Review: Colman Domingo Commands the Screen as Rustin, a Key Organizer of the March On Washington
I first encountered the bold, scene-stealing energy that is Colman Domingo in 2009, when I stumbled across Spike Lee’s filmed…
Review: A Solid Action Flick, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Brings a Long-Anticipated Crew to the Big Screen
Sometimes, a gifted director, a shorter runtime, and a unstoppable period soundtrack is all you need to pivot a franchise…
Review: At Times Dark and Grotesque, Nia DaCosta’s Candyman Seeks to Give Meaning to the Classic Horror Myth
One of the reasons this combination remake/sequel/reboot of the gets-better-with-age 1992 film Candyman is tough to discuss is because it’s…
Review: Zola Is a Mind-Bending, Hilarious, Daring Road Trip Movie Inspired by a Whirlwind Twitter Thread
My memory of seeing Zola for the first time a year and a half ago at the 2020 Sundance Film…
Review: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Bring Energy, Urgency to August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
If you asked me who my favorite playwright of all time is, I wouldn’t hesitate to answer August Wilson. I…
Review: Barry Jenkins Creates a Masterpiece in Adapting James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk
To those with just a passing awareness of such things, Moonlight may only be known as that film at the…
