American Fiction

R / 117min

Showings

Lark Theater Fri, Feb 23, 2024 8:30 PM
Lark Theater Sat, Feb 24, 2024 7:45 PM
Lark Theater Sun, Feb 25, 2024 5:30 PM
Lark Theater Mon, Feb 26, 2024 9:00 AM
Lark Theater Mon, Feb 26, 2024 7:00 PM
Lark Theater Tue, Feb 27, 2024 12:10 PM
Lark Theater Wed, Feb 28, 2024 4:20 PM
Lark Theater Thu, Feb 29, 2024 9:30 AM
Lark Theater Fri, Mar 1, 2024 6:45 PM
Lark Theater Sun, Mar 3, 2024 9:00 PM
Lark Theater Mon, Mar 4, 2024 10:40 AM
Lark Theater Wed, Mar 6, 2024 4:10 PM
Lark Theater Thu, Mar 7, 2024 9:00 AM
Lark Theater Tue, Mar 12, 2024 12:45 PM
Lark Theater Wed, Mar 13, 2024 3:30 PM
Film Info
Event Type:Movie
Release Year:2023
Rating:R
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Cord Jefferson
Cast:Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz
Screenwriter:Cord Jefferson, Percival Everett
Music By:Laura Karpman

Description


 


 

AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture's obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish "Black" book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.                


The story works on two levels, first as a prickly critique of the pressures facing Black creatives. But equally satisfying is its depiction of the abrasive, complicated dynamics in a high-achieving family. - Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)

It’s by turns laugh-out-loud funny and quietly poignant while grounded by a deeply sympathetic turn, possibly his best yet, from Jeffrey Wright. - Kevin Maher, Times (UK)