A Commanding ‘Ma Rainey’
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ a reasonably faithful and inspired adaptation of August Wilson’s 1984 play, is a full-throated interpretation of one of the writer’s strongest female characters
Charlie Greenberg
‘Chappelle’ Still Shocks
‘Chappelle’s Show’ – known for, among other things, its unflinching look at race in America – still shocks. Pulled from Netflix, here’s where you can stream it
Stranger Bedfellows
We mark Election Day with more fictional politics: ‘Being There’ and the more ominous ‘Gabriel Over the White House’
Strange Bedfellows
Election Day is just a few days away. Here is the first of two articles looking at classic movies involving political satire
‘Ratched’: Grade A Camp
If you haven’t caught Netflix’s ‘Nurse Ratched’ yet, our streaming critic Charlie Greenberg explains why it “is fun, super-campy, and oft times, utterly ridiculous”
Monster Family Pedigree
The classic Universal monster films are available to rent from a number of streaming sites
Wild, Wild Western
Arrow Video Channel, a cult-film streamer available on Apple TV, adds one wacky horse opera — ‘El Topo’
Speaking Truth to Power
A Lavazza commercial uses an 80-year-old Charlie Chaplin speech to reassure and inspire a pandemic-weary public
Norma Desmond at 70
We revisit a Hollywood classic, ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ on the 70th anniversary of its big screen release
The Morricone West
Our music writer, Charlie Greenberg, discusses how Ennio Morricone redefined the American Wild West with a daring and atmospheric cinema soundscape
