‘Beba’ Review: A Raw Self-Portrait of a NYC-Born Afro-Latina Staring Down Generational Trauma
TIFF: Rebeca “Beba” Huntt’s hypnotic directorial debut takes no prisoners and leaves plenty of casualties.
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‘Montana Story’ Review: Owen Teague and Haley Lu Richardson Power a Gentle Neo-Western
TIFF: Siblings return to their family ranch to confront painful truths in the new film from “Deep End” directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel.
‘Attica’ Review: A Notorious Incident of Violence Against Prisoners Connects to Today in Chilling Doc
TIFF: Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry show how the violent suppression of a prison uprising connects to the prison-industrial complex of today.
‘The Year of the Everlasting Storm’ Review: Evocative Anthology Captures the Human Scale of the Pandemic
Seven filmmakers, ranging from David Lowery to Jafar Panahi, helm seven distinct stories, each grappling through their art with the unknowability of the past year-plus.
How the Pandemic and Black Lives Matter Led the Director of ‘Nine Days’ to Rethink His Own Film
Oda’s film is a form of cinematic therapy for anyone traumatized by the last year and a half. But it didn’t start out that way.
‘Exterminate All the Brutes’ Review: Raoul Peck’s Witty and Unsparing Imperialist Takedown
The HBO docuseries captures 1,000 years of genocide and racial injustice using home movies, Jase Harley’s “American Pharaoh,” and Peck’s dry humor.
‘Coming 2 America’: How Director Craig Brewer Justifies Telling Black Stories as a White Filmmaker
Brewer has been directing Black stories for over 15 years, but as he tells IndieWire, only recently began to question the decision.
‘Boogie’ Review: ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Creator’s First Feature Is a Victim of Its Own Critique
Eddie Huang’s coming-of-age sports drama uplifts the Asian American struggle while falling into the same othering it purports to despise.
