Last month, Film Twitter went all a-twitter when it was revealed that this year's Sundance Film Festival secret screening was comedian Jordan Peele's directorial debut, Get Out (he also wrote the original screenplay). Early buzz was effusive, a promising reception after a work-in-progress Keanu, ...
Maybe Watch This: A United Kingdom
In 2014, director Amma Asante - former actress turned filmmaker - hit the scene in a big way with one of the most underrated films of that year, Belle. Actually her sophomore feature, she'd previously been named Most Promising Newcomer at the BAFTAs in 2005, a prescient prediction. This week, ...
Watch this: I Am Not Your Negro
"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced." -James Baldwin The hardest part about watching I Am Not Your Negro, easily 2016's best documentary and most essential viewing, is watching it. More than once, I cringed, winced, looked away, closed my ...
Coming Soon: Summer 2016
Later this year, I'll spell out by month every movie I plan to see before we ring in 2017, as I've been doing on this space for the last couple of years. It's the best time of the year for great film, and I'm always heading out to see one or two or three movies in a week. Sharing all that screen ...
Coming Soon: November
November hits the sweet spot of Fall releases, as the great films are poised for a strong end-of year run before awards campaigning goes into full effect. More than a few films opening this month are already garnering Best Picture buzz - I imagine the film taking home to top Oscar is in the mix here ...