Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Gina PrinceBywood

‘I’ll never get over it’: The Woman King director Gina Prince-Bythewood on ‘egregious’ Oscars snub

Viola Davis drama failed to secure a single nomination

The Independent UK

Danielle Deadwyler Cites Racism, Misogynoir in Oscar Snub

Danielle Deadwyler says racism and misogynoir played a role in this year's Academy Awards nominations, where she and Viola Davis were overlooked in the best actress category. Going into Oscar nominations last month, Deadwyler was widely seen as a likely nominee for her lauded performance as Mamie Till-Mobley in "Till."…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Danielle Deadwyler cites racism, misogynoir in Oscar snub

Danielle Deadwyler says racism and misogynoir played a role in this year’s Academy Awards nominations, where she and Viola Davis were overlooked in the best actress category

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Jessy Wilson on 'Keep Rising' anthem and the hope it brings

Singer-songwriter Jessy Wilson was questioning her career in music when she landed a song in the action epic “The Woman King.”

The Independent UK

Oscar Snubs, Surprises: No Female Directors, ‘Babylon’ Bust

There are always a few big surprises and heartbreaks come the morning of Oscar nominations, as much as awards strategists try to mitigate those. But the batch of nominees for the 95th Academy Awards seemed to have more than its fair share of shockers, good and bad. Here are some…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Oscar snubs, surprises: No women directors, 'Babylon' bust

There are always a few big surprises and heartbreaks come Oscar nomination morning, as much as awards strategists try to mitigate those

The Independent UK

Envelopes, please! Our film critics reveal their personal Oscars shortlists

Ahead of the official Academy nominations on Tuesday, Observer critics and film writers pick their standout movies, performances, directors and more

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Oscars voting is about to begin. Who’s on track for a nomination?

LOS ANGELES — We're a week away from the beginning of Oscar nominations voting. Motion picture academy members presumably spent the holidays unwrapping tamales, spiking the eggnog and catching up on the movies they've missed. (Or, from what I'm hearing, watching the ones they love once again instead of doing…

Los Angeles Times

From idea to ‘Action!’: Jordan Peele, Rian Johnson, others reveal personal visions

LOS ANGELES — Nothing gets a group of directors energized quite like talking about a fruitful collaboration, whether with a stunt coordinator or an actor or cinematographer — even if it means making them fearful.

Los Angeles Times

Oscars 2023: 10 women directors deserving attention

Shortly after the Golden Globes nominations were announced earlier this month, the advocacy group Women in Film took to social media, decrying the "shocking" omission of critically acclaimed female directors, citing Sarah Polley ("Women Talking"), Gina Prince-Bythewood ("The Woman King"), Chinonye Chukwu ("Till") and Maria Schrader ("She Said").

Los Angeles Times

Best movies of 2022: The 25 best films of the year, ranked

The movies are back! Here are Inverse’s top films of the year, ranked.

Inverse

Olivia Wilde urged to 'boycott' Golden Globes after 'shocking and embarrassing' snub

The 2023 Golden Globe Awards have already faced an intense backlash after snubbing female directors, with Olivia Wilde urged to 'boycott' the ceremony

Daily Mirror

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins at Gotham Awards

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” has won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards on Monday, taking one of the first major prizes of Hollywood’s awards season and boosting the Oscar hopes of the anarchic indie hit of the year

The Independent UK

The Woman King star Thuso Mbedu says the world is filled with great stories. People just need to care enough to invest in them

Thuso Mbedu is The Woman King's breakout star. She speaks to ABC News about her journey and why this particular story had to be told.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

The Woman King review: ferocious warrior tale is a vibrant celebration of Black womanhood in all its glory

Viola Davis plays the (fictionalised) leader of the (real-life) Agojie, an elite unit of all-female warriors active in the historical kingdom of Dahomey

Radio France Internationale

Epic starring Benin's Agojie women warriors packs a punch in Hollywood

Benin's historic female warriors known as the Amazons of Dahomey are legendary across West Africa. They are now in the international spotlight thanks to "The Woman King" starring Viola Davis. The big budget Hollywood feature has drawn positive reviews, but has provoked some criticism as it was not filmed in…

Los Angeles Times

The truth behind 'The Woman King': Crew responds to claims of historical revisionism

There's a quote often attributed to Winston Churchill that asserts history is written by the victors.

Salon

The historic conundrum of "Woman King"

Can the cinematic potential of what these exceptional warriors symbolize overcome the dark reality of history?

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Los Angeles Times

Viola Davis responds to #BoycottWomanKing: Story 'is fictionalized. It has to be'

Oscar winner Viola Davis has responded to critics of her latest film, "The Woman King," after they called for a boycott of the movie because it isn't entirely historically accurate.

Los Angeles Times

Review: Viola Davis adds another jewel to her crown in a rousing 'Woman King'

With her rousing new action-drama, "The Woman King," director Gina Prince-Bythewood suggests that, in at least one crucial respect, the West African kingdom of Dahomey was more ahead of its time than that starry imperialist empire called Hollywood. An early 19th-century epic awash in militaristic might and colonial oppression, the…

Los Angeles Times

The women of 'The Woman King' share their war stories: 'This must happen again'

Gina Prince-Bythewood's "The Woman King" is something unique for Hollywood: a historical epic with four Black women in prominent heroic roles.

Tribune News Service

Movie review: 'The Woman King' an epic that puts women in the middle of the action

When actress Maria Bello visited the West African nation of Benin in 2015, she learned the history of the Agojie, an all-female military regiment from the Kingdom of Dahomey (and the inspiration for Wakanda’s Dora Milaje from “Black Panther”). Recognizing the cinematic potential for this story, she developed the project…

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Woman King’: Viola Davis, co-stars put ordinary war movie in a class by itself

The great actor displays her ferocious side as a West African general leading a unit of fighting women.

The Independent UK

'Woman King,' Viola Davis and the culmination of a struggle

When Viola Davis, sculpted and hardened from months of training, first stood in the full garb of the Agojie warrior women, with her bare feet in the African sand, it was the culmination of not just the years-long push to make “The Woman King,” but of a lifelong battle

Tribune News Service

What to stream: Enjoy prior works of 'Woman King' director Gina Prince-Bythewood

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical warrior action epic “The Woman King” hits theaters this weekend. After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, it kicks off the fall movie season, and it’s sitting pretty on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment with a cool 100% perfect score. Viola Davis stars in this…

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.