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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The Curse of La Llorona Brings The Weeping Woman to Life Through Horror
The Curse of LaLlorna scared the crap out of me and I spend most of the film's pivotal frightening moments screening through my fingers. However, the audience around me seemed…
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Sophie Cookson Steals the Spy Spotlight in Red Joan
As an enormous Judi Dench fan, I have to admit that I was taken aback at how her talent is underused in this spy/thriller drama. Red Joan is a more…
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Political Propaganda Alive and Well and on Display in Grass in Greener
At best, Grass is Greener just like Ava Duvernay's "13" sheds the light on a bigger picture - mass incarceration in America. In 2018, American states earned 1.4 billion in…
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Lorraine Toussaint are Sci-Fi Badasses in Fast Color
The indestructible love of parents for their children, the secret interracial relationship and the setup of Ruth, Bo and Lila as sci-fantastical super heroes in a world that is nearing…
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Beyonce Honors HBCU’s, Women and Icons with HOMECOMING on Netflix
HOMECOMING is the ultimate Bey-chella experience paying homage to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) with over 200 people on stage providing the audience with the a Homecoming experience for…
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Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Sundance Film Festival
Satanism in on Parade in Hail Satan?
No stranger to conversion subjects, Penny Lane leaves us asking the question is the Satanic Temple misunderstood? They run blood drives, sued the state of Missouri over abortion (who believes…
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Penguins are Delightfully Demystified in New Disneynature Documentary
Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Produced by Disneynature and opening in theaters and IMAX® TODAY, Penguins is a great tribute to a land and species that are being ravaged by global…
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Chrissy Metz is a Mom Whose Faith Always Results in a Breakthrough
Breakthrough illustrates what we already know about the indestructible love of a mother. After all as one of the characters says to John, "Yesterday is not our to recover, but…
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Elle Fanning Triumphs in Teen Spirit
I have to give it to Elle Fanning tackling a role that appeared demanding with speaking a foreign language, singing and dancing. Fanning does so very effectively, but it's not…
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We Are Columbine Explores Tragedy Through Those Who Lived to Tell the Tale
We Are Columbine will remind you of what the best part of being American is all about. We are resilient. We are still here. We Are All Columbine. Nearly 20…
