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Arkansas native and actor Ashlie Atkinson will join the Arkansas Cinema Society (ACS) for a screening of Spike Lee's 2018 film "BlacKkKlansman" at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) on Saturday.
"The Woman King" (PG-13, 2 hours, 15 minutes, DVD) Viola Davis stars in this historical epic based on the real-life Agojie woman warriors of the Dahomey Kingdom who battled for freedom from slavery in 19th-century West Africa.
You might not have noticed, but the Oscars telecast is Sunday night. Maybe it's me, but I don't sense a lot of excitement.
“What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?” (not rated, 2 hours, 30 minutes, Mubi) Georgian cinema has undergone a revival in recent years, and this 2021 German-Georgian drama written and directed by Aleksandre Koberidze is a fine example of “New New Wave cinema.” Set in the riverside city of Kutaisi, where a pharmacist and a soccer player, who meet on a street corner and experience instant attraction, find their plans for a date undone when a spell magically transforms them, leaving them unable to recognize or contact each other. With Giorgi Ambroladze, Ani Karseladze. Subtitled.
I haven't seen Steven Spielberg's remake of "West Side Story," but it is the subject of my favorite movie hot take of the year. "A rich and famous artist spends $100 million to revive a corpse with the blood of young people," Richard Brody wrote in his online review for The New Yorker. "The creature is still alive, but barely, and the infusion leaves it deader than when it started."