Carla Renata
I love, love love movies, watching them and discussing them...thus the birth of The Curvy Film Critic!!! Host/Producer/FilmCritic, Carla Renata is a member of such esteemed organizations as Critics Choice Association (Former Co-President Documentary Branch and Board Member), African American Film Critics Association and Online Association of Female Film Critics. My op-eds or features have been seen in Variety , RogerEbert.com, The Wrap,as well as being a frequent Guest Contributor to Fox 11-LA, Good Day LA, RogerEbert.com, ITV, BBC and CNN Catch my reviews on The Curvy Critic with Carla Renata - LIVE!!! weekly via You Tube. If you like what you read please shout me out and subscribe to The Curvy Critic on YouTube. You can chat with me across all social media platforms @TheCurvyCritic and as always, thanks for supporting a sista'
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PAFF 2015 FILM REVIEW: WHITE WATER
Could you imagine living in a world where you had to use separate entrances on public transportation, restrooms, dining establishments (if they would serve people of color at all), restrooms…
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PAFF: Christianity on Trial in Film
In light of the recent obsession with Hollywood regarding Biblical stories like Noah, Exodus, Gods and Kings and the epic television miniseries by reality show producer Mark Burnett – The…
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Boyhood Rules at the 2015 BAFTA Awards
The BAFTA Awards were handed out at the Royal Opera House over this past weekend in London, and Boyhood took the big prize with the Best Film award, its third overall win including director Richard…
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#TBT Boys On The Side
How many times have I expressed my adoration for non other than Whoopi Goldberg! Whenever she was announced or attached to a film, I was always the first to see…
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Coming Attractions for February 6th
Jupiter Ascending (2015) 127 min – Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi In a bright and colorful future, a young destitute caretaker gets targeted by a ruthless son of a powerful family that live on a…
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Sundance Docs: From Nina Simone to Scientology
Sundance 2015 was full of worthy documentaries to screen. I caught three of them, Listen to Me Marlon, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of a Revolution and Larry Kramer: In Anger…
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Sundance 2015: Review: Mississippi Grind
The Sundance Film Festival deals keep on coming! A24 is finalizing a U.S. rights deal for Mississippi Grind worth just over $2 million…allegedly. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the film stars Ryan Reynolds,…
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2015 Pan African Film Festival Ambassador Actor Hill Harper
Los Angeles, CA – January 14, 2015 – Actor, Humanitarian, Author, Health and Wellness Ambassador and Philanthropist, Hill Harper, named Celebrity Ambassador for the 2015 Pan African Film & Arts…
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Review: Big Eyes
As a little girl, I remember vividly having these posters of the little girls with “big eyes” on the walls of my bedroom along with posters of Michael Jackson and…
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Coming Attractions week of January 26th
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life. Director: Mike Binder Stars: Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Gillian Jacobs, Anthony…
