The August Wilson adaptation “The Piano Lesson" is an impassioned family drama but it is also a profound ghost story ...

The Piano Lesson isn't as striking or form-shattering as its source material, alas. However, Malcolm Washington still ...

Netflix is previewing "The Piano Lesson," starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler.

Ghosts are everywhere in The Piano Lesson, and no matter what shape they take, they persistently haunt the protagonists of ...

Siblings have a disagreement about what to do with a heirloom piano in Malcolm Washington's new film, "The Piano Lesson." ...

Premiering on Netflix on November 22, 2024, and currently in select theaters, The Piano Lesson brings August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play with a star-studded cast to the screen. Directed by ...

For director Malcolm Washington, generational Black resilience and complex familial bonds are the underlying themes in front of and behind the camera for Netflix’s The Piano Lesson. Making his ...

But The Piano Lesson looks and sounds like a filmed play – artificial and heavy-handed – and it loses its head entirely with a silly, supernatural denouement. Pity.

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Entertainment Critic Ghosts are everywhere in The Piano Lesson, and no matter what shape they take, they persistently haunt the protagonists of this excellent adaptation of August Wilson’s ...

This does, at times, lead to a literalization of the show's looming metaphors (the play has fantastical elements that the film practically transforms into horror), and the movie often suffers from ...