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Erykah Badu joins Netflix’s feature film adaptation of August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’Erykah Badu joins Netflix’s feature film adaptation of August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’

Erykah Badu joins Netflix’s feature film adaptation of August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’

Grammy Award-winning artist Erykah Badu will make a cameo appearance with musical performances in the feature film adaptation of August… Read More

May 30, 2023
Venice Film Festival, Gotham Institute and Netflix team up for ‘Next Generation’ film event in New YorkVenice Film Festival, Gotham Institute and Netflix team up for ‘Next Generation’ film event in New York

Venice Film Festival, Gotham Institute and Netflix team up for ‘Next Generation’ film event in New York

The event will screen and honor films from the first ten years of Biennale College Cinema at the Paris Theater… Read More

March 30, 2023
27th Capri Hollywood International Film Festival winners: ‘Elvis’ dominates with eight wins including Best Picture and Best Director27th Capri Hollywood International Film Festival winners: ‘Elvis’ dominates with eight wins including Best Picture and Best Director

27th Capri Hollywood International Film Festival winners: ‘Elvis’ dominates with eight wins including Best Picture and Best Director

Baz Luhrmann's splashy biopic Elvis reigned king at the 27th Capri Hollywood Fest awards, winning eight prizes including Best Picture,… Read More

January 5, 2023
Interview: ‘White Noise’ production designer Jess Gonchor on recreating the 1980s, colorful product placement, and designing that bright, stocked supermarketInterview: ‘White Noise’ production designer Jess Gonchor on recreating the 1980s, colorful product placement, and designing that bright, stocked supermarket

Interview: ‘White Noise’ production designer Jess Gonchor on recreating the 1980s, colorful product placement, and designing that bright, stocked supermarket

Since Don DeLillo's hit novel White Noise hit the shelves in 1985, readers have imagined how the settings like the… Read More

December 13, 2022
‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ featurette: An international film, a local experience [Exclusive]‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ featurette: An international film, a local experience [Exclusive]

‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ featurette: An international film, a local experience [Exclusive]

"Our own lives are just a bunch of narratives we tell ourselves." In Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of… Read More

December 8, 2022
Interview: Rian Johnson peels back the layers of ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’Interview: Rian Johnson peels back the layers of ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’

Interview: Rian Johnson peels back the layers of ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’

Early in the morning at the 2022 Middleburg Film Festival, I witnessed first-hand the passion and ease that director Rian… Read More

November 28, 2022
‘Wednesday’ review: Jenna Ortega’s snappy performance is the best thing about this paint-by-numbers teen drama‘Wednesday’ review: Jenna Ortega’s snappy performance is the best thing about this paint-by-numbers teen drama

‘Wednesday’ review: Jenna Ortega’s snappy performance is the best thing about this paint-by-numbers teen drama

Though Netflix is hardly the end-all-be-all of teen dramas (that title more likely goes to the CW), the streamer has… Read More

November 18, 2022
“Sr.” review: A heartfelt tribute that sometimes loses sight of its own subject | AFI FEST“Sr.” review: A heartfelt tribute that sometimes loses sight of its own subject | AFI FEST

“Sr.” review: A heartfelt tribute that sometimes loses sight of its own subject | AFI FEST

Saying goodbye to a parent is a difficult but normal part of life. For most of us, saying goodbye is… Read More

November 5, 2022
‘Lady Chatterly’s Lover’ review: Little to love beyond Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell’s performances in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s listless adaptation | LFF‘Lady Chatterly’s Lover’ review: Little to love beyond Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell’s performances in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s listless adaptation | LFF

‘Lady Chatterly’s Lover’ review: Little to love beyond Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell’s performances in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s listless adaptation | LFF

A spirit of thoughtless anachronism looms over Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Netflix’s crude and cynical attempt at seeing… Read More

October 17, 2022