What does it mean to be Black enough? Cord Jefferson explores this ‘American Fiction’
The film is a satire based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure. It’s about a Black author whose editors want him to write clichéd stories of Black life — that rang true to director Cord Jefferson.
Advice from a critic: Read ‘Erasure’ before seeing ‘American Fiction’
With the first Percival Everett-inspired screen adaptation American Fiction coming to theaters starting on Dec. 15, we’re taking a moment to revisit his provocative and affecting satirical novel.
‘Rustin’ star Colman Domingo says the civil rights activist has been a ‘North Star’
Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, but was forced into the background because he was gay. Domingo also stars as the abusive husband in The Color Purple.
In ‘Poor Things’, Emma Stone plays a woman exploring the world, learning to be human
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with actor Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos about their new movie, “Poor Things.”
A new biopic of ‘La Vie En Rose’ singer Edith Piaf will use AI to recreate her voice
One of Edith Piaf’s famous hits was “La Vie En Rose” but… how about “La Vie En AI”? A new biopic about the singer will be made using artificial intelligence to recreate her voice and image.
Unhinged yet uplifting, ‘Poor Things’ is an un-family-friendly ‘Barbie’
Emma Stone stars as an adult woman with the anarchic spirit of a very young child in a strangely touching film that’s filled with transgressive sex, sadistic power games and grisly violence.
Gwyneth Paltrow made a stunning admission: she hasn’t seen ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Paltrow first portrayed Pepper Potts in the first film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe — now there are 33. She told an interviewer at the Red Sea Film Festival, “I can’t keep track of who’s what.”
Netflix releases new psychological thriller: ‘Leave the World Behind’
Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke star in the new dystopian thriller Leave the World Behind. It’s about a white couple renting from a Black couple with suspicion and tension between the two.
‘Poor Things’: a Frankenstein-inspired black comedy
Emma Stone teams up with director Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things, a Frankenstein-inspired black comedy about a young woman shaking up the society around her as she comes into her own.
‘Anselm’ documentary is a thrilling portrait of an artist at work
Painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer was born in war-ravaged Germany in 1945. Wim Wenders’ new film conveys the beauty, bleakness and moral weight of Kiefer’s art.
‘Oppenheimer’ will screen in Japan in 2024, distributors say
The decision to release the movie profiling the American scientist follows criticism that the film largely ignored the impact of the bombings that killed more than 200,000 people in Japan.
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