I can’t wait to see what she does next.Black writers, actors, producers, and directors have been involved in Hollywood from the very beginning of the American film industry some 125 years ago. And, as said best friend, Blake Lively is a true revelation-a contender for the most effortlessly charismatic femme fatale since Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. Anna Kendrick is at her Anna Kendrick–iest as a food-vlogging single mom whose best friend has disappeared. But different moods call for different movies, and A Simple Favor is custom designed-and wonderfully engineered by the director Paul Feig-for those times when you want a movie that is highly entertaining and in no way challenging. Is this genuinely one of the 10 best films of 2018? Of course not. A film that begins with Wakanda enjoying its wealth in isolation and secrecy asks: What if the nation instead chose to help those of African ancestry worldwide? And then, a step further: What if it engaged in global conquest and an inversion of the colonialist order? A terrific movie with a terrific cast, Black Panther raises the bar for the entire superhero genre. Using the pair to begin a tripartite argument about race is nothing short of brilliant. Twinning a fictional rich and high-tech African state of Wakanda with Coogler’s native Oakland is a tremendous first step. Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther largely maintains the aesthetics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe-though the Africa-influenced production ( and costume) design is exceptional-while offering multiple layers of political introspection. But Christopher Nolan’s film was an achievement as much of mood as of ideology. Who ever imagined that a superhero movie could be so politically sophisticated? Yes, yes, I know, The Dark Knight.
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