Do you want to live forever? Impossible, you say. Not so fast. There are those among us who fervently maintain that life without end will be a realistic option in the not too distant future. Enter “Immortality or Bust”, a ...
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In the wake of the death of George Floyd, there has been a lot of civil unrest in America due to the pent up frustration of racial injustice and police brutality of black people. There have been a number of ...
Despite too often times jarring evidence to the contrary, love is all around. This is the reassuring strand running through the new rom-com “Tell Me I Love You”. I spoke with Writer/Director Fiona Mackenzie about her charmingly quirky film. “Tell ...
Tracee Ellis Ross is a multi-talented star best known for her roles in Black-ish, Mixed-ish, and now the feature film, the High Note. Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis (Tracee Ellis ...
The new independent drama “The Departure” launches us on a journey into relationship insecurity most contemptuous. Merland Hoxha wrote and directed this yarn of young L.A. professionals striving for solid footing amidst the ever-looming quicksand that threatens to gobble up ...
Talia Balsam startles as Lila, an eccentric and enigmatic woman struggling to cope with her fragile mentality and fracturing family in the new domestic drama “South Mountain”. Hilary Brougher’s main gig is professor of graduate film at Columbia University. Her ...
From Kenya Barris, the Emmy® nominated creator of black-ish, comes #blackAF. Loosely inspired by Barris’ irreverent, highly flawed, unbelievably honest approach to parenting, relationships, race, and culture, #blackAF flips the script on what we’ve come to expect a family comedy ...
Despite the success of Kenya Barris hit TV shows (Black-ish, Grown-ish, and Mixed-ish), the writer/producer has faced criticism a number of times for how the family in his shows are portrayed. The crux for some of the criquiques is how ...
Courtney B. Vance has been a staple in film industry for a number of years. He’s an Emmy and Tony award winning actor, and he is currently starring in the Netflix film, Uncorked. Vance stars as the owner of a ...
Back in 1986, in an interview with Roger Ebert following his screen debut performance in “King of the Gypsies,” his break-through role, Ebert wrote: “Right from the beginning, Eric Roberts has had about him the promise of eventual greatness. The ...
Recently, I got a chance to speak with Tichina Arnold during a critics roundtable interview held by the African American Film Critic Association. She chatted with us about some of her latest projects which included the upcoming film by Netflix ...
I spoke this week with Writer/Producer Rob DePalo about his moving film, “Tapestry”. Please click on this link for my review and interview: https://thequickflickcritic.blogspot.com/2020/03/tapestry-weaving-message-of-inspiration.html
