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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...