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 ...
Cord Jefferson on the set of "American Fiction" (Credit: MGM) Before he made his directorial debut with “American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson was a Tucson-born journalist and then a television writer for ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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.
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