Hundreds of Beavers (USA, 2023) had me from the trailer. I knew I loved it from the moment when I saw a pair of rabbits—played by actors dressed in rabbit mascot suits—turn and look back at the camera. This was cinema, pure cinema. And the trailer didn’t lead […]
Lagueria Davis’ Black Barbie: A Documentary (USA, 2023) explores “Black female respresentation through the history of Black Barbie. Through intimate access to a charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, Black Barbie delves into the cross section of merchandise and representation as Black women struggle to elevate their own […]
Kenny Johnson tries to discover the truth about professional wrestler, MJF. The “truth” is something that probably no one expects. “This is all true. This is a real documentary. All other wrestling documentaries are pre-determined or ‘fake.’ Documentary filmmaker Kenny Johnson sets out to discover the real person […]
At the Criterion blog, Hillary Weston talks to Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall about the Lesbian classic, But I’m A Cheerleader (2000). “In celebration of But I’m a Cheerleader…I called up Lyonne and DuVall, who remain best friends and collaborators. The two actors talked with me about how they […]
At “Hey (EW),” RJ City interviews the referees of AEW! It’s pretty entertaining. Watch here.
Matt Zoller Seitz interviews Genndy Tartakovsky at the Vulture! “Animator Genndy Tartakovsky is one of our greatest living action directors — a student of Sergio Leone, Akira Kurosawa, and George Lucas who creates family-friendly, populist work that can be described as both terrifying and adorable. Take, for example, […]
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