Tag: Oscars

The Father Underscores the Far-Reaching Pain of Elderly Mental Decline

Losing a family member is one of the worst pains imaginable. Losing them slowly as their cognitive abilities decline while they physically remain is an entirely different experience that hurts all the same. An adaptation of a stage…

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Judas and the Black Messiah Examines the Weight of Struggle

“A badge is scarier than a gun. Any n—– in the streets can get a gun. A badge it’s like you got the whole damn army behind you.” The history of American leftist activism is rife with subterfuge…

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Top Performances of the 2020 Awards Season

Awards season is upon us so we here at CinemaBabel thought we’d share with you our top picks for 2019’s best in film. Best Actor Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods) 2. Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) 3….

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Malcolm & Marie: On Relationships, Personal and Professional

No one ever said love is easy. In the latest film from director Sam Levinson, we follow a couple in Hollywood who learns this the hard way during one late night at home. Malcolm (John David Washington), a…

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Top Films of 2020 Awards Season

Well…this has been a year. 2020 was a year of unprecedent events and the year in cinema was no different. Just as other aspects of our society were forced to adapt on the fly, COVID-19 forced theaters to…

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Black Bear is a Mindtrip That is While Hard to Understand Remains Interesting

Jealousy an oft-talked about yet overlooked aspect of the human condition. The appropriateness of feeling envious of another or protective over one’s partner can be a hot topic when discussing relationships, but jealousy as a natural part of…

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Pieces of a Woman Examines Grief and All Its Facets

Losing a child is one of the most gut-wrenching experiences that can ever befall a person. Major depression, suicide, health problems, and marital disruption all become risk factors for parents experiencing loss, particularly during the first year immediately…

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Promising Young Woman Inventively Tackles the Nuances of Rape Culture

Our society’s treatment of women has been one of the topics of conversation for a few years now. Addressing rape culture, the pervasiveness and normalization of sexual assault due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality, has been…

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Middleburg Film Festival: One Night in Miami and the Battles Over Ideology and Celebrity in Activism

The carrot or the stick. The hawk or the dove. Debates over using aggression or peaceful compromise as a group to achieve their aims is an eternal one. In America, this struggle is currently playing itself out on…

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Provides a Glimpse at the Black Struggle for Basic Respect

The summer of 2020 was an explosive one that in many way mirrored the Red Summer of 1919 with protests and the dark specter of black death spread nationwide and beamed into our homes on the news or…

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