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One of the many standout films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Adura Onashile’s feature debut Girl. The film follows the mother-daughter unit Grace and Ama as they try to adapt to life in Scotland after escaping unspeakable violence in their native Republic of the Congo.

The Law According to Lidia Poët is an Italian television series streaming on Netflix, inspired by the true story of the first female lawyer in Italy. Set in the 1880s in the historic city of Turin in the Piedmont region – it had been capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1864 – each of the six episodes deals with a fictional murder mystery, brilliantly solved by this fearless young woman, who offers legal representation to the person unjustly accused of the crime and conducts daring investigations to prove their innocence and discover the real culprit.

March marks the time to celebrate Irish American Heritage Month. Here are some of the top Irish acting exports in Hollywood, along with American Public Television programming centered on Irish culture and history.

It was 1979 and the once-wunderkind of Paramount Pictures, Robert Evans, was trying to recapture his former glory days by moving into independent producing. He had bought the rights to a 1977 book by Jim Haskins called “The Cotton Club: A Pictorial and Social History of the Most Famous Symbol of the Jazz Era” for $350,000 from a guy called Charles Child who was a Union Carbide executive.

In honor of 2023 Black History Month, we are rewinding to 2018, when HFPA member Alessandra Venezia had the privilege of interviewing Spike Lee - writer, director, actor, producer, author and educator who helped revolutionize Modern Black Cinema and inspired countless generations of black filmmakers who have continued to enrich the landscape of film and black culture. Spike’s unique voice captivated audiences from the start, with early films including She’s Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989) and 25th Hour (2002).

When the animated film Suzume was accepted in competition for the 73rd Berlin Film Festival, its creator Makoto Shinkai, took the unusual step of releasing a press release to thank all who made this possible. “At its core, Suzume is based on the massive disaster that occurred in Japan twelve years ago.

The Peacock series Bel-Air changed Olly Sholotan’s life. The series is a retelling of the iconic 90s sitcom series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which first came on air in 1990 and went off the air in 1996.

Up-and-coming actor Michael Franklin has played multiple supporting roles on TV shows such as Truth Be Told, Euphoria and Apple’s new series Lady in The Lake. Isaac C.

Cocaine Bear clawed its way to the box office charts and went way past projections, scooping $23. 09 million and placing a strong second.

Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania managed to stay No. 1 at the box office till Thursday – just about a week since its opening – with a disappointing gross of $32.