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Oscar Winning Siblings
For some Hollywood elite, remarkable acting has turned into a family business for those with the last name of Affleck, Barrymore, Douglas, Fonda and Coppola. So much so, that the…
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Intimate Look at First Time Oscar Nominees
This may be the first year these actors are nominated and recognized by the Academy for their work, but they have been around for a minute. Out of the 20…
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MOONLIGHT
Have you ever seen a coming of age story that emulates Brokeback Mountain in the hood? Well, that is exactly what the film MOONLIGHT is giving us. MOONLIGHT absolutely glows…
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Maya: And Still I Rise is an Astounding Look at a Profound Artist
We don't know the heartbreak of never having a lifetime love. We don't know how isolating and lonely it is to be a strong, intelligent, independent black woman. We don't…
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50th Anniversary of In The Heat of the Night at the TCM Classic Film Festival
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will kick off the 8th annual TCM Classic Film Festival on Thursday, April 6th with a 50th anniversary screening of the Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger…
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LaLa Land Landslide at BAFTAS
The 70th BAFTA Awards for film popped off today at London’s Royal Albert Hall (BBC America will air it delayed in the U.S. at 8 PM tonight). As with the…
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I Am Not Your Negro is Revisited in Powerful James Baldwin Documentary
Negro was the terminology most often used to describe us during the 18th century until it fell out of favor in the 70's. Did you know that Negro is Spanish…
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Sundance Film Festival – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Al Gore and Hillary Clinton have three things in common. They both ran for POTUS. They both won the popular vote. They both had issues surrounding voter hacking. We don’t…
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Marches, Trump, The Blackhouse and HBCU’s at the Forefront of Sundance 2017
Sundance Film Festival is always one of the highlights of the year for me. Mostly because I get to watch a film’s journey from this point straight through to the…
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People of Color Making History – Oscars 2017
The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced this morning in a very non-traditional, yet welcomed and artistic manner. Instead of the usual press conference at 5am. Former Oscar…
