This week, Chris Utley and ScreenFish newbie Peter Adourian join Steve to tackle Nate Parker’s controversial BIRTH OF A NATION. ?In this episode, they tackle issues of race and gender politics, owning the truth and even whether we can separate art from the artists. Want to continue to conversation at home? ?Click the link…
To kick off Season 3, Steve ponies up to the saloon?with Pastor James Harleman (Cinemagogue.com) to chat about?Antoine Fuqua’s?Magnificent Seven! ?Does the western still matter today? ?What’s the line between righteousness and justice? ?All this and more as the guys showdown at high noon… Want to continue to conversation at home? ?Click the link below…
“You belong here.” – Robert Katende (David Oyelowo) Queen of Katwe tells the story of Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga), a young teenager who lives in the poorest areas of Katwe, Uganda. She connects with missionary Robert Katende (Oscar nominee David Oyelowo), who introduces her to the game of chess. As Phiona quickly demonstrates an incredible…
Focusing on the week?following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, JACKIE follows?on the life?of former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis (Natalie Portman) as she is forced to simultaneously grapple with her husband’s death, the demands of her position and the eyes of the public. ?Framed around an interview with Jackie, the narrative form allows for…
Terrence Malick is an acquired taste. The mysterious director has built a prolific career, to be sure, but his style of filmmaking can be polarizing, with it’s emphasis on visual narratives and fractured style. ?Some have written him off as self-indulgent while others have looked upon him as a prophetic and profound. Personally, I fall…
When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team, led by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams), is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers — and to find them, she will take a chance that?could threaten her…
Okay, don’t judge me. The truth is that this film was nowhere near my radar for films this week at TIFF. ?Not at all. ?Although it was directed by Oscar winner Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs), the idea of spending money to see Timberlake sing his?hits on the big screen simply wasn’t on my…
Released at Sundance earlier this year, the film sparked a bidding war the likes of which?the festival had never seen before (and eventually settled at Fox Searchlight for an amazing?$17.5M, the highest in the festival’s history. ?With a timely subject matter (especially in the heat of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy) and buzz-worthy visuals, Nate Parker’s film…
Jamie Kastler, director (THE SKYJACKER’S TALE) Ishmael Muslim Ali (formerly LaBeet) is the American convicted of murdering eight people on a Rockefeller-owned golf course in the US Virgin Islands. After years of trying to get his conviction overturned, he took matters into his own hands and hijacked an American Airlines plane full of passengers to…
Somerset, England. Trainee veterinarian Clover Catto (ELLIE KENDRICK, Game of Thrones)?returns to the farm where she grew up after hearing news that her brother Harry has died?an apparent suicide. Finding the family home in ruins following recent floods that devastated the area, Clover is forced to confront her?difficult?father Aubrey ? about the farm, the livestock…
