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TYLER PERRY'S 'DUPLICITY' MIGHT BE TYLER PERRY AT HIS MOST TYLER PERRY
The bar is in the basement.
Mar 246 min read
89 views
AYO EDEBIRI IS AN ABSOLUTE TREASURE. A24'S 'OPUS' IS A BOX OF ROCKS
Arrives at the cult-of-celebrity party late, frazzled and confused.
Mar 144 min read
102 views
SO, DOES MEGHAN MARKLE'S NEW LIFESTYLE SHOW ACTUALLY ADD ANYTHING NEW TO THE GENRE?
Unremarkable, unrelatable, and undeniably delightful.
Mar 64 min read
174 views
I HAVE COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT TYLER PERRY'S 'THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT'
An earnest, yet soapy, effort.
Dec 21, 20246 min read
167 views
THE KOREAN ANTI-MEN MOVEMENT THAT INSPIRED ME TO REVISIT SPIKE LEE'S 'CHI-RAQ'
From Ancient Greeks to Spike Lee to 4B.
Dec 4, 20246 min read
148 views
DANIELLE DEADWYLER DELIVERS A NEXT-LEVEL PERFORMANCE IN NETFLIX’S 'THE PIANO LESSON'
A fantastic performance enlivens an already soulful, powerful August Wilson adaptation.
Nov 26, 20245 min read
160 views
'WICKED'S' PAUL TAZEWELL MAKES OSCARS HISTORY AS FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN BEST COSTUME
Dressing for Emerald City.
Nov 21, 20244 min read
245 views
CAN 'MEET ME NEXT CHRISTMAS' CURE YOUR POST ELECTION BLUES FOR 90 MINS? PROBABLY.
The aca-gods have looked down on us and given us another Christina Milian Christmas gem.
Nov 8, 20244 min read
184 views
ISSA RAE'S NEW COMEDY, 'ONE OF THEM DAYS' ALREADY HAS MY MONEY
The buddy comedy we didn’t know we needed.
Oct 26, 20243 min read
119 views
'THE CRAFT'S' ROCHELLE IS THE OG ODE TO BLACK GIRL MAGIC
A Black and badass witchy twist on the dynamic of "the black friend".
Oct 14, 20244 min read
124 views
AMAZON PRIME'S 'HOUSE OF SPOILS' IS DELICIOUSLY HAUNTED HAUTE CUISINE
A light bite for a horror snacker.
Oct 6, 20245 min read
135 views
THERE'S A LESSON WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM 'INDUSTRY'S' HARPER STERN
The quintessential ambitious professional.
Sep 29, 20245 min read
224 views
A24'S 'THE FRONT ROOM' TESTED MY TOLERANCE FOR EXCREMENT (AND I'M MAD ABOUT IT)
A feature length fetish for human waste and elderly abuse.
Sep 8, 20243 min read
100 views
ZOE KRAVITZ TAKES A BIG CREATIVE SWING WITH HER DIRECTORIAL DEBUT 'BLINK TWICE'
McQueen. DuVernay. Peele . . . Kravitz?
Aug 26, 20243 min read
110 views
'EMILY IN PARIS' S4 TRIES TO TACKLE #METOO. IT'S WHIMSICAL. AND IRRESPONSIBLE.
#MeToo, with a side of Miu Miu.
Aug 17, 20245 min read
160 views
I GET SO EMOTIONAL WATCHING JORDAN PEELE FILMS
"'Get Out' is a documentary."
—Jordan Peele
Dec 17, 20234 min read
112 views
DON'T SLEEP ON 'JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY' THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
A steampunk-esque, flying robot infused, songapalooza.
Dec 8, 20232 min read
178 views
IS THIS THE GOLDEN AGE OF BLACK ANIMATION?
An epic shift in mainstream Black animation explained.
Feb 20, 20237 min read
190 views
"BELLE" IS A POWERFUL PERIOD DRAMA MADE FOR BLACK JANEITES (LIKE ME)
A ripe costume drama with teeth.
Feb 14, 20238 min read
103 views
AN APPROPRIATELY UNHINGED RECAP OF "VELMA"
Velma—the fourteenth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise character—is a hot a** mess.
Feb 9, 202312 min read
153 views
BLACK TO THE FUTURE PART II
What Black futures could and should look like in media.
Jan 23, 20237 min read
225 views
"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE" SUCKER PUNCHED ME
An absurd, maximalist, daring, creative, odd, work of pure genius.
Jan 10, 20234 min read
193 views
DOES FX'S "KINDRED" DO OCTAVIA BUTLER DIRTY?
Does the FX adaptation do justice to Octavia E. Butler’s seminal novel?
Jan 2, 20235 min read
195 views
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