Lovia Gyarkye is an arts and culture critic at The Hollywood Reporter. She specializes in topics related to the film industry, filmmaking, and the world of plays and musicals, often exploring themes within publishing and media. Lovia's work has been featured in prominent outlets such as Yahoo Movies UK, The New York Times, and IndieWire.
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Lovia Gyarkye specializes in providing reviews for films and entertainment. To effectively reach out to her, experts or publicists from the film industry can offer exclusive access to behind-the-scenes details regarding highly anticipated movies, insights into filmmaking techniques, or early screenings of upcoming releases.
Given Lovia's focus on reviewing films and entertainment news, sources with insider knowledge about the creative process behind a movie, including aspects like scriptwriting, direction, cinematography etc., may catch her attention.
As Lovia doesn't have a specific geographic focus but instead covers international film releases and festivals widely; she would appreciate pitches that encompass global cinema rather than focusing solely on one region.
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The director of “Lilo & Stitch” (2002) and “The Wild Robot” (2024) shares a list of movies that changed the medium.
By: Lovia Gyarkye
Premiering in the Directors' Fortnight section (and already acquired by Neon), Arie and Chuko Esiri's adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel also features David Oyelowo and Fortune Nwafor.
By: Lovia Gyarkye
The playwright-turned-filmmaker explains how studying "O Brother, Where Art Thou" shaped her vision of classical tragedy in the American South.
By: Leslie Felperin, Jordan Mintzer, David Rooney, Lovia Gyarkye, Richard Lawson, Sheri Linden
A gripping melodrama from James Gray, flashy vehicles for Rami Malek and Sandra Hüller, a stunning French coming-of-age saga, a bonkers Korean monster flick and the portrait of a reformed gay party boy were among THR critics’ faves from the fest.
In Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s new paintings, mourners find clarity through communion—a departure for an artist known for her masterful portraits of solitude.
There's a moment in Raoul Peck's latest documentary Orwell: 2+2=5 when a photo of George Orwell as an infant appears on screen. The black-and-white portrait shows a never-named Indian caretaker cradling Orwell, then known as Eric Arthur Blair, in her arms. When Peck first came across the photo, which was taken in 1903, he recognized it instantly. “Everything behind that image, I knew from Haiti, from Congo, from any countries of the third world,” the Haitian director said after an early October 2025 screening of Orwell
The Emmy-nominated Wonder Man actor is on a spiritual quest for artistic freedom.
View an archive of articles by Lovia Gyarkye for The Cut.
Read this exciting story from New York magazine The Cut Special Issue - Fall 2026 issue. The Emmy-winning actor is on a spiritual quest for artistic freedom.
By: Lovia Gyarkye
The latest doc from the Danish filmmaker and producer Maiken Baird (‘Icarus') examines Said's role in reframing the Palestinian struggle.
