Amandla Stenberg Archives

Lucasfilm Reveals ‘Andor’ Coming Summer 2022, ‘Mandalorian’ S3 Late 2022/Early 2023 & More

May 17, 2022 10:07 am

Star Wars fans have had to be patient this year as they await the return of Ewan McGregor in the latest Disney+ show, "Obi-Wan Kenobi." And it's been a lot of waiting: McGregor's return to the Star Wars Univer...

‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Trailer: There Are No Safe Spaces In A24’s New Gen-Z-Is-The-Worst Horror

Edward Davis

April 26, 2022 9:04 am

News, Trailers

It’s hard to resist a clever, well-made generational-skewering satire and the A24 horror “Bodies Bodies Bodies” really seems to fit the bill. The English-language directorial debut of Dutch filmmaker/actress H...

‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’: Amandla Stenberg Eyed For Lead Role In Disney+ Series

Christopher Marc

December 8, 2021 8:09 pm

News, Television

Last December, Lucasfilm made a surprise announcement that they would be developing “The Acolyte,” a brand new “Star Wars” series for Disney+. Set during The High Republic, “The Acolyte” would take place withi...

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Is Emotionally Manipulative & An Irredeemably Exploitative Look At Mental Health [TIFF Review]

Marya E. Gates

September 10, 2021 9:38 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

On paper, an empathetic film depicting teenagers who live with mental health issues finding their way out of their high school years, which can truly be hell, seems like something we might need right now. Unfo...

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Trailer: Ben Platt, Amy Adams & Julianne Moore Bring The Beloved Musical To The Big Screen

Charles Barfield

May 18, 2021 11:44 am

News, Trailers

Musical films, at least in the modern era, are pretty hit or miss. You’ll get a decent one, such as “Mamma Mia!” and then there will be a “Cats.” Maybe you loved “La La Land?” Well, then you’ll maybe have to ...

‘The Eddy’: Amandla Stenberg On Improvising Through The Jazz Directed Series [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

May 6, 2020 10:15 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews, News, Television

Netflix's "The Eddy" is often a strange brew of a series. Created by Jack Thorne and initially directed by Oscar-winner Damien Chazelle, the contemporary drama is as infused with a jazz aesthetic that, in the...

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‘The Eddy’: The Sprawling, Free-Form Paris Jazz Drama Is A Bold New Riff On Episodic TV [Review]

Jessica Kiang

April 27, 2020 10:27 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

If standard episodic television is comparable to pop music – designed to be instantly pleasing, catchy, moreish, and to adhere to familiar patterns – "The Eddy," Netflix's new 8-part limited series has the adm...

Netflix’s Electrifying Paris Jazz Club Drama ‘The Eddy,’ Eps 1&2 Directed By Damien Chazelle [Berlin Review]

Jessica Kiang

February 29, 2020 10:44 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

The most famous, borderline self-parodic maxim about jazz, usually attributed to Miles Davis, tells us mystically that it is more about the notes you don't play than the notes you do. But the first two Damien ...

The 25 Biggest Breakout Performances Of 2018

Jessica Kiang

December 6, 2018 3:18 pm

Features, News

If there's one feature each year than can make winter feel like spring, it's our annual rundown of the brightest budding talents to have burst into bloom over the past twelve months. But every year we stumble o...

‘Where Hands Touch’: History Overwhelms This Amandla Sternberg-Led Drama [TIFF Review]

Joe Blessing

September 11, 2018 10:24 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Writer/director Amma Asante has carved out a compelling niche for herself as a cinematic interpreter, or re-interpreter, of history, based around the realization that she can challenge entrenched historical nar...

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