Film Shorts // January 13-19, 2021
American Skin (R) Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this drama as a Black man seeking revenge on the white cop (Beau Knapp) who killed his unarmed teenage son. Also with Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Vanessa Bell Calloway, AnnaLyne McCord, Shane Paul McGhie, Tony Espinosa, and Wolfgang Bodison. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
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American Skin (R) Nate Parker (
The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this drama as a Black man seeking revenge on the white cop (Beau Knapp) who killed his unarmed teenage son. Also with Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Vanessa Bell Calloway, AnnaLyne McCord, Shane Paul McGhie, Tony Espinosa, and Wolfgang Bodison. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
Final Golden Globes Predictions: Best Director - Is Zhao a Sure Thing, Even If Nomadland Is Not?
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Film Shorts // January 6-12, 2021
If Not Now, When? (NR) Meagan Good and Tamara LaSeon Bass co-direct and co-star in this drama about four school friends who reunite when one of them has a crisis. Also with Meagan Holder, Mekia Cox, Li Eubanks, Iyana Hailey, Josephine Lawrence, Amanda Mayfield, and Lexi Underwood. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
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If Not Now, When? (NR) Meagan Good and Tamara LaSeon Bass co-direct and co-star in this drama about four school friends who reunite when one of them has a crisis. Also with Meagan Holder, Mekia Cox, Li Eubanks, Iyana Hailey, Josephine Lawrence, Amanda Mayfield, and Lexi Underwood. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
4.5 stars
Starring: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Ray McKinnon, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth Marvel, Michael Angelo Covino, Thomas Francis Murphy, Fred Hechinger and Bill Camp
Rating: PG-13, for violence, occasional profanity, and disturbing images
Strong performances fuel this poignant period drama
By Derrick Bang
Enterprise film critic
Paul Greengrass always makes thoughtful, emotionally engaging films, whether crowd-pleasing thrillers three entries in the Jason Bourne series or ripped-from-the-headlines dramas, such as “Bloody Sunday,” “United 93” and “22 July.”
His newest, based on poet/author Paulette Jiles’ 2016 novel of the same title, is a bit of both due to current events that weren’t as obvious when she wrote her book.
Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) attempts to communicate with Johanna (Helena Zengel) as she thumbs through his collection of newspapers in News of the World. The movie is about a former soldier who balances a career of newsreading town to town with returning a young girl to her family in 1870s Texas. (Courtesy Photo / Universal Pictures)
With radios, television sets, computers and other devices standing between the providers of information and those receiving it, there’s a certain level of courage inherent in anyone willing to do the job in real time, face to face with an audience.
That’s not the only reason the protagonist of “News of the World” is a hero, but it’s a start.