Tag Archives: Jharrel Jerome

Concrete Cowboy review — Tells a conventional story of an unconventional culture

April 5, 2021 flawintheiris

Concrete Cowboy | Directed by Ricky Staub | Written by Staub and Dan Walser, based on the book by Greg Neri | 111 min | Netflix A version of this review was first posted during the Toronto International Film Festival in September, 2020. Knowing Concrete Cowboy is based on a Young Adult novel explains a lot about… Read More

#TIFF2020 Reviews — Concrete Cowboy, The Disciple, Inconvenient Indian

September 15, 2020 flawintheiris

Concrete Cowboy | Directed by Ricky Staub | Written by Staub and Dan Walser, based on the book by Greg Neri | 111 min Knowing this film is based on a Young Adult novel explains a lot about a narrative that seems a lot less complex than it promises to be early on. Fourteen-year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin,… Read More

#AFF2016 — Moonlight, Toni Erdmann reviews

September 17, 2016 flawintheiris

Moonlight Directed by Barry Jenkins | Written by Jenkins and Tarell McCraney | 110 min The story of a boy who becomes a teen who becomes a man, but this isn't a coming-of-age movie. It's a cultural snapshot in three chapters. Little (Alex R. Hibbert) is a black boy living in Miami. He's beaten up… Read More