Tag: KiKi Layne
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Nicole Riegel’s Dandelion
Selected for SXSW in 2020 but unfortunately that was the last minute canceled edition, Nicole Riegel's debut film Holler would technically land its world...
Don’t Worry Darling | Review
Die, Die, My Darling: Wilde Makes Utopia a Dirty Word in Sinister Thriller
“There’s beauty in control” affirms a suave Svengali at the center...
The Old Guard | Review
No Man Could Be Their Equal: Prince-Bythewood Ponders Immortality with Graphic Novel Adaptation
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s fourth film is a marked departure from her previous...
Native Son | Review
(Not So) Good Times: Johnson Stumbles with Modern Homage to Richard Wright
Marrying historical contexts to modern aesthetics is often an arresting avenue for consideration,...
If Beale Street Could Talk | Review
I Can Feel the Beale: Jenkins Does Justice to Classic Baldwin Novel
Following his history making Best Picture winner Moonlight, stakes are set high for...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #59. Rashid Johnson – Native Son
Perhaps the most alluring offering on A24's slate for 2019 is the ode to 1930's Chicago and African American identity debut film from conceptual...
