Selected Writing
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Empowered
Mario Van Peebles on New Jack City’s heightened reality and enduring legacy.
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A Quiet Place
An Interview with Sho Miyake (Two Seasons, Two Strangers)
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10 Movies to Stream for Black History Month
Watch these selections that highlight the range and evolution of Black film.
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Waiting for God
Jafar Panahi on his meticulous psychological tragicomedy It Was Just an Accident.
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How the White Savior Became This Year’s Cinematic Punchline
Several of this year’s notable movies, including “One Battle After Another,” “The Mastermind,” and “Eddington” lampoon white men.
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Prejudice Across the Pond in “Pool of London” and “The Story of a Three-Day Pass”
On how two films capture racism abroad, including one that just played as a part of a Locarno retrospective.
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Just a Bit Outside: How ‘Moneyball’ and ‘Sugar’ Altered the Baseball Movie
Two contemporary films reimagined the stories we tell about the sport.
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‘Nickel Boys’ Awakens Black Cinema’s Time Revolution
RaMell Ross, A.V. Rockwell, Raven Jackson and Garrett Bradley are the new Black directors chronicling Black life at a different speed.
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‘White Chicks’ at 20: Comedy Beyond the Pale
The Wayans brothers’ subversive comedy is smarter than you remember.
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‘My Brother’s Wedding’ Filmmaker Charles Burnett Reflects on the Painful, Protracted Journey of His Nearly-Lost Masterpiece
“I thought that if it was cut right, then we could’ve had a story that really spoke to what was going on in the community,” the filmmaker told IndieWire of his second feature.
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Commentary
It’s not just the Oscars that fail Black women. It’s the entire awards ecosystem
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Damien Chazelle's Babylon
A Story Of Identity And Assimilation Among The Chaotic, Classic Hollywood Nostalgia
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Till and the Act of Witnessing Black Trauma Onscreen in 2022
Till's retelling of a heinous crime 's Till takes a familiar aim set by other antiracism films to interrogate white fragility, state-sponsored ...
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‘Armageddon Time’ review: James Gray's white guilt manifesto
Good intentions just aren't enough.
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Bill Duke on ‘Deep Cover,’ ‘Sister Act 2,’ and Reshaping What Black Movies Could Be in the ’90s
The iconic actor and director on the leaps of faith that made him one of the most vital Hollywood filmmakers of the decade.
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With every new story, director Barry Jenkins argues for hope
The director of Moonlight and The Underground Railroad keeps reaching for connection
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In the Absence of Light: celebrating the history of black artists in America
In a compelling new HBO documentary, film-maker Sam Pollard speaks to prominent creatives to tell the struggle and success of African American art.
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The frustrating tradition behind Soul’s great flaw
The Pixar film sets out to praise Black life, but winds up selling it out
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Oasis’ (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? Speaks to the Downtrodden and Offers Hope
Robert Daniels shares how the album was his "Wonderwall" growing up in Chicago
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The Dark Side of Harrison Ford
On the Roles That Led to What Lies Beneath
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The Defiant Career of Chadwick Boseman, a Hollywood King
He had the talent to be James Brown, Jackie Robinson, Black Panther, and Stormin’ Norman. He was a chameleon and a pure actor in every sense.
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If Beale Street Could Talk recognized that frank racial discussion is unavoidable
One scene in Barry Jenkins’ 2018 scorching James Baldwin adaptation speaks to the moment
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John Boyega is doing what Star Wars wouldn’t
A franchise about resistance has repeatedly overlooked the Black experience
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The Fairy Tale of Homeownership in The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The Last Black Man in San Francisco follows Jimmie and Montgomery’s struggle to retake the former’s family home, and overcome the origins of gentrification.