Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
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6 days ago · MOVIE INFO. “AMERICAN FICTION” Comedy, Drama. A novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart...
Jul 3, 2024 · This year, two stellar examples (“Anatomy of a Fall” and “American Fiction”) demonstrated the point. “Oppenheimer” may have won Best Picture and Best Director but it ceded the writing ...
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Jun 24, 2024 · Some friends invited me to a movie club— like a book club, but with a movie— and this month’s movie was American Fiction, which I hadn’t seen previously. I was excited for a satire of racism in publishing, but the movie is at least half family drama.
Jun 21, 2024 · American Fiction, 2023. Directed by Cord Jefferson. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Issa Rae, and Sterling K. Brown.
Jun 19, 2024 · One of the surprising breakout hits of last year was Cord Jefferson's delightful satire "American Fiction" (based on the book by Percival Everett), a film that connected with audiences ever since it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the coveted People's Choice Award for Best Film.
Jul 4, 2024 · Even with all that being said, what truly makes American Fiction such a significant piece of filmmaking (and something worthy of having in physical media form) is the way in which Jefferson creates a culturally relevant satire and a compelling family drama all in one singular film.
5 days ago · Tucson-born Cord Jefferson won an Academy Award Sunday for best adapted screenplay for writing “American Fiction,” his first film. Jefferson also directed the film. That was a first for him...
