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
‘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
‘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
We mark Election Day with more fictional politics: ‘Being There’ and the more ominous ‘Gabriel Over the White House’
Election Day is just a few days away. Here is the first of two articles looking at classic movies involving political satire
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”
The classic Universal monster films are available to rent from a number of streaming sites
Arrow Video Channel, a cult-film streamer available on Apple TV, adds one wacky horse opera — ‘El Topo’
A Lavazza commercial uses an 80-year-old Charlie Chaplin speech to reassure and inspire a pandemic-weary public
We revisit a Hollywood classic, ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ on the 70th anniversary of its big screen release
Our music writer, Charlie Greenberg, discusses how Ennio Morricone redefined the American Wild West with a daring and atmospheric cinema soundscape