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DUSTER – Review by Lynn Venhaus

May 29, 2025June 2, 2025 Lynn Venhaus Asivak Koostachin, Duster, hbo max, J.J. Abrams, Josh Holloway, LaToya Morgan, Rachel Hilson, series, Warner Brothers Television

This snappy original eight episode ‘70s throwback crime drama series from Warner Brothers Television has a playful Smokey and the Bandit and Starsky and Hutch vibe, not to mention sitcom-y character quirks, which add to its madcap charm. Yet, it is serious about the crimes being investigated and there’s an abundance of grit and gruesome, although this is far from a standard procedural. It’s testosterone-heavy, but has a female beacon of light that shines bright. Rachel Hilson is sensational as FBI agent Nina Hayes, a smart young Black woman in a (mostly) white man’s criminal underworld, more specifically the 1972 labor force that featured many uncool fashions, porn mustaches and provincial sexist thinking. You’ve come a long way, baby, is right.

Reviews

RED SNOW – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

May 28, 2020May 29, 2020 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments Asivak Koostachin, canadian films., marie clements, red snow

By reducing that almost-always privileged figure of the white man to a barely glimpsed footnote in the story centered on Gwichʼin and Afghan characters, Métis filmmaker Marie Clements’ Red Snow is a reminder that there are new, important ways to approach genres where we might assume we’ve seen it all before.

Interviews

Filmmaker Marie Clements on RED SNOW – Marina Antunes interviews

May 17, 2020May 29, 2020 Marina Antunes 0 Comments Asivak Koostachin, canadian films., female filmmakers, marie clements, red snow

Canadian artist Marie Clements’ career spans decades and includes acting, writing and directing in theatre, television and film. As a writer and filmmaker for screen media, she has worked in both scripted and unscripted entertainment and has developed the skills to tell nearly any story.