This film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play falters in some specifics, but is still vital viewing. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The August Wilson play "The Piano Lesson" gets adapted to the screen for Netflix by Malcolm Washington (son of Denzel), who makes his directorial debut. The play, which was also ...

Contains spoilers for 'The Piano Lesson' Our history is deeply rooted in the dark eras when humanity was not at its finest, and Netflix's 'The Piano Lesson' serves as a reminder of those horrors. The ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image released by Netflix shows Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from “The Piano Lesson.” (Netflix via ...

It’s a shame, because when Washington does flex his budding directorial muscles, The Piano Lesson finds its melody. This drama works best when it’s not taking its cues directly from its source ...

SEE ALSO: August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson' film adaptation gets powerful trailer This does, at times, lead to a literalization of the show's looming metaphors (the play has fantastical elements ...

Premiering at the Telluride & Toronto International Film Festivals in hopes of a long awards run, The Piano Lesson is the latest film adaptation of the work of playwright August Wilson, who won the ...

The Piano Lesson (2024) Film Review, a movie directed by Malcolm Washington, written by Virgil Williams, August Wilson and Malcolm Washington and starring John David Washington, Danielle ...

Based on the August Wilson play about the complex weight of Black lineage, Malcolm Washington's feature-length directorial debut, The Piano Lesson, fittingly breaks a family curse. It's the third ...

Denzel Washington's August Wilson project — the Oscar winner plans to bring all 10 of Wilson's plays to the screen — continues with "The Piano Lesson," a mixed bag of an adaptation of Wilson's ...

The piano in “The Piano Lesson” is a thing of pride and sorrow. It’s a family heirloom, a work of art, and a symbol of black achievement, but it’s also a document of families enslaved and ...

The musical instrument sitting over in the corner, idle but not gathering dust, at the center of August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning play The Piano Lesson is more than just a piano. It’s a family ...