Produced, written and directed by Kobi Libii, The American Society of Magical Negroes follows Aren, played by Justice Smith. He joins a magical group of negroes to help make white people’s lives easier.
Everything seems fine until Aren follows his heart instead of what the ASOMN tells him to do.
The satire premieres at The Sundance Film Festival in 2024.
The cast includes Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Aisha Hinds, Tim Baltz, Rupert Friend and Nicole Byer.
Phyllis Nagy directed Call Jane, a married woman, played by Elizabeth Banks, with an unwanted pregnancy. She lives in a time in America when she can’t get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
Nagy wrote the screenplay for Carol, directed by Todd Haynes, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara and Rupert Friend also star in Call Jane.
Co-written and directed by Julian Schnabel, At Eternity’s Gate is a journey inside the world and mind of Vincent van Gogh, played by Willem Dafoe.
Gogh is a person who, despite skepticism, ridicule and emotional turmoil, created some of the world’s most beloved and stunning works of art.
The movie is not Gogh’s life story but rather vignettes based on Vincent van Gogh’s letters, common agreement about events in his life that present as facts, rumors, and moments that are just plain invented.
Dafoe is meant to play the brilliant but troubled artist. Rounding out the cast are Mads Mikkelsen, Emmanuelle Seigner, Amira Casar, Niels Arestrup, and Oscar Isaac.
The two movie clips get under my skin. I am interested in the movie and look forward to seeing it.
Schnabel other directing talents include The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls, and Basquiat.
The two movie clips show how the movie is formulated, and it more of a revelation than a linear story. The camera work is amazing. I have an interview with the cinematographer on my YouTube Channel.
Here is the second poster, which is not all that different but the first poster. The cast list is larger and on the left side of the poster instead of almost centered. Quotes from reviewers or critics are included as well.
The second trailer shows the magnificent cinematography by Benoît Delhomme, who also shot The Theory of Everything.
The screenplay is co-written by Jean-Claude Carriere, who won an Oscar in 1963 for Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects sharing it with Pierre Etaix. He also won a BAFTA for Best Screenplay – Adapted for The Unbearable Lightness of Being shared with Philip Kaufman in 1989.
