Review: In Sidney, a Singular Artist and Activist of Our Time Gets His Due
Aside from being a terrific, award-winning actor and a talented director (particularly of comedies), Sidney Poitier was a man in…
Review: Dark, Hazy and Filled with Drama, The Tragedy of Macbeth Is a Unique, Impressive Take on Classic Material
Like Orson Welles did nearly 75 years earlier, director Joel Coen (working without brother Ethan) has taken Shakespeare’s The Tragedy…
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…
Interview: BlacKkKlansman Star John David Washington Talks Movies as Football, Roles That Stay With Him and Learning from the Greats
In case you were wondering, actor John David Washington is about to become a very big deal. It will likely…
Review: Denzel Washington Returns to The Equalizer A Changed Man
In the 2014 Equalizer movie (as the sequel is, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington), Washington’s Robert McCall…
Film Review: Fences, A Tribute to One of America’s Greatest Playwrights
I’m not sure if it’s the best news or the worst that no one to date has turned a play…
Film Review: The Magnificent Seven
Let’s just get this out of the way off the bat: there is no better version of this story than…
