Overdue biopic belatedly pays tribute to jazz pioneer
'Bolden' is a brilliant biopic painting a poignant portrait of what Buddy's life might have been like.
'Bolden' is a brilliant biopic painting a poignant portrait of what Buddy's life might have been like.
Though slightly marred by a tendency to telegraph its punches, the coming-of-age drama marks Elba’s noteworthy directorial debut.
Kudos to Jenkins for crafting another compelling inner-city saga...
Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) was a promising prodigy whose formal training in classical piano began when he was admitted to...
Written and directed by Andrew Bujalski (Beeswax), the film features many of the hallmarks of the low-budget genre on which...
What makes the picture work is the way in which it mocks the small-minded Klan members' racist attitudes and behaviors....
Rucker Park is home to the popular basketball tournament staged since 1950 on an outdoor court on 155th Street. Many...
It's impressed upon Cash during his training to "Stick to the Script," if he wants to succeed. Plus, he gets...
Hey, sci-fi fans, did you find it hard to stomach the sight of a human mating with another species in...
On July 18, 1969, Sen. Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) hosted a reunion in a rented cottage on Chappaquiddick, a tiny...
Chadwick Boseman has already made quite a career out of portraying a variety of prominent African Americans, from football star...
The Post is a picture fated to be compared to a couple of classic newsroom thrillers: All the President's Men...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri emerged the early favorite in this year's Oscar race after taking home a quartet of...
Roman J. Israel (Denzel Washington) is a high-functioning savant on the autism spectrum who has been practicing law in L.A....
“It has always been a struggle for the relatively few African Americans in corporate America who do exist, and it...
“For so much of American history, the fact of Black people is a problem... The demonstrable truth has been evaded...
“For the past three decades, we've earnestly tried to address White-body supremacy in America with reason, principle and ideas —...
Prior to becoming America's first African American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) enjoyed a legendary legal career as a civil...
Faith-based films ordinarily have limited appeal beyond the church community because most tend to be heavy-handed morality plays just preaching...
“Pretty powerful is the understanding that, as women, we have the duality of both 'pretty' and 'substance' that can (and...
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