Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
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1 day ago · American Fiction was easily one of the most devastatingly smart and entertaining films of 2023, marking a huge directorial debut for multihyphenate Cord Jefferson, who picked up an Oscar for best adapted screenplay (the film is based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett). Jeffrey Wright has become a welcome presence as a supporting actor,
5 days ago · Part scathing satire, part familiar conflict based melodrama, American Fiction tells the story of one Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), a highly intellectual author and literary professor who has a problem. He’s an upper middle class black author who hasn’t sold or published a book in years.
3 days ago · American Fiction + Director Q&A. What's on. Ritzy Picturehouse. Mon 24 Jun – Sun 18 Feb. Book. In American Fiction Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes.
3 days ago · “American Fiction” was my favorite film of 2023. It starts with the screenplay, which won Best Adapted Screenplay at this year’s Academy Awards. The film has great dialogue in it along with rich and funny characters that really sizzle on screen. It’s a witty, timely and sharp script.
5 days ago · Cord Jefferson's American Fiction — the movie adaptation of Percival Everett's novel Erasure — won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay at this year's Academy Awards, and already, the rights ...
2 days ago · Acclaimed filmmaker Taika Waititi is currently in discussions to direct a new movie titled James, based on the novel of the same name by renowned author Percival Everett. If finalized, this would ...
1 day ago · By Mason Leib. June 26, 2024, 1:13 AM. Kevin Costner returns to the big screen in just days, this Friday, in the highly anticipated "Horizon: An American Saga" followed by a second chapter coming ...
