‘Who We Are’ Film Review: Doc Enters Critical Race Theory Fray With Truth and Heart

The 2022 edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicked off on Thursday, Jan. 20, going virtual for the second year in a row.

Meat Loaf.The legendary rock star, whose real name was Marvin Lee Aday, died Thursday at the age of 74. Foley, who was one of Meat Loaf's longtime collaborators and worked with him on the hit single «Paradise by the Dashboard Light,» reflects on their friendship and looks back at his legacy.«I finally got a text at 2:40 this morning, and all these things just flood back.

Pet owners are no strangers to going above and beyond to pamper their animals and make their lives as comfortable as possible.

“Nightmare Alley,” a new adaptation of the 1946 William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name, is perhaps the greatest showcase of his world-building talents so far – as attested to by in the above video by actress Toni Collette, who’s featured in the film as a carnival clairvoyant named Madame Zeena.“Every frame blows my mind,” says Collette. “It’s so exquisite and rich and so saturated.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterTwo fans filed a federal class action lawsuit on Friday alleging they were duped into renting the 2019 film “Yesterday” because Ana de Armas appeared in the trailer.Conor Woulfe, 38, of Maryland, and Peter Michael Rosza, 44, of San Diego County, Calif., say they each paid $3.99 to rent the movie on Amazon Prime, only to discover that de Armas was removed from the final cut of the film.The suit accuses Universal of engaging in deceptive marketing, and seeks to recoup at least $5 million on behalf of affected consumers.“Because consumers were promised a movie with Ana De Armas by the trailer for ‘Yesterday,’ but did not receive a movie with any appearance of Ana de Armas at all, such consumers were not provided with any value for their rental or purchase,” the lawsuit states. “Yesterday” stars Himesh Patel as Jack Malik, a singer-songwriter who, through a supernatural occurrence, is the only person on Earth who remembers the Beatles.

Jessica Kiang You might assume the title is ironic, given that Anna Eszter Nemes and László Csuja’s film is set in the strange, cloistered world of grit, muscle and sinew that is elite women’s bodybuilding. But “Gentle” proves as good as its word, though this quiet, sympathetic portrait of Hungarian competitor Edina (real-life bodybuilder Eszter Csonka) does display significant core strength as a patient critique of the pursuit of an impossible body, and how much it might cost the soul living inside.Edina is waiting in the wings, being primed and last-minute coached by her partner and trainer Ádám (György Turós, also a former champion bodybuilder).

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is joining the upcoming “Star Wars” series on Disney+ centered on Rosario Dawson’s ex-Jedi Ahsoka Tano, TheWrap has learned. Along with Winstead and Dawson, the series titled “Ahsoka” is also bringing back Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.

Thandiwe Newton is opening up about the time she almost quit acting.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.

John Stamos has published his eulogy to Full House costar Bob Saget, noting how “Bob was there for me like no other.”

Mary Elizabeth Winstead has joined Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo in the Disney+ limited series Star Wars: Ahsoka, a spinoff from the streamer’s hit series The Mandalorian, sources close to the project confirmed to Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Jane Campion will have some new hardware on her mantel come March. The Power of the Dog writer-director and Oscar-winning The Piano scribe is set to receive the Art Directors Guild’s 2022 Cinematic Imagery Award.

Smoke is billowing across a Scots town as firefighters tackle a large house fire.

A Michigan woman in critical condition and her twins — with whom she is six months pregnant — are fighting for their lives after she was set on fire by her partner, according to police.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Isabel Castro’s feature documentary debut, “Mija,” turns the standard music documentary on its head by instead focusing on the people behind the scenes, in this case 23-year-old music manager Doris Muñoz. When her otherwise successful career hits a road bump, she meets promising Chicana singer Jacks Haupts, with whom she bonds.

Mike Wass Frustrated by the direction of the music industry, specifically its fixation on short-term goals and social media engagement, Chelsea Cutler decided to share her feelings on Instagram. “I’ve struggled terribly the last year or so with how to adapt to the way the industry landscape has changed,” she wrote in a post dated January 3. “I don’t know how to keep up with how insatiable our content culture has become.”The 24-year-old then turned off her phone and went to bed.

Manchester United will review security measures for their players following a break-in at Victor Lindelof's house while he was away.

fantastic). He’s also got a great sense of humor, and he’s a doctor, and he looks just like Sebastian Stan, so he seems like he might be a winner.

those prognosticators who know that, outliers like “Parasite” notwithstanding, the Oscars tend to focus on upbeat, middlebrow studio product that’s in the English language.awards bloggers: why does DRIVE MY CAR keep winning things???us: it's a beautiful filmawards bloggers: what about it is connecting with voters?us: everyone was cryingawards bloggers: this is a case for the hardy boys!!!Critics, say the awards journos, are being contrarian, ivory-tower snobs — or even (gasp!) globalists:Some people on here are really having a normal one about Drive My Car's awards sweep, Jesus Christ. pic.twitter.com/1HmXMGV5CYThe critic-handicapper divide widened further when The New York Times ran a piece by Manohla Dargis and A.O Scott called “And the 2022 Oscar Nominees Should Be…” There’s nothing revolutionary about critics applying their personal choices to “Hollywood’s biggest night”; for years, Siskel & Ebert hosted an annual episode called “If We Picked the Oscars.”Somehow, the fact that Dargis and Scott mentioned performances like Fabrizio Rongione in “Azor” and Toko Miura in, yes, “Drive My Car,” was treated by the internet’s awards-industrial complex as shots fired across the bow.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” steamrolls through awards season, gaining traction for leading ladies Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose, casting director Cindy Tolan talked about how DeBose almost missed out on playing Anita.It was just over four years ago when casting director Cindy Tolan received a call from producer Kristie Macosko Krieger who said, “Cindy Tolan, I have four sentences for you; Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, ‘West Side Story,’ what do you think?’”A week later Tolan met with Spielberg, who told her he had no intention of remaking the 1961 film, but instead would base his movie on the 1957 stage production. With that, she was on board to cast the film which stars Ariana DeBose, Rachel Zegler, Mike Faist and Ansel Elgort.

podcast about standing up for herself, her children, and her people. The actress, author, and producer described questioning her personal preferences, the perception of Black media, popping up to her children’s school to make sure administrators would know her “presence,” would be felt, embracing her natural hair, and how the pressures to assimilate impacted her early childhood and acting career. 

A vile student who called himself a 'sex god' has been convicted of raping two women and sexually abusing another.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorShudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired rights to psychological horror “Speak No Evil” ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Playing in the Sundance Midnight section, “Speak No Evil” is written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (“A Horrible Woman”) and is set for release in North America, the U.K.

It will be another year before a new “Mission: Impossible” movie hits theaters.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorProps, set pieces and costumes are on display as part of Netflix’s Artisan Experience, a interactive online exhibit where fans can engage with contenders including “The Harder They Fall” and get an in-depth look at all aspects of the film including directing, writing, cinematography, production design, costume design, hair & makeup, editing and sound.On hand to walk viewers through the physical exhibit — which moved online to be cautious — were director, songwriter, screenwriter and producer Jeymes Samuel and costume designer Antoinette Messam.The all-star cast also features Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz and Delroy Lindo — an all-Black principal cast leading their way through the West. Nat Love (Majors) seeks revenge on the man who killed his parents, but also finds love along the way.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Lewis Lee told Sharon Waxman at TheWrap’s Sundance Studio how she first became aware of the disproportionate numbers of preventable deaths of Black mothers and babies.“Way back in 2007, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asked me to be the spokesperson for their infant mortality awareness raising campaign called ‘A Healthy Baby Begins With You,'” she said .

Eva Longoria and her abs were seen walking around Beverly Hills. The actress and businesswoman was photographed wearing gym clothes and talking on the phone.Eva Longoria poses in her bikini, ‘This is what Xmas in LA looks like’Eva Longoria will host the upcoming CNN+ docuseries ‘Searching For Mexico’Eva was wearing an all-black ensemble, made up of running tights, a long-sleeved shirt, and black workout shoes. She had on a surgical face mask, a black Chanel purse, and dark sunglasses.Eva is constantly on the move, always finding new projects to produce, roles to star in, and businesses to launch.

Lots of stars stepped out for the Dior Homme fashion show on Friday (January 21) in Paris, France.

A supermarket security guard was left with a painful bite wound and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when a customer's dog clung to his leg and sunk its teeth into his skin.

Thandiwe Newton finally feels fulfilled in her acting career after “God’s Country” – enough so that she might leave it all behind.

A specialty market dotted by holdovers as Oscar nods approach and gripped by Sundance fever debuts a compelling handful of new openers from Korean director Hong Sang-soo’s Introduction to Bhutan’s first ever entrant on the Academy Awards International feature shortlist, to a Ukrainian coming of age story and a Queen Latifa-starrring family film Tiger Rising based on the bestselling Kate DiCamillo book.