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1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › passing-movie-review-2021Passing movie review & film summary (2021) | Roger Ebert

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   Oct 27, 2021 · Passing. Drama. 98 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2021. Odie Henderson. October 27, 2021. 7 min read. As I watched writer/director Rebecca Hall ’s adaption of Nella Larsen ’s 1929 novella, Passing, I couldn’t stop thinking about the story in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” where “a colored man” named Eliza Cottor sold his soul to the Devil.

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3. www.newyorker.com › culture › the-front-row“Passing,” Reviewed: Rebecca Hall’s Anguished Vision of Black ...

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   Nov 9, 2021 · The Front Row. “Passing,” Reviewed: Rebecca Hall’s Anguished Vision of Black Identity. With a remarkable fusion of substance and style, Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel unfolds...

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   Nov 10, 2021 · The one thing most people know about Nella Larsen's Passing is that it explores a peculiar kind of deception — being born into one marginalized racial category and slipping into another,...

5. www.nytimes.com › 2021/11/11 › movies‘Passing’ Review: Black Skin, White Masks - The New York Times

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   Nov 11, 2021 · Set in the 1920s, “Passing” tells what happens to Irene (Tessa Thompson) when a childhood friend, Clare (Ruth Negga), enters that dream, disturbing its peace and threatening its careful illusions.

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   Oct 27, 2021 · In her new film Passing, writer-director Rebecca Hall adapts Nella Larsen’s classic Harlem Renaissance novel, first published in 1929. The story sees two fair-skinned African-American women, Irene Redford and Clare Kendry, reunited after 12 years apart.

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   Passing is a 2021 American historical drama film written and directed by Rebecca Hall in her feature directorial debut. It is adapted from the 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen. Set in 1920s New York City, the film follows the intertwined life of a black woman (Tessa Thompson) and her white-passing childhood friend .

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   Is passing based on a true story?

   • Rebecca Hall’s directorial début, “Passing,” based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name, is one of the rare book adaptations that brings a literary style to the screen. The film’s sense of style is more than mere ornament; it embodies the confrontation with circumstances—practical, emotional, historical—at the heart of the story.

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   Is 'passing' a good movie?

   • It’s a masterful balance of tone. And even though we anticipate the ending, it comes with a surprising amount of empathy and sadness, two things that were always subtly present during the runtime. “Passing” put me in a very thoughtful mode of allusion and pattern-gathering.

   Passing movie review & film summary (2021) - Roger Ebert

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   Who wrote 'passing'?

   • The influential sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois reviewed it favorably in the NAACP's Crisis magazine. Calling Passing one of the finest novels of the year, Du Bois wrote that Larsen explained "the psychology of the thing; the reaction of it on friend and enemy. It is a difficult task, but she attacks the problem fearlessly and with consummate art."

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   When does 'passing' come out on Netflix?

   • Passing had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, on January 30, 2021, and began a limited theatrical release on October 27, 2021, prior to streaming on Netflix on November 10. The film received acclaim from critics, who praised Hall's screenplay and direction, and the performances of Thompson and Negga.

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   What is the significance of passing?

   • But the significance of Passing isn't found in the surface facts but in the brilliance of its execution: the beauty of the writing, the close character study, and the intense psychological suspense. Like a decades-early precursor to a Patricia Highsmith novel, a sense of sensual glamour, frustration and foreboding pervades Larsen's famed novella.

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   Why is passing a good book?

   • She's trying to shield them from ugliness, but thinking she can protect two Black boys in Harlem in 1927 from learning about racism is a signal that she's removed from reality. The contrast, parallels, and interplay between these two women is part of what makes Passing so beautifully constructed. Every choice is finely calibrated.

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9. www.whattowatch.com › reviews › passing-film-review‘Passing’ review: a restrained study of race and identity ...

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   Feb 25, 2022 · Passing — based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name — makes much effort to emulate the delicate subtlety of its source material. This decision often feels to the detriment of the film, leaving too much unsaid and unexplored.