Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Soi Cheang Pou-soi’s crime thriller “Limbo” is the front-runner in the Golden Horse Film Awards, with 14 nominations. It is narrowly ahead of Taiwan-produced “Coo-Coo 043” and “Incantation,” which both have 13 nominations. All three films compete for the best feature award, best director, supporting actor, art direction, makeup and costume design, original film score, film editing and sound effects. The Taiwan-based Golden Horse Awards have long been considered as the most prestigious prize race for Chinese language films, but they have been boycotted by mainland Chinese films and filmmakers for the past three years on the order of mainland Chinese authorities. This followed a pro-Taiwan independence speech given from the stage in 2018 by a local prize winner.
On The Come Up: The Hip Hop Industry Explored The Eyes Of An Adolescent – TIFF Review
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On The Come Up, directed by actress turned director Sanaa Lathan and written by Zora Howard (Premature) and Kay Oyegun is based on the book by acclaimed author Angie Thomas (The Hate You Give). The film explores the many facets of Black girlhood through hip-hop music and the general music industry. On The Come Up book is 464 pages, and the movie tries to cram all that information in two hours which sometimes overshadows the messaging, but what works is that it speaks to a demographic that is often ignored and the culture of rap that is seldom explored from a woman’s perspective.
The film starts with Bri being abandoned by her drug addicted mother Jay (Lathan). The memory traumatizes her throughout her adolescence until the point she’s introduced as a 16-year old. She’s also mourning the death of her father, a former rapper called Law from the Garden Heights. She wants to be just like her father and frequents The Ring, a place she calls the “Hunger Games of rap,”where lyricists battle for cash prizes. Aunt Pooh (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) who still takes part in gang life. On her first attempt to battle at the ring, Bri chokes. However, she finally wins and quickly becomes an overnight local celebrity.
She does live with her mother now. Jay is sober and working menial jobs to make ends meet. At school, Bri sells M&M’s and Skittles to help gain some pocket money, but a run in with school officers become suspicious and think she’s selling drugs. When the cops ask to look in her bag, she resists and is subsequently slammed to the ground in a use of excessive force and suspended from school. Pooh gives Bri excuses as to why her career isn’t moving faster and loses faith in her aunt’s ability to manage her. She eventually links up
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Universal partners with Buick in China
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China Box Office Slows to Crawl Speed Ahead of National Day Holiday
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‘Avatar’ Rerelease Kicks Off With $900K From 5 Early Markets; China’s Shanghai Disney Holds Special Screening
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