Somewhere with Ava DuVernay

Ava DuVernay

Have you seen Ava DuVernay's dazzling film I Will Follow? If you haven't, that's your weekend assignment. Netflix stands ready to help. Watch it, not only instantly but right this instant.

For the rest of us, there's something new from DuVernay, as the Times' film critic Manohla Dargas explains below.

Small Pleasures, Scattered Amid Struggles
‘Middle of Nowhere,’ Directed by Ava DuVernay
by Manohla Dargis, The New York Times,  October 11, 2012