The Staggering Necessity of Netflix’s ‘Katrina: Come Hell and High Water’
At the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans in 2005, I was the assistant manager of a retail...
David Phillips has been a Senior Writer for The Contending from its inception on 8/26/2024. He is a writer for film and TV and creator of the Reframe series, devoted to looking at films from the past through a modern lens. Before coming to The Contending, David wrote for Awards Daily in the same capacity from August 2018 to August 2024. He has covered the Oscars in person (2024), as well as the Virginia Film Festival, and served as a juror for both the short and the full-length narrative film categories for the Heartland Film Festival(2024) He is a proud member of GALECA and the IFJA.
At the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans in 2005, I was the assistant manager of a retail...
As bold as it is to create an updated version of Akira Kurosawa’s perfect kidnapping drama High & Low (itself...
Just a few nights ago, I was watching screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s highly entertaining directorial debut, Molly’s Game. Anyone familiar with...
The results are never less than fascinating (no matter the payoff) when a true auteur decides to make their version...
Gavin O’Connor’s 2011 film, Warrior, begins quietly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Shots of a grey and chilly working-class town establish the...
I was too young to appreciate Devo when they came on the scene in 1978 with their first album "Q;...
In recent years, Questlove and his band The Roots have become something akin to musical historians. The band has been...
Terence Stamp burst onto the British film scene in 1962 like a thunderbolt. His first turn on the big screen...
Netflix’s new thriller, Night Always Comes, starring Vanessa Kirby as a woman in dire straits with only a dark evening...
The Emmy category for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) mixes some interesting bedfellows. On one hand, you have three lengthy programs...