Kathleen Newman Bremang

1 week ago | refinery29.com | Kathleen Newman Bremang

Major spoilers ahead. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners isn’t an easy watch. That is, it will have you sitting up straight, shifting towards the front of your seat, squirming in terror, and holding your breath. It’s unflinching, enthralling and entertaining, a wild ride that never lets up and pushes you to think, to imagine, to feel. The first hour unfurls like the climb of a rollercoaster, inching you towards an exhilarating descent into madness.

1 week ago | refinery29.com | Kathleen Newman Bremang

Even though return-to-office mandates are on the rise, we know that flexible working isn’t going anywhere. And we know that Black women especially have benefitted from the switch to remote office life and are the most reluctant to head back to in-person work (back to expensive commutes and fielding microaggressions from Karen while huddled around the coffee machine? No, thank you).

1 month ago | refinery29.com | Kathleen Newman Bremang

Story from UnbotheredADVERTISEMENTWelcome to “What’s Good,” a column where we break down what’s soothing, distracting, or just plain good in the streaming world with a “rooting for everybody Black” energy. This edition is all about Paradise starring Sterling K. Brown, streaming on Hulu now. Spoilers ahead. What’s Good? Paradise is so good, it got renewed for a second season halfway into its first. Paradise is so good, the first episode amassed seven million views in just nine days.

1 month ago | refinery29.com | Kathleen Newman Bremang

Hollywood likes predictability. It always has. A happy ending, a tried-and-true trope, a reliably bankable box-office star. That reliance on familiarity has often come with a reticence to change, resulting in the same faces, recycled stories, and an inevitable reliance on existing intellectual property (IP).

1 month ago | refinery29.com | Kathleen Newman Bremang

Naomi Ackie gets to be weird in Mickey 17. Onscreen, that’s rare for a Black woman. And Ackie knows that the ability to star in a sci-fi blockbuster, directed by acclaimed auteur Bong Joon Ho (Parasite), opposite Robert Pattinson, as an “unhinged in the best of ways” character is an opportunity that, while deserved, doesn’t come often in Hollywood – especially for actors who look like her.