Warner Bros Fred Hampton film from Shaka King gets a title: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
The Untitled Fred Hampton Project (aka Jesus Was My Homeboy) from Warner Bros, starring LaKeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya, is now officially titled Judas and... Read More
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Trailer: Jeffrey Wright and Ashton Sanders in the father/son drama ‘All Day and Night’
As soft-spoken Jahkor Abraham Lincoln (Ashton Sanders, Moonlight) struggles to keep his dream of rapping alive amidst a gang war in Oakland, his ill-fated life... Read More
TV Review: ‘Native Son’ – reimagining a classic, retaining the anger
From the very first moments of Native Son, the audience is overwhelmed by the dizzying blend of visual style and narrative intensity. Rashid Johnson, in... Read More
‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘Stranger Things’ Top 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Disney’s live action remake of Beauty and the Beast topped the MTV Movie & TV Awards with wins for Best Movie... Read More
AwardsWatch’s 50 Favorite Performances of 2016
It’s time for the annual 50 Favo(u)rite Performances list from AwardsWatch and this year features actors with multiple film mentions and films with two, three... Read More
Black Reel Awards Nominations: Moonlight Leads with 13
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Moonlight continued its critics’ nomination domination with a field-best 13 nominations from the Black Reel Awards. That included three nominations in... Read More
Review: ‘Moonlight’ (★★★★)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Like most people I love going to the movies to be entertained. But I also use movies as my portal to... Read More
6th Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) Awards: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ Take Top Honors 
76th Berlin Film Festival Awards: ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins Golden Bear for Best Film; ‘Queen at Sea’ Nabs Two Among Festival Unrest Over Politics 
‘Flies (Moscas)’ Review: To Be a Fly on the Wall is to See All in Fernando Eimbcke’s Quiet Family Drama [B-] Berlinale 
‘The Blood Countess’ Review: Isabelle Huppert’s Glamorous Vampire Mother Rises Above Baroque Bungle [C-] Berlinale