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Monday
Aug262019

Horror Actressing: Kasi Lemmons in "Candyman"

by Jason Adams

We don't talk enough about Kasi Lemmons, the actress. Maybe it's because she proved herself an absolutely terrific director in 1997 with the wildly underrated Eve's Bayou -- and she's got the Harriet bio-pic with Cynthia Erivo coming out in November -- and maybe it's because Hollywood, per their usual routine when it comes to too many black actresses, never gave her a truly great role to play with. But she's got a two-fer in the early 90s as "the best friend" in seminal horror films that she really managed to inject a lot of life into.

The most prominent one is obviously The Silence of the Lambs, where Kasi played Jodie Foster's fellow FBI recruit and friend Cordelia -- the film doesn't have much time for her but she proves a capable ally to Clarice, and as with any actress Jodie ever co-starred with the two of them had way more chemistry than with any man on the premises...

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Monday
Aug262019

AGLIFF: "Saint Frances" gets an encore screening, lives up to its hype.

by Nathaniel R

After winning SXSW in Austin this spring, the festival darling Saint Frances returned to the film-friendly Texas city for an encore screening at AGLIFF. We were initially perplexed at the inclusion since we hadn't heard that it had LGBTQ content. But, then, we don't read reviews until after screening films so sometimes these details slip by. The film has been picked up by Oscilloscope for distribution (we presume in 2020?) but they have a challenge ahead in marketing it. The film has no name actors, no easy marketing hook (more of a character study than a plot film), and is a debut festival hit from a white male director. We only mention the latter, and half in jest, because the film actually has quite a fresh voice and inarguably feminine POV...

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Sunday
Aug252019

What did you see this weekend? 

Weekend Box Office Estimates
August 23rd-25th Estimates
๐Ÿ”บ = New or Expanding / โ˜… = Recommended
W I D E
PLATFORM / SPECIALTY TITLES
Ready or Not Luce
1 ๐Ÿ”บ Angel Has Fallen  $21.3 *new* 
Misson Mangal $655k (cum. $2.7) 
2 Good Boys $11.6 (cum. $41.9)  REVIEW  โ˜…
2 ๐Ÿ”บ Luce $252k (cum. $863k) REVIEW
3 ๐Ÿ”บ Overcomer  $8.1 *new*  
3 ๐Ÿ”บ Brittany Runs a Marathon $180k *new* 
4 Hobbs & Shaw  $8.0 (cum. $147.6) REVIEW โ˜… 
4 ๐Ÿ”บ After the Wedding $154k (cum. $348k) REVIEW
5 The Lion King $8.0 (cum. $510.5) REVIEW 
5 Maiden $140k (cum. $2.5) REVIEW โ˜… 
5 ๐Ÿ”บ Ready or Not  $8 *new* (cum. $11) REVIEW โ˜…
5 ๐Ÿ”บ  Meneur $78k (cum. $4.2)


numbers on that chart are pulled from boxofficemojo

A relatively quiet week at the box office unless you're among the target audiences for the faith-based drama Overcomer or part of the Gerard Butler fan club since Angel Has Fallen opened above expectations (its a sequel to London has Fallen). Outside these charts festival favourite Peanut Butter Falcon (reviewed) expanded into wide release with a solid $3 million and another festival hit Brittany Runs a Marathon had the weekend's best per screen average with $35k from each of its five locations. Sadly the Elizabeth Debicki Virginia Woolf film Vita and Virginia was all but ignored grossing only $4k at one location.

Sunday
Aug252019

AGLIFF: Gay Choruses, Trans Athletes, and Chicken-Fried Everything

by Nathaniel R

Nathaniel and two fellow jurors (though we weren't in the same jury) at AGLIFF

Hello "y'all" (when in Texas...) writing to you from blistering hot Austin where the 32nd annual aGLIFF festival is nearing its wrap. The festival, which runs from Thursday to Sunday each year in late August is actually the oldest film festival in Texas. Yes, even older than SXSW though not as famous.

The festiviites began Thursday night with a packed house at the Alamo Drafthouse for a performance by the Austin Gay Men's Chorus followed by the opening night film, Gay Chorus Deep South (2019). It's a very moving documentary about a the iconic San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and an all volunteer charity tour they made of the Deep South after T****'s election. The tour was an attempt to bridge divides between red and blue, and combat rising anti-LGBT sentiment within the country and specificially the ever-present anti-LGBT sentiment within our nation's churches...

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Sunday
Aug252019

Mindhunter (S2) Pt 2: Fierce mothers and closeted sexuality

previously on Mindhunter

by Ginny O'Keefe

Episode 3
The infamous BTK killer is spending some hard time at the library sketching some things he really shouldn’t be sketching in public. Every time he comes on screen I scream, “Man, I can’t wait for them to catch this guy!” Then I remember that he doesn’t actually get caught until 2005 [spoiler]. 

Nancy is still shaken up after the dead body that was found at her open house and wants Bill to take down her information on the “For Sale” sign. Bill is reelingsince it definitely has something to do with his family. Holden will interview serial killer William “Junior” Pierce alone and tells Bill that he can handle it. But Agent Tim Barney of Atlanta will be assisting him to which Holden responds with “Oh yeah the Black guy you like!” Dear God, I know this is the early 80’s but please don’t let that be this man’s only label...

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