JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH is not only culturally relevant but a captivatingly powerful look at racial injustice.
Category: Features
In Theaters Review: The Little Things
John Lee Hancock’s new film, THE LITTLE THINGS, has a lot of similarities to SEVEN but still remains a compelling drama on its own.
Lockdown 2021 Review: One Night in Miami
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI is a fascinating experiment in storytelling as it fictionalizes a real-life meeting between four African-American icons.
Netflix Original Review: Pieces of a Woman
Kornél Mondruczó’s new film, PIECES OF A WOMAN, is a beautifully distressing look at a young couple’s life in the wake of horrible tragedy.
In Theaters Review: Wonder Woman 1984
WONDER WOMAN 1984 marks a huge step back for DC superheroes as an uninspired and colossal mess of a film.
Cinema Smack’s Best of 2020
With a strange 2020 finally in the books, let’s take a look back at our personal favorites from the year in Cinema Smack’s Best of 2020!
Lockdown 2020 Review: Kajillionaire
Miranda July’s new film, KAJILLIONAIRE, is a weirdly touching story with an eccentric and magnetic lead performance from Evan Rachel Wood.
Lockdown 2020 Review: Black Bear
Lawrence Michael Levine’s new film, BLACK BEAR, is a simple, yet fractured, tale of human interaction, point of view, and understanding.
Netflix Original Review: Mank
David Fincher does something completely different by tackling old Hollywood in his middling new film, MANK.
Lockdown 2020 Review: Run
Aneesh Chaganty’s sophomore feature, RUN, doesn’t live up to his previous work but is a fun and capable thriller with some flawed logic.