Currently Browsing: Dakota Johnson
Like so many others, I couldn’t wait for the release of Materialists (Celine Song’s second feature). Months before it came out, I exchanged excited texts with my friends, sharing links to the teaser trailer and gushing about the casting choices. Celine’s first feature—the Oscar-nominated film Past Lives—had made me a fan, and seeing her early experimental theater transformed me into an enthusiast.… read more.
The High Note, a refreshingly fun and upbeat film written by Flora Greeson and directed by Nisha Ganatra (Late Night), stars Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross as two hard-working women at opposite ends of their careers, yet still striving to be relevant. Ross is Grace Davis, a legendary singer/songwriter and Johnson is Maggie, her admiring yet ambitious personal assistant who dreams of being a music producer. … read more.