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Published by Film at Lincoln Center

Soraya Nadia McDonald

Eyes on the Prize

By Soraya Nadia McDonald
April 24, 2023
Leading lady: Viola Davis, Film at Lincoln Center's 48th Chaplin Awardee, distills the past and present of America in her formidable performances

A Living Nightmare

By Soraya Nadia McDonald
September 17, 2020
The horrors of slavery in America return in Antebellum, an audacious thriller that revives thorny questions of how to portray the past

New American Songbook

By Soraya Nadia McDonald
January 6, 2020
Composer Nicholas Britell nurtures storytelling melodies into being that are acutely attuned to the contemporary moment

Scare Tactics: Just Business

By Soraya Nadia McDonald
September 4, 2019
Hyped hitmaker Blumhouse steadily continues to invest in black creators

The Big Screen: The Farewell

By Soraya Nadia McDonald
July 11, 2019
Lulu Wang’s film leaves you marveling at sincerity, selflessness, and grace

Free to Be You and Me

By Soraya Nadia McDonald
May 6, 2019
In Jordan Peele's Us, the doubled characters of Adelaide and Red pose vexing questions about assimilation in America