David Corenswet follows in the footsteps of Christopher Reeve, Henry Cavill and Brandon Routh as the last Kryptonian, adorning the legendary hero's cape for a bold, new era in superhero movies.
Perhaps you’ve opted out of Valentine’s Day, or are struggling against winter’s long slog—but really there’s no need for an excuse to seek out movies that will make you cry. Per the ...
A classic clone-comedy cavalcade ensues. The film’s tone is slapstick dystopian, like a Harold Lloyd movie written by Philip K. Dick, and its star would be playing both a doofus and a psycho ...
In Rungano Nyoni’s entrancing, moody family drama “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” a young woman ... Justice, the movie argues, is in the hands of the women, should they recognize the obvious ...
When A24 came aboard to distribute Rungano Nyoni’s latest film, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” the director ... Surreal and at times bracingly funny, the new movie follows Shula (Susan Chardy ...
The second feature by Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a brilliantly ... into corners by social norms. While the movie's humor and visual form verge on surreal ...
There’s nothing like starting a movie with a running gag, and Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl kicks off with a beauty. A young woman Shula (Susan Chardy) is driving home late at night.
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL is a compelling dive into the depths of the family structure. Jim Batts was a contestant on the movie edition of TV's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" in 2009 and has been a ...
Much of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” centers on the experiences of the women in the family, swapping gossip, making decisions, or worse, ignoring what they know of the situation. They either perpetuate ...
But Shula, portrayed by Susan Chardy, does not behave in a way that we would expect. She doesn’t cry out in horror or appear the least bit upset or shocked by the sight. Instead, we sit there ...
Shula, the watchful heroine of the quietly stirring “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” doesn’t seem ... As it unfolds, the funeral ceremony becomes a kind of movie within a movie, at times edging ...