First off Happy New Year to all. 2020 was a rocky year all around, and I hope the best for everyone for a much more enjoyable 2021. For people of all ages, this was an extremely difficult year just to try to make it through. Films this year, albeit a small issue on the grand... Continue Reading →
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Review
Director(s): George C. Wolfe Writer(s): Ruben Santiago-Hudson Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Colman Domingo Synopsis: Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ord7gP151vk When Chadwick Boseman unexpectedly passed back in August of this year, it was a major blow to everyone. Not... Continue Reading →
2020 Awards: Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) Winners
Nomadland led all films with 3 wins, including Best Film. i'm thinking of ending things, Minari, and The Father all finished with 2 wins each. Here are the rest of the winners of the 2020 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards. Best Film – NOMADLAND Runner Up - FIRST COW Best Actor – Anthony Hopkins, THE... Continue Reading →
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review
Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable "Mother of the Blues". Based on Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play. We are introduced right off the back to the power struggle between Ma Rainey and Levee. He tries to force... Continue Reading →