Carla Renata
I love, love love movies, watching them and discussing them...thus the birth of The Curvy Film Critic!!! If you missed my posts here you can also catch them at www.OnAirWithTonySweet.com and AAFCA.com. Be on the lookout for my film review new show on BHL Online - Black Tomatoes owned by E! Bews Correspondent Maria Menounos premiering June 2017. If you like what you read please shout me out via #thecurvycritic and as always, thanks for supporting a sista' and see you on the red carpet!
Survival and Obsessive Love at Forefront of Ash Is The Purest White
Qiao and Bin were the toast of China’s Jiangsu Underworld and madly in love…so Qiao thought. After a rival gang attacks Bin, Qiao fires a gun to protect him…
The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley | SXSW ’19
When this doc opens with the question being posed to Theranos CEO – Elizabeth Homes, “Can you tell us a secret?” and she replies famous last words, “I don’t…
Jesse Eisenberg is Fast Talking Hustler in The Hummingbird Project
You know what they say, it’s not the destination…it’s the people we meet. Jesse Eisenberg earned an Oscar nod as the fast talking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in The…
Princess of The Row Will Always Be Daddy’s Little Girl
Shortly after my Dad returned home from Vietnam, I excitedly attempted to awake him. Unexpectedly, he jumped up to grab me not realizing he was at home. He was…
Women’s History Month| When A Black Woman Walks Into A Room
This piece was sent to me and I wanted to share it with ALL women for Women’s History Month. It’s written by Dr. Menah Pratt-Clarke the VP of Strategic…
Real, Raw, Rapid Fire = I Am Richard Pryor | SXSW ’19
Before Dave Chapelle walked off The Chapelle Show, Richard Pryor walked offstage in Vegas because he grew weary of doing “white bread comedy.” Pryor’s comedy and his delivery would never…
Jumpshot Doc Love Letter to Originator Kenny Sailors | SXSW ’19
If you have ever seen a basketball game, you’ve seen hundreds of your favorite players make a jumpshot. I don’t know about you, but I honestly can’t remember a time…
Lupita Nyong’o is Queen of Horror with Little Monsters and US at SXSW |SXSW ’19
I know, I know. I have said numerous time that I don’t do horror and yet I have screened Hereditary, Get Out, US and Little Monsters in less than a…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Runs Emotional Race to Knock Down The House| SXSW ‘19
Knock down The House made me proud I live in a country where women have the freedom to pursue any type of professional we choose. The road isn't always easy…
Gabourey Sidibe is Edgy Heart of Gold Nurse in Come As You Are|SXSW ’19
This film will make you pause for the cause when you consider how frustrating it must be to do something that able bodied people take for granted. Have you ever…
