Elvis Mitchell’s Doc Is An Imperative Guide Through ’70s Black Cinema [NYFF]

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Elvis Mitchell’s Doc Is An Imperative Guide Through ’70s Black Cinema [NYFF]

“Fuck you. I’m going to Paris,” the unflinching words spoken by screen legend Harry Belafonte, is just one of the many telling soundbites in Elvis Mitchell’s directorial debut “Is That Black Enough For You?!?” Mitchell, a film critic by trade,…

An Effective Psychological Crime Thriller

The Stranger proves that Wright is a capable director and writer who can create a compelling piece of art that unsettles audiences. Joel Edgerton in The Stranger Netflix has yet another true crime narrative available on its platform, and once…

A Heartbreaking True Story Told in a Stunning Drama Series

If you grew up in the Southern US in the 90s like I did, country music giants George Jones and Tammy Wynette were likely regulars on your car radio and your parents' CD player, and you could never get "Stand…

Robert Downey Jr. Takes a Loving Look at His Offbeat Father

Everyone knows about Robert Downey Jr., the talented, stylish, Oscar-nominated actor whose winding career found its footing firmly in 2008 with the release of Iron Man. The success of that film would ultimately launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe that is—now…

A Formulaic, But Inspiring Sports Doc

For a film that might initially come across as a glorified advertisement, with executive producers Dwayne Wade and LeBron James, in addition to the backing of NBA entertainment, Netflix’s “The Redeem Team” — about the 2008 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team…

Downwind | Film Threat

The United States government is no stranger to committing atrocities. They left nearly four hundred African American males untreated with syphilis (when penicillin was available) over a span of forty years in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Then there were the…

Lee Jung-jae Fights His Way Through Adequate Action Thriller

There are two competing components to Hunt, a South Korean espionage action thriller set in the 1980s directed by and starring Lee Jung-jae, in how it unravels. This refers not just to the story, which centers on opposing agents KCIA…

M3GAN Review | Flickreel

Killer doll movies are a dime a dozen with most of them banking on the enduring success of Child’s Play. M3GAN might not be as revolutionary as its titular character, but it is among the most unique entries in this…

Mike Flanagan’s Horror Coming-Of-Ager Anthology Gets Too Sentimental About The Nature Of Storytelling

Mike Flanagan is as sentimental about storytelling as he is about horror, for better and for worse. Sometimes that has led to a unique heartbeat in his work—the aching pain in his landmark Shirley Jackson adaptation “The Haunting of Hill…

Dwayne Johnson’s DCEU Debut Is Action-Packed To A Fault

Warner Bros.' DC Extended Universe has seen some drastic changes in recent years, from release date adjustments to creative shifts, not to mention the surprise shelving of Batgirl. If there is one thing that has remained consistent, though, it is…

Riele Downs Gets Let Down by Generic Teen Comedy

Home Movie Reviews ‘Darby and the Dead’ Review: Riele Downs Gets Let Down by Generic Teen Comedy Auli'i Cravalho also stars in this by-the-book high school comedy. Image via Hulu In one of the very opening lines delivered by its…

Will Smith’s Brutal Drama Brought Down by Poor Choices

Over a decade ago, Will Smith famously turned down the title role in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, stating that “I wanted to make that movie so badly, but I felt the only way was, it had to be a love…

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