Remember last fall? Netflix was promoting their upcoming major blockbuster film “Bright.” At the time, people viewed Netflix films as either big-budget disasters, small (but quality) indie films, or Adam Sandler “comedies.” Needless to say, the stigma around Netflix Original Films was pretty horrible. Now, a year later, there’s no “Bright” on the horizon. Instead, we have not just one or two quality films coming to the streaming service, but we actually have enough to justify a Netflix Film Festival.

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Director Ariel Vromen has a history of attracting great talent to tell taut crime thrillers. His previous films include “The Iceman” with Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, and Winona Ryder and also “Criminal” which featured Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot.

This time around, his cast for “The Angel” consists of some great and underappreciated actors.

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CANNES – At the end of a relatively quiet Cannes Film Festival, competition jury president Cate Blanchett admitted her disappointment with the lack of female-driven narratives. But that shouldn’t take away from the fact diverse voices took much of the spotlight this year. The festival had more Asian films in competition than in many years, Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” was a rare African-American centered tale up for the Palme d’Or and, oh yeah, it was probably the gayest Cannes ever.

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