Movies

The director of the film adaptation of ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ has been tripping cultural land mines for decades

Pixar is releasing ‘Soul,’ Matthew Cherry won an Oscar for ‘Hair Love,’ and Cleveland is finally voiced by a Black actor

A new production on Netflix shimmers with career-defining work from Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman

The first Black woman to win the U.S. documentary prize at Sundance is a master of her craft

The playwright’s feature film debut on Netflix is a sweet and sharp coming-of-middle-age story

Poor storytelling leaves viewers unable to digest what’s going on

A high-octane action flick leaves us convinced: A new action queen has been crowned

Aided by Maya Angelou’s ‘Phenomenal Woman,’ a mother prods her daughter toward something better

Spike Lee’s latest is a sprawling, ambitious, vital and fiery entry into the Vietnam War film canon

How martial arts flows throughout the work of the influential hip-hop group