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60 of 168 · most liked firstI'm seeing a lot of posts expressing shock that a prestigey new film adaptation of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson just quietly went up on Netflix, and it's a good reminder that awards-buzz hype and commentary remains a very specific bubble that never reaches a huge number of movie lovers.
neutral · AI labelView post →4) The actors who missed--Daniel Craig for Queer, Danielle Deadwyler for The Piano Lesson, Angelina Jolie for Maria--testify to the difficulty of being the only campaigned element in a movie (though Maria did get a cinematography nomination). And Queer disappearing from theaters didn't help.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fascinating (and cool) that a movie as bonkers as "The Substance" is a multiple Oscar nominee and the more bait-y "Queer," "Blitz," and "The Piano Lesson" are consigned to the This Had Oscar Buzz heap. Keep the Oscars weird!
neutral · AI labelView post →Just a heads up, this is when we receive all our movie screeners so obviously I’m watching everything, and if you have Apple +, Blitz by Steve McQueen is outstanding!! Another keeper, is The Piano Lesson which we watched last night.. that one’s on Netflix
positive · AI labelView post →Happy New Year, everyone. I have been catching up on my movie wish list, and I finally saw what are now my two favorites of the year: The Six Triple Eight and The Piano Lesson. Whew! What wonderful films! As some try to erase Black history, it's crucial that artists tell our stories! Recommend! 👍
positive · AI labelView post →Okay I think this my last #WeAllWeGot thing for the day 😂 But — SAVE THE DATE PLS ‼️‼️‼️ Our 2nd movie night is this Saturday 3/22!!! 8:00pm EST. Watching “The Piano Lesson” on Netflix. The last one was 🔥 hope u can join us this time!!!! More deets will follow
neutral · AI labelView post →I find the fact that THE PIANO LESSON and NIGHTBITCH got no noms, when those actresses TORE SHIT UP on screen appalling. Also, MY FIRST FILM, WILDCAT and GHOSTLIGHT were brilliant. But they actually had female characters that are well-developed & we can't have that, can we?
positive · AI labelView post →Watched THE PIANO LESSON. Best movie of the year so far. Powerful performances, very moving story. Filmed almost like a horror film/ghost story but it’s very, very real. Highly recommend this! Now on Netflix.
positive · AI labelView post →This is going to sound weird, but nothing makes me angrier about Netflix and their (in my opinion) anti-art business model than watching a great movie “released” by Netflix - especially if I’m likely one of a few who will see it in an actual theater! Anyhow, saw THE PIANO LESSON tonight. Loved it.
positive · AI labelView post →John David Washington and Malcolm Washington's Closet Picks 🖤🖤🖤 The actor joins the director of his new film THE PIANO LESSON, where they shout out the importance of MENACE II SOCIETY, ... & praise Spike Lee’s MALCOLM X as the “greatest achievement in American filmmaking.” youtu.be/-Tc0JZz6hFM?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Three of my #lastfourwatched were at the Virginia Film Festival, which already feels like a dream. (Not pictured: my review of The Piano Lesson that I slowly raised from 3 stars to 4.) #LetterboxdFriday
positive · AI labelView post →I don’t have Netflix so I read The Piano Lesson by August Wilson. Such an intimate but haunting play that portrays generational trauma in all its nuance & complexities. 5⭐️ (Great foreword by Toni Morrison as well.) #booksky 💙📚
neutral · AI labelView post →Pandora International Film Critics Awards FILMMAKING BREAKTHROUGH nominees: Anna Kendrick (Woman of the Hour) Annie Baker (Janet Planet) Malcolm Washington (The Piano Lesson) RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys) Vera Drew (The People's Joker) #PIFC #Awards #Awardseason
neutral · AI labelView post →The Piano Lesson is my favorite August Wilson play and the movie is truly my new film of the year and next.
positive · AI labelView post →As someone who worked on the original production of The Piano Lesson, I watched the movie with great anticipation. So much was missed, and so little was realized. This is the problem with turning the whole thing over to a family with a star father. It has its moments but only moments.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was recently on BBC Radio 4, discussing - amongst other things - the Pauletta/Denzel Washington-family produced film, The Piano Lesson, which I loved! I will add on to this with reasons why when I have a bit of time... Click and listen. Have a fab weekend!! 😊 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
positive · AI labelView post →I’m late as hell watching Sinners. Has there been a discussion about the fact that this film is basically The Piano Lesson?
neutral · AI labelView post →#BlackHistoryMonth A great time to watch a movie, read a book, read some history….. The Piano Lesson for instance
neutral · AI labelView post →Film 14 The Piano Lesson Best First Feature Best Supporting Performance - Danielle Deadwyler #Filmsky #FilmIndependent #SpiritAwards
neutral · AI labelView post →This one from last year ✨ I started sketching it while watching the Piano Lesson (1995) and by time the movie was done I had colored most of it already.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was wanting to finish The Piano Lesson before seeing the film, and finally finished it tonight. Reading has been so tough this past year with the baby. The final couple of pages of this are so powerful and moving. What a ghost story. The power of August Wilson. #Booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →Plans cancelled for tomorrow so I’ll finally really dive into my Indie Spirits screeners with a “The/A” At-Home Film Festival: -A Real Pain -The Fire Inside -A Different Man -The Piano Lesson And if time allows or I’m mentally able to do it - The Apprentice
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw the Charles Dutton TV movie of The Piano Lesson and so I was questioning if I needed to also watch the Malcolm Washington version, even with my love for August Wilson, but my mind is more than a little blown by Washington’s movie, the tone shift—just a little bit—that changes everything.
positive · AI labelView post →Today's first movie is The Piano Lesson (2024) 🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →Netflix's 'The Piano Lesson' explores the impact of generational trauma on Black families in post-reconstruction America. Directed by Malcolm Washington, the film, adapted from August Wilson's play, explores the symbolism of a treasured heirloom piano. sacobserver.com/2024/12/movi...
neutral · AI labelView post →When you gather around this weekend to watch a movie with your friends and family, I recommend skipping Netflix's The Piano Lesson. Here's my @spectrumculture.bsky.social review about why it's the weakest of the recent August Wilson adaptations.
negative · AI labelView post →THE PIANO LESSON is definitely the most cinematic of the three August Wilson film adaptations we've gotten thus far. Possesses vigorous direction from Malcolm Washington, especially in the final act, and a stellar acting ensemble. That being said, the MVP is easily Danielle Deadwyler.
positive · AI labelView post →Movie #100 of 2024. If you're looking for the best folk horror movie of the year, it's right here. My ★★★★½ review of The Piano Lesson on Letterboxd boxd.it/7SLPw9
positive · AI labelView post →Yes, within the bubble, it's "Oh, right, The Piano Lesson, shame about that, it had its chance during festival season in September." Outside the bubble, it's "There's a movie of Piano Lesson?"
neutral · AI labelView post →Today, we are looking at the 2024 Netflix adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson play, The Piano Lesson. Producer Shelby Stone, joins us. Plus we play a music-movie quiz! Link in the bio, listen wherever you get your podcasts. 📽️ #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →HMB also let me write about The Piano Lesson out of LFF horrormovieblog.com/the-piano-le...
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 Red carpet event this Sunday: a special screening of Malcolm Washington 's film, The Piano Lesson. I'm looking forward to the conversation between director & actors afterwards. Thanking Jeymes Samuel & Netflix for the invitation🙏🏾 youtu.be/cZwjt0pjt8w?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Emilia Pérez, The Piano Lesson, The Substance... movie trailers are so good right now. So excited for the movies
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching THE PIANO LESSON #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →I just watched last night an intense movie The Piano Lesson Denzel directed that is about to leave Netflix. Religiosity has become a turnoff for me, too bad. A favorite actor of mine now lost some of his shine for me. www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...
negative · AI labelView post →I wish more people would talk about Danielle Deadwyler's portrayal of Berniece in Denzel Washington's film adaptation of August Wilson's play "The Piano Lesson." It is a classic. Any thoughts on this film and African American arts? www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
neutral · AI labelView post →just finished The Piano Lesson. not a perfect film, but overall I really liked it. Danielle Deadwyler commands every scene she's in, and Samuel L. Jackson's performance is muted and stoic in a way you rarely get to see from him, which I found really interesting.
positive · AI labelView post →11/24 - The Piano Lesson: I do wish I'd been able to see this in a theater because I think it would have played even better. The use of music in this movie really needed the theater to heighten it. Danielle Deadwyler and Ray Fisher were the hands-down standouts. 7/10
positive · AI labelView post →Fucking Netflix... The Piano Lesson should have been in every theater this awards season. Instead I had to dig through their bullshit algorithm for this soon-to-be overlooked gem. Watch 👏 this 👏 movie 👏!!!
positive · AI labelView post →The Saturday Night Movie at my house was the Piano Lesson, an August Wilson play beautifully directed by Malcolm Washington, starring John David Washington. Two thumbs way up..
positive · AI labelView post →John David Washington at ‘THE PIANO LESSON’ premiere at the 27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival. 📷
neutral · AI labelView post →Fences (w/Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, and Stephen McKinley Henderson, et. al.) is very well done. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (w/Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Coleman Domingo) is really good! I have not seen the film version of The Piano Lesson (w/Samuel L. Jackson, Erykah Badu, & others). 👍🏻
neutral · AI labelView post →The latest @bookversusmovie.bsky.social podcast looks at the 2024 adaptation of August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" produced for Netflix by Denzel Washington and starring John David Washington & Danielle Deadwyler. #theatre #augustwilson @shesnachomama.bsky.social brooklynfitchick.com/2025/02/book...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes a movie like HIT MAN is still able to make an impression. Other times you have movies like THE PIANO LESSON and MARIA, that get lost in the wasteland.
negative · AI labelView post →Films I watched this week: 🗓️ Sunday: The Piano Lesson ♥️⭐⭐⭐ 🗓️ Thursday: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl ♥️⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🗓️ Friday: Anora ♥️⭐⭐⭐⭐½ 🗓️ Saturday: The Elephant Man ♥️⭐⭐⭐⭐½ ✍️🎬🇧🇷 letterboxd.com/Vivitor/film...
positive · AI labelView post →My my, but The Piano Lesson is a complex and excellent film adaptation of August Wilson’s magnificent play. If you have Netflix, I highly recommend it.
positive · AI labelView post →There’s no behind the scenes of The Piano Lesson movie?!😭😭😭😭
neutral · AI labelView post →The Piano Lesson. I saw this play on Broadway earlier with almost the exact same cast and I was still blown away by the movie. It’s family and history and the pain that sometimes come with it.
positive · AI labelView post →Pandora International Film Critics Awards ACTRESS SUPPORT - nominees: Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw the TV Glow) Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson) Joan Chen (Didi) Katy O'Brian (Love Lies Bleeding) Margaret Qualley (The Substance) Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) #PIFC
neutral · AI labelView post →Hair and Makeup Department Heads Andrea Bowman, and Para Malden joined me to discuss their work on THE PIANO LESSON, and careers in Hollywood working on various film and TV projects such as 2024's #TheColorPurple, and #WomenInTheMovement. youtu.be/0KWKtlRUeKo?si… via @YouTube
neutral · AI labelView post →The Piano Lesson is a good movie.
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching The Piano Lesson
neutral · AI labelView post →Is anyone watching The Piano Lesson? I loved Gem of the Ocean (saw it on stage in Philly) but I think I want to read the play before I watch the movie. #blackbooksky
neutral · AI labelView post →Imagine if for the Academy awards, Denzel gets nominated for Gladiator, John David gets nominated for the Piano Lesson, Malcom gets nominated for director for the Piano Lesson and the movie gets nominated for Best Picture. Denzel and 3 of his children could get nominated in the same year.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched The Piano Lesson on Netflix. Great film #AddToBlackSky #BlackSky
positive · AI labelView post →Wanna watch a great movie this weekend. Watch The Piano Lesson. Amazing acting, story arch, themes, THE SCORE!!! 10s across the board, especially for a play adaptation
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching The Piano Lesson
neutral · AI labelView post →They have 2 daughters. Katia , she’s a movie producer. As a matter of fact The Piano Lesson is directed by Malcom , Katia is a producer on it , and John is the lead .
neutral · AI labelView post →The Piano Lesson by August Wilson The movie version of The Piano Lesson –– based on August Wilson’s 1987 play of the same name and part of the playwright’s iconic 10-play American Century Cycle –– is the latest Wilson film produced by Denzel Washington and Todd Black. youtu.be/cZwjt0pjt8w
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you see the movie of "The Piano Lesson"? Interesting to compare/contrast with "Sinners."
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