Friday, December 11 2009
Precious and Lee Daniels: State of the Race
In adapting author Sapphire's difficult novel for the screen, director Lee Daniels is helping change the way spectators view African American women by deploying stereotypes and then exploding them.
Friday, February 8 2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
There's a not bad movie inside of Welcome Home, briefly visible in the quiet center provided by Margaret Avery, especially.
Friday, July 21 2006
Shadowboxer (2005)
While their profession is both odious and familiar, Mikey and Rose's sexual relationship is less commonplace.
Friday, April 7 2006
Phat Girlz (2006)
If Phat Girlz is about desire, for viewers even more than actors or characters, it is also about how that desire is constructed by images.
Tuesday, June 24 2003
Last Comic Standing: The Search For The Funniest Person in America
'I could never go back to a 9-to-5 job, being on-stage telling jokes.'
Sunday, January 1 1995
Two Can Play That Game (2001)
If you've seen a movie based on a Terry McMillan novel, or gee, even a recent romantic comedy, you know exactly where 'Two Can Play That Game' is going.
