I feel like I have been waiting so long for this sequel to come out. Although, let me just say, Candyman (2021) is definitely worth the wait. Directed by Nia DaCosta, Candyman picks up thirty years after the first Candyman film. We are introduced to an artist, Anthony McCoy, and his girlfriend, art gallery director Brianna Cartwright. Anthony, in trying to come up with some new work, decides to … Continue reading Candyman (2021)
The “white savior” film narrative is, by far, the laziest way filmmakers tell stories about race and race relations. What is a “white savior film”, you ask? Well, it’s a film, almost always written by a white person, and the plot is, simply, a racist white person, throughout the course of the film, befriends a person of color (whether they be underprivileged or not) and … Continue reading White Savior Films Are Utter Bullshit.
I have been thinking about this film for three days. I don’t know if I liked it. I don’t know if I hated it. I think my indecision about the film lies in the realization that the film can easily be interpreted as a “white savior” film. One of my favorite things about film is that, depending on the person, a film can be interpreted … Continue reading The Nightingale (2018)
Movie Musical Monday: Hairspray (2007) I wish that Disney, with all its recent musical live action versions of their animated films, would take a hint from 2007’s Hairspray, and cast properly with actors who can actually sing. The casting for this film is near perfect. Nearly every person, save for Christopher Walken, has a legitimate singing voice. And even then with Walken, the one song … Continue reading Movie Musical Monday: Hairspray (2007)
An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town. This film is relevant today. What’s sad is that it shouldn’t be. Yet, here we are. A little background on the film: We open up with a murder. The most important man in the small southern town of Sparta, Mississippi has been murdered. The town isn’t really equipped … Continue reading 75. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
