Carla Renata
I love, love love movies, watching them and discussing them...thus the birth of The Curvy Film Critic!!! Host/Producer/Film Critic, Carla Renata is a member of such esteemed organizations as Critics Choice Association (Former Co-President Documentary Branch and current Board Member), African American Film Critics Association, International Documentary Association and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. My op-eds or features have been seen in Variety , RogerEbert.com, The Wrap,as well as being a frequent Guest Contributor/Culture Critic for Fox 11-LA, Good Day LA, RogerEbert.com, BBC News, CNN and NBC's Hollywood Reeltime. Catch my reviews on The Curvy Critic with Carla Renata - LIVE!!! weekly via You Tube and on the Rotten Tomatoes podcast "Critical Thinking." 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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Love vs Truth – Greed vs Power Permeate Wonder Woman 1984
Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot teamed up once again producing a film with so many messages that it was hard to keep up with which one take away. For me,…
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Revenge is a Dish Best Served Female in Promising Young Woman
Directed and written by Emerald Fennell, this Promising Young Woman begs the question of when is going too far really considered crossing the line? Revenge is dish best served female…
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Loira Limbal Gives Praise to Essential Workers with Through The Night
With COVID-19 over 60 percent of licensed childcare providers have already closed and stimulus packages have not accounted for the true scope of what’s needed . In an effort to…
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Chadwick Boseman Gives Career Performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Wilson was notorious for having male heavy casts, so if you were the lone female of the crew your skills needed to be strong and stellar. It's also interesting to…
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Collective is Romanian Expose’ That Treads Dangerously Close To Home
With Collective, Director Alexander Nanau follows investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they attempt to uncover health-care fraud that has enriched moguls and politicians leading to deaths of…
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Sports, Ray-Ray and Adversity Inspire Reginald Hudlin’ Direction for SAFETY
Of course, we all wonder what is it that entices a director to take on a project. For Reginald Hudlin, this would be his first attack shooting a sports film,…
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Howard University Grad Ray-Ray McElrathbey Defies the Odds in SAFETY
Thaddeus J. Mixson and Jay Reeves perfectly capture the complexity and brotherly camaraderie siblings inherently possess while trying to protect one another, yet simultaneously wearing each other's nerves to a…
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Howard University Alumni Are Holding it Down in Pixar’s Soul
Of course, I had to shoutout my Bison Brotha' Kemp Power and ask how influential was his experience at Howard University with making Joe unapologetically black and creating that world for…
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Winslet and Ronan are Exquisite Lovers in Ammonite
Directed by Francis Lee, Ammonite has many unspoken moments and it is those moments that speak volumes. Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan can do no wrong. Watching these heavyweights battle…
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Between The World and Me is Wake Up Call for Humanity & Love Letter to HU
For those white people seeking clarity on how helping them understand how I felt someone was being racist, those wanting me to educate them on being Black or explain to…
