Former Olympic volleyball player turned director Savanah Leaf helms this tender feature about a pregnant mother trying to regain custody of her kids. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic Savanah ...

Two of Yes singer Jon Anderson’s solo albums are set to be reissued.The artist’s label will rerelease Anderson’s 1997 album ...

The summer movie season might be best known for its big-budget blockbusters and franchise sequels, but there’s a notable benefit for indie film lovers as well: the films that premiered at Sundance ...

Early on in “Earth Mama,” a quietly shattering first feature from writer-director Savanah Leaf, we find ourselves in a room with a Black woman named Gia (Tia Nomore) as she spends time with her young ...

Sundance break-out EARTH MAMA spotlights to struggles of a pregnant Black young woman who is trying to regain custody of her two children from foster care, in a quiet, moving indie drama by former ...

Learn the names Savanah Leaf (director) and Tia Nomore (first-time actress) right now. Learn the names Savanah Leaf, first-time feature filmmaker, and Tia Nomore, first-time feature actress, right now ...

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Today, actors are heading to the picket lines alongside members of the WGA for the first ...

Film hasn’t often been kind to young Black mothers like Gia in “Earth Mama.” Too often, women who are struggling to do the best they can for their children are blamed for their own circumstances. The ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

A24 is releasing the buzzy project in theaters on July 7. Savanah Leaf’s directorial debut, which follows a single mother struggling to navigate the welfare state with her third child on the way, was ...