On Monday June 20th, the acclaimed new documentary Life, Animated held its New York premiere screening at the Crosby Street Hotel. The film tells the story of Owen Suskind, a young autistic man, who with the help of his family was able to use his love of Disney animated films to learn to communicate with the world. The film from Oscar winning documentarian Roger Ross Williams arrived after several engagements at festivals including Sundance where Williams claimed the Directing Award for a U.S. Documentary.
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It’s hard to think of anything more strongly engrained in the pop culture consciousness than Disney’s canon of animated films.
The Metrograph Theater in New York City hosted the Red Carpet premiere of The Neon Demon, the latest film by controversial director Nicolas Winding Refn. We had the opportunity to speak with the director and cast about the film and its messages.
No doubt, “gaming” is a global sensation. In China, PC gaming is taken to a whole new level, with 517 million gamers, surpassing the number of U.S citizens. I wanted to explore this phenomenon further, so I went to a gamers paradise: a “PC Bang.” I interviewed three gamers who live in Shanghai, China and one gamer who currently lives in the United states to find out what these PC sanctuaries are like.
Museum of Moving Image Honors Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and ‘Late Night’s’ Seth Meyers
On Monday June 20th, Netflix stars and Industry staples gathered as the Museum of Moving Image honored Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos and Late Night host Seth Meyers.
The ‘Drive’ director’s latest is a gorgeous exploration of the exploitative and terrifying nature of the Hollywood fashion industry.
Fluorescent lighting and a standard, floor length mall-mirror make for the tiny torture chamber that is a department store dressing room.
Perry’s newest eight-part drama will air on TLC later this summer.
Season 3 of NBC’s The Night Shift is filled with tension, comedy, and important social commentary you might not expect from a medical drama.
The episode opens with Chad, knocking on the door of Bachelor mansion, just after everyone in the house has finished doing shots to celebrate his elimination. Canadian Daniel of “try to be less Hitler and more Mussolini” fame lets Chad in.