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Interview: Jeffrey Wright & A$AP Rocky – Anthony Mandler’s Monster

Acting mainstay Jeffrey Wright jumps between mainstream and indie productions like it’s his job. In fact, it is: Wright’s résumé includes Broadway (Angels in...

Interview: Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Anthony Mandler’s Monster

Kelvin Harrison Jr. first came to Sundance with Birth of a Nation in 2016, then Oscar-nominated Mudbound in 2017. This past year, he was...

Interview: Producers Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Mike Jackson, Daniel Crown & Yoni Liebling – Anthony Mandler’s Monster

Sundance ’18 crowd-favorite Monster tells the agonizing tale of a 17-year-old honors student in a racially-charged legal battle. Adapted from Walter Dean Meyers’ award-winning...

The Craft: Legacy [Video Review]

Magic, the Gathering: Lister-Jones Misplaces a Mythos with Missed Opportunity Sequel There’s no inherently proper way to engage in genre, which is what makes the...

Selah and The Spades | Review

School for Scoundrels: Poe Preens a Teen Queen with Curious, Benign Debut Director Tayarisha Poe fashions her debut Selah and The Spades, a YA drama...

Tayarisha Poe’s Selah and the Spades | 2019 Sundance Film Festival

Stylish, slick and super sophisticated for a micro-indie of this scale, what works marvels is Tayarisha Poe's the film's narrative blue print and universe. Selah and...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #74. Pippa Bianco – Share

In less than two weeks from now, we should be finding out what the final title is for Pippa Bianco's feature length version which...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #73. Selah and the Spades – Tayarisha Poe

Receiving a ton of support along the way, the micro-budgeted Selah and the Spades went into production this summer in Tayarisha Poe's backyard of...

Wicked Leaks: Charlie Plummer Joins Rhianne Barreto in Pippa Bianco’s Feature Debut

Venice Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni best young actor award (Lean on Pete) winner Charlie Plummer (check out the Q&A at TIFF) will star alongside Rhianne...

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