The Deliverance, 2024. Directed by Lee Daniels. Starring Andra Day, Glenn Close, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Mo’Nique, Anthony B. Jenkins, Caleb McLaughlin, Tasha Smith, Omar Epps, Demi Singleton, Miss Lawrence, James William O’Halloran, Rob Morgan, Todd Anthony, Colleen Camp, Guy Collins, Lian Maya, Kimberly Russell, Timothy Scott, Ellis Hobbs IV, Malieek Straughter, Dominique Toney, and Juanita Jennings. […]
Movie Review – The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (2024)
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, 2024. Directed by Tina Mabry. Starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Sanaa Lathan, Uzo Aduba, Mekhi Phifer, Julian McMahon, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Russell Hornsby, Kyanna Simone, Tati Gabrielle, Abigail Achiri, Dijon, Cleveland Berto, Ryan Paynter, Xavier Mills, Donna Biscoe, Tony Winters, Raymond Greene-Joyner, Jason Turner, Craig Tate, Kadianne Whyte, Art Newkirk, Deja Dee, Jesse […]
Movie Review – Origin (2023)
Origin, 2023. Written and Directed by Ava DuVernay. Starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Isha Blaaker, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Nick Offerman, Stephanie March, Myles Frost, Suraj Yengde Ph.D, Donna Mills, Franz Hartwig, Daniel Lommatzsch, Mieke Schymura, John Hans Tester, Leonardo […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Exhibiting Forgiveness
Exhibiting Forgiveness, 2024. Written and Directed by Titus Kaphar. Starring André Holland, Andra Day, John Earl Jelks, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Matthew Elam, G.L. McQueary, Chip Carriere, Ian Foreman, Tia Dionne Hodge, Daniel Michael Barriere, Jaime Ray Newman, Peter Van Wagner, Tony Torn, Cindy Jackson, and Justin Hofstad. SYNOPSIS: A Black artist on the path to success […]
Movie Review – The Color Purple (2023)
The Color Purple, 2023. Directed by Blitz Bazawule. Starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ciara, Louis Gossett Jr., David Alan Grier, Deon Cole, Stephen Hill, Jon Batiste, Tiffany Elle Burgess, Aba Arthur, Terrence J. Smith, Tamela Mann, Adetinpo Thomas, Charles Green, […]
Watch the powerful new trailer for Ava DuVernay’s Origin
Currently playing in limited release in U.S. theaters, Neon has dropped a brand new trailer for writer-director Ava DuVernay’s critically-acclaimed drama Origin. Inspired by the New York Times Bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent, Origin stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nick Offerman, and Blair Underwood. You can read […]
The Color Purple unveils a final trailer
Ahead of its US release this Christmas Day, Warner Bros. has released a third trailer for the musical drama The Color Purple, director Blitz Bazawule’s upcoming adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Marsha Norman’s stage play; watch it below… A story of love and resilience, THE COLOR PURPLE is a decades-spanning tale of […]
The Color Purple gets a new trailer
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for The Color Purple, the upcoming musical drama based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Marsha Norman’s stage play. Directed by Blitz Bazawule, the film features a cast that includes Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Fantasia Barrino. […]
The Color Purple featurette outlines a bold new take on the classic Deep South drama
Warner Bros. has released a featurette for Blitz Bazawule’s new take on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning The Color Purple, which promises to put the story “back out into the world” in order to “connect with the younger generation”. The screenplay is by acclaimed playwright Marcus Gardley (Maid), which combines Walker’s novel with the musical […]
First teaser for Ava DuVernay’s Origin starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this Wednesday, Neon has debuted the first trailer for Origin, the upcoming drama from writer-director Ava DuVernay’s which is inspired by journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s New York Times bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents; watch it below… While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel sets […]
