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3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
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This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Herald Stagey Jazz Drama [Review]

December 13, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Director George C. Wolfe sets his sights during a single day’s recording session in Chicago, as a young trumpet player (Chadwick Boseman) sneakily attempts to modernize the blues music of his boss, singer extraordinaire Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), much to her dismissal. And yet, should he be trusted? Is he in it for his own gain of fame? Those are the questions being asked in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

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‘Ma Rainey's Black Bottom': Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Herald Stagey Jazz Drama [Review]

November 20, 2020 Jordan Ruimy

Earlier in the week, we had first reactions to Netflix’s upcoming awards season contender “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” based on August Wilson’s play, and, suffice to say, the film features Oscar-worthy performances from Viola Davis and, most intriguingly, the late Chadwick Boseman.

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‘Widows’: Steve McQueen takes genre conventions and twists them inside out to messy glorious effect

September 9, 2018 Jordan Ruimy
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Steve McQueen's first three films were all accomplishments. With "Hunger," "Shame" and "12 Years A Slave," the British-born director proved to be a master at his craft. Not only were his films visually groundbreaking, after all, his background does come from being a prize-winning photographer, but his films seem to be grounded in a humanism that expands on the highly-stylized nature of his films.

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