Tag Archives: Ruth Nega

Review in Brief: Passing (2021)

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Sam S-P

PASSING, following former childhood friends Irene (Tessa Thompson) and Claire (Ruth Nega), two African-American women living very different lives in 1920s New York, highlights a number of interesting debates about being black in this period of American history. If you … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Loving (2016)

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Sam S-P

LOVING is glacial in pacing, almost apologetically low-key and the thick-as-treacle accents can be just as tricky to translate as in writer-director Jeff Nichols’ other work. The two grounded performances at its heart (career bests from both Joel Edgerton and … Continue reading →

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