On December 26, 2004, the day after Christmas, a terrible tsunami hit Southeast Asia, causing major damage. A dozen countries, including Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka, are affected. The toll is enormous: more than 200,000 dead, of thirty-seven different nationalities. Julien Bellver retraces one of the worst cataclysms from hundreds of hours of archives
The history of Hollywood is as ugly as it is beautiful. Most notably absent from Hollywood history are Black-produced films. “They’ve Gotta Have Us” explores the rise of Black cinema.
'Kajillionaire' is a touching and eccentric story about family, crime, and the search for belonging.
Set in a future dystopian United States in which water is running out, Julia Hart’s Fast Color (2018) is a refreshingly different take on the superhero film.
“And I think to myself….what a wonderful world”. Louis Armstrong sang about this notion via his classic 1967 song, an ode to witnessing elements of our life that should be but some reminders of exactly what that concluding line of each verse indicates. Now we see our contemporary realities and, just being honest, it makes a sentiment like this seem SO overtly far away….perhaps even impossible….to accept or believe could be. It sounds harsh, but again, so much of what is occurring speaks not to beauty, but bedlam.
The new biopic 'Elvis' highlights the beginning and end of the career of this rock and roll legend. The audience is taken on this journey knowing the tragic ending but not so much about what led him there. A large topic of discussion is the influences on Elvis that made him who he was as a singer, musician, and performer, which were blues, gospel, and country. Many of the songs that rose him to fame were songs by Black artists he heard growing up in primarily Black settings.
‘Barbie’ is an entertaining, meaningful piece of filmmaking with a heartfelt message.
