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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Judas and The Black Messiah is About to Drop – Y’all Ain’t Ready
We are living during extraordinary times with a COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movements globally, so when I heard the quote in the trailer, "...You can murder a freedom…
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National Geographic Lays Out Impressive Roster at CTAM Press Tour 2020
Aretha Franklin's style and sound is very specific, so what liberties did Saadiq take in recreating that iconic sound? "...This was right up my alley...using upright pianos and to really…
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Lifetime Joins Robin Roberts, Kenny Leon and Surviving Jeffrey Epstein
Right on the heels of their Peabody award-winning docs-series 'Surviving R. Kelly,' is yet another Jeffrey Epstein docuseries that was filmed during quarantine and culminates with the arrest accomplice Ghislaine…
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Art Imitates Life in Inspirational Doc Stockton On My Mind
Directed by Marc Levin, Stockton on My Mind is the biggest, most heartfelt inspirational lesson in taking one's education and intellectual wealth back to your roots assisting those with little…
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Community Bonds and Stands as One While Rebuilding Paradise
Howard reveals unbelievable footage sharing the vantage point from a car full of occupants desperately trying to flee through raging flames looking like what any one of us would imagine…
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Beyonce Reminds World Black Is Regal. Black is Glorious. Black is King
When Beyonce' dropped Lemonade, folks were aghast and spellbound. When she dropped Homecoming, every student across the nation who ever attended an HBCU took pride. Now, the multi-talented mogul has…
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Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Sundance Film Festival
Kerry Washington Puts ACLU Center Stage in The Fight
Most importantly, the audience witnesses first hand what huge, vulnerable hearts these legal eagles possess under what the pressure of doggedly fighting against one of the worst administrations in American…
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Amulet is Twisted as Hell with Spooky Yumminess from Imelda Staunton
Directed and written by Romola Garai, her sense of femininity merged with expert filmmaking is felt through every frame of the this demented horror thriller. When I tell you I…
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Rosamund Pike is Transcendent as Madame Cure in Radioactive
Not only was she ridiculed professionally, but personally endured much distress as a result of adultery shortly after her husband Pierre passed on. An eventful misstep that could've easily derailed…
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Teenage Sexual Curiosity on Full Throttle with Yes, God Yes
Winner of the 2019 SXSW Grand Jury Narrative Feature Award for Ensemble Acting and taking place in the early 2000's Midwest, Alice is guilt-ridden over discovering masturbation and attends a…
