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Feb 13, 2024
Ava DuVernay’s New Film Makes the Caste Connection
What does the act of a racist vigilante have to do with the caste system in India that works...
Jan 9, 2024
‘The Zone of Interest’ is a Docudrama of Pure Malignance
"The Zone of Interest," a film adaptation of Martin Amis' novel, explores the life of Rudolf Höss, the commandant of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp complex, through metaphor and oblique references to the horrors of the Holocaust.
Jan 2, 2024
The Impact of LGBTQ+ Storytellers on Recognizing Bayard Rustin
The documentary "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin," directed by Nancy Kates, helped to inspire the new Netflix film, "Rustin," which aims to recognize the civil rights leader.
Dec 19, 2023
Jeffrey Wright Delivers in Hilarious Satire ‘American Fiction’
In the provocative new movie American Fiction, Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, a university professor and novelist, finds himself in a pair of pertinent modern-day cultural predicaments, as his academic novels don't sell well and another Black author's best-selling book is a dumbed-down sell-out.
Dec 6, 2023
Young and Strange: A Review of ‘Poor Things’
The new film, Poor Things, lands with a thud. In a scenario lifted from countless vintage horror/sci-fi flicks, it’s...
Nov 28, 2023
Movies, Marketing & Mayhem
Making movies is hard. Making movies that make money is even harder. Perhaps hardest of all is facing the...
Nov 22, 2023
‘Napoleon’: Epic Battles, Awkward Sex
Ridley Scott, the filmmaker behind Napoleon, is a European. Of course, the veteran producer-director, a native of South Shields,...