Boots Riley was recently asked on X why he chose to premiere I Love Boosters at SXSW rather than Cannes. He acknowledged that Cannes rejected the film, as well as several of his previous works. Sorry To Bother You, his 2018 dark comedy feature premiered at Sundance where it received the Sundance Institute’s Vanguard Award. […]
Boots Riley was recently asked on X why he chose to premiere I Love Boosters at SXSW rather than Cannes. He acknowledged that Cannes rejected the film, as well as several of his previous works. Sorry To Bother You, his 2018 dark comedy feature premiered at Sundance where it received the Sundance Institute’s Vanguard Award. […]
As Boots Riley releases his sophomore feature this weekend, the writer/director recently shot down hopes that he’ll return to television. The I’m a Virgo creator offered a blunt “nope” to whether he’ll make a second season of his 2023 Prime Video series, which starred Jharrel Jerome as Cootie, a 13-foot-tall Oakland teenager who leaves his […]
As Boots Riley releases his sophomore feature this weekend, the writer/director recently shot down hopes that he’ll return to television. The I’m a Virgo creator offered a blunt “nope” to whether he’ll make a second season of his 2023 Prime Video series, which starred Jharrel Jerome as Cootie, a 13-foot-tall Oakland teenager who leaves his […]
As Martin Scorsese embraces artificial intelligence (AI) in Hollywood, his filmmaking peers are reacting to the Oscar winner’s new role. Boots Riley recently criticized Scorsese for his “attempt to push the industry toward” genAI with his advisor position at AI firm Black Forest Labs, suggesting he only joined the company for the money. “My guess: […]
As Martin Scorsese embraces artificial intelligence (AI) in Hollywood, his filmmaking peers are reacting to the Oscar winner’s new role. Boots Riley recently criticized Scorsese for his “attempt to push the industry toward” genAI with his advisor position at AI firm Black Forest Labs, suggesting he only joined the company for the money. “My guess: […]
Eiza González stars in Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters as Violeta and, following its premiere, shared praise for the filmmaker. After the Neon film, which stars Keke Palmer, González took to social media to express her thoughts on the filmmaker and the movie. “I Love Boosters is a movie I love deeply for many reasons,” González shared […]
Eiza González stars in Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters as Violeta and, following its premiere, shared praise for the filmmaker. After the Neon film, which stars Keke Palmer, González took to social media to express her thoughts on the filmmaker and the movie. “I Love Boosters is a movie I love deeply for many reasons,” González shared […]
Neon’s surreal crime comedy I Love Boosters opens wide for the Memorial Day holiday frame a bit crowded with The Mandalorian And Grogu, Focus Features’ breakout Obsession and studio holdovers. Boosters reviews are great, and director Boots Riley urged fans to turn out. “We didn’t get the screen count we wanted for I Love Boosters […]
Neon’s surreal crime comedy I Love Boosters opens wide for the Memorial Day holiday frame a bit crowded with The Mandalorian And Grogu, Focus Features’ breakout Obsession and studio holdovers. Boosters reviews are great, and director Boots Riley urged fans to turn out. “We didn’t get the screen count we wanted for I Love Boosters […]
Neon may be the toast of Cannes — again — after landing its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or on Saturday thanks to “Fjord,” but according to Boots Riley, the distributor could have had another hot film in its festival lineup. With the musician and filmmaker’s latest movie “I Love Boosters” having hit cinemas on May 22, Riley has […]
Neon may be the toast of Cannes — again — after landing its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or on Saturday thanks to “Fjord,” but according to Boots Riley, the distributor could have had another hot film in its festival lineup. With the musician and filmmaker’s latest movie “I Love Boosters” having hit cinemas on May 22, Riley has […]
Boots Riley came out swinging after Martin Scorsese announced his involvement with the AI company Black Forest Labs on Tuesday, guessing that the filmmaker joined the firm as an advisor to help provide for his family and that Scorsese “doesn’t give a fuck” since he thinks AI will “fall on its face anyway.” The “I […]
Boots Riley came out swinging after Martin Scorsese announced his involvement with the AI company Black Forest Labs on Tuesday, guessing that the filmmaker joined the firm as an advisor to help provide for his family and that Scorsese “doesn’t give a fuck” since he thinks AI will “fall on its face anyway.” The “I […]