Bravura story telling by Canadian Director Jamie Kastner about Ishmael Muslim Ali, one of four men convicted of murdering eight people at a swank golf course in St. Croix , U.S. Virgin Islands, 1972, and who 12 years later hijacked an American Airlines passenger jet to Cuba where, after a short stay in an island prison, was granted political asylum.
This I Gotta See …
The Film
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writer: Mark Boal
Producers: Megan Ellison, Kathryn Bigelow, Matthew Budman, Colin Wilson and Mark Boal.
Cast: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Hannah Murray, Kaitlyn Dever, Jack Reynor, Ben O’Toole, Joseph David Jones, Ephraim Sykes, Leon Thomas III, Nathan Davis Jr., Peyton Alex Smith, Malcolm David Kelley, Gbenga Akinnabve, Chris Chalk, Jeremy Strong, Laz Alonzo, Austin Hebert, Miguel Pimentel, Kris Davis, with John Krasinski and Anthony Mackie.
Annapurna Pictures, founded by Megan Ellison, focuses on creating sophisticated, high-quality content that is critically and commercially conscious while still appealing to a diverse audience.
True Events
Brigsby Bear Special Screening for Students
Monday, July 17, 7 P.m., The Landmark Sunshine Cinema, 143 East Houston Street, NYC. RSVP Gary Springer, gary@springerassociatespr.com
THE SKYJACKERS TALE Film Review
Director Jamie Kastner’s tour de force about a revolutionary freedom fighters.
POWDER ROOM Film Review, CUNY Asian American Film Festival, 2017
A selection from the 2017 CUNY Asian American Film Festival: A short silent film about an outsider, Al, breaking into a back alley speakeasy which he’ll later find out to be a place of evil.
New York Asian Film Festival 2017
Festival will take place June 30 to July 13 at the Film Society and July 14 to 16 at the SVA Theatre. Considered the leading festival of popular Asian cinema, NYAFFF will showcase 57 feature films, including 3 International Premieres, 21 North American Premieres, 4 U.S. Premieres, and 15 films making their New York City debuts