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 ...
Go in-depth with your favorite actors, directors, and industry professionals. Explore their creative process, upcoming projects, and insights into the world of entertainment.
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
The new release “Foggy Days” marks yet another entry in a provocative parade of short films from Sweden. With the focus on modern love, it’s message is both timeless and universal. I daresay nearly all of us have been the ...
The new crime drama “Blood on Her Name” may best be summed up thusly: The sins of the father are visited upon the daughter and then splattered upon the son. And it’s not lookin’ too good for the pattern to ...
There is a lot to unpack in the new Norwegian television crime drama “Twin” streaming now on MHz Choice. Uff da is there ever. Each installment of this entrancing eight-part series is jam-packed with more secrets, lies and diabolical deception ...
I wasn’t sure where the new Swedish short “Alive” would take me. Not at any point was I confident how this well done tale of a disabled woman and her caregiver was ultimately going to wind up. Until, that is, ...
A powerful and thought-provoking true story, “Just Mercy” follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly ...
