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‘We Grown Now’ review: Coming of age in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green projects, in a movie of true...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoCan we really trust tears as a sign of a film’s quality? A century of so many shameless, relentless...
Jurnee Smollett pays homage to motherhood in 'We Grown Now'
Rolling Out· 3 days agoVeteran Emmy-nominated actress Jurnee Smollett, an NAACP Image Award winner, plays a mother named Dolores in her new film We Grown Now, which she also helped ...
‘We Grown Now’ Review: Coming of Age in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green
The Wall Street Journal· 1 day agoBut the heartfelt performances, especially by Blake, Ms. Smollett and Ms. Merkerson, give the film a...
Here's what's happening this weekend in Chicago
Axios· 1 day agoThis weekend in Chicago, see a new film about Cabrini-Green, taste rum from local vendors in Logan Square or have a party while playing bingo. Zoom in:...
Movie Review: A lyrical portrait of childhood in Cabrini-Green with ‘We Grown Now’
The Delta Optimist· 2 days agoTwo 11-year-old boys navigate school, friendship, family and change in Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama...
‘We Grown Now’ Review: Minhal Baig Lovingly Tells a Lyrical Friendship Tale Set in 1990s Chicago
Variety· 1 day agoWriter-director Minhal Baig knows how to observe youthful rhythms delicately. As she demonstrated...
'We Grown Now' imbues hope in a coming-of-age story in a Chicago housing project
NPR· 1 day ago(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "WE GROWN NOW") JURNEE SMOLLETT: (As Dolores) I'm over here worried sick. BLAKE: (As Malik) Nothing...Now" continues to find moments ...
Lil Rel on Similarities in Coming of Age Story 'We Grown Now' | WATCH | EURweb
EURweb· 1 day agoThe film also stars Jurnee Smollett and Milton “Lil Rel” Howery as Jason, Eric’s father. As a...
Review: In the well-researched 'We Grown Now,' a family hangs tough in Chicago's projects
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoA close-knit Chicago family of meager means and hesitant dreams grapples with their sense of home in...
‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Bigfoots 800+ Screens In Week 2 Expansion: “It’s A Wildcard” – Specialty Preview
Deadline via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoNathan Zellner and David Zellner’s Sasquatch Sunset is stomping into circa 850 theaters this weekend...