Candice Frederick

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Senior Culture Reporter at Huffpost | Past bylines include: New York Times, Washington Post, ELLE and Harper's Bazaar | [email protected]

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I wonder what Pretty Woman would have been had it maintained its dark reflection of '80s Hollywood. I wrote about its grimy opening scenes, how MaXXXine helps destigmatize its Reagan-era dread and give horror films and sleaze their rightful places alongside other art www.huffpost.com/entry/maxxxi...

This Blood-Soaked New Horror Film Masterfully Brings Back '80s Grimewww.huffpost.com Writer-director Ti West’s new film is a scrappy, gory reflection of '80s Hollywood — and a low-key nod to 'Pretty Woman.'

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is... about what I expected it to be. Extremely unnecessary sequel that pales in comparison to the earlier movies. It's cool to see some of the original characters back, but it's pretty lifeless otherwise.

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Fancy Dance has finally made it to Apple TV+ today. When it debuted at Sundance last year, I interviewed director Erica Tremblay on the delicate balance of depicting a tragic crisis and Native female humanity. www.huffpost.com/entry/fancy-...

Native Femicide Is A Prevalent Truth. 2 Sundance Premieres Tackle It In Very Human Wayswww.huffpost.com “Murder in Big Horn” and “Fancy Dance” explore a heavy reality within Indigenous communities without stripping these stories of their humanity.

A Quiet Place: Day One is such a thrilling horror with great jump scares throughout. The first satisfying horror of its kind this year. Though, as a prequel, it doesn't offer much in the way of actually explaining what actually triggered this monster infestation or the world before.

Seated for A Quiet Place: Day One

and just like that... interview with the vampire was renewed for season 3

Happy The Bear day!

interesting list of honorees for the class of 2025 Hollywood walk of fame, including John Carpenter, Jessica Chastain, Bill Duke, Robert Englund, Emilio Estevez, Jane Fonda, Nia Long, Glynn Turman, Fran Drescher, Lauren Graham... walkoffame.com/press_releas...

HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME CLASS OF 2025 ANNOUNCED BY WALK OF FAMERS NIECY NASH, JIMMY JAM AND JOE MANTEGNA - Hollywood Walk of Famewalkoffame.com A new group of entertainment professionals in the categories of Motion Pictures, Television, Live Theatre/Live Performance, Radio, Recording and Sports Entertainment for the class of Walk of Fame 2025...

Someone said to me that arts criticism, particularly in the Black art space, barely exists anymore because all folks want is celeb access. Broke my heart because we are definitely out here. Plus, you can interview someone and still be critical and challenge them. That's a journalism requirement.

Donald Sutherland really left us with so many great performances. RIP

Thelma is such a fun movie. Love this for June Squibb and Richard Roundtree.

I was vibing with Kinds of Kindness, as out there as it is, until the third act, which is a total mess with just interesting performances.

I was interested to learn more about the real-life murder case at the center of the new doc, The Speedway Murders. But I was taken all the way out by the filmmaking choice to use actors to portray the victims in the afterlife contemplating who killed them.

I never watched Slave Play on Broadway. I didn't find the premise interesting or provocative. Despite reading interviews with the playwright at the time, I still couldn't get a grip of his vision for the story. So, I watched the new Max doc Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play, hoping for some clarity.

Happy 50th anniversary to Chinatown

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Much of Black Barbie is trite and conventional as it traces the groundbreaking history of the doll. But the film recovers when it challenges branded representation — and asks why we expect corporations to do work that hasn't been accomplished societally. My review: www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...

Netflix's 'Black Barbie' Shows The Limitations Of Representationwww.huffpost.com Like last year's "Barbie," a new documentary raises questions about whether seeing yourself reflected in commercialized art serves you or a corporation.

Seated for Kinds of Kindness..

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Before Spotify And Netflix, A Black Man Was The King Of Access. He Went To Federal Prison. | @candicefrederick.bsky.social Amid concerns around film and concert ticket prices, a new docuseries examines the complex and still relevant origins of piracy www.huffpost.com/entry/how-mu...

Before Spotify, A Black Man Was The King Of Music Access. He Went To Prison.www.huffpost.com Amid concerns around film and concert ticket prices, a new docuseries examines the complex and still relevant origins of piracy and the consumer-art relationship.

I'll check out Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution today. I'm particularly interested in learning more about the history of LGBTQ+ stand-up comedy, and this is supposed to dive into that 👀. Now on Netflix

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Great article

"Brats" further proves that celebs miss the point of media labels like "Brat Pack" and "Nepo Baby." A better doc would have explored what it feels like to wrestle with whether you’re a good actor or just famous, young and white. Instead, it's an empty, 90-minute rant www.huffpost.com/entry/brats-...

They Were The White-Hot Actors Of The '80s. Two Words Made Them Question That.www.huffpost.com The new documentary “Brats” attempts to take aim at a magazine narrative without recognizing the privilege of being young, white and famous.

Hyped to hear that Beat Street is coming to Broadway and that Nas is among the producers and will be creating new music for the show

I knew about Jonestown, but I did not have a lot of the details about what happened. So, the new Hulu doc, Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown, was really illuminating - and utterly disturbing. Features interviews with survivors (including media and followers) and archival footage. Availability now

Netflix just dropped a disturbing new doc about the case of a white and married female professor who taught a young non-verbal Black man using facilitated communication - then the two had sex. His family accused her of assault. She said they were in love. www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/m...

The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield (Published 2015)www.nytimes.com She told the family of a severely disabled man that she could help him to communicate with the outside world. The relationship that followed would lead to a criminal trial.

Presumed Innocent is not nearly as wretched as the Fatal Attraction series, but it's just as bland and has no business being drawn out with all these episodes. And of you're going to have, and ultimately waste, Ruth Negga in your show, give her character at least one Black friend

Ghostlight made my list of some of the best female-directed films at Sundance this year. It's a gem and now in theaters www.huffpost.com/entry/sundan...

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TIL this exists. As a white person, I feel compelled to point out that a successful white actor/director makong a doco about how several other successful white actors were “unfairly” tarnished by a label some decades earlier is about the whitest thing imaginable. Think I’d rather watch Mannequin

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This is such a great piece about the new BRATS documentary by Andrew McCarthy. These kids were my people and I never saw the term Brat Pack as a negative thing, despite the fact the media went crazy with it at the time. Just starting the doc tonight, but highly recommend reading this! #filmsky

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the ghost of mister shit

it was fun seeing everyone but i have to agree with this article, mccarthy was way too whiny. everyone else seemed to move on from it, but it really stuck with him and you can tell he wants to talk more than hear from others