2021 New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO): ‘The Power of the Dog’ compels them; Netflix takes 10 of 14 awards
The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) announced their winners for the best in film for 2021 and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog... Read More
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2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)
Biopics and previous Best Actress Oscar winners runneth over this season and where that is often a leg up, it could be a bit of... Read More
Interview: Rebecca Hall on her personal connection to ‘Passing’ and the perfect duality of Tessa Thompson
For English actress, and newly minted writer and director, Rebecca Hall, making her black and white meditation on racial identity — the Netflix distributed Passing... Read More
Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]
Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial feature, Annihilation, explores the ideas of corruption, destruction, and rebirth. Throughout the film, The Shimmer, also referred to as “Area X,”... Read More
NYFF Review: Not everything is black and white in ‘Passing,’ the feature directorial debut of Rebecca Hall [Grade: B-]
Passing, Rebecca Hall’s debut film as a writer-director, is a studied adaptation of Nellallitea “Nella” Larsen’s eponymous 1929 novel set in Harlem, New York. The... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Passing’ is stylized and seductive but remains out of reach
In yet another female directorial debut featured at the Sundance Film Festival, acclaimed actress Rebecca Hall premiered her new film, Passing, a stylized look at... Read More
Trailer: Nnamdi Asomugha and Tessa Thompson try to find ‘Sylvie’s Love’ in a hopeless place
“I can’t be the woman of your dreams while also trying to be the woman of my own” In Sylvie’s Love, the jazz is smooth... Read More
Interview: Tessa Thompson (‘Westworld’) talks empowerment, and the necessity of messy revolution
Actress Tessa Thompson, who plays corporate executive Charlotte Hale in the Emmy Award-winning sci-fi drama series Westworld on HBO, found herself not only playing a... Read More
Review: ‘Sorry to Bother You’
Coonery, buffoonery, toxic masculinity, feminism, identity, and Black lives matter are among the many themes tackled in Boots Riley’s directorial debut film Sorry To Bother... Read More
Michael B. Jordan returns for the fight of his life in ‘Creed II’ trailer
Michael B. Jordan, already having a hot year with Black Panther (which earned him an MTV Movie Award) is back this fall in the continuing... Read More
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