Zendaya says ‘Malcolm & Marie’ criticism “stripped away” her agency

Zendaya is expressing gratitude over winning a Critics Choice Award on Sunday.

Ever since the release of Netflix’s new awards-contending drama, “Malcolm & Marie,” the discussion around the film seems to stem from the writing/direction of Sam Levinson. Most people agree that Zendaya and John David Washington are doing well in their performances, but there are folks that are concerned about a white man (Levinson) as the writer-director of a film about a Black filmmaker and his relationship with a much younger Black woman.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHungarian cinematographer Marcell Rév is a long-time collaborator of “Malcolm & Marie” writer-director Sam Levinson.

Celine Dion, Hunter Schafer and Zendaya (whom he has been dressing since she was 14) to judging HBO Max's Legendary. In comparison, his time in quarantine was relatively unproductive.

Euphoria still lingering and a record-breaking Best Actress Emmy award to top it off, Zendaya's upcoming project looks to be one of her bravest and most exciting to date. Malcolm & Marie stars John David Washington as Malcolm and Zendaya Coleman as Marie.

With “Malcolm & Marie” finally available for everyone on Netflix, there is a large number of people watching the highly-anticipated awards contender. And with that, there are new people watching the film and having questions about the way the film came together and potentially problematic issues with the story.

Zendaya‘s new movie Malcolm & Marie is currently the number one movie on Netflix and she’s opening up about the decision to film it in black and white.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticFebruary is shaping up to be something special.

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At a time in which film and television production was on lockdown due to the emerging Coronavirus pandemic, Malcolm & Marie was the rare project heading into production. The $2.5 million indie about a late-night debate between a young couple got made because writer/director Sam Levinson answered Zendaya’s call to write a contained drama that might keep them and their Euphoria crew employed after the HBO drama was shuttered days before shooting a new season.

Malcolm & Marie took me back to that place nearly a decade ago when naps would follow disagreements and coming to any sort of resolve entailed a marathon of texts and at least two glasses of wine. The movie, now streaming and directed by Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, should really come with a trigger warning.

point across, is making people sit up and pay attention. “ZENDAYA'S PERFORMANCE IN THIS SCENE IS INSANE! i'm in awe!” tweeted one fan.

Emmy award winner and actress on the rise Zendaya has a new film coming out--Malcolm & Marie, which is also famous for being shot fully in the peak of quarantine.

John David Washington, 36, stars in the new Netflix film Malcolm & Marie with Zendaya, 24. The movie, which is being released on Feb. 5, follows a filmmaker and his girlfriend as they confront long-simmering issues between them. Malcolm & Marie was filmed in secret during quarantine using COVID-19 safety precautions.

what to watch this weekend and where to stream it.Even if you are foregoing watching this weekend’s big sporting event, this weekend can still be jam-packed with drama thanks to the new releases out on streaming this weekend. Malcolm & Marie, the conversation-starting Sam Levinson film starring Zendaya is now out on Netflix, and The New York Times’ latest docuseries episode, Framing Britney Spears, is gearing to pop the top off of the star’s conservatorship controversy over on Hulu.

Malcolm & Marie—the new Netflix drama that began streaming today—Zendaya turns to John David Washington and says, “Don’t believe the hype, Malcolm, and don’t push away the people who ground you.” She kisses him gently, and continues, “You’re gonna start making fake movies, about fake people with fake emotions.