Well I watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show remake last night and…here are some thoughts. The Good Ryan McCartan felt like he was the only one who knew exactly what this production needed from a tone stand point and his performance as Brad is what kept me watching. Tim Curry and Ben Vereen were also
“…the beauty in the villainy” There are few words that have consumed my mind quite like these spoken by Guillermo del Toro. This statement was made during the chat between the director of Pan’s Labyrinth and Cornelia Funke, who did the novelization, and it was something that stuck with me as I rewatched the film
Have you ever watched a film that you find endlessly fascinating on a thematic level but that for some reason doesn’t fully connect on a movie level? If so, you’re familiar with the conundrum that I am regarding The Birth of a Nation. Nate Parker‘s directorial debut is one of conviction and succeeds on many
We are now past phase 1 of the fall festival circuit, which we chatted about on the latest podcast, and are now in the NYFF phase 2, so it’s as good a time as any to update predictions. But first some analysis: 1. Remember how I said this was an awesome year for Black movies?
There’s really no easy way to start off a review of Goat, the wonderfully intense film directed by Andrew Neel. Particularly after you’ve just come from under its compressive force, as I have. Watching people be terrible to each other is a fun time to a point, so what do you do when those characters
One of the things that’s most awesome about cooking is that recipes, however you find them, seem to have a journey. Whether its things that have been passed down through your family or some you find online, food and how it is made and prepared is a community resource with a history. You can connect the