By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Israeli filmmaker Avi Belkin has been making films since he was a youth, having been trained at the Midrasha film school before embarking on a successful career as a documentarian in his home country. His first documentary feature, 2014’s “Winding,” w [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—During a press conference to promote Disney’s new big screen version of “The Lion King,” Hans Zimmer, who won an Academy Award for his score of the 1995 animated film, recalled the challenges of recording some of the music during Apartheid in South Af [...]

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic In Hollywood these days, the Circle of Life means that if a movie was a hit in the past, it’s likely going to be remade in the future. This is especially true of Disney’s animated classics, many of which—like “Aladdin,” “Dumbo,” “Beauty and the Beast [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Child actor JD McCrary provides the voice of Young Simba and teenager Shahadi Wright Joseph plays his lioness bestie Young Nala in the all-new animated feature “The Lion King.” At a press conference to promote the release of the remake of the Disney c [...]