The Knife with Nnamdi Asomugha Premieres Today on AAFCA Virtual Roundtable

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Join AAFCA for a compelling conversation with Nnamdi Asomugha, exploring the intensity, themes, and creative vision behind this gripping film. This session offers a thoughtful look at the performances, storytelling choices, and emotional depth that drive THE KNIFE.

If you appreciate bold filmmaking and meaningful dialogue, you’ll want to catch this one.

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SINNERS Starring Michael B. Jordan, an Oscar Contender

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Release dates: April 3, 2025, at  AMC Lincoln Square and April 18, 2025, in the United States

Director and Writer: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Micheal B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Delroy Lindo
Run time: 2 hours 18 minutes 38
Country: United States
Language: English

Director and writer Ryan Coogler’s masterful horror film starring Micheal B. Jordan is one of the best films of 2025. Jordan’s portrayal the Smokestack Twins Elijah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore is an Oscar worthy performance.  Rounding out a fantastic range of characters are Mary, Stack's ex-girlfriend (Hailee Steinfeld), Samuel "Sammie" Moore (a.k.a. "Preacherboy") (Miles Caton) Smoke and Stack's cousin, a sharecropper and aspiring blues musician.  elderly Sammie (Buddy Guy), Remmick, an Irish vampire (Jack O'Connell ), Annie, (Wunmi Mosaku) Smoke's partner and a Hoodoo practitioner, Pearline (Jayme Lawson), a married singer with whom Sammie becomes smitten, Cornbread (Omar Benson Miller), a sharecropper and bouncerDelta Slim *Delroy Lindo), an old town harmonica player and musical legendBert (Peter Dreimanis), a local KKK member, Hogwood's nephew,  and Joan's husband, Joan (Lola Kirke), a KKK member and Bert's wife,  Grace Chow (Li Jun Li), Bo's wife and a shopkeeper, Jedidiah Moore (Saul Williams ), a pastor, Sammie's father, and the twins’ uncle,

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Bo Chow (Yao), Grace's husband and a shopkeeper, Hogwood (David Maldonado), the local KKK leader and Bert's uncle, Lisa Chow (Helena Hu(, Bo and Grace's daughter, Ruthie (Andrene Ward-Hammond), Sammie's mother, Chayton (Nathaniel Arcand), a Choctaw vampire hunter, and Therise (Emonie Ellison) , Cornbread's pregnant wife.

SINNERS  is a film you will want to see more than once. It has so many layers, you will see something different with each screening of the film. Must see film.

SINNERS  is a film you will want to see more than once. It has so many layers, you will see something different with each screening of the film. Must see film.

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company: Proximity Media
Producers: Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler
Cinematographer: Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Editor: Michael P. Shawver
Music: Ludwig Göransson

Chadwick Boseman Receives A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!

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Chadwick Boseman received the 2828th star today, on the world-famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Speaking in Chadwick’s honor were Oscar winner Viola Davis, who starred with Chadwick in ‘Ma Rainey’ Black Bottom, Ryan Coogler, who directed him in ‘Black Panther’, and his widow. Simone Ledward Boseman.

 Boseman’s star in the Motion Picture category is located at 6904 Hollywood Boulevard

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All That’s Left of You: A Story of a Palestinian Family

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Release dates: January 25, 2025 at Sundance
November 20, 2025, in Germany

Director and Writer: Cherien Dabis
Starring: Saleh Bakri, Cherien Dabis, Mohammad Bakri, Adam Bakri, Maria Zreik, Muhammad Abed Elrahman, Sanad Alkabareti, Salah El Din
Run time: 2 hours 25 minutes
Genre: Drama
Languages: Arabic and English
Countries: Germany, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

Writer and Director Cherien Dabis’ tells the traumatic story of a multigenerational family who must live through the Israel and Palestine conflict that has endured for decades. Salim (Saleh Bakri), Young Salim (Salah El Din), Hanan (Cherien Dabis), Sharif (Adam Bakri), Older Sharif (Mohammad Bakri), Munira (Maria Zreik), Teenage Noor (Muhammad Abed Elrahman), and Young Noor (Sanad Alkabareti).

Distributor: X Verleih AG [de] through Warner Bros.  Germany
Production Companies: Pallas Film, Displaced Pictures, Nooraluna Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision, AMP Filmworks, ZDF, Arte
Producers: Thanassis Karathanos, Cherien Dabis, Martin Hampel, Karim Amer
Cinematographer: Christopher Aoun
Editor: Tina Baz
Music: Amine Bouhafa

 

“The Life of Chuck”

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Director: Mike Flanagan
Writer: Mike Flanagan
Based on "The Life of Chuck" by Stephen King
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Eiofor, Karen Gillan, Mia Sara, Carl Lumbly, Benjamin Pajak and Jacob Tremblay
Run Time: 1 hour 51 minutes
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Rating: R
Country: United States
Language: English

As the world is turned upside down, so goes Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz’s (Tom Hiddleston) life as it unfolds in reverse chronological order.

17-year-old Chuck (Jacob Tremblay), 11-year-old Chuck (Benjamin Pajak), 7-year-old Chuck (Cody Flanagan), Marty Anderson, (Chiwetel Ejiofor) a middle school teacher and Felicia's ex-husband.  Felicia Gordon, (Karen Gillan) a nurse and Marty's ex-wife, Albie Krantz, (Mark Hamil) Chuck's grandfather, Sarah Krantz, (Mia Sara) Chuck's grandmother.  Narrator: (Nick Offerman), Sam Yarborough (Carl Lumbly) a mortician.

Distributor: Neon
Production Companies: Intrepid Pictures, Red Room Pictures, QWGmire. FilmNation Entertainment
Producers: Trevor Macy. Mike Flanagan
Cinematographer: Eben Bolter
Editor: Mike Flaagan
Music: The Newton Brothers

ROADS OF FIRE

Producers:  Malcolm Bird and Joél Inchaustegui
Executive Producers: Nicole Tao, David Wu, Malcolm Bird, Nathaniel Lezra, and Benjamin Wellington

“This isn't your typical documentary," said filmmaker Nathaniel Lezra. "With rare, unprecedented access, we've woven together three gripping human stories that reveal the true face of this urgent crisis.”

The Smashing Machine Starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt

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Director and Writer:   Benny Safdie
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Oleksandr Usyk
Genre: Biographical sports drama
Rating: R
Run time: 2 hours 3 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English,

Writer, Director, and Editor Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine tells the complicated story of Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson), an Ultimate Fighting Champion, his relationship with the sport, his girlfriend Dawn Staples (Emily Blunt), and Mark Coleman (Ryan Bader).

Distributor: A24
Production Companies: A24, Out for the Count, Seven Bucks Productions, Magnetic Fields Entertainment
Producers: Benny Safdie. Dwayne Johnson, Eli Bush, Hiram Garcia,  Dany Garcia. David Koplan
Cinematographer: Maceo Bishop
Editor: Benny Safdie
Music: Nala Sinephro

20th Century Studios’ PREDATOR: BADLANDS Only Theaters November 7, 2025

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Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Screenplay: Patrick Aison
Story: Dan Trachtenberg, Patrick Aison
Based on Characters by Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Starring: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
Run time: 1hour 46 minutes
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: PG-13
Country: United States
Language: English

Dek, a young Yautja (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) banished from his people, eventually finds himself in a world of unfriendly inhabitants and befriends Thia (Elle Fanning).

Distributor: 20th Century Studios
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Screenplay: Patrick Aison
Story: Dan Trachtenberg, Patrick Aison
Based on Characters by Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Starring: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
Producers: John Davis, Brent O'Connor, Marc Toberoff, Dan Trachtenberg, Ben Rosenblatt
Production Companies: Lawrence Gordon Productions, Davis Entertainment, Toberoff Entertainment
Cinematographer: Jeff Cutter
Editors: Stefan Grube, David Trachtenberg
Music: Sarah Schachner, Benjamin Wallfisch

NETFLIX’S WEDNESDAY Kicks Off Its Second Season!

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Producer: Jenna Ortega
Starring:  Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, and Steve Buscemi

Stars of Netflix's WEDNESDAY Season 2 in Photos at New York’s The Whitby Hotel on November 11th. The special event included a screening of the dark comedy show and a question-and-answer session with the show’s cast, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Catherina Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, and Steve Buscemi as Principal Dort.