Former James Bond actor Daniel Craig reunited with his 007 co-stars Jeffery Wright and producer Barbara Broccoli as they stepped out for the screening of American Fiction in New York.
The triple threat dressed to kill as they stepped out at the Crosby St Hotel to support Jefferey's latest starring role in the new comedy drama.
Jeffery, 58, who played Felix Leiter in Casino Royal, stars as novelist Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison, who is fed up with the establishment profiting from 'black' entertainment.
The Batman star looked dapper as ever as he stunned in a chic all-black ensemble.
He opted for a classic look and wore a jet black sweater with a turtleneck, which he tucked into his anthracite-colored trousers.
Former James Bond actor Daniel Craig (right) reunited with his 007 co-stars Jeffery Wright (center) and producer Barbara Broccoli (left) as they stepped out for the screening of American Fiction in New York
Jeffery, 58, who played Felix Leiter in Casino Royal, stars as novelist Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison, who is fed up with the establishment profiting from 'black' entertainment
Jeffery completed his timeless look with a fitted black blazer and refined square glasses.
Linked to his arm is Bond co-star Daniel, 55, who opted for a trendy and polished ensemble as he looked handsome in a checked gray suit.
The Glass Onion star paired his three-piece with a light blue Oxford shirt and a wide satin tie.
Inspired by the '70s, Daniel completed his serious look with oversized yellow-tinted glasses with a silver rim.
In support of Jeffery's new leading role, James Bond producer Barbara, 63, looked stunning as she turned heads in all black.
The Till producer looked sensational as she also stunned in a black sweater and turtleneck trousers.
She showed off her fashion sense with a fitted black velvet blazer with a pretty pink silk floral lining that peaked under her rolled up sleeves.
The new MGM film is said to force white liberals to confront their hypocrisy in Hollywood and beyond, and is receiving rave reviews from the very people it exposes.
The triple threat dressed to kill as they stepped out at the Crosby St Hotel to support Jefferey's latest starring role in the new comedy drama
The new MGM film is said to force white liberals to confront their hypocrisy in Hollywood and beyond, and is receiving rave reviews from the very people it exposes.
Cord Jefferson's American Fiction is a commentary on the way the establishment favors reductive portraits of blackness in the name of diversity and inclusivity, often at the expense of quality.
The film tells the story of a black professor, “Monk,” played by Jeffrey, who is fed up with his snowflake students and struggles to gain any critical interest in his work.
He jokingly wrote a novel full of racial stereotypes, but it became an overnight success.
The biting satire pokes fun at powerful white liberals in the publishing industry and later in Hollywood, who picked up the bizarre parody titled “My Pafology” and later renamed “F***.”
And ironically, the film has gotten great reviews from left-wing publications eager to let it be known that they're in on the joke.
The Washington Post stated that the film is: “Racial parody rooted in chillingly familiar honesty.”
Salon stated that American Fiction “provides a new framework for what black success means for writers.”
While Rolling Stone called the film “an absolute triumph” for the way it “deconstructs how white guilt oppresses black creatives.”
In the film, Jeffrey's middle-class monk only achieves commercial success when he ignores his privilege and writes a “hood” novel under the pseudonym on-the-lam con Stagg R. Leigh.
Before his six-figure book deal, an exasperated Monk feuded with publishers who felt his classics-based work should be categorized under African-American literature because of their fixation on race.
He is advised to write something “blacker” and is ultimately inspired to do so after witnessing the success of fellow author Sintara Golden (Issa Rae), an Oberlin-educated writer praised for her “urgent” and ” raw' poverty porn novel, 'We live in Da Ghetto'.
But by combining this plot point with an exploration of Monk's personal and family life, including his struggle to connect with siblings played by Tracee Ellis Ross and Sterling K Brown, the film attempts to highlight how absurd the fixation solely on race has become.
“The important question to ask, the question I'm asking now, is: Why is this stuff being made to the exclusion of everything else?” Jefferson told Rolling Stone.
The film is expected to be released in the UK and Ireland on February 2, 2024 by Curzon Film.