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Jul 22, 2021 · Duration: 86 mins. Country: US. BBFC Certification: 15. Moonlight, Barry Jenkins’ gracefully poignant study of African American homosexuality, will surely be remembered more for the boundaries it broke rather than the kerfuffle that saw La La Land briefly ‘win’ the best picture Oscar in 2017.
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The path to living as one’s authentic self is paved with trials and tribulations in this revelatory, assured feature debut by Dee Rees—the all-too-rare coming-of-age tale to honestly represent the experiences of queer Black women. Grounded in the fine-grained specificity and deft characterizations of Rees’s script and built around a beautifully lay...
The Criterion Collection presents Dee Rees’ first feature Pariahon Blu-ray in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc. The film has been given a 1080p/24hz high-definition encode. Criterion appears to be using the same master Universal used for their previous Blu-ray edition (a 2K transfer from the 35mm original camera negative), w...
The film’s 5.1 surround soundtrack is presented here in DTS-HD MA. It’s a very dynamic track that starts things off in a loud, booming manner in a club, Khia’s “My Neck, My Back” playing in the background. It’s loud, the sub-woofer gets to show off, and it’s mixed impressively around the sound field, pretty much placing you right there in the middl...
Criterion’s edition doesn’t port any of Universal’s previous features over (all of which were standard promotional/PR material) but make room for several new features. However, some material that would seem obvious to include is missing. Criterion does include an academic feature through a 15-minute interview with film scholar Kara Keeling, author ...
The obvious supplements are missing and the master hasn't aged particularly well, but the disc still offers an engaging overview of the film's production and touches on the importance of representation in cinema BUY AT:
Grounded in the fine-grained specificity and deft characterizations of Rees’s script and built around a beautifully layered performance from Adepero Oduye, Pariah follows Brooklyn teenager Alike, who is navigating the emotional minefields of first love and heartache and the disapproval of her family as she expresses her gender and sexual ...
Jul 12, 2021 · Pariah at 10: Dee Rees on her mould-breaking lesbian classic. The Oscar-nominated writer-director behind Mudbound looks back at her landmark debut feature, which has now been added to the Criterion Collection. 12 July 2021. Pariah (2011) By Grace Barber-Plentie. Interviews.
Feb 5, 2021 · Feb 5, 2021. -- Pariah follows Alike (Adepero Oduye), a young, butch lesbian living in a predominately black community in Brooklyn as she undergoes a journey of coming to terms with her...
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May 7, 2021 · Ten years ago, filmmaker Dee Rees changed the game for queer filmmaking with her stunning semi-autobiographical debut feature, “ Pariah.”. The compelling coming-of-age story is set in Brooklyn ...
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Jul 11, 2021 · By John Parker. July 11, 2021. ‘Pariah’ is the groundbreaking and moving story of a Brooklyn teenager struggling to express her lesbian identity and discover her authentic self in the face of...
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