OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening Feb. 8

"Identity Thief," "Side Effects," "Caesar Must Die," and more

2013-02-07

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun         Read the complete article

Writer, Director David Walker Presents the Hollywood Theatre Black Film Festival

'I wanted to have some fun and show some movies that showed some of the aspects of the Black experience in America'

2013-02-06

Lisa Loving Of The Skanner News

The big event is the double feature “The Last Dragon” and “Krush Groove,” when director Michael Schultz travels to Portland for the presentation, Saturday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. Read the complete article

Chris Brown Faked Probation Work Requirement Says LA District Attorney

Prosecutor wants Brown to start over in California

2013-02-06

CNN

Chris Brown's got a big problem with the prosecutor four years after he attacked Rihanna and earned five years of probation. Read the complete article

Viola Davis: The 'Beautiful Creatures' Interview

Here, she talks about her latest outing as Amma in the screen adaptation of the romantic fantasy novel 'Beautiful Creatures'

2013-02-05

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Viola Davis is a critically acclaimed actress who garnered her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her stellar work in "Doubt,” co-starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams. Read the complete article

OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening Feb. 1

'Bullet to the Head,' 'Warm Bodies,' 'The Gatekeepers,' and more

2013-02-01

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun    Read the complete article

Film Festival Shows ‘Africans Through African Eyes’

The 23rd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films will be held from Feb. 1-Mar. 2

2013-02-01

Bruce Poinsette Of The Skanner News

The 23^rd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films aims to show Portlanders “Africans through African eyes.” Read the complete article

PDX African American Film Festival This Weekend

Founder Ron Craig hopes to increase exposure to African American filmmakers

2013-01-30

Bruce Poinsette Of The Skanner News

With many Black filmmakers struggling to get their work to the big screen, Ron Craig believes exposure to Black produced and directed films is as important as ever. Read the complete article

Anthony Anderson: The ‘34th Annual UNCF: An Evening of Stars’ Interview

'I’d grown up watching the show with my parents every year back when it was hosted by Lou Rawls'

2013-01-28

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Anthony is currently starring on three TV series, “Guys with Kids,” “Treme” and “Golf in America,” and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Alvina, and their two children. Here he talks about hosting the United Negro College Fund’s 34th Annual “An Evening of Stars.” Read the complete article

Movie Review: 'Mumia -- Long Distance Revolutionary'

A documentary which doesn’t seek so much to clear the controversial figure’s name as to showcase his intellect

2013-01-24

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Reverential Biopic Paints Sympathetic Portrait of Controversial Cause Célèbre  Read the complete article

Meagan Good: The 'Deception' Interview

2013-01-24

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Meagan Good stars in NBC's midseason drama "Deception" as Joanna Padget Locasto, a San Francisco narcotics detective with childhood ties to a notoriously secretive and powerful New York family, the Bowers. Read the complete article