Belief, Cinematically Speaking of Course? On Second Thought: Are They Ready?
April 9, 2021
WITNESS INFECTION 5Ws-and-H Q&A with Writers Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Meleán – Part 2
Thursday, March 25, 2021
5 STARS GASTRONOMICALLY SPEAKING
Confronting the Racists and the Racism Directed Against Asians and Asian Americans
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Monday, March 8, 2021
Wednesday, February 24,2021
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
And You Thought You Knew Everything About Love
LOVE COMES LATELY Film Review by WORD Entertainment Editor Anakeiry Cruz
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
2021 Super Bowl 55: 25,000 Forked Over Big Bucks to Be There, 5.7 Million Not There Streamed It, 46,000 Died of COVID-19 – And Many Experts Held Their Breath about a Post-Game Surge. Nevertheless …
The Weeknd’s 2021 Super Bowl Half Time Show Lived Up to Its Expectations
Tuesday, January 26
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Inauguration Day – New President & New Vice-President
Colin! Colin! Colin
Sunday January 17, 2021
Winner of the 2019 Grand Jury Award at AFI Fest
Film ReviewIranian Film Director Sonia K. Hadad’s EXAM Is Racking Up Rave Reviews
Sunday, January 10, 2021
H. RES. Impeaching Donald Trump …
Click here for Trump’s High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Monday, December 28, 2020
Click here for COVID-19 Breaking News
Thursday, December 10, 2020 – Damn the Pandemic
Debuting Tomorrow in Multiple Virtual Cinemas: Another Great Film from the Mother of All Documentary Film Festivals
Monday, December 7, 2020
2020 DOC NYC Film Review
Robert Yapkowitz’s & Richard Peete’s Intimate Film Portrait of Karen Dalton
Friday December 4, 2020
THE LAST OUT: A Window into the Dark Side of Major League Baseball Unlike Any “Baseball” Movie Seen by This Reviewer in Recent Memory
Friday, December 4, 2020
Chronicle of Higher Ed: The 5 Biggest Lessons We’ve Learned About How Coronavirus Spreads on Campus
This J-Professor, WORD Editor wishes that headline had somehow – maybe a sub-headline or two – distinguished between residential, commuter and hybrids like Hunter which has housing though it’s primarily commuter. It is what it is! – Click here.
Sunday, November 29, 2020
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TO CALM THE PIG INSIDE (Originally ANG PAGPAKALMA SA UNOS) Film Review
Tuesday, November 16, 2020
Courtesy DOC NYC
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Films About the Black Experience – DOC NYC 2020, November 11-19
Saturday November 7, 2020 – The Presidential Count Still on at 10:33 A.M.
Because Many of the Main Corporate New Services Are Holding Back on Announcing a Victor For Obvious Reasons … Check Out Below
Friday, November 6,2020
DOC NYC 2020 Lineup for 11th Edition, November 11-19 Online – Part 1
DOC NYC Announces Lineup for 11th Edition, November 11-19 Online – Part 1
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Newsy–Vote Smarter 2020: What Happens If There’s A Dispute Over A Ballot?
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Michael Smerconish Explains Donald Trump’s Improbable 2016 Victory and Whether It Will Happen Again With Five Days to Go
Monday, October 19, 2020
PaleyIMPACT: COVID-19 and the Presidential Election [Video]
This event was back in September but this editor/journalist likes to check on past prognosticating & forecasting to see how they may stand up or flop in the now.
Sunday, October 11, 2020
October is National Bullying Prevention Month – A Call to Action
“I’ll just say that too many academic institutions operate at the lower levels of ethical behavior” – Professor David Yamada, premier legal expert on workplace bullying in the United States.
Sunday, October 11, 2020
MIRROR
Monday, October 5, 2020
Film Review of AFTER CLASS, a 15-Minute Short With Considerable Poetic Muscle
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
72 Hour Shootout TOP TEN MOVIES and AWARDS!
The 72 Hour Film Shootout’s Top Ten Selection and the Awards Ceremony will be taking place at the Asian American International Film Festival, which is virtual this year due to COVID safety precautions, from October 1st-11th, 2020. Tickets to the screening are donation-based, which help produce the annual film festival, along with programs and events throughout the year.
The top ten films and all the award winners will start screening between midnight TONIGHT and 1am tomorrow morning and will be available online all day 10/1-10/11 so you can drop in anytime to take a watch (here)! Additionally, after you’ve watched the screener, come back for a Q&A panel with some of the filmmakers on October 1st at 8:30pm EST. Keep posted by liking Facebook.com/AsAmFilmLab and /72HrShootout and on Twitter and Instagram @AsAmFilmLab #72HrSO #GoingViral #IsolationEdition!
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The Debate in Cleveland Last Night
Airing on PBS Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 9 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Sunday, September 6, 2020
A Bombshell Must See. Review in the works
