There have been some memorable directorial debuts this year and surely this is one that I won’t easily forget. What sold me initially was Jeffrey Wright’s casting, the kind of actor who never fails to deliver a solid performance. He plays novelist Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison, easily the winner of ‘best character name’ ever, who’s recently …
Tag: Black stories
Trailer Spotlight: AMERICAN FICTION – Jeffrey Wright stars as a frustrated novelist in this publishing world satire
One of my most-anticipated movies out of major Fall film festivals this year has got to be AMERICAN FICTION, which happens to be a directorial debut from writer/director Cord Jefferson. Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it's essentially about the consequences of turning one's art into a simple commodity. Jeffrey Wright stars as …
FlixChatter Review: RYE LANE (2023) – the perfect junction where comedy, heartbreak, and romance intersect beautifully
Rom-coms get a bad rap as a genre that’s plagued by unrealistic situations, unrelatable characters, and a fanciful narrative of love and romance. Well, a bunch of them do fit that category, but once in a great while, a delightful movie emerges that break through the mold. Rye Lane, directed by Raine Allen-Miller and based …
FlixChatter Review: Saint Omer (2022) – a restrained but heart-wrenching human drama by Alice Diop
Thanks to NEON’s FYC DVD screener pack that I’m able to watch this last month. It’s on my Top 15 Honorable Mentions of 2022 and it was very close to being on my final Top 10. Saint Omer refers to a Northwestern French town called Saint-Omer where Rama, a French-Senegalese literature professor, and novelist, attends …
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