- 21. Catch First Time Directorial Debuts From Questlove to Rebecca Hall, 10 Must-See Films From Sundance 2021
- (Entertainment)
- Sundance was presented as a virtual festival this year. That’s code for watching films on your laptop at home. Their website was very well organized and easy to navigate, with all the usual categories ...
- Created on 12 February 2021
- 22. PJ Harvey Goes Into a Capitalist Whirlwind With New Film A Dog Called Money
- (Blog)
- ... and a documentary which Murphy directed that pairs his footage with Harvey’s resulting music. The film’s title, A Dog Called Money refers to a track lamenting on wanting to change a world controlled by ...
- Created on 16 December 2020
- 23. Cults Going Corporate: Why The NXIVM Story Feels So Familiar
- (TV)
- ... view. The group was thoroughly modern and technological. Vicente is a filmmaker who was documenting the mentality of the cult in real time for years and years. Cell phone footage, texts, emails, training ...
- Created on 10 December 2020
- 24. Director Ekwa Msangi and Actor Jayme Lawson Tell An Intimate Immigration Story With "Farewell Amor": BUST Intervie
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- Writer/director Ekwa Msangi’s feature film debut, Farewell Amor, follows an Angolan family as they attempt to reconnect after almost two decades living on different continents. Walter (Ntare Mwine) and ...
- Created on 08 December 2020
- 25. “I Am Greta”: A Look Inside The Life Of A 17-Year-Old Global Climate Activist - BUST Movie Review
- (Movies)
- ... has seen the inner workings of Thunberg’s life. We learn that when Greta was about 11 she saw a film in school about the climate crisis that sent her into a selectively mute depression during which she ...
- Created on 16 November 2020
- 26. A Lady, Liberated: Julia Lindon On Depicting An Honest Coming Out Story In Her New Short Film
- (Movies)
- ... partner doesn’t need to be using condoms is perhaps the funniest line of the whole short film. Lindon, who plays the main character, is also the writer and producer of the short, which premiered at Tribeca ...
- Created on 14 October 2020
- 27. The Women's Prize Excludes Akwaeke Emezi With Transphobic Requirement
- (Books)
- ... Vivek Oji, will not be eligible for the Women’s Prize, it undoubtedly deserves recognition elsewhere. Header image via Akwaeke Emezi on Instagram More from BUST Berlin Film Festival Makes History ...
- Created on 05 October 2020
- 28. Aya Cash On Horror, Humor, And Feminism In "Scare Me
- (Movies)
- The frightful cocktail of sitting by a fire on a cold winter's night, eyes aglow with flickering flames while sharing scary stories sounds like any child’s Halloween dream. Josh Ruben’s new film, released ...
- Created on 01 October 2020
- 29. Denmark's New Law Against Sexual Violence Is A Huge Ste
- (Feminism)
- ... - Anna Blus Top photo: Nick Haekkerup by Ministério da Saúde/Flickr Creative Commons More from BUST Berlin Film Festival Makes History With Gender Neutral Awards Parade Is Donating Over 1,000 ...
- Created on 10 September 2020
- 30. Regina King's Directorial Debut Makes History ...
- (Movies)
- Regina King’s movie entitled “One Night in Miami” premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Monday night. The film, based on Kemp Powers’ play of the same name, follows Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown ...
- Created on 09 September 2020
- 31. "Morgana" Is the Feminist Mid-Life Anti-Crisis Porn Doc You Didn't Know You Need
- (Movies)
- ... porn director Petra Joy, Muses made a short, explicit film about her awakening, which blossomed into a groundbreaking career as an award-winning adult performer, producer, and director known for creative ...
- Created on 09 September 2020
- 32. Berlin Film Festival Makes History With Gender Neutral Awards
- (Movies)
- The Berlin International Film Festival will no longer feature gendered acting awards, an August 24 press release stated. Instead of the traditional Best Actress and Best Actor awards, nominees at the ...
- Created on 04 September 2020
- 33. Meet The Marvel Cinematic Universe's First Black Woman Director, Nia DaCosta ...
- (Movies)
- ... wanted to be a writer-director, and she’s right." Her directorial debut, Little Woods, was received with much kudos and went on to win the Nora Ephron Award at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, where it ...
- Created on 06 August 2020
- 34. 'Real Life is Comedy': Kris Rey and Gillian Jacobs Spill On "I Used to Go Here" ...
- (Movies)
- Heartfelt and hilarious, Kris Rey’s forthcoming film I Used To Go Here explores a young woman’s self-perception and feelings of failure in a way that balances both humor and heaviness. The film follows ...
- Created on 30 July 2020
- 35. Meg Stacker King Celebrates The Joy And Power Of Motherhood In "We The Mamas
- (Arts)
- ... room, developing and printing. This has always been my favorite place. You were gifted your first camera at age 13. Can you remember the first photo you took? My father gave me his old 35mm Nikon film ...
- Created on 23 July 2020
- 36. Big Freedia Opens Up About Beyoncé, Bounce, Being Black in New Orleans, and Her Boo: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... paperback. Her documentary film, Freedia Got a Gun—about the death of her brother due to gun violence and her advocacy for getting guns off the streets of New Orleans—was about to premiere at the Tribeca ...
- Created on 23 June 2020
- 37. Week of Women: Miss Juneteenth, Teyana Taylor, Phoebe Bridgers
- (Entertainment)
- ... Top photo: Miss Juneteenth, provided by Sundance Film Festival More from BUST Week Of Women: H.E.R, Soko, and Padma Lakshmi Week Of Women: Black Lives Matter Week Of Women: Lady Gaga, Tracee ...
- Created on 18 June 2020
- 38. Director Crystal Moselle Talks All Things HBO's "Betty": BUST Intervi
- (TV)
- ... best known for her award-winning documentary The Wolfpack (2015) and her critically-acclaimed film Skate Kitchen (2018), said that the initial idea to do a film about girl skateboarders was born on the ...
- Created on 01 May 2020
- 39. "Parks and Recreation" Is Coming Back With A Covid-19 Relief Fundraising Specia
- (TV)
- ... of $150,000, and NBCUniversal and the Parks and Rec team will donate a total of $500,000 in matching donations. "Many are saying it's the greatest episode of television ever to be filmed in quarantine,” ...
- Created on 24 April 2020
- 40. Debut Author Claribel Ortega Talks Process And Publishing During A Pandemic: BUST Interview
- (Books)
- ... was like finding out her debut is going to be adapted into a film. What is it about middle grade that made you want to write to this age group? Writing middle grade is really soothing for me. There’s ...
- Created on 27 March 2020
