Hey does anyone have all of her songs in flac?
I tried asking this question a week or so ago in a different subreddit but didn’t get an answer. I’m positive I heard Billie covering Holiday on a radio station around late 2020. Someone else was also featured on the song.
Does anyone know what song this is?
Today's film is The United States Vs Billie Holiday.
r/OscarsDeathRace are hosting a viewing marathon for the 41 nominated feature films for the 2021 93rd Academy Award Ceremony. This marathon aims to promote a discussion of each film and give subscribers a chance to weigh in on what they've seen, what they liked, and who they think will win.
>For a full list of this year's nominations have a look here and for their availability check out the megathread. If you're not already a member, join the Discord to find out more.
If you'd like to track how many of the nominations you've watched and your progress through this year's Oscars Deathrace, take a look at our tracker with optional community progress tracking.
>Yesterday's film was Judas and the Black Messiah. Tomorrow's film will be Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.
>
>See the full schedule on the 41 Days of Film thread.
Today's film is The United States Vs Billie Holiday.
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund
Trailer: Official Trailer
Where to watch: JustWatch / Reelgood / Megathread
Metacritic: 52
Rotten Tomatoes: 54
Nomination Categories: Best Actress in a Leading Role
I swear I heard this on the radio multiple months back but I haven’t been able to find it. Does this exist?
14/10/2020 - 14/05/2021 (Watched 19/04/2021):
(from Letterboxd)
A tedious and frankly frustrating biopic grounded almost solely from an exceptional lead performance by Audra Day. The film seems actively confused about what it wants to be and what story it seeks to tell, and the resulting product is incredibly unfocused and outright emotionally inert. Flatly developed characters and a plot that fails to truly unravel the titular lead -- arguably, the OTHER eponymous lead ("The United States...") is barely a sufficient focus, either. Some of the music scenes are empowering but past that it goes down with a whimper instead of an explosive bang.
One Great Thing: Audra Day's performance during the music sequences is electric and she grounds the film all throughout; her sheer command and screen presence during the most empowering moments showing a raw, underutilised starpower.
2/5
Heath Ledger dominated the last poll I did and with the two two-time winning characters being out of the I think next should be the most recent character that’s joined these ranks, Billie Holiday. This is also the first actual person I’ve done in these so that adds to it being an interesting matchup.
I think it’s interesting how similar these performances were seen at the time of their nominations. Both were movies that hadn’t been too well received and called cliche but both performances were viewed as standouts and highly regarded.
#Poll
If you've seen the film, please rate it at this poll
If you haven't seen the film but would like to see the result of the poll click here
#Rankings
Click here to see the rankings of 2021 films
Click here to see the rankings for every poll done
Summary:
Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.
Director:
Lee Daniels
Writers:
Suzan-Lori Parks (screenplay by), Johann Hari (based on the book "Chasing the Scream" by)
Cast:
- Andra Day as Billie Holiday
- Leslie Jordan as Reginald Lord Divine
- Miss Lawrence as Miss Freddy
- Natasha Lyonne as Tallulah Bankhead
- Trevante Rhodes as Jimmy Fletcher
- Dusan Dukic ass Joe Glaser
- Erik LaRay Harvey as James Monroe
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Roslyn
-- Rotten Tomatoes: 54%
Metacritic: 54
VOD: Hulu
