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UNBELIEVABLE: Joseph bologne - Caught on Camera

Top Films: w/c Saturday, January 31

Top films to watch week beginning Saturday, January 31

The Independent UK

Rock on, Shostakovich, Handel, Ravel: lives of great composers hit the screens

Torment, rebellion and tragedy are major themes as a rash of new biopics highlight the achievements and challenges of the musically gifted

The Guardian - UK

Overseas France takes centre stage at all-night festival of art and culture

Every year, Paris and its suburbs pull an all-nighter of culture on Nuit Blanche – literally “white night” – when the city hosts a cocktail of art, performance and discovery. This year’s edition, taking place on Saturday, celebrates the melting pot of cultures in French overseas territories from the Caribbean…

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I searched high and low for a classical musician who looked like me. The man I found has changed my life

The 300-year-old music of Joseph Bologne opened the door to magic and connection, and took me to Guadeloupe this year, says academic Olivette Otele

The Guardian - UK

‘Chevalier’ movie review: A charming Kelvin Harrison Jr. leads a wavering story on Chevalier de Saint-Georges

A review of Chevalier (2023), a historical fiction drama based on the life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George

The Hindu

How To Watch Chevalier Online And Stream Where You Are

If you missed Kelvin Harrison Jr.'s stunning portrayal of Joseph Bologne in theaters, nows your golden opportunity to watch Chevalier online.

Cinemablend

What to stream: This week offers fresh bounty of movies, TV shows, comedy specials

This week brings a wealth of varied new movies, comedy specials and series to streaming services, so here’s a list of highlights and what to watch every day this week, based on the new releases.

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7 top new movies to watch this week on Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus and more (June 12-18)

This week's new movies include Extraction 2 and a Stan Lee documentary, while Hulu and Peacock also get new films.

Tom’s Guide

‘Why is Bridgerton’s race twisting acceptable?’ The real problem with the show’s Black fantasy

Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte and its imitators have been praised for bringing diversity to the very white world of historical drama. But could these Black fantasies actually be dangerous?

The Guardian - UK

Chevalier review – entertainingly soapy portrait of a Black 18th-century maestro

Kelvin Harrison Jr commands the screen in Stephen Williams’s brashly anachronistic drama about the French composer, violin virtuoso and champion fencer Joseph Bologne

The Guardian - UK

Kelvin Harrison Jr. signed up to Lion King prequel to play Scar, not sing kids' songs

EXCLUSIVE: Kelvin Harrison Jr. tells us about his recent musical roles, and signing on for The Lion King prequel

Total Film

From SZA to The Full Monty: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s pop superstars or Sheffield strippers, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

Chevalier’s Lucy Boynton: ‘women’s stories do not only fuel male narratives’

The actor tells Elizabeth Aubrey about playing flawed women and why her new period biopic Chevalier feels alarmingly current

Evening Standard

Chevalier’s Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Lucy Boynton talk bringing rockstar energy to a classical period drama

EXCLUSIVE: Stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Lucy Boynton tell us all about giving a little-known story the big screen treatment in Chevalier

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Evening Standard

Chevalier movie review: the erasure from history of this Caribbean-born maestro should make us all livid

As a portrait of a thrillingly toxic friendship, Chevalier hits all the right notes

The Guardian - UK

Chevalier review – neglected 18th-century Black virtuoso finally gets his due

Kelvin Harrison Jr plays the Caribbean-born maestro, once declared ‘the most accomplished man in Europe’, who takes on Mozart in a duel-by-violin

Evening Standard

The cine files: everything you need to see at the cinema in June

From the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga to Scarlett Johansson and dozens of A-listers in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, we round up the 11 best films to see in June

Salon

Lucy Boynton rethinks Marie Antoinette

The "Bohemian Rhapsody" actor discusses "Chevalier," questioning history books and the power of gothic horror

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Cinemablend

How Mariah Carey And Prince Helped Inform Kelvin Harrison Jr.’s Performance As A Classical Composer In Chevalier

Chevalier star Kelvin Harrison Jr. shares what was on his playlist while making the biopic.

Tribune News Service

'Chevalier' review: A stirring tribute to a virtuoso nearly erased by history

"Chevalier" begins with a showdown sequence so irresistible it really doesn't matter if it ever actually happened. In a jewel-box Paris theater sometime in the second half of the 18th century, a young violinist (Joseph Prowen) leads an orchestra, practically dancing in his glee at performing. "My name is Wolfgang…

Chicago Sun-Times

Beautiful ‘Chevalier’ fills in the gaps, fictionally, about fascinating Black composer

Film is a worthwhile bio of the scholar, fencer and virtuoso violinist with effective acting, tension and sumptuous production.

Cinemablend

Chevalier: 5 Reasons Why I Highly Recommend The Biopic About The Forgotten Classical Composer

The amazing life of French-Caribbean musician Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is worth a watch.

Tribune News Service

Movie review: 'Chevalier' fails to convey scope of composer's fascinating life

It’s a striking image — a young Black man, dressed in 18th-century French fashion, in a waistcoat and silk breeches, his hair braided in cornrows, holding a violin, the bow slung over his shoulder, the title “Chevalier” emblazoned below his feet. This movie poster almost looks like a Kehinde Wiley…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Review: In ‘Chevalier,’ an Erased Figure Gets a Lush Biopic

Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was an extraordinarily accomplished man in Marie Antoinette’s France. He was a scholar, a fencer, a virtuoso violinist and a famous and sought-after composer who wrote string quartets, symphonies and operas. His influence was vast, but he was all but erased from history books…

WhatToWatch

Chevalier review: Kelvin Harrison Jr. demands your attention in historical drama

Kelvin Harrison Jr. stars in Chevalier, a historical drama about the gifted Black French composer that lived during the French Revolution.

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