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On the day scheduled for this Black Writers Week interview with independent filmmaker Mark Harris, RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert lost her voice due to laryngitis and was unable to conduct the interview—about an hour before she asked me to sit in for her. As it turns out, I had recently watched one of his movies, “No Regrets.” It’s…

Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) still dreams of opening a restaurant. Having discovered the money his deceased brother Mikey (Jon Bernthal) stashed in tomato cans, he now has enough cash, or nearly enough, to follow through on his plans for building a high-end establishment. With sous chef Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) at his side, he will…

When one hears a film being billed as a cannibalistic love story, it’s fair to picture something akin to Claire Denis’ “Trouble Every Day,” a movie marred with gore and entrails despite the almost tender relationship at the film’s center. In Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All,” however, the gore takes a backseat to the story,…

Defining punk isn’t easy. It never has been. At its core, it is more than music. It is an identity that flourishes in free expression. Still, if you ask anyone on the scene (the colloquial term for the punk community) they will tell you: We know it when we see it. Punk’s expressions are legion.…

If there’s one trope that dominates the popular perspective of horror films, it’s poor decision making. Don’t split up. Don’t run into the dark basement. Don’t ever, ever assume the killer is dead. And when we watch characters choose wrong time and time again (often for the sake of the plot), we roll our eyes…