It's the third movie to be adapted from August Wilson's 10-play series. If good intentions were all, this screen version of "The Piano Lesson" would earn high marks. But wishing doesn't make it so.

LENOX — Set in Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1936, August Wilson’s "The Piano Lesson” is the fourth play in his 10-play American Century Cycle — one play for each decade — tracking the migration of ...

A multifaceted examination of grief, the pursuit of self-determination and generational wealth, LaTanya Richardson Jackson's Broadway reimagining has brought a new understanding and depth to the late ...

The Piano Lesson, based on August Wilson’s renowned play of the same name, is one of the most highly anticipated movies of the fall season. With a great cast and poignant story, the movie is already ...

The show stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Brooks. Thirty-two years after its original Broadway run, August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" is back with a buzzy revival. LaTanya ...

The vibes were electric from a full theater at the Telluride Film Festival in anticipation of Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, “The Piano Lesson.” After Washington humbly thanked everyone for ...

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This review was originally published on September 13, 2024 out of the Toronto International Film Festival. We are recirculating it now timed to The Piano Lesson’s theatrical release. Wilson’s play ...

Full of standout sequences, Washington’s uneven August Wilson adaptation introduces a new directorial talent and Oscar contender. “The Piano Lesson” opens in 1911 Mississippi, as Fourth of July ...

Carolyn Jenkins is a voracious consumer of film and television. She graduated from Long Island University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Producing where she learned the art of character, plot, and ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

Storied actor Denzel Washington has taken on the project of adapting August Wilson’s cycle of 10 plays that portray slices of Black life in each decade of the 1900s. But it is Washington’s kids — John ...