Tag: Forest Whitaker
Passing | Review
The Skin I Live In: Hall Formulates an Elegant, Devastating Adaptation of Nella Larsen
For those who have had the pleasure of reading either of...
City of Lies [Video Review]
L.A. Controversial: Furman Revisits the Wallace Murder in Mediocre Adaptation
Whatever the likely combination of reasons for the three-year delay in its US theatrical release,...
2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Rebecca Hall’s Passing
One of the most anticipated directorial debuts for a 2021 unveiling comes via actress Rebecca Hall. Based on Nella Larsen’s first published in 1929,...
Interview: Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You
Writer/Director Boots Riley is no stranger to pushing boundaries. A longtime political activist-rapper, he has already made his bones in music, founding the renowned...
Interview: Omari Hardwick – Sorry to Bother You
Among the cast of misfit supporting characters in Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You we find Omari Hardwick's take on true corporate ladder machiavellianism...
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You | 2018 Sundance Film Festival World Premiere
Perhaps the most hyped film to premiere at this year's Sundance film festival, the over-sold world preem screening at the Library had plenty of...
Video: Andrew Heckler’s Burden | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
A long time in the making and perhaps the longest gestating film from the entire line-up all sections combined, starring Garrett Hedlund, Forest Whitaker...
Black Panther | Review
Black Cat, Nine Lives: Coogler Clocks a Milestone with Exemplary Marvel
Rare is the opportunity to be surprised by anything studio related in mainstream American...
Sundance ’18: Morano, Silva, Akhavan & Boots Riley Among U.S. Dramatic Comp Selections
Last year's section of sixteen included such gems as Beach Rats (Directing Award), Brigsby Bear, Ingrid Goes West (Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award), Golden Exits...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Michael Larnell’s Roxanne, Roxanne
Michael Larnell knows a thing or two about big breaks. He launched his filmmaking career with the microbudgeted Cronies which was included in Sundance's NEXT section...
Arrival | Review
Future Perfect: Villeneuve Crafts a Poetic Close Encounter
Using language and communication as a fertile metaphor, Denis Villeneuve situates complex ideas into streamlined composition with...
Southpaw | Review
My Left Fist: Fuqua’s Sports Drama a Familiar, Emotionally Charged Comeback
After another recent dalliance in action genre schlock, director Antoine Fuqua returns with the...
Two Men in Town | Review
The Town That Dreaded Showdown: Bouchareb Returns to New Mexican Landscape with Mixed Results
French director Rachid Bouchareb’s long celebrated filmography has garnered two of...
Taken 3 | Review
Taken a Break: Megaton’s Slurpy Finish Brings Euro Schlock to L.A.
It should surprise no one that Taken 3 is a laughable, sometimes downright embarrassing...
2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Chloe Zhao’s Songs My Brothers Taught Me
More time in post-production means more time for nips, tucks, another Sundance lab (2014's Music and Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound) and even...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #90. Scott Cooper’s Out of the Furnace
Out of the Furnace
Director: Scott Cooper
Writer(s): Cooper and Brad Ingelsby
Producer(s): Michael Costigan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Kavanaugh, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Brooklyn...