American Skin review: Nate Parker is noble victim in compromised comeback
The discredited director one-time smash The Birth of a Nation returns in grubby, flagrant style with this story of a fabulous janitor fighting back against police brutality
August 2019
Nate Parker to premiere movie at Venice film festival after rape controversy
The actor and director, who has been absent since a sexual assault charge resurfaced, will premiere American Skin with Spike Lee
March 2018
Birth of a Nation director Nate Parker to make comeback after rape controversy
The director, whose debut suffered after his acquittal from a 1999 rape charge was publicised, returns with a film about an LAPD homicide detective
January 2017
The usual suspects – and Nate Parker – up for Directors Guild of America awards
Sexual harassment claims could have sunk Casey Affleck. Instead, he soared
December 2016
Nate Parker and The Birth of a Nation lands six nominations at NAACP Image awards
Director of slave rebellion film shrugs off controversy to become joint leader – along with the Barry Jenkins-directed Moonlight – of the awards’ film section
The Birth of a Nation review – hardly revolutionary
Despite its worthy intentions, Nate Parker’s directorial debut recounting the true history of a slave rebellion falls into cliche
The Birth of a Nation review – biblical passion and cheesy emotion
The difficult delivery of Nate Parker's The Birth Of A Nation
November 2016
Allied: what happens when a film gets eclipsed by gossip
Will Allied be remembered as a war classic – or for the feverish speculation about the relationship between Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard? From Burton and Taylor to Titanic, here’s what happens when Hollywood loses control
October 2016
Nate Parker case: Penn State under investigation for possible misconduct
Nate Parker's Birth of a Nation expected to lose millions for Fox
Hollywood, sometimes the truth is better than fiction
Catherine Shoard
Film blog
The Birth of a Nation: how Nate Parker failed to remake history
New York first-night moviegoers shrug off The Birth of a Nation controversy
Anti-rape activists hold silent vigil outside Birth of a Nation screenings
Nate Parker criticizes rape case coverage: 'Do they care about anyone involved?'
