The North Carolina Film Critics Association is pleased to announce the winners of its ninth annual awards for achievements in film.
The NCFCA consists of fifty-four film critics living and/or working in North Carolina.
Recognition was granted …
La Land Land leads the pack with four NCFCA Awards. UNC School of Arts alum Jeff Nichols receives Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award for a performer or film with a special connection to North Carolina.
Review: "Buoyancy" from member Andrew Spitznas.
Sitting safely in my heated American home, it’s hard to imagine there are 40 million people still in slavery worldwide, 200,000 of them trapped on fishing vessels in Southeast Asia. The Australian feature "Buoyancy" effectively tells the story of one such slave.
For his full-length debut, Australian writer/director Rodd Rathjen didn’t take the easy way. After interviewing 50 slavery survivors and storyboarding his script, Rathjen set off for Cambodia, filming for three weeks at sea and two weeks on land.
Movies You Might Have Missed in 2020: “Buoyancy”
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A story of contemporary slavery on the sea is excellently told in this Australian feature.Watch: "MLK/FBI" director Sam Pollard chats with member Noel T. Manning.
Award-winning filmmaker Sam Pollard ("4 Little Girls," "Mo Better Blues," "Jungle Fever") brings to the screen a documentary exploring the life of Martin Luther King Jr. through a different lens. Using never before seen footage, archival information and lost audio recordings, Pollard explores the humanity of King and the FBI's deep fascination with this civil rights leader.
On this episode of Open Dialogue, Pollard offers Noel T. Manning II a closer look at the making of the Critics Choice Award-winning documentary "MLK/FBI."
Open Dialogue provides an opportunity for talents of the entertainment industry to talk about their craft, their hopes, and their ongoing journey of arts and entertainment.
Noel T. Manning II, host of Open Dialogue, has been an entertainment journalist for over three decades and is a member of several film critics’ organizations.
*Footage is used by permission of IFC Films.
Sam Pollard Interview: MLK/FBI
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Award-winning filmmaker Sam Pollard (4 Little Girls, Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever) brings to the screen a documentary exploring the life of Martin Luther Ki...Review: "Locked Down" from member Joel Winstead.
When it was revealed the often-fantastic Doug Liman (“The Bourne Identity,” “Edge of Tomorrow”) was planning to make a COVID heist film, it didn’t take long to get entirely on board.Even when Liman’s films miss the mark critically, as with “Jumper,” you’re at least guaranteed to be entertained.
Where last month’s COVID-23 thriller “Songbird” felt tone deaf and exploitative, hopefully the subject matter in the hands of a more adept filmmaker would lead to better results.
Review: 'Locked Down' provides no escape from the monotony of lockdown
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Doug Liman's pandemic film is more drama than thriller – and all flop. Read our full review of the new HBO Max Original "Locked Down."Review: Max Cloud from member Douglas Davidson.
Trends are entirely cyclical. What was once deemed out of date becomes retro, reabsorbed into the lexicon of society, often repurposed into something new. It’s not just clothes (ex. tie dye and bell bottoms), music (ex. vinyl and cassettes), or oral/written language (ex. tea and woke), but the objects we engage with. It’s not just beings propelled by a sentimental need for yesteryear, it’s often finding a new appreciation for what once was. Sometimes this takes shape in the form of toy-like vinyl totems made by Funko and sometimes it’s using the sounds of generations past to make new music like Fitz & the Tantrums did with their 2010 album "Pickin’ Up the Pieces." In the case of director/co-writer Martin Owen’s "Max Cloud," it means tapping into the joy of 16-bit gaming in all its weird violent glory. With a synth score, spot-on costuming, and production design, you’ll feel like you’ve literally been dropped into your favorite side-scroller in Owen and co-writer Sally Collett’s ("Killers Anonymous") "Tron"-meets-"Jumanji" sci-fi comedy romp.
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Trends are entirely cyclical. What was once deemed out of date becomes retro, reabsorbed into the lexicon of society, often repurposed into something new. It’s not just clothes (ex. tie dye and bel...Review: "Outside the Wire" from member Edwin Arnaudin.
Perhaps it’s unfair to expect much from an action film released directly to Netflix in January, but the makers of "Outside the Wire" seem uninterested in doing much to clear even that low bar.
The latest from Mikael Håfström, director of such ambition-free fare as "1408" and "Escape Plan," is likewise content with merely delivering a few thrills, and fails to provide a narrative framework to support these fleeting moments of excitement.
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This generally empty military thriller is occasionally enlivened by Anthony Mackie’s android officer and other sci-fi sights.
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