Viola Davis is the Queen of the Blues in first trailer for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
“It would be an empty world without the Blues.” Netflix has revealed the first trailer for the highly anticipated Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, from director... Read More
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2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (October)
There are enough elaborate period pieces and fantasy films to populate production design this year even as those summer tentpoles (and winter ones) disappeared. Moving... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING (October)
With word that Coming 2 America is planning a somewhat surprising 2020 bow (after Paramount sold it off to Amazon) and is apparently chock full... Read More
‘Ma Rainey’ character posters for Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and more
Netflix has released character posters for Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Taylour Paige, Dusan Brown, Colman Domingo and Michael Potts for the upcoming release... Read More
Middleburg Film Festival to honor Chloé Zhao, George C. Wolfe, the cast of ‘Minari’ and more
Festival to also honor composer Kris Bowers, Academy Award-winning writer/director Aaron Sorkin; Academy Award-winning actress Sophia Loren to Receive Legacy Tribute Award The Middleburg Film... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
My top 10 is eerily quiet this month, even after Venice and Toronto are over and NYFF is underway. Ammonite drops to make room for... Read More
First look: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Netflix has released the first look at the highly anticipated upcoming musical biopic Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis, the late Chadwick Boseman and... Read More
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