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The Criterion Collection's New 'Melvin Van Peebles: 4 Films' Box Set

‘Melvin Van Peebles: The Essential Films’ Showcases The Brilliance Of The Iconic Cinema Trailblazer

September 27, 2021 12:19 pm

It is too easy to throw superlatives around when talking about filmmakers. Many directors with a decent enough filmography, who have been around long enough to be forgotten about can attain such a status. The ...

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R.I.P. Melvin Van Peebles: Mario Van Peebles, Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins & More Remember The Iconic Filmmaker

Charles Barfield

September 23, 2021 10:39 am

News

As you probably already know, it was announced yesterday that the influential filmmaker, Melvin Van Peebles, passed away. And as with the passing of any sort of filmmaking royalty, folks from the industry went...

Win A Copy Of The Criterion Collection’s New ‘Melvin Van Peebles: 4 Films’ Box Set [Contest]

Charles Barfield

September 20, 2021 1:42 pm

News

Melvin Van Peebles is a legendary filmmaker, there's no question about that. In the '60s, when the American filmmaker realized that studios in the U.S. weren't going to give a Black director a chance to create...

‘The Story Of A Three-Day Pass’ Trailer: Melvin Van Peebles Underseen Debut Gets The Restoration Treatment [Exclusive]

Charles Barfield

April 22, 2021 10:30 am

News, Trailers

Melvin Van Peebles is someone that revolutionized Black cinema. But when people think of his early work, many people just talk about “Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.” That’s understandable, as that film is ...

Nicolas Cage Goes To War In New Trailer For ‘USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage’

Kevin Jagernauth

October 14, 2016 3:34 pm

News

Nicolas Cage is entering that phase of his career where some of his movies are going straight to video. Or, in the case of "USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage," they are going straight to Ultra VOD first before g...

Nicolas Cage Is Stranded At Sea In New Trailer For ‘USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage’

Kevin Jagernauth

August 31, 2016 12:52 pm

Trailers

This spring, the first trailer for "USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage" arrived promising that it would be "coming soon." Well, here we are a few months later, and the movie is still without a U.S. distributor, o...

Watch: Nicolas Cage Tries To Avert Disaster In The First Trailer For ‘USS Indianapolis’

Watch: Nicolas Cage Tries To Survive Against The Odds (& A Shark) In The First Trailer For WWII Drama ‘USS Indianapolis’

Edward Davis

May 5, 2016 11:44 am

News

Nicolas Cage is kind of everywhere these days. And as he promised back in a 2014 Berlin interview with The Playlist, the actor has been trying out all styles and trying to get back to his indie roots. He wasn’t...