“I am tired. I am tired of pop-cultural artifacts that render Black people as merely Black bodies onto which the sins of this ragged country are violently mapped. I am tired of suffering being the primary lens through which we understand Black identity. I am tired of being so hungry for Black joy and Black representation that scraps feel like a meal. I am tired of films about slavery refusing to acknowledge the interior lives of Black women even as their beings become tools for filmmakers to explore the horrors of the enslaved. I am tired of thin characterization and milquetoast social messaging being the kind of representation Black folks receive. I am tired of films like Antebellum.“ — from my Vulture review of Antebellum which can be read here. 

truly reminded me of Get Out, as it is exactly what I did 30 minutes into this movie.

lionsgate choosing to release this in 2020 instead of saw spiral is a personal attack on myself

Feels like 12 Years A Slave with the emotional depth of a Tyler Perry film made by an Ari Aster wannabe...and no, that’s not a compliment.

The movie seems like 3 acts. Starts out brutal and creepy and sometimes seems off other than a period piece! Then goes through the 2nd act that ignores the 1st and the last act brings the story full circle. Though I don’t want to give anything more away. The story is never boring though the middle is quite slow. It is beautifully shot! A twisted creepy movie! Check it out!

A bad Black Mirror.

the last shot of this movie is janelle monae crying out of joy because the cops showed up

Juracist Park

ANTEBELLUM is exactly the kind of movie that deserves its criticism & anger. Nearly two hours of brutal horror lacking in any nuance, believability or substance. By the time its point & social commentary are made through its ridiculous 3rd act twist, it’s far too little too late.

This is the biggest, dumbest most hardcore LARPing session ever filmed.