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Cassie da Costa

Former Entertainment Writer

@tooearnest

Would You Survive Her Gaslighting Mother-in-Law from Hell?

JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD

Rising star Tamara Lawrance captivates in a dark new thriller, in which invasive in-laws and the white (medical) patriarchy put a reluctant mother-to-be at risk.

Cassie da Costa

Published Oct. 31, 2020 

Memo to the Avengers: No One Is ‘Bullying’ Chris Pratt

opinion
#BRAVE

None of the Marvel actors who defended Pratt spoke up for Tessa Thompson or Brie Larson, who endured racist and misogynist—respectively, and for Thompson, both—attacks from fans.

Cassie da Costa

Published Oct. 22, 2020 

He Got 60 Years Behind Bars. She’s Fighting for His Life.

RACE AGAINST TIME

Filmmaker Garrett Bradley talks to Cassie da Costa about “Time,” a powerful new doc chronicling Fox Richardson’s fight to free her husband from Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Cassie da Costa

Published Oct. 16, 2020 

Ice Cube’s Foolish Collaboration With the Trump Campaign

opinion
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE

The rapper and actor, who has a long history of anti-Semitism, worked with the Trump team on their “Platinum Plan,” a last-ditch effort to curry favor with Black Americans.

Cassie da Costa

Published Oct. 14, 2020 

The Film About Socialism the GOP Doesn’t Want You to See

CUTTING THROUGH THE BS

Yael Bridge’s “The Big Scary ‘S’ Word” examines the history of socialism and why so many Americans have been conditioned to reject a philosophy that’s in their best interests.

Cassie da Costa

Published Oct. 09, 2020 

Inside the Top-Secret Film Exposing Trump’s COVID Cover-Up

BEHIND THE SCENES

The filmmakers of “Totally Under Control” open up about their eye-opening documentary that was shot in secret over the past five months, Trump contracting COVID, and much more.

Cassie da Costa

Published Oct. 08, 2020 

Why Is Ava DuVernay Targeting Black Women? 

opinion
POWER PLAY

The acclaimed filmmaker, producer, and activist went after a Vogue staffer on Twitter and tagged her employer—echoing a curious episode involving the documentary “On the Record.”

Cassie da Costa

Published Oct. 07, 2020 

Steve McQueen and John Boyega Try to Take on Racist Policing

BEHIND ENEMY LINES

The final chapter in the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s “Small Axe” anthology centers on a Black cop exposing police racism in 1980s England. It misses the mark, writes Cassie da Costa.

Cassie da Costa

Published Oct. 04, 2020 

Hollywood’s Rich and Famous Want You to Calm Down

A-LIST LULLABY

The HBO Max series “A World of Calm” boasts celebs like Keanu Reeves, Kate Winslet, and Mahershala Ali attempting to lull you to sleep over nature imagery. It won’t do the trick.

Cassie da Costa

Published Oct. 01, 2020 

Exposing Trump’s Ugly Fearmongering Over the Migrant Caravan

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

The new documentary “Blood on the Wall” examines the human face and root causes of Central American migrants’ yearning for a better life in America.

Cassie da Costa

Published Sep. 30, 2020 
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