Tuesday, September 9 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008
From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.
Thursday, May 29 2008
A Raisin in the Sun
The film takes great care to ignite those moments of emotional fires, burning within the dilapidated walls of the apartment.
Thursday, February 2 2006
Something New (2006)
As the film is focused on Kenya's dilemmas, Brian is something of a cipher, the primary force for her transformation without a life beyond her vision.
Wednesday, January 26 2005
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
The monsters are functions of the franchise, but also vaguely resistant, less transparent than they seem.
Tuesday, January 13 2004
Out of Time (2003)
The fact that Matt is a black man only makes these several lines of pursuit more complicated and more resonant.
Thursday, October 2 2003
Out of Time (2003)
The fact that Matt is a black man only makes these several lines of pursuit more complicated and more resonant.
Thursday, October 10 2002
Brown Sugar (2002)
Brown Sugar can blur lines between mainstream and margin, mix up the spirits, just as hip-hop -- so-called real hip-hop but also, in its way, brashly commercial hip-hop -- has always done.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Disappearing Acts (2000): Wesley Snipes, Sanaa Lathan, Clark Johnson, CCH Pounder
This plot comes to revolve around the couple's troubles with money -- it becomes an emblem and manifestation of Zora and Franklin's mutual and separate fears.
Love & Basketball (2000)
If there is a more perfect expression of life's pains and elations than Al Green's 'Love and Happiness,' I don't know it.
