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Sundance Film Festival Review: ‘Sharp Stick’ is a Story of Self-Discovery Filtered Through Lena Dunham’s Filmmaking Lens
Lena Dunham is a storyteller who follows the beat of her own drummer. Whether it’s her first film, the independent comedy Tiny Furniture, or her hit HBO series Girls, Dunham does things her way, and you’re either in or you’re out. So far, I have been, so I went into her sophomore feature Sharp Stick […] More
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Film Review: ‘Zola’ is the Epitome of a Modern Story and a Wonderfully Scathing Social Commentary
Twitter is a dumpster fire. We’ve all more or less come to that agreement, right? It’s an awful place we still go to out of either a work obligation, morbid curiosity, or a straight up social media addiction. And yet, every so often, something amazing comes out of it. The series of tweets from A’Ziah […] More
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‘Zola’ Trailer Highlights Why This A24 Release is So Hotly Anticipated
“Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense” That’s how the infamous 148-tweet Twitter thread from Aziah “Zola” Wells (under the Twitter handle _zolarmoon) began in October 2015, and what a story it was. Over this extensive tale, Wells detailed how she and a […] More
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Film Review: ‘Boogie’ Dribbles in Familiar Territory
Boogie is the feature debut for writer-director Eddie Huang, who previously worked on the show Fresh Off the Boat. His first film plays like one of those debuts that are perfectly harmless and a solid-enough calling card, without delivering a showstopping movie. The culturally specific story at the heart of Boogie offers some nuance to […] More
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Film Review: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Sparks with the Fire of Chadwick Boseman’s Performance
Taking a play and turning it into a film has inherent challenges. After all, if a filmmaker doesn’t open up the world sufficiently, there’s a sense that something is missing. On the flip-side, however, too much of that and the appeal of the source material can be lost. So, it’s a pleasure to report that […] More
