Category: Documentaries

Stand BAK, this is Beyoncé

Post author By Philip Runia
Post date May 20, 2019
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INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella )

“[It was] more important for me to bring our culture to Coachella instead of bringing out my flower crown,” Beyoncé says in the behind-the-scenes footage from her concert film, Homecoming (Beyoncé 2019). Released on Netflix, it features her 2018 Coachella performance, which marked Beyoncé as the first black woman to headline the music festival since […]

Tags Andrew Sarris, Bell Hooks, Beyhive, Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, Coachella, Daughters of the Dust, Homecoming, Jay Z, Julie Dash, Lemonade

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‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Hell yes.

Post author By Philip Runia
Post date November 19, 2018
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I’ll admit I didn’t know much about Fred Rogers before I watched his featured documentary. Released on June 8, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? reached theaters nationwide, but fell short of my interests. Avoiding what I assumed to be a corny, treacly display of a puppeteer’s career, I opted to stay home on release day. There […]

Tags Fred Rogers, Morgan Neville, Tremolo Productions, Won't You Be My Neighbor