‘Wild Indian’ Review: A Native Antihero Wrestles With Ghosts From His Past

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThe gifted and mercurial Lee Daniels, director of “Precious,” is one of the only filmmakers I can think of who would dare to drop a badass-diva moment of Billie Holiday violently slapping her spouse into the middle of an otherwise giddy celebrity-singer-on-tour montage. In Daniels’ “The United States vs.

EXCLUSIVE: Major Mumbai-based production outfit Reliance Entertainment has expanded its stable by establishing a joint venture with filmmaker Ribhu Dasgupta, Film Hangar, through which he will exclusively make movies for Reliance.

"Laughter is so important to our communities, but you would never know from the way we've been portrayed," says Seminole Nation filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, one of the voices in comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff's new book, We Had a Little Real Estate Problem (Simon & Schuster, $27), titled after a reliable punchline by late Oneida Nation comic Charlie Hill about the loss of homelands.

Antonio Ferme editorIFC Films has acquired the North American rights to Gia Coppola’s romantic drama “Mainstream,” which stars Andrew Garfield and Maya Hawke.The film had its worldwide premiere last year at the Venice Film Festival. It was also selected for the Telluride Film Festival in  2020.

Kelly Ripa is known for her all-American girl good looks so when she showcased a very different look on Wednesday the results were hilarious - if not a little shocking. The star, 50, had fans doing a double-take when she appeared on her Live with Kelly and Ryan show’s Instagram, looking far from her usual glamorous self. MORE: Kelly Ripa makes emotional confession about son Joaquin - husband Mark was 'choked up'But the TV host's new look, fortunately, isn't permanent and it was just a filter of

Kelly Ripa is renowned for her incredible figure and follows a strict diet and fitness plan to stay in shape.MORE: Kelly Ripa's diet confession may surprise youHowever, you will be pleased to hear, that just like everyone else, the Live with Kelly and Ryan star treats herself too, and particularly enjoys eating American pancakes at breakfast time.What's more, Kelly's pancakes are a lot healthier than you think, thanks to a few changes to the usual recipe.The TV host turned to Dr.

Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.'s feature debut represents indie cinema at its most stark and elemental. Depicting the fateful aftermath of a horrific act of senseless violence committed by a young Indigenous boy, Wild Indian has the feel of Greek tragedy infused with film-noir fatalism.

Andra Day takes her first acting role very seriously. The Grammy-nominated singer did everything it took to resemble and sound like Billie Holiday in Hulu’s new biopic,  The United States Vs.

NEW YORK -- Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first Native American to win the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children's picture story, cited for “We Are Water Protectors.”Tae Keller's “When You Trap a Tiger” won the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding children's book overall of 2020.Jacqueline Woodson, whose previous honors include a National Book Award, won her third Coretta Scott King Award for best work by a Black author for “Before the Ever After.” And a tribute to

Andra Day “abused” her body while getting ready to play Billie Holiday.

Andra Day is opening up about how she prepared to play Billie Holiday in Hulu’s upcoming movie, The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefGrammy-nominated singer Andra Day had never starred in a movie before she channeled Billie Holiday in a new biopic directed by Lee Daniels.In “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday,” which will be released by Hulu on Feb.

Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”) and Leslie Odom Jr.