But those who have gotten to see it love it for the most part. It has a perfect 100% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and ...

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl picks up when Shula (Susan Chardy), recently returned home to Zambia from living in Europe, comes across the dead body of her uncle in the road. One moment, Shula ...

"On Becoming a Guinea Fowl," Rungano Nyoni's new film, explores grief, secrets and trauma among a Zambian family. Susan Chardy is great in her debut.

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. A24 opens “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” in theaters Friday, March 7, 2025. Decades of mediocre ...

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl opens in limited release on March 7, 2025. UPDATE: Mar. 5, 2025, 4:03 p.m. EST "On Becoming a Guinea Fowl" was reviewed out of its U.S. premiere at the New York Film ...

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is also a cry of warning — not just an anguished wail for the generations of women who’ve lived entire lives without having a solitary moment of agency, ...

The anguished family dynamics of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” plus the pleasures of analog water monsters.

With her 2017 directorial debut “I Am Not a Witch,” Rungano Nyoni established herself as a filmmaker worth paying attention to. Her follow-up, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” cemented her ...

The guinea fowl is a ubiquitous, henlike bird native to Africa, where it’s known for traveling in flocks and raising a noisy alarm when predators are nearby. In Rungano Nyoni’s scalding Cannes ...

A24’s films On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Opus, and Death of a Unicorn will debut on HBO and be available to stream exclusively on Max in the U.S. this July.