The Color Purple (2023) Review
Blitz Bazawule’s Oscar-nominated ‘The Color Purple’ is a fresh take on a timeless story, a fitting adaptation of the stage musical. Fantasia Barrino stars. Review by Clotilde Chinnici.
Read MoreBlitz Bazawule’s Oscar-nominated ‘The Color Purple’ is a fresh take on a timeless story, a fitting adaptation of the stage musical. Fantasia Barrino stars. Review by Clotilde Chinnici.
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Read MoreRaine Allen-Miller’s BAFTA-nominated British romcom ‘Rye Lane’ is as busy and vibrant as London itself, ‘Love Actually’ in Peckham. Review by Rob Jones.
Read MoreCord Jefferson’s Oscars Best Picture nominee ‘American Fiction’ (2023) is an effective cultural and interpersonal story about identity, grief, love, and voice. Review by Emi Grant.
Read MoreJustine Triet’s Oscar-nominated, Cannes Palme d’Or winner ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ features one of the great performances of 2023 from Sandra Hüller as a woman on trial for murder. Review by Joseph Wade.
Read More‘All of Us Strangers’ (2023) is leaving viewers in floods of tears, Andrew Haigh and actors Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal offering a devastating new love story. Review by Mark Carnochan.
Read MoreThough ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (1959) is not one of Disney’s strongest films, this fairy tale features surprisingly feminist characters and a compelling villain. Review by Emily Nighman.
Read MorePaul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa anchor Alexander Payne’s human drama ‘The Holdovers’, a multi-time Oscar nominee in 2024. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
Read MoreBilly Wilder’s self-reflective movie about Hollywood, ‘Sunset Boulevard’ (1950), is still meaningful, visually impressive and relevant a lifetime after its release. Review by Clotilde Chinnici.
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