This past film season, a number of screenwriters played close to home, creating or adapting writer characters for their movies. In “Anatomy of a Fall,” “American Fiction,” “Past Lives,” “All of Us ...
Jefferson talks about his directorial debut, a festival darling that has charmed and provoked audiences with its clever, big-hearted send-up of race. By Tyler Coates Awards Editor One of the year’s ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The American Writers Museum is excited to announce its new special exhibit and programming series. "American Prophets: Writers, Religion, and Culture" is supported by a $2.5 million ...
It is, perhaps, not the first thought that comes to mind when discussing a crowd-pleasing comedy. After all, in the wrong hands, racial satire can go sideways... real quick. Jokes can land with a ...
"American Fiction" is the perfect film, at least for me. I am not a film critic, nor do I try to be one; however, I am a Black artist coming of age in the world that Thelonious “Monk” Ellison inhabits ...
Jeffrey Wright plays writer Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in “American Fiction,” a witty dramedy that examines white perceptions of “authentic” Black experiences. Erika Alexander, as Coraline, and Jeffrey ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “American Fiction” hit select theaters on Friday following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 8.
‘Succession‘ has gone out with one final bang: The HBO drama won two Writers Guild of America Awards on Sunday night — the most of any series — for best drama series and also for best drama episode.