More than thirty-five years after Robert Townsend’s groundbreaking film “Hollywood Shuffle” parodied the roles open to Black actors in Hollywood—pimps,…
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It’s an idyllic summer day. A family is picnicking by a rustic lake amidst the sites and sounds of nature,…
In this film short headlined by American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Misty Copeland, she has ballet telling a modern-day story…
All that I knew about Zydeco music came from the Mountain Stage radio programs I attended religiously, every Sunday afternoon,…
If you are looking for a sweeping, over-the-top romantic movie, this is not for you. Likewise, if you are looking…
Stephen Mallarme, Silvio Rodríguez, Toni Morrison, Aleksandr Pushkin, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas, Thomas Wolfe, James Baldwin, Marcel Proust,…
Reviewed: July 2, 2023 “War is like an x-ray,” says a doctor attending to victims of a Mariupol hospital shelling….
Just as it was looking like there was nothing to look forward to for summer movie releases other than Disney…
Auntie Mame’s story was told by her doting nephew, Patrick Dennis. Malcolm X’s biographer was Alex Haley, Jr. Had Haley…
In the vast vortex of TV series and movies of all genres that is Netflix, it can be challenging at…
There are only so many hours in a day — especially when Daylight Savings springs forward right in the middle of the…
1. LAST STOP LARRIMAH Even in a notably strong year for SXSW films, this true crime whodunnit featured a more…
SXSW 2023 PREVIEW By Andrew Osborne There are various traditions film lovers enjoy at the start of each new year,…
1. BAD AXE As of this writing, David Siev’s compelling film about his own Cambodian American parents struggling to keep…