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Carla Renata

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Biography:

Carla Renata, aka "The Curvy Film Critic," is a graduate of Howard University and has served as a moderator/host for Film Independent, SAG-AFTRA Foundation, American Cinemathque, The Bentonville Film Festival and more. As an entertainment host, she hosted The Black Experience on Film for Turner Classic Movies sponsored by AAFCA and various segments as a contributor for ITV, BBC, The LISTTV, The Stream Team, Fox-11 LA, Fox Soul and Good Day LA. Her reviews can be seen LIVE every week via YouTube and Facebook Live as part of her award-winning podcast The Curvy Critic with Carla Renata

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Pretty Lethal (2026) 64% EDIT “The real treat is Uma Thurman embracing her Bette Davis "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" era as Devora.  Her steely eyed calm with just a dash of wicked villainess lurking underneath makes her absolutely delicious on the screen to watch.” – The Curvy Film Critic Mar 15, 2026 Full Review I Love Boosters (2026) 100% EDIT “Boots Riley is wilder than ever with I Love Boosters making statements on the fashion industry, sweatshops, unfair wages and price gauging of designers who may or may not have original ideas.” – The Curvy Film Critic Mar 14, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 93% EDIT “Hoppers resonates with all humans proving that despite our differences, we can still come together with understanding and respect if we just give one another a chance.” – The Curvy Film Critic Mar 13, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% EDIT “The Bride isn't an extension of Frankenstein,yet gives feminism a voice during an era where it was pitch quiet and now has been unleashed for the masses to behold. Buckley and Bale scorch the screen” – The Curvy Film Critic Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Nuisance Bear  (2026) 97% EDIT “Nuisance Bear traces the relationship between the Inuit nation and the polar bear revealing how these arctic creatures deal with being constantly monitored, photographed, and redirected.” – The Curvy Film Critic Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Seized (2026) 100% EDIT “The specificity of this story, its lively and distinctive players, ethical and democratic consequences make or a gripping watch, sobering experience amidst an onslaught of state overreach and threats to journalism as we know it. ” – The Curvy Film Critic Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Hanging by a Wire (2026) 88% EDIT “Humanity and the desire to put others needs above your own has never been more prevalent than during the rescue efforts displayed throughout the course of this heart stopping documentary. ” – The Curvy Film Critic Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Soul Patrol (2026) 94% EDIT “Soul Patrol is a radiant journey through shame and isolation, as Emanuel reunites his team, attempting to heal their common trauma.” – The Curvy Film Critic Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026) 94% EDIT “Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty teaches us all that grief is only a sum of the parts you lead it with. Kikuchi brings profound sensitivity and endearing charm to Haru, while balancing weight of a mourning widow with the spark of newfound desire.” – The Curvy Film Critic Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Bedford Park (2026) 96% EDIT “Bedford Park is not a love story between two Korean people. It’s a love story between two human beings who feel seen for who they are right now...in this very isolating, poignant moment.” – The Curvy Film Critic Feb 1, 2026 Full Review Carousel (2026) 69% EDIT “Carousel is a film about lovers, family, getting older, maybe not growing up and how change is the only constant guarantee in life other than birth and death” – The Curvy Film Critic Feb 1, 2026 Full Review Take Me Home (2026) 95% EDIT “Writer/Director Liz Sargent’s intimate debut drama confronts us with an impossible situation, where one could easily have been discarded and misused had it not been for infinite love of those you are related to and chosen family.” – The Curvy Film Critic Feb 1, 2026 Full Review Jane Elliott Against the World (2026) 100% EDIT “No one is born a racist. Racism it a taught and learned behavior. Jane Elliott knows this better than anyone and put America on blast...again Rightly so. This doc is ridiculously timely and relevant for these turbulent times” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Sentient (2026) 70% EDIT “Director Tony Jones attempts an magnanimous feat presenting every angle swirling around the very controversial of experimental animal testing and succeeds in spades.” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) 100% EDIT “Once Upon a Time in Harlem is magnificent and as long as we have freedom of speech - word of mouth will never get old or out of style.  After all, our culture and the ability to share it is all we have.  ” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Barbara Forever (2026) 100% EDIT “Barbara Hammer’s work opened the door for so many artists, and her legacy, so deftly captured here, reminds us why.  She chose to be authentically and unapologetically herself and for that we shall be forever grateful.” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 25% EDIT “Mercy is art imitating life in unimaginable ways, but a rollercoaster ride of epic proportions keeping audiences on their toes.” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Kikuyu Land (2026) EDIT “Part investigation, part homecoming, Kikuyu Land is a poetic journey through memory, land and legacy, in which, Wangondu and Andrew H. Brown pull back the bandage exposing a scab of Kenyan history that those profiting from would desire to be forgotten.” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 25, 2026 Full Review American Doctor (2026) 100% EDIT “American Doctor should be a reminder that war affects everyone regardless of how or whom started it and is especially rough on the healthcare community who continue to risk their lives to make sure that other have one to live.” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 25, 2026 Full Review The Lake (2026) 100% EDIT “"The Lake" should be the wake up call blueprint for everyone who believes that climate change and the slow ruination of our planet is real and it will take all hands on deck to save it and humanity at large.” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 25, 2026 Full Review The Oldest Person in the World (2026) 76% EDIT “The Oldest Person in the World will make your heart sing and make you grateful for every single solitary second life has to offer” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Josephine (2026) 95% EDIT “Josephine is a perfection and hopefully serves as an example of listening to our children and women the first time they cry for help literally and figuratively.” – The Curvy Film Critic Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% EDIT “Knives Out  is sharp as a tack and a chapter in which Johnson truly has outdone himself pouncing unapologetically into the prongs of hypocricy ” – The Curvy Film Critic Nov 25, 2025 Full Review The Librarians (2025) 94% EDIT “Librarians are the gatekeepers to the freedoms in the mind to dream filtered through the simple education of words.  Wonderfully executed an produced for all of history moving forward in time” – The Curvy Film Critic Oct 13, 2025 Full Review The Man in My Basement (2025) 40% EDIT “Although, The Man in the Basement suffers at times as a muddled psychological thriller whose subtext, in many instances takes over, it's the beautifully anchored performances by the  Dafoe and Hawkins, that make this adaptation worth the watch.” – The Curvy Film Critic Sep 13, 2025 Full Review
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