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American Fiction : Press Conference with Writer/Director Cord Jefferson, Actors Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Oritz, Erika Alexander, Adam Brody, and Sterling K. Brown

Synopsis : American Fiction is Cord Jefferson‘s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name…

AFI Fest Film Review – ‘American Fiction’ is a Smart and Savagely Entertaining Satire from Debut Director Cord Jefferson

Liberal society is in the process of reckoning with itself, realizing its shortcomings and the blindspots that have permeated culture for many years. While that’s led to a worthwhile spotlight on the previously underrepresented and a movement to showcase diversity, much of it has become little more than virtue signaling, where the aim of a…

The Good Nurse : Q&A with Actors Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Chastain, Nnamdi Asomugha and Director Tobias Lindholm

Synopsis : Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth in this gripping thriller based on true events. Rating: R Genre: Crime, Drama, Biography Original Language: English Director: Tobias Lindholm Producer: Scott Franklin, Darren Aronofsky, Michael A. Jackman Writer: Krysty…