Sentences with phrase «good black films»

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Since then, the film argues, a variety of measures — from Jim Crow laws to President Richard Nixon's «war on drugs» and President Bill Clinton's «three - strikes - you're - out» legislation — have served to send increasingly large numbers of black men in prison, and several legal scholars and activists interviewed on camera suggest a profit motive at work, as well as racism.

Critics have almost universally praised the film, which is produced and directed by black men and stars a who's who of black acting talent, including Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, as well as Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong» o, Michael B. Jordan, and Danai Gublack men and stars a who's who of black acting talent, including Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, as well as Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong» o, Michael B. Jordan, and Danai Gublack acting talent, including Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, as well as Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong» o, Michael B. Jordan, and Danai GuBlack Panther, as well as Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong» o, Michael B. Jordan, and Danai Gurira.

EASTWOOD: Well that was an interesting project because Steven had asked me to do Flags of Our Fathers and so I was having a meeting with him and we were talking about that war and that battle and I was going off into Iceland to film the beaches because Iceland has black sand much like Iwo Jima does.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the mBlack Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the mblack actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the mBlack Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

«Panther» will end up over $ 600 million in foreign grosses and set precedent in destroying the truism that films starring mostly black characters do not perform well internationally, particularly in Asia.

Set mostly in the fictional African nation of Wakanda, the film boasts a director and primary star who are both African - American men (director Ryan Coogler and actor Chadwick Boseman), while the cast also features numerous other notable black stars, such as Oscar winners Lupita Nyong» o and Forest Whitaker as well as Angela Bassett and Michael B. Jordan.

It is, as well, an antidote to Mississippi Burning, a dishonest, award - winning new film in which blacks wait patiently and fearfully in the background for deliverance by two white FBI agents, played by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, who zealously bend the law in the interest of justice — a film one fears will have a profound effect on the way many Americans view their nation in the King Years («The Dream Dafoed,» as the Village Voice put it).

Year in, year out, moreover, the popular heroes of our culture — athletes, musicians, entertainers, and film stars, the aristocracy of talent adored, emulated, and worshipped as only royalties were in the past — are now significantly black as well.

Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.

Further, Black Panther wasn't a character that pissed off a good portion of the country prior to the film's release.

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But though the Uhlirs» electropolishing method worked well most of the time, their samples were sometimes ruined by a thick black, red or brown film which appeared on the surface of the material.

To hell with the calorific value too... just get off the couch and go for a brisk walk, or do what I did and blow caution to the wind and drink wine whilst eating this and watching a good black and white film!

Stepping out in London for a screening of her new film, The Hundred Foot Journey, the actress is the epitome of glam in a Suzannah pleated floral - print silk midi, accessorized with a black belt and some seriously well - coordinated accessories (her jewels, pumps and clutch all have onyx accents).

Also at the N.Y.C.. For a Good Time, Call premiere, the film's star shows off her assets in a plunging fuchsia Honor sheath, strappy black sandals and a metallic clutch.

The actress turned to costume designer Colleen Atwood for her black ensemble because she wanted to «celebrate film, not fashion» — quite fitting given that, for better or worse, the fashions often overshadow the awards ceremony.

Penguins, nuns, crossword puzzles, Chanel boxes, old hitchcock films — these black - and - white bridesmaid looks are in good company.

Ashlyn Sullivan, 20, penned a A well - known Russian snake expert filmed himself dying on a live stream broadcast after he let his pet black mamba bite his hand apparently brokenhearted

Black Panther's fight scenes are better than in other Marvel films, but they're still a disappointment from the maker of Creed.

This film won't appeal to people that don't like their movies to be pitch black and unpleasant, but anyone who enjoys a good does of absurdity shouldn't hesitate to track this film down!

One thing's for certain, Po is the perfect role for Jack Black, who I'd argue hasn't made a good live - action film in years, but nails it when made into a CGI panda.

The black - and - white sections of the film, which depict the build - up to the Bride's wedding, are also handled pretty well.

This casting choice seems another sort of updating, as there were no black faces in the first film's unnamed midwestern town, and it's a choice amplified by the appearance as well of Andy's son Woody (Ser «Darius Blain) as the football team captain, his barely speaking girlfriend Etta (Enisha Brewster), and their vibrant Latina classmate Rusty (Ziah Colon).

Another well made true factual sporting film about an all star black American football star in the 50's / 60's when racism was a very hot cookie in the States.

The basics have been well - publicized: The film, shot in black and white, is about a German Nazi who took over a factory in Poland during World War II and talked his powerful acquaintances into allowing him to use cheap labor, in the form of Jewish workers.

We're beyond the era of Airplane and The Naked Gun, but even some of the early Scary Movie films had some merit, and then Walk Hard, Black Dynamite, and Wet Hot American Summer are shining examples of the best the comedy subgenre has to offer.

I want people to like and love this movie because it's a good movie, not because it's a «historically» significant film because it has a black cast.

The feelings of loss and envy running through the film — feelings of anger and betrayal as well, which a representative of black America directs squarely at the inhabitants of this imagined homeland — add a level of emotional complexity to Black Panther beyond anything you might reasonably have expeblack America directs squarely at the inhabitants of this imagined homeland — add a level of emotional complexity to Black Panther beyond anything you might reasonably have expeBlack Panther beyond anything you might reasonably have expected.

Everyone will want to discuss how well Chadwick Boseman fits into the role of T'Challa (Black Panther), but Michael B. Jordan is easily the highlight of this film.

Unlike most Marvel villains, who have little nuance as far as their evil intentions, Killmonger has a rationale for his malevolent acts, and a certain sympathy beyond this, that makes the film more a struggle for political ideas than it is just a black - and - white fight between good guys and bad guys.

It's easily the best of the Marvel superhero movies but it's also a film that foregrounds a cornucopia of powerful black faces, garbs, traditions, and conflicts.

Good things tend to come when Michael Winterbottom works with star Steve Coogan (24 Hour Party People, Tristram Shandy, The Trip), so we're happy to see Coogan starring as infamous British pornographer, club - owner, real estate developer, multi-millionaire, and so - called «King of Soho» Paul Raymond in a dramedy that spans decades and includes scenes shot in black - and - white and color, constantly changing to match the film styles of each period.

As it stands, Black Panther is a good Marvel film and an okay origins story.

An over indulgent and often confusing stab at film noir, The Black Dahlia leaves little to be desired as director Brian De Palma continues to prove that his best days are behind him.

That moment is the most shocking in the film: the violence, and then the lifetime of care needed to contain and control its consequences, are well suggested; the movie soberly keeps Marjorie away from any suggestion of black comedy.

Taking place in 1950s Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia, and Paris, and shot in Academy ratio black and white, the well - reviewed film follows two mismatched musicians, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) through their up - and - down romance.

At its heart, Black Panther has a fairly standard comic book sort of story: baddie Ulysses Klaue (a rare live - action Andy Serkis: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes), one of the few outsiders who knows the secrets of Wakanda, and who had stolen a small quantity of vibranium decades ago, is up to no good again, with a scary dude nicknamed Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan: Fantastic Four, and both of Coogler's previous films) at his side; they must be stopped by T'Challa, Nakia, and the absolute force of nature General Okoye (Danai Gurira), with an assist from CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sherlock).

After so many films, it hardly seems possible that the best may be yet to come, but that's the feeling that I got from seeing Black Panther.

Probably more than any other filmmaker, his name evokes instant expectations on the part of audiences: at least two or three great chills (and a few more good ones), some striking black comedy, and an eccentric characterization or two in every one of the director's movies.Originally trained at a technical school, Hitchcock gravitated to movies through art courses and advertising, and by the mid -»20s he was making his first films.

Here the film presents Lincoln's deliberations as a function of his innate morality, as well as an emotional rightness, recognized even by the black men, who, you learn after they've expressed their concerns, can also recite the Gettysburg Address.

The humor isn't as sharp as before, and the film's efforts to be emotionally resonant don't quite work — I think Jack Black is a hindrance there — but the action is exciting and exceptionally well - animated.

He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

The fault of the film is that Beatty can't gracefully pull off what he is trying to accomplish without appearing to be smug about it, like he's the white man who knows best what to do and that anything he does is super cool because he really cares about the blacks and the poor (sic!).

A handful of the Marvel movies have been quite good but «Black Panther» is the first one that feels like a passion project; it can be felt in just about every moment of the film.

Unsurprisingly, Persepolis has attracted the wrath of the Iranian government, but more captivating than the film's depictions of cultural repression (a scene where Marji, out to buy a black market Iron Maiden album, is beset by weasel - bodied female Guardians of the Revolution because she wears a jean jacket and «punk» sneakers is but one well - handled example) are its more understated portraits of Iran's intellectual elite, at once removed from the proletariat it so pompously champions and sadly delusional about the real threat of the fanatic trajectory of the revolution.

For those of you into good black - and - white films, this is recommended.

You could almost imagine the two films, or at least their heroes, figuring in the kind of good - natured, racial - stereotype humor that used to be a staple of stand - up comedy (and was memorably parodied on «The Simpsons»): «white guys abolish slavery like this» (pass constitutional amendment); «but black guys, they abolish slavery like this» (blow up plantation).

You might call it a black comedy of errors, but the humorous side of the film is less well executed than Slattery's impeccable creation of a certain neighborhood feel.

While we can gather that the Angulo boys» relationship with the movies was a matter of shielding themselves from an unbearable reality with empowering artifice, nothing in Moselle's film delves into the internal contradictions inherent in this quite so well as the lyrics of Black Sabbath's «End of the Beginning,» which plays at the movie's close.

But the score that Goldsmith provided helped make the film somewhat enjoyable — although if you want to see The Haunting, you're better off seeing the original black and white version.