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Courtney Small
Featured Critic
Courtney is a Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic and co-host of the radio show Frameline. He has written for several publications including POV Magazine, Cinema Axis, Leonard Maltin, In the Seats, Black Girl Nerds, and Comix Asylum. He also discusses diversity in cinema as host of the Changing Reels podcast and is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association, the Online Film Critics Society and the African American Film Critics Association.Articles by Courtney Small:
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January 26, 2023
Sundance 2023: Polite Society ReviewPolite Society is an entertaining action comedy about one teen’s attempt to stop her sister’s impending wedding.
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January 25, 2023
Sundance 2023: Magazine Dreams ReviewMagazine Dreams ponders how the desire for human connection can lead men down dangerous paths. While uneven at times, Jonathan Majors gives a sensational performance.
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January 23, 2023
Sundance 2023: Bad Press ReviewRebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler’s Bad Press observes one outlet’s fight to retain the right to journalistic freedom within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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January 22, 2023
Sundance 2023: Murder in Big Horn ReviewShowtime’s three-part docuseries Murder in Big Horn explores the disturbing number of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Big Horn, Montana.
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January 22, 2023
Sundance 2023: Ricky ReviewRashad Frett’s short film Ricky follows an ex-convict struggling with life after jail and the choices that bind fear and regret together.
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January 21, 2023
Sundance 2023: Pianoforte ReviewPianoforte takes the audience behind the scenes of the International Chopin Piano Competition, considered the Olympics for piano players.
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November 25, 2022
Please Baby Please Review: A Colourful Journey to Self-DiscoveryAmanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please follows a couple whose individual desires are awakened after an encounter with a dangerous greaser gang.
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November 23, 2022
Devotion ReviewDevotion tells the tale of Jesse L. Brown, the first Black aviator in the Navy, and his wingman Tom Hudner during the Korean War.
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November 16, 2022
Stay the Night ReviewStay the Night is a charming romance that sometimes it just takes one night for love to blossom.
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November 9, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Review – Fit for a KingOffering a much-needed collective catharsis and thrilling action, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a tribute fit for a king.
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October 23, 2022
Rendezvous with Madness 2022: What to See at the FestivalRendezvous with Madness 2022 kicks off its hybrid festival of in-person and virtual screenings this week. Here is what to see at the festival
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September 22, 2022
Bandit ReviewBandit tells the story of The Flying Bandit, one of Canada’s most notorious bank robbers who managed to rob 59 banks in the late 1980s.
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September 20, 2022
TIFF 2022: Chevalier ReviewChevalier explores the life of one of the greatest composers whose legacy was unfairly erased from the history books.
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