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Cherokee Nation demands Jeep rename SUVs

By Reel 360 Feb 23, 2021

With cultural appropriation currently being targeted and called out by the cultures that have been appropriated, the Cherokee Nation has now weighed in asking multinational au...

Reviews

Nomadland is a poetic journey

By Megan Penn Feb 23, 2021

Nomadland is a poetic journey off the beaten path of the forgotten. This American neo-Western is directed, written, edited, and produced by the refreshingly and viscerally auth...

REEL MOVES/LA

Cortez Brothers add three directors to roster

By Reel 360 Feb 22, 2021

Multicultural production company The Cortez Brothers, Inc. has announced the addition of three directors to its roster. Joining its global lineup are Cassiano Prado, Jerome Kru...

REEL DETROIT

U.S. Bank reminds us “We’ll get there together”

By Reel 360 Feb 22, 2021

When the world took a pause and started to distance, U.S. Bank shifted into a new mindset. Life became a lot simpler, and more complicated all at once. And the gap revealed how...

Reel Ad of the Week

Woot! campaign earns massive YouTube views

By Reel 360 Feb 22, 2021

Irreverent and quite frankly, ridiculous, the new campaign from Woot! and production company The New Blank is our Reel Ad of the Week. What do we like about the work from a fir...

REEL NEW YORK

Microsoft finds a way in new campaign

By Reel 360 Feb 22, 2021

While there is no doubt that this has been one of them most challenging years ever for many businesses, Microsoft Teams has continued to play an integral part of the way compan...

REEL MOVES/LA

Superdoom signs director Heidi Berg

By Reel 360 Feb 22, 2021

Creative bureau Superdoom has signed director Heidi Berg (they/them) for U.S. commercial production out of Los Angeles, CA. This is their first commercial representation. T...

APPS

Networking app Clubhouse raises privacy concerns

By Colin Costello Feb 22, 2021

The kids have TikTok and Triller. Now, there's something for the adults. A clubhouse if you will. Actually that is the app's name Clubhouse When I was growing up we had par...

Film

Sasha Calle: Latina actress is DC’s new Supergirl

By Reel 360 Feb 22, 2021

Latina Sasha Calle, actress from Young And The Restless has scored the feature role of DC Universe’s new Supergirl. The Boston, MA-born Colombian actress is the first Latina ...

Reviews

REVIEW: Sound of Metal is haunting in its silence

By Francesca De Luca Feb 21, 2021

Not for the faint hearted, Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal stars Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) as Ruben, a punk metal drummer who experiences a sudden...

SXSW

SXSW announces Pitch Competition finalists

By Reel 360 Feb 21, 2021

South by Southwest Conference and Festivals announced the finalists for the 13th annual SXSW Pitch event, taking place virtually on March 17-18 as part of the SXSW Online dig...

Indie Film

Soundtrack to ‘Too Beautiful, Our Right to Fight’ released

By Reel 360 Feb 21, 2021

The official soundtrack for the feature documentary Too Beautiful, Our Right to Fight, the story of Cuban boxer Namibia Flores Rodriguez, will be released. The film was directe...

Women in Film

The Brazilian Firecracker Aymara Limma goes boom

By Colin Costello Feb 19, 2021

I have never been to Brazil, but when I moved to Los Angeles I got a good taste of it when I met fabulous writer, director, producer and actress, Aymara Limma. Aymara may be pe...

The Reel Black List

RBL SPOTLIGHT: Hip Hop Artist Joshua Turner

By Joshua Turner Feb 19, 2021

Editor’s Note: “The Reel Black List” is our annual spotlight of brothers and sisters in the worlds of advertising, film, TV, music, radio and media who are maki...

The Craft

‘Black Panther’ turns three-years-old

By Kevin Miles Feb 19, 2021

In Adventures In The Screen Trade, the seminal, tell-all 1983 memoir about the mercurial, white knuckle, roller-coaster ride that is making a living working in Hollywood, two-t...

Eats

Villas Tacos makes the pandemic comforting

By Jessica Velle Feb 19, 2021

While living at the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, in the daily world of double face masking, social distancing and isolation, the Latinx community is creating a safe and ...

In memoriam

Fat Boys’ Prince Markie Dee passes at 52

By Reel 360 Feb 19, 2021

Prince Markie Dee, aka Mark Morales, best known as one of the original three founding members of the pioneering hip-hop group The Fat Boys, died suddenly Thursday at age 52. Hi...

REEL KC

Lidl debunks suspiciously low prices conspiracy

By Reel 360 Feb 18, 2021

Lidl U.S. is a more recent newcomer to the American grocery scene and has been expanding through the market at a rapid rate which landed them as number one on NRF Hot 100 Reta...

The Craft

Aaron Sorkin and ‘Chicago 7’ cast reflect on film

By Aaron Sorkin Feb 18, 2021

Since my initial introduction fourteen years ago, my relationship to the story of The Trial of the Chicago 7 has changed significantly. When we began shooting last winter, we...

Streaming

Wednesday Addams takes Center in new Netflix series

By Reel 360 Feb 18, 2021

Netflix and MGM/UA have announced the new live-action coming-of-age comedy Wednesday that will see everyone’s favorite maiden of the macabre, Wednesday Addams, grad...

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Cherokee Nation demands Jeep rename SUVs

Nomadland is a poetic journey

Cortez Brothers add three directors to roster

U.S. Bank reminds us “We’ll get there together”

Woot! campaign earns massive YouTube views

Microsoft finds a way in new campaign

Superdoom signs director Heidi Berg

Networking app Clubhouse raises privacy concerns

Sasha Calle: Latina actress is DC’s new Supergirl

REVIEW: Sound of Metal is haunting in its silence

SXSW announces Pitch Competition finalists

Soundtrack to ‘Too Beautiful, Our Right to Fight’ released

The Brazilian Firecracker Aymara Limma goes boom

RBL SPOTLIGHT: Hip Hop Artist Joshua Turner

‘Black Panther’ turns three-years-old

Villas Tacos makes the pandemic comforting

Fat Boys’ Prince Markie Dee passes at 52

Lidl debunks suspiciously low prices conspiracy

Aaron Sorkin and ‘Chicago 7’ cast reflect on film

Wednesday Addams takes Center in new Netflix series