Jeffrey Wright stars as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in writer/director Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction. An Orion Pictures Release. Photo credit: Claire Folger. © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Everyone wants to feel seen as who they are, not who others think they should be. In the smart, hilarious comedy/drama American Fiction, college professor/author Thelonious Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), called “Monk” by family and friends, is frustrated when a publisher turns down his latest novel for not being a “Black novel.” “I’m Black, and I wrote it, it’s a Black novel,” the author complains to his agent Arthur (John Ortiz). “Your books are good,” the agent tells him, “they’re just not popular.” It seems his books just don’t fit audiences’ preconceived notions of what a Black novel should be – gritty, urban, struggling, violent perhaps. At a literary conference, Ellison hears author Sintara Golden (Issa Rae), a Black academic like himself,...
Everyone wants to feel seen as who they are, not who others think they should be. In the smart, hilarious comedy/drama American Fiction, college professor/author Thelonious Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), called “Monk” by family and friends, is frustrated when a publisher turns down his latest novel for not being a “Black novel.” “I’m Black, and I wrote it, it’s a Black novel,” the author complains to his agent Arthur (John Ortiz). “Your books are good,” the agent tells him, “they’re just not popular.” It seems his books just don’t fit audiences’ preconceived notions of what a Black novel should be – gritty, urban, struggling, violent perhaps. At a literary conference, Ellison hears author Sintara Golden (Issa Rae), a Black academic like himself,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Actress Emma Corrin ("Lady Chatterley's Lover”) poses for the Miu Miu Holiday 2023 wardrobe campaign, photographed by Zoë Ghertner:
Corrin is best known for portraying 'Diana, Princess of Wales' in the fourth season of the Netflix period drama series "The Crown"...
...earning a 'Golden Globe' award for 'Best Actress – Television Series Drama'.
Corrin currently stars in the feature "Lady Chatterley's Lover", based on the 1928 novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, exploring a woman's affair with a servant on her husband's estate, directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre for 3000 Pictures, now streaming on Netflix.
"..'Constance Reid', aka 'Lady Chatterley' (Corrin), is married to rich, upper-class ''Sir Clifford Chatterley', who is disabled from the waist down because of an injury during the 'Great War'.
"In addition to Clifford's physical limitations, his emotional neglect of Constance forces distance between the couple.
"Her emotional frustration leads her into a 'steamy affair'.
Corrin is best known for portraying 'Diana, Princess of Wales' in the fourth season of the Netflix period drama series "The Crown"...
...earning a 'Golden Globe' award for 'Best Actress – Television Series Drama'.
Corrin currently stars in the feature "Lady Chatterley's Lover", based on the 1928 novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, exploring a woman's affair with a servant on her husband's estate, directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre for 3000 Pictures, now streaming on Netflix.
"..'Constance Reid', aka 'Lady Chatterley' (Corrin), is married to rich, upper-class ''Sir Clifford Chatterley', who is disabled from the waist down because of an injury during the 'Great War'.
"In addition to Clifford's physical limitations, his emotional neglect of Constance forces distance between the couple.
"Her emotional frustration leads her into a 'steamy affair'.
- 11/1/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Someone said: it's a thin line between love and hate. And as much as we love love, hate is a pure emotion that can be as destructive as love.
Hate must usually be checked; otherwise, it can become someone's downfall. But sometimes, it can be a driving force that helps someone better themselves.
Characters hate each other on TV all the time, and it's what makes for good drama and storyline.
We have compiled twenty characters who hated another character or each other so much that it had our hearts racing every time they interacted.
20. Ray Donovan vs. Mickey Donovan on Ray Donovan
Some people have no business bringing new life into this world, and if there was ever such a person, according to Ray, it was his dad, Mickey.
Mickey was the walking definition of a bad father. He was abusive, promiscuous, and a total deadbeat grifter.
All these...
Hate must usually be checked; otherwise, it can become someone's downfall. But sometimes, it can be a driving force that helps someone better themselves.
Characters hate each other on TV all the time, and it's what makes for good drama and storyline.
We have compiled twenty characters who hated another character or each other so much that it had our hearts racing every time they interacted.
20. Ray Donovan vs. Mickey Donovan on Ray Donovan
Some people have no business bringing new life into this world, and if there was ever such a person, according to Ray, it was his dad, Mickey.
Mickey was the walking definition of a bad father. He was abusive, promiscuous, and a total deadbeat grifter.
All these...
- 5/5/2023
- by Denis Kimathi
- TVfanatic
“It’s the perfect amount of heavy lifting as an actor and easy gliding into certain elements of myself,” reveals Rob Lowe about his role in “Unstable.” For our recent webchat he continues, “For most actors the roles that work the best meet that mathematical equation. Just enough of them where it couldn’t really be played by anybody else, but a large amount of acting required.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Lowe created the new Netflix comedy “Unstable” with his son John Owen Lowe and Victor Fresco. He explains, “Our influences in creating the show were those classic straight comedies that only wanted to entertain you, to make you laugh in a smart and unexpected way; not in the business of being edgy; not in the business of being dramedies.”
SEESian Clifford interview: ‘Unstable’
For the program, Lowe plays Ellis, the eccentric CEO and founder of a biotechnology company.
Lowe created the new Netflix comedy “Unstable” with his son John Owen Lowe and Victor Fresco. He explains, “Our influences in creating the show were those classic straight comedies that only wanted to entertain you, to make you laugh in a smart and unexpected way; not in the business of being edgy; not in the business of being dramedies.”
SEESian Clifford interview: ‘Unstable’
For the program, Lowe plays Ellis, the eccentric CEO and founder of a biotechnology company.
- 5/5/2023
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
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