“I Am Not Your Negro” will make you wish James Baldwin was still around to witness and challenge the racial divide in our nation. Director Raoul Peck, cinematically completes the unfinished story by James Baldwin, “Remember This House.” The book,…
As the Oscars drew to a close on Sunday night, viewers witnessed something that has never occurred at an Academy Awards ceremony. When actor Warren Beatty and actress Faye Dunaway came on stage to announce the much-anticipated Academy Award for…
2017, with all of the nominations, looks like it’s shaping up to be a great end to the Academy’s eighth decade of awarding Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers. In the past 89 years, the Academy has done more than just award those…
Carol, the film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s revolutionary novel The Price of Salt, does not disappoint. Highsmith’s 1952 novel was the first LGBT book to not end in catastrophe, conversion or death. Carol can be considered revolutionary in the same…
It was a night chock full of politically charged acceptance speeches and live performances at the 2015 Academy Awards on Sunday. It was also a night marked by (mostly) well-deserved wins. A good number of the awards were distributed wisely;…
As you might be aware, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) has received a total of nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Director (Alejandro Gonzalez Innarritu), Actor (Michael Keaton), Supporting Actor (Edward Norton), and Supporting Actress (Emma Stone).…