Esther Igbinedion
The feature debut of director Nikyatu Jusu,Nanny contrasts the horror of the immigrant experience in modern America with something darker, while swapping the expected tropes of hope and opportunity for a palpable sadness for culture and community left behind.Nanny takes a slowburn, psychological approach to its scares, but Diop is phenomenal throughout, and the meticulous pacing and gorgeous cinematography means every frame lingers.
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Is it possible to be nostalgic for a time and place you may never have been toLicorice PizzaPaul Thomas Anderson’s ode to 1970s San Fernando Valleymakes a strong case for yes. A comingofage comedy drama, the film follows 15yearold actor Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) and 25yearold photographer Alana Kane (Alana Haim) as they strike up an unlikely friendship.
With a solid supporting cast, including the everentertaining Jennifer Coolidge as the mother of the groom stealing every scene she graces with her gloriously chaotic presence, this is a wedding worth RSVPing to.
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Aisha (Anna Diop) is a Senegalese woman working as a nanny for a rich couple in New York City, hoping to earn enough to bring her son and cousin to join her in America.
With a sharper, smarter, and more globally aware script than the original, Coming 2 America defies the odds to be a comedy sequel that stands up to the reputation of its predecessor.
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Director Ron Howards latest gathers a topnotch castincluding Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgertonfor a dramatization of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, where a Thai junior soccer team and their assistant coach were trapped in the flooded cave system.
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