Kelly Egan: A Modern Experimental Film Maker
In the age of modern film making technology it’s intriguing that filmmakers choose to explore previous technologies to make experimental pieces. I had the pleasure of talking with one such … Continue reading
What is Hollywood’s Beef with African Accents?
Marvel’s Black Panther imagines a dynamic, technologically advanced African nation untouched by colonialism. This nation, called Wakanda, derives strength from its all-woman army and defines modernity on its terms. While black audiences … Continue reading
Black-Produced Programming: The “Quality” in Quality Television
One of the major challenges facing major networks in the 1980s was declining viewership. In order to combat this shift, networks began to vary their programming to cater to different … Continue reading
The Safety Behind The Silent Child
This year’s winners for the Oscars were a safe pick across most of the categories, as The Shape of Water won for Best Picture and Frances McDormand won for Best … Continue reading
What do millennials care about?
The film industry execs have been scratching their heads to understand what we want. Is it better advertising? Do we only care about Instagram influencers? Do we want more superheroes, … Continue reading
A Wrinkle in Time: A Revolution in the Making
A Wrinkle in Time premieres today, March 9, 2018, across the world. Although there has been a lot of talk about whether it will perform well, given the recency of Black … Continue reading
“Is Get Out an Oscar Worthy Film?” More Like, Why Is That Even A Question?
For some dumb reason, several Academy voters apparently don’t think Get Out is an Oscar worthy movie. I almost couldn’t believe that anybody would ever think that, until I remembered … Continue reading
Emma Stone: You Do You.
This past weekend the Oscars aired and because we are in the midst of #TimesUp and other talks about minority representations in film, there were SO MANY tear jerking, snap-worthy, … Continue reading
#HollywoodSoWhite
#OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign. #OscarsSoWhite targets the wrong thing. #OscarsSoWhite is an important movement. Both of these things can be true. And both of them are. The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, created … Continue reading
What Does the Success of Black Panther Mean for the Movies?
The success of director Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther has been unprecedented thus far. The eighteenth entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grossed $501 million in the United States and Canada … Continue reading
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