by Nathaniel R
Though all of us have our differences of opinion with Oscar, but sometimes the stars align and we get an Oscar lineup we adore. I'm quite fond of Oscar's Best Actor list this year (have you voted today?) to the extent that my own ballot is 80% similar. That happens about once a decade (the last time was 2016). The one difference is my inclusion of Franz Rogowski, one of Europe's greatest actors, for the Austrian prison drama Great Freedom. It was an Oscar finalist last Oscar season in Best International Feature but wasn't nominated and then got a small US theatrical release in 2022. So while the film is now "old" (haha) it's been impossible to shake for over a year now. Thanks in large part to Rogowski's work. He outdoes himself with this portrait of a man so implacably committed to his own desires that you begin to...
Though all of us have our differences of opinion with Oscar, but sometimes the stars align and we get an Oscar lineup we adore. I'm quite fond of Oscar's Best Actor list this year (have you voted today?) to the extent that my own ballot is 80% similar. That happens about once a decade (the last time was 2016). The one difference is my inclusion of Franz Rogowski, one of Europe's greatest actors, for the Austrian prison drama Great Freedom. It was an Oscar finalist last Oscar season in Best International Feature but wasn't nominated and then got a small US theatrical release in 2022. So while the film is now "old" (haha) it's been impossible to shake for over a year now. Thanks in large part to Rogowski's work. He outdoes himself with this portrait of a man so implacably committed to his own desires that you begin to...
- 3/4/2023
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The Inspection Review — The Inspection (2022) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Elegance Bratton and starring Jeremy Pope, Gabrielle Union, Bokeem Woodbine, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Nicholas Logan, Eman Esfandi, Aaron Dominguez, Aubrey Joseph, Andrew Kai, Tyler Merritt, Steve Mokate, Brad Napp, Daniel Williamson and Wynn Reichert. Filmmaker Elegance Bratton’s film, The [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: The Inspection (2022): Elegance Bratton’s Film Features a Star-Making Performance by Jeremy Pope...
Continue reading: Film Review: The Inspection (2022): Elegance Bratton’s Film Features a Star-Making Performance by Jeremy Pope...
- 12/4/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
This review originally ran September 13, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Much like “Moonlight,” “The Inspection” has the trappings of an instant queer classic.
Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, writer-director Elegance Bratton’s semi-autobiographical film, about a young gay Black man’s desire for approval and human connection in an unforgiving environment poisoned by bigotry and toxic masculinity, tells essential truths about the state of queer life in America outside gay villages and other safe spaces. Yet stories like these have seldom been told even as queer cinema has steadily evolved beyond homogeneous narratives.
Bratton’s avatar, Ellis French, has been living in a homeless shelter for years. He visits his mother, Inez (Gabrielle Union), to retrieve his birth certificate in order to join the Marine Corps. With the door still chained, Inez hands over his mail, including a court summons. When she finally lets him in,...
Much like “Moonlight,” “The Inspection” has the trappings of an instant queer classic.
Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, writer-director Elegance Bratton’s semi-autobiographical film, about a young gay Black man’s desire for approval and human connection in an unforgiving environment poisoned by bigotry and toxic masculinity, tells essential truths about the state of queer life in America outside gay villages and other safe spaces. Yet stories like these have seldom been told even as queer cinema has steadily evolved beyond homogeneous narratives.
Bratton’s avatar, Ellis French, has been living in a homeless shelter for years. He visits his mother, Inez (Gabrielle Union), to retrieve his birth certificate in order to join the Marine Corps. With the door still chained, Inez hands over his mail, including a court summons. When she finally lets him in,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Martin Tsai
- The Wrap
Exclusive: LeToya Luckett (Greenleaf), Romeo Miller (Honey) and Keith David (Greenleaf) have signed on to star in the film A Miracle Before Christmas, from writer-director LazRael Lison (#Unknown).
The love story centers on Mercedes Wright (Luckett), a famous, fast-talking relationship therapist who has the answers to fixing everyone else’s marital issues, but is challenged by problems faced with her own husband (Miller), leaning on help from an angel (David) to get past them. Lison and Tatiana Chekhova are producing the film under their Summer House Pictures banner, with Charles F. Porter of Black Bench Productions, and Jasper Cole (Never and Again). Marlon D. Haynes is serving as exec producer.
Luckett is represented by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Miller by Pantheon Talent; David by Artists & Representatives, Silver J Management and Meyers & Downs; and Lison by Newman-Thomas Management and Kaye & Mills.
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Exclusive: Rose Reid (Finding You), Ruairi O’Connor...
The love story centers on Mercedes Wright (Luckett), a famous, fast-talking relationship therapist who has the answers to fixing everyone else’s marital issues, but is challenged by problems faced with her own husband (Miller), leaning on help from an angel (David) to get past them. Lison and Tatiana Chekhova are producing the film under their Summer House Pictures banner, with Charles F. Porter of Black Bench Productions, and Jasper Cole (Never and Again). Marlon D. Haynes is serving as exec producer.
Luckett is represented by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Miller by Pantheon Talent; David by Artists & Representatives, Silver J Management and Meyers & Downs; and Lison by Newman-Thomas Management and Kaye & Mills.
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Exclusive: Rose Reid (Finding You), Ruairi O’Connor...
- 4/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Hit Australian unscripted format You Can’t Ask That is heading to the U.S. following a deal between Oz broadcaster ABC and U.S. producer Current Flow Entertainment, which has picked up English and Spanish-language remake rights for the territory.
The unflinching and heartwarming show, which has been hailed for its diversity, offers intimate glimpses into the lives of people who are often marginalised in society. Featuring participants from all walks of life, the show breaks down stereotypes by answering questions people tend to feel uncomfortable to ask. Each episode focuses on a single group and challenges them with frank and often confronting questions, all of which are sourced anonymously from the public.
The original Australian version of the show is currently...
The unflinching and heartwarming show, which has been hailed for its diversity, offers intimate glimpses into the lives of people who are often marginalised in society. Featuring participants from all walks of life, the show breaks down stereotypes by answering questions people tend to feel uncomfortable to ask. Each episode focuses on a single group and challenges them with frank and often confronting questions, all of which are sourced anonymously from the public.
The original Australian version of the show is currently...
- 10/29/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
After the third night of chaotic riots across Minneapolis in the wake George Floyd’s death at the hands of several Mpd officers, Jimmy Kimmel has delivered a somber monologue in which he calls out President Trump for instigating more violence.
The tragic murder of George Floyd, an African-American who was apprehended by several Mpd officers due to allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes at a local store, has sparked nationwide protests in the United States. While most have held peaceful gatherings to honor Floyd and ask for justice, a lot of people have resorted to violent behavior, burning down buildings and looting stores. The governor of Minnesota has now fully mobilized the National Guard as the death toll rises to 4 people. President Trump, as usual, took to Twitter to address the situation but ended up drawing a lot of criticism when he threatened the protesters, writing:
“These...
The tragic murder of George Floyd, an African-American who was apprehended by several Mpd officers due to allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes at a local store, has sparked nationwide protests in the United States. While most have held peaceful gatherings to honor Floyd and ask for justice, a lot of people have resorted to violent behavior, burning down buildings and looting stores. The governor of Minnesota has now fully mobilized the National Guard as the death toll rises to 4 people. President Trump, as usual, took to Twitter to address the situation but ended up drawing a lot of criticism when he threatened the protesters, writing:
“These...
- 5/30/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
On Friday evening Jimmy Kimmel used his global platform to pay tribute to George Floyd, whose death at the hands of police has sparked nationwide riots and protests. He also took the opportunity to call for Americans to vote President Donald Trump out of office this November in the wake of his response to the civic unrest, which most recently included a readiness to deploy military troops to Minneapolis to contain the chaos. Watch the video below.
“I don’t want to make this about Donald Trump because this sense of hopelessness and frustration that black people in this country have been experiencing has been brewing for a long time,” Kimmel said. “Not just under Republican presidents or even white presidents. This not on the government. It’s on us.”
Kimmel pivoted to addressing “older people who have seen this before in this country, who’ve lived this nightmare of...
“I don’t want to make this about Donald Trump because this sense of hopelessness and frustration that black people in this country have been experiencing has been brewing for a long time,” Kimmel said. “Not just under Republican presidents or even white presidents. This not on the government. It’s on us.”
Kimmel pivoted to addressing “older people who have seen this before in this country, who’ve lived this nightmare of...
- 5/30/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Jimmy Kimmel‘s monologue took a serious tone Friday when the late-night host commented on the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the effects of the “senseless act of violence.”
Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed Black man, died on May 25 after an encounter with Minneapolis police officers, including Derek Chauvin, who kept his knee on Floyd’s neck in order to pin him to the ground. Chauvin has since been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, but protests against police brutality — in Minneapolis and many other U.S. cities — have continued in the days since Floyd’s death.
Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed Black man, died on May 25 after an encounter with Minneapolis police officers, including Derek Chauvin, who kept his knee on Floyd’s neck in order to pin him to the ground. Chauvin has since been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, but protests against police brutality — in Minneapolis and many other U.S. cities — have continued in the days since Floyd’s death.
- 5/30/2020
- TVLine.com
Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue was somber and serious tonight, as the late-night host shared his thoughts on the George Floyd death in Minneapolis and its aftermath.
Kimmel ran down the facts of the case as he saw them, and lamented “the senseless acts of violence that were brought on by a senseless act of violence,” and “the loop we get stuck into,” which, he claimed, devolves into a litany of finger-pointing and blame shifting.
But worse, Kimmel said, was President Donald Trump’s Twitter threat to shoot looters.
“I especially want to pose this question to older people who have seen (racial conflict) before: “Is this who you want leading us for President?” He concluded, “Enough is enough. We’ve got to vote this guy out already.”
Kimmel then shared a video that has gone viral. In it, Nashville actor Tyler Merritt, in a close-up, recites a monologue titled Before You Call The Cops.
Kimmel ran down the facts of the case as he saw them, and lamented “the senseless acts of violence that were brought on by a senseless act of violence,” and “the loop we get stuck into,” which, he claimed, devolves into a litany of finger-pointing and blame shifting.
But worse, Kimmel said, was President Donald Trump’s Twitter threat to shoot looters.
“I especially want to pose this question to older people who have seen (racial conflict) before: “Is this who you want leading us for President?” He concluded, “Enough is enough. We’ve got to vote this guy out already.”
Kimmel then shared a video that has gone viral. In it, Nashville actor Tyler Merritt, in a close-up, recites a monologue titled Before You Call The Cops.
- 5/30/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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