Tag: Janelle Monáe
Gerard Bush & Christopher Renz – Antebellum [Video Interview]
Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, the directing duo known as Bush+Renz, crafted one of 2020’s best films with their debut Antebellum. I had the...
The Glorias | Review
Are the Voices in Your Head Calling, Gloria!: Taymor Tackles Feminist Icon in Peculiar Biopic
If there’s an art to the crafting of a biopic,...
Antebellum | Review
(Re)Birth of a Nation: The Past is Our Present in the Auspicious Debut from Bush & Benz
Genre filmmaking has always been the most fruitful...
2020 Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July, Julie Taymor, Dee Rees & Sean Durkin in the Premieres Section
The most acquisitions and distributor launch-pad friendly section of the festival, the Premieres category had some big ticket items in Nisha Ganatra's Late Night,...
Harriet | Review
A Road Less Traveled: Lemmons Lionizes Historical Icon Harriet Tubman in Safe Biopic
As the arrival of the first theatrical feature to properly pay homage...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #39. Julie Taymor’s The Glorias: A Life on the Road
The Glorias: A Life On The Road
Not unlike Ruth Ginsburg receiving the extra spotlight for her trailblazing ways, timing feels about right now to...
Moonlight | Blu-Ray Review
Following the most bizarre awards show snafu ever, (after presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway flubbed the Best Picture honor when they announced the...
Moonlight | Review
When the Rainbow is Enuf: Jenkins Returns with Exceptional, Moving Character Portrait
It’s been eight years since indie filmmaker Barry Jenkins debuted his exceptional directorial...