CBS News has endured some questionable headlines of late — its old owners’ embarrassing settlement of a lawsuit brought by President Trump; its new owners’ apparent determination to put Bari Weiss, an anti-woke commentator whom Puck’s Dylan Byers recently credited…
Festival of Cinema NYC Founder and Executive Director Jayson Simba: “As we near the end of our first decade of bringing films to Forest Hills/Queens, we have established a well-earned reputation for celebrating truly independent films and filmmakers from Europe, the West Coast, and New York City as well.” The Festival of Cinema NYC is an independent film festival designed to support and expose emerging filmmakers by screening a diverse range of films, including features, shorts, animation, and music videos.
This year, NYLFF will once again present an exciting line-up of feature films in various forms, including feature, documentary, and shorts from the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Highlights include Aguadilla (2025, 107 min., Puerto Rico/USA), a tale of desire, deception, and survival, as a wheelchair-bound ex-surfer (Lou Diamond Phillips) becomes entangled in a dangerous triangle with a Dominican migrant couple on the shores of Puerto Rico.
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
THE EBONY CANAL aims not only to highlight inequities, but to humanize and inspire action. It tells the stories of Black and Brown mothers navigating birth, loss, and survival in a healthcare system that often fails them. – Article by Gregg W. Morris, the WORD
A financially impoverished tenant teams up Twilight Zone Style with the ghost that’s been haunting the bejesus out of her in her apartment. They collaborate to deal with a ruthless developer from hell, figuratively speaking, who wants to evict…