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Feb 12, 2018 · Theodore Witcher Talks “Love Jones,” 21 Years Later — and Why He Hasn’t Made a Follow-Up. by Danny King. February 12, 2018. Larenz Tate (left) and Nia Long near the Buckingham Fountain in a...
Part of the reason why Love Jones continues to mark such a rarity is the fact the screenwriter and director of the film, Theodore Witcher, virtually disappeared afterwards. He was only 24 at the ...
Mar 29, 2022 · Theodore Witcher. Criterion. 29 March 2022. Theodore Witcher’s hip, smooth, and probing meditation of American Black life in the arts began as an underground drama before gaining traction...
Oct 1, 2020 · The 1997 cult classic Love Jones hits all the marks. Written and directed by Theodore Witcher (who has sadly never directed another film since), the film follows a photographer named Nina Moseley (Nia Long) and writer Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) as they fall in love amidst Chicago’s jazz and poetry scene.
May 22, 2023 · In an interview with Roger Ebert, director Theodore Witcher remarks, “If it’s a cult classic, I guess it was a cult classic for a long time, and then the cult got bigger.” My viewing experience with love jones would only occur in February of this year when a friend and I challenged ourselves to spend the month watching romance movies ...
Mar 13, 2012 · Fifteen years ago, a 24-year-old screenwriter-director named Theodore Witcher created one of the definitive romantic dramas of the 1990s, Love Jones. Laying Chicago's hip spoken-word set against a ...
Jul 3, 2019 · Theodore Witcher, whose film “Love Jones” didn’t initially connect with a mainstream audience, said, “If you’re black, you really can only fail once.”. Amanda Hakan for The New York ...
