In "American Son," director Kenny Leon takes the image of a black man out of the picture so the audience is forced to confront prejudices they hold, much like the characters in the film.
The central theme of the movie is eventually communicated to the audience — the nature of power as a corrupting force and a lack of absolute truth in politics — yet its development is clunky.
In the first part of the sixth and final season of “Bojack Horseman,” Bob-Waksberg and company continue to tell emotionally resonant stories centered around talking animals.
Madame Tussauds has no wax statue of actor Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti. If this bothers you as much as it should, Wax Paul Now is the movement for you.
Moments of blissful and tragic hope are what drive the film and its plot, but what makes the film are the details.
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Actor, director and writer Ethan Hawke shared in a screening and conversation at the Virginia Film Festival.
Critics bemoan the invasion of smartphones and technology into everyday life, but not long ago the tech industry was seen as a well of optimism and dreams.
Satirical horror film is arguably the weirdest showing of the 2019 Virginia Film Festival.
The film is a difficult but necessary watch.
No moment captured is unnecessary and no time is wasted in "Waves" — the viewer is inserted into the interiority of the characters and is never released.
Producer Daniela Taper Lundberg and actress Vanessa Bell Calloway discussed the intensity of filming on plantations as the film likely reflected true history that occurred there.
"Western Stars" is everything Springsteen is — eloquent, raw, concise and beautiful.
Trent Reznor was changing music by angrily screaming into grungy records decades before his clean, instrumental sound defined a new sound in Hollywood.
VAFF nailed it three years ago by selecting “Loving,” and this year, with Bryan Stevenson biopic “Just Mercy,” they have again hit upon the perfect film for the occasion.
The story is somewhat unoriginal on its own, and is not aided by the writing or acting, which consistently feels mushy and over-simplistic.
Netflix had its moment of pride with the surprise reveal of “El Camino” this summer, a “Breaking Bad” sequel delivered in the format of a movie.
Despite the TV-PG rating of “Raising Dion,” creator Carol Barbee designed a series capable of conveying deep emotion and complex thought.
It seems safe to say that the rest of season four will see “Mr. Robot” succeed at being a thriller on a technical level.
“The Last Black Man in San Francisco” is a suspenseful, cathartic and ultimately beautiful film.
