Melina Matsoukas

Cineplex and Criterion Lift Fees for Films About Black Lives

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2020

Cineplex Movies and the Criterion Channel have announced plans to lift the streaming fees on collections of films by Black filmmakers and a...

​The Oscar Nominees for Best Director Are All Male Again and Twitter Isn't Having It

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2020

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and in a sadly predictable turn of events, the Best Director category featured five male...

'Queen & Slim' Director Melina Matsoukas Explains Why Her Message Is Clear and Direct

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2019

Melina Matsoukas's feature directorial debut, Queen & Slim, is not a brave film.   To call something brave is to deify it, to ignore the co...

'Queen & Slim' Is a Revealing Morality Tale that Thrives in Small Moments

Directed by Melina Matsoukas

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2019

There is a scene in Melina Matsoukas's Queen & Slim that depicts Jodie Turner-Smith's Queen having her braids removed — so as to change her...

Hear Lauryn Hill's New 'Queen & Slim' Song "Guarding the Gates"

PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2019

At long last, Lauryn Hill is hitting us with some new material. It's a song called "Guarding the Gates," and it appears on the newly releas...

Lauryn Hill, Vince Staples, Megan Thee Stallion Contribute New Songs to 'Queen & Slim' Soundtrack

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2019

The highly anticipated Melina Matsoukas-directed film Queen & Slim is due to hit theatres next month. But while we wait for its release, ne...

​Blood Orange Scores Melina Matsoukas and Lena Waithe's Film 'Queen & Slim'

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2019

Blood Orange mastermind Dev Hynes will be composing the score for Melina Matsoukas and Lena Waithe's new film Queen & Slim.   The film is d...