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Lee Yong-kwan has been reappointed as chairman of the Busan International Film Festival...

Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance, has died.

How did she keep it going and have this kind of resurgence of her popularity with people who didn't even know her early work? >> i would have to say authenticity because she was always who she was. you know, on screen, off screen, she was bluer than blue. also will. if you want to be in the world and a contributor, then you can, as long as your body allows you. and your mind allows you. and in her case, both of them did. she was -- she loved what she did. she loved what she did. and just was not going to give up until she had to. >> and she had this amazing attitude. i saw where she was saying...

>> your brother is up on the wall. >> ask sal. >> in the '80s, there was a push to have more diversity on-screen. but diversity on-screen doesn't mean you have diversity behind the camera. and you weren't having a lot of black filmmakers who were getting a chance to make films. so you really do need spike lee at that point. >> don't start shit, all right? >> beatle's down. all right? all right? >> "do the right thing" is one of the most important films in the history of cinema certainly as it pertains to the representation of race. >> it was like a cultural hand grenade. someone set it off and...

Nostalgia and redemption make up Spider-Man: No Way Home, the latest release from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and possibly the best movie from the franchise...