The Merit and Uncomfortable Politics of Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’
Does it make you a bad person for buying a ticket to see Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’?
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The Key of Failure: ‘Nina’ Film Review
The fury of negative press surrounding the tone-deaf casting would have overshadowed even a good movie, but first-time director Cynthia Mort’s take on the life and career of the prolific Simone is uninspired, misguided, and tedious.
Here’s What Hollywood is Saying About #OscarsSoWhite
And Ben Carson’s unsolicited perspective.
#OscarsSoWhite: Yes, this is a race issue
When 94% of studio heads and 92% of studio senior management is white, the imbalance of racial representation is systemic
The Top 10 Anticipated Movies of 2016, or Who Wants a Sequel?!
There’s no room for originality in 2016’s box office.
Whaling and Flailing: A Review of ‘In the Heart of the Sea’
Just in time for the holidays, Ron Howard cooked up the film version of a turducken: a movie based on a book that’s based on two different accounts of an event […]
There’s No Place to Go: The Tedium of Chess and the Cold War in ‘Pawn Sacrifice’
Not even the most dramatic of scores can evoke the fervor required to engage an audience that is watching someone think really hard.
8 Actors You Had No Idea Were In ‘Almost Famous’ (And One You Totally Forgot About)
While Cameron Crowe’s star power may be fading in light of his most recent box office failure, the 90s remember him fondly with memorable films, including the autobiographical Almost Famous. […]
The History of Gods: ‘Ex Machina’ Sine Deus
The first impression you get is that of confidence: A director uncommonly confident in his use of bold images to jumpstart a story.
Life During Generational Wartime: Noah Baumbach’s ‘While We’re Young’
Weren’t we young once? Weren’t we cool, or didn’t we at least feel cool? Weren’t we ambitious and spontaneous and optimistic? What happens to that feeling over time?
