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The Supremes At Earl's All-You-Can-Eat | Official Trailer | Hulu

The Supremes At Earl's All-You-Can-Eat follows lifelong best friends Odette (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor), Barbara Jean (Sanaa Lathan), and Clarice (Uzo Aduba) known as “The Supremes”, who share the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood from decades of weathering life’s storms. Through the joys and sorrows of life, marriage and children, happiness and blues, love and loss, new shades of heartbreak and illness threaten to stir up the past when the trio sees their bond put to the test as they face their most challenging times yet.

Based on the 2013 New York Times best-selling novel by Edward Kelsey Moore. Film streaming only on Hulu August 23.

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The Supremes At Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024)

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It was a real treat to speak with Tina Mabry, whose career I’ve followed since Mississippi Damned and meet Edward who is so thoughtful and kind.

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The Supremes at Earl's All You Can Eat Throwback to Friendship & Community

Friendship and community Black people is everything and Tina Mabry sure knows how to capture it in all its glory. https://wp.me/p2v8yf-6A0 #thesupremesatearlsallyoucaneat #hulu

There are people you meet for a reason, a season and a lifetime.  All life flows it becomes very simple to figure out who your squad or tribe of women are. Having a tribe of women  you can call a friend is special, but having a tribe for a lifetime is truly a gift. Adapted from Edward Kelsey Moore’s novel of the same name, audiences are privileged to follow the lives of Clarice (Uzo Aduba),…

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The Supremes at Earls All You Can Eat: A Good Buffet of Black Period Drama Cliches

Searchlight Pictures MOVIE INFO: THE SUPREMES AT EARL’S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT follows a trio of best friends (Uzo Aduba, Aunjanue Ellis, Sanaa Lathan) known as “The Supremes” who, for decades, has weathered life’s storms together through marriage and children, happiness and blues. Now, as heartbreak and illness stir up the past and threaten to destroy their friendship, Odette, Barbara Jean and…

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Stop Making Sense (1984)

I actually started this piece before the announcement, but since the cat’s well and truly out of the bag RE the upcoming A24 4K re-release of the film, there’s never been a better time to share. This drawing started out as a fun, pressure free side project, and eventually spawned an entire side foray you’ll see in the next posts!

I love the textures achieved here with the mixed medium- cardboard really lent itself to the otherworldly structure of the big suit, and the neon pencils provide great contrast to the industrial watercolour.

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Stop Making Sense

directed by Jonathan Demme, 1984

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Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense

incl. booklet

EMI 1C 064-24 0243 1

Released: 1984

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Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (Live in LA, 1983)

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it's like okay. so psycho killer is the opener and it's perfect. it's a perfect song. david byrne stumbles around like a bird trying to invent a mating dance on the fly or like a puppet who is being moved around by the drum machine (a slightly amateur puppeteer). then tina weymouth comes out and they do heaven and lynn mabry isn't on stage yet but her harmonies sound like a real actual angel. heaven is a place where nothing ever happens. then you settle in for two more amazing songs (thank you for sending me an angel and found a job) and while you're listening more people are coming on stage and also they're building the stage like it's the fuckin barricade from les miserables. then they do slippery people and you're like holy shit that was so good there's no way they can top that. but everyone is on stage now and they've fit all the pieces together and they do BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND. I WANT TO EXPLODE.

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Stop Making Sense

“In retrospect, I can see that I couldn’t talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching about. Ha! Like, that sure made sense!” 

- David Byrne

 Re-released in theaters in September 2023, Stop Making Sense hit another re-release in January. Why do we care about this concert so much, especially 40 years after the live performance? The Talking Heads have a special way of interpreting the world into music, a way that helps life make a little more sense. “Normal” human interaction is difficult for so many, and the Talking Heads express said struggle. They take the simplicities of life and appreciate them, forcing the viewer to notice the innate beauty in our world, but more importantly in the people who inhabit it. 

In Stop Making Sense, the stage is gradually assembled. The film begins with front-man David Byrne performing “Psycho Killer” with nothing but an acoustic guitar and drum machine, from then, bassist Tina Weymouth enters the stage for “Heaven.” As more band members join Byrne and Weymouth on-stage, each of their personalities manifest. Byrne is the erratic artist. Weymouth is the embodiment of self-expression. Jerry Harrison is the ‘stoic’ one, a stark contrast to Chris Frantz, who is the ‘comedian’ of the group. Once the entire band is on stage, guest performers join them, Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, Steve Scales, Alex Weir, and Bernie Worell (founding member of Parliament Funkadelic!). Though not core members of the band, these musicians are the essence of the film.

The eccentricities of each performer are an essential piece of the film, but beyond the screen, the audience is equally as important. Often I’ve seen Stop Making Sense alone. January, I saw it in an audience of hundreds. The energy of the room was like a buzz, a moment in time where you could be fully present and fully happy. The audience cheered along with the film at the end of every number, almost like the Talking Heads were performing in front of us, like we were placed among the 1984 audience. 

It is unfair to compare any band to the Talking Heads in terms of genre or quality. They are entirely unique, though lumped in with the New Wave movement of the late 70s and early 80s. New Wave music has its origins in the French film movement, the Nouveau Vague. In “Psycho Killer,” Byrne stumbles around to a sharp drum beat, reminiscent of the finale of Breathless (a film by Nouveau Vague icon Jean-Luc Godard). Later in “Making Flippy Floppy” cards with seemingly meaningless words are projected behind the performers, again similar to various title cards from Godard films. Is this intentional? I couldn’t say, but Godard is also known for his raw, realistic representation of humanity. While Godard often focuses on the negative (but true) aspects of life, the Talking Heads and Byrne, in particular, highlight the joy  in it. 

Though it may seem dramatic to say, to me, seeing Stop Making Sense is a life-changing  experience. It is a preserved moment of musical and human history, it is unchanging but has its unique impact with every viewing. But most of all I’d like to thank the universe for whatever series of events were responsible for putting David Byrne in THAT suit. 

♡ Parks

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Happy 40th Birthday to Tessa Thompson.

Born October 3, 1983, She is an actress, producer, singer, and songwriter. Her breakthrough came with leading roles in Tina Mabry's independent drama film Mississippi Damned (2009) and Tyler Perry's drama film For Colored Girls (2010).

Thompson gained critical acclaim for her performances in the comedy-drama Dear White People (2014), as civil rights activist Diane Nash in the historical drama Selma (2014), and as Bianca Taylor in the sport drama films Creed (2015) and Creed II (2018).

She gained mainstream recognition for her starring role as Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

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new-to-me #635 - The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat

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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The American Black Actress🖤 Of Today's Biggest Blockbuster Movies Of  Today's Cinema 🎥

She was born on October 3, 1983, in Los Angeles, California and raised between Los Angeles and Brooklyn, New York. Her father, singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson, is Afro-Panamanian and the founder of the musical collective Chocolate Genius, Inc. Her mother is half Mexican and half white. Her younger paternal half-sister, Zsela, is a singer and songwriter.

Thompson attended Santa Monica High School where she played Hermia in a student production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and attended Santa Monica College (SMC) where she studied cultural anthropology. While at SMC, she attended lectures by Lisa Wolpe of the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company (LAWSC).

She is an American actress. She began her professional acting career with the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company while studying at Santa Monica College, appearing in productions of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet. Her breakthrough came with leading roles in Tina Mabry's independent drama film Mississippi Damned (2009) and Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls (2010).

Thompson gained favorable notices for roles in the comedy-drama Dear White People (2014), and as civil rights activist Diane Nash in Ava DuVernay's historical drama Selma (2014). She gained mainstream attention for her roles in franchise films, playing Bianca Taylor in the sports dramas Creed (2015), Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023), and as Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as her leading role in Men in Black: International (2019). She received acclaim for her roles in the independent films Sorry to Bother You (2018), Annihilation (2018), Sylvie's Love (2020), and Passing (2021), the latter of which earned her a nomination for a British Academy Film Award.

On television, she starred in the noir drama series Veronica Mars (2005–2006), the drama series Copper (2012–2013), and the science fiction series Westworld (2016–2022).

PLEASE WISH THIS ASTOUNDING & RADIANT BLACK ACTRESS🖤 OF THE BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER FILMS TODAY'S CINEMA 🎥 A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

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HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MS. THOMPSON & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME #TessaThompson

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STOP MAKING SENSE (1983)

Featuring David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, Alex Weir and Bernie Worrell.

Directed by Jonathan Demme.

Distributed by A24. 88 minutes. Rated PG.

“And you may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’”

How did the world get so lucky to see Stop Making Sense, the Talking Heads film that is arguably the best concert movie of all time – at the very least, it’s in the top handful – anew on an IMAX screen with spectacular remastered sound? Particularly after decades of having to watch it on small TVs or computers or pads or (shudder) cell phones?

Brought back into theaters in honor of the 40th anniversary of the film, seeing Stop Making Sense on the big screen again after so long is (once again) a revelation. We see the majesty of the vision of Talking Heads and director Jonathan Demme in which they make what can be the most static and dull of film genres – the concert film – suddenly come alive with magic and whimsy.

It doesn’t hurt that the music is jamming (this was from the tour for the band’s biggest hit album Speaking in Tongues), the playing is oh so tight, and the choreography is off the hook.

This is one of those rare concert films that not only makes you wish that you were there for the show – but it makes you feel like you were there.

And considering that this was from the last extended tour by Talking Heads – they released three albums over the next five years after this, but never again toured before sort of unofficially ceasing to be in 1989, (they never really officially broke up, but never got back together other than a few occasional one-offs over the decades) – this is about as good as it is going to get for people who want to watch this pioneering band live.

Which is good because Stop Making Sense is sort of a deconstruction of a traditional concert. The four band members come on one at a time, with each of the first four songs. The roadies and lighting and sound techs are still onstage building the sets as these early songs are being performed. This puncturing of the fourth wall is undeniably fascinating, not only enjoying the performances but seeing the magic behind the curtain.

Lead singer David Byrne starts things off with an unhinged acoustic guitar and boombox performance of their earliest single, “Psycho Killer.” Then bassist Tina Weymouth joins Byrne onstage for a gorgeous take on “Heaven.” Chris Frantz comes up with them for the third song, “Thank You For Sending Me an Angel.” Jerry Harrison comes up for song number four, “Found a Job.”

By the time the group hits the wildly soulful “Slippery People” and the band’s biggest hit “Burning Down the House,” all of the other live performers – including the legendary funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell and some shockingly good backing singers, are filling the stage, mixing wild choreography with some spectacular singing and playing.

And of course, you can’t forget David Byrne’s big suit.

The music and wild dancing slay, including the quirky jogging in place movements of “Life During Wartime” (Byrne actually eventually jogs around the stage multiple times) and the deep South blues of “Swamp.” There is the sweet romantic optimism of “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Medley)” and the neo-evangelical favorite “Once in a Lifetime” and even a throbbing version of Frantz and Weymouth’s side project Tom Tom Club’s hit single “Genius of Love.”

By the time the show climaxes with the spectacularly soulful “Girlfriend is Better” (the song that lends this film its title, the group’s quirky rethink of Al Green’s gospel favorite “Take Me To the River” and a wild “Crosseyed and Painless,” the band and the audience are in a sweaty fervor.

Sorry for the superlatives but Stop Making Sense is pretty much perfect.

Jay S. Jacobs

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STOP MAKING SENSE

Stop Making Sense is a Talking Heads concert film directed by Jonathan Demme (you may know his some of his other work, including 3x Oscar winner Silence of the Lambs) featuring the debut of the Big Suit as a soon to be cultural institution spoofed and styled for decades to come. I love Talking Heads and their particular brand of New Wave absurdism is very much up my alley and a great source of inspiration.

These illustrations are available for purchase, either on merch at redbubble (link also in bio) or by DMing me for a digital copy! I have found some of the official merch to be lacking the creativity of the show it promotes, so the goals with this one were to make something as fun, loud, and loose as the music!