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By Moviemitch96 (552) on 09 Jul 2021

Here's a peculiar little indie that was adapted from and based off a nearly 150-Tweet-long Twitter thread that went viral back in the Fall…

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By Sarah-Tai Black (68) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 08 Jul 2021

Bravo’s style echoes King’s own: It is fun and whimsical, formally playful, sometimes bordering on the fantastic but always grounded in…

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By Constance Grady (10) for Vox (725) on 08 Jul 2021

Paige’s steeliness gives this movie its heart, and the deadpan terseness of her narration (“they started fucking, it was gross”) gives…

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By Marvfoley (1) on 08 Jul 2021

Well-acted, creatively filmed, with a great use of music…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 07 Jul 2021

A dizzying story told at a dizzying pace, Zola might register for some as a transgressive lark (it certainly has comic touches, including a…

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By K. Austin Collins (343) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 06 Jul 2021

Bravo, abetted by a cast that couldn’t be more game, turns a classic case of “These white people will be the death of me” — a familiar…

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By Tvjerry (1,783) on 06 Jul 2021

In 2015, A’Ziah “Zola” Wells wrote 148 tweets that chronicled the story of her bizarre trip to Tampa…

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By Stream2Bigscree (201) on 05 Jul 2021

Typically, movies are adapted from novels, plays and even news articles, but can a Twitter thread really be developed into a compelling film…

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By Davemelbourne58 (109) on 04 Jul 2021

Zola tells an interesting cautionary tale between 2 young ladies trying to get by…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 01 Jul 2021

Zola’s authorship and Bravo’s respect for her storytelling make Zola a wholly original experience…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 01 Jul 2021

This is the kind of film that tells its story well while simultaneously showing the joy of the creative act, in Bravo's filmmaking, yes, but…

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By Zmgalen2000 (53) on 01 Jul 2021

Zola is one of those movies whose technical execution is absolutely brilliant…

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By Kim Hughes (164) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 30 Jun 2021

There is a bristling, neon energy to Zola which, given its provenance as a series of real-life tweets from waitress and exotic dancer (and…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 30 Jun 2021

Despite its unconventional source material, it turns out to be surprisingly well-crafted, elevated by breathtaking central performances and…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 30 Jun 2021

Janicza Bravo prioritizes character and personal eccentricity, in the process truly earning the screenplay’s cutting observations about how…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 30 Jun 2021

The film is about the power of storytelling, and not in the cornball, self-congratulatory sense in which that phrase is normally deployed…

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By Selome Hailu (10) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Jun 2021

Presumably the first ever feature film adapted from a Twitter thread, Zola makes use of the graphics and sound effects of the internet, as…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 30 Jun 2021

A hilariously dark and dirty road comedy built on a stripper’s “my hand to God this happened” tweets…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for The Associated Press (882) on 30 Jun 2021

Taylour Paige is phenomenal, for one. The movie, though, is a bold and admirable experiment that doesn’t totally work…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 30 Jun 2021

There is plenty of drama, and some hard feelings . . . but not a lot of intrigue or honest emotion…

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