Tag: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Ambulance | Review
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Bays Busts the Panic Button in Rambunctious Heist Remake
For a director who cut his teeth in music videos, Michael...
Candyman [Video Review]
Sweet Heat: DaCosta Resurrects a Darkness in Spiritual Sequel
Back in 1991, Bernard Rose’s Candyman rose to prominence as one of the few mainstream American...
The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Review
Kangaroo Court: Sorkin Mounts a Famous Political Trial in Sophomore Feature
A project finally brought to fruition after bouncing around in developmental hell for over...
Us | Review
Seeing Double: Peele Turns his Camera on Us
In the best possible way, Us feels like a Jordan Peele movie -- his sophomore feature offers...
Interview: Olivia Newman – First Match | 2015 January Screenwriters Lab
Selected for SXSW Film Festival's Narrative Feature Competition, Olivia Newman's First Match (read review) picked up an audience award before quickly bowing over at Netflix....
First Match | Review
Newman Delivers a Nuanced Portrayal of a Troubled Wrestling Prodigy
The physicality of wrestling lends itself to cinema, each movement part of a ballet. Matches...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #89. Olivia Newman’s First Match
First Match
Based on the 2000 award-winning short (it played at the New York Film Fest), shot in Brooklyn, the feature film version was workshopped...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Olivia Newman’s First Match
Every edition of the Sundance Film Festival we find at least one of them. One of the festival's superpowers is short film programming, and...
