The digital war between critics and audiences isn’t new, but it has seemingly reached a disconcerting inflection point this year.…
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Is it a coincidence that both the Broadway and Hollywood versions of “Dreamgirls” are celebrating anniversaries this year? Writer-director Bill…
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In August of 1990, I had dreams of becoming a filmmaker, in part because of the films Spike Lee and…
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Aleshea Harris’ seething, stylish “Is God Is” vibrates on a frequency that’s hard to fully get one’s arms around. It’s…
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Of all the sophomore seasons of television released in the last decade, “House of the Dragon” remains one of the…
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Nearly five years ago, in August of 2021, Maya Cade unveiled Black Film Archive. Her online database, with films spanning…
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I’ve always been interested in travel, but as much as I wanted to go to these faraway locations, I found…
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This is the third year I’ve helmed Black Writers Weeks in my role as Associate Editor at RogerEbert.com, a privilege granted…
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“Five score years ago, a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation…But 100 years…
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One legend pays tribute to another: Deborah Nadoolman Landis (“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “The Blues Brothers”) writes about Albert…
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