“[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 […]
UI Senior Tristen Ives breaks down their short film ‘lights, camera, hair!’ (2018), and shares about shaving their head to stand up for ‘The Shining’ (1980) actress Shelley Duvall. #MeToo, #TimesUp, and other movements have recently rallied women across industries. In the film industry, the treatment of women on set is often unjust. Stanley Kubrick’s The […]
Director Jordan Peele says he hesitates to cast white actors as leads in his films; he’s “seen that movie.” Largely featuring black actors in his films thus far, his films have been labeled as “race” films. In recent years, more directors have tackled politically controversial topics through film as a way to bring more positive […]
Blue is, traditionally, a calming color. It is usually associated with emotions that mollify or content, and is used as a quintessence of wisdom. In his film Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016), Barry Jenkins uses waves of blue and red to influence the emotional valence of its characters and in turn, the audience. Through his editing and […]
Consider this film a hearing aid. If Beale Street Could Talk reiterates James Baldwin’s timeless messages about race, and necessarily emphasizes the rejection of circular injustices against which black Americans have fought for years.
Philip Runia