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It feels like we’re standing at the gates of hell. This week has been, namely, a lot. A lot of grief, mourning, anger, dismay,...
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It feels like we’re standing at the gates of hell. This week has been, namely, a lot. A lot of grief, mourning, anger, dismay,...
Welcome, fine folks, to the debut episode of You Already Know, and boy did these guys waste no time getting to the sh*ts! Major...
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say this 44th season of Saturday Night Live hasn’t been all that good. Daring talk,...
Ah, Halloween season. The grand time when, as my friend and burlesque performer Lillian Bustle says, you can let out your inner stripper. And,...
BlacKkKlansman¸ Spike Lee’s winner of the top prize at Cannes this year, is one of those films that gnaws at you weeks after you’ve...
What do you say about Sorry To Bother You? Y’know, besides how it’s very weird, an art film of high color and texture, a...
For nine years, the creative duo of Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal have worked to bring their feature film Blindspotting to theaters. The lifetime...
Produced by Keith Calder, Jess Calder, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs Written by Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs Directed by Carlos López Estrada Starring Daveed Diggs,...
Produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi, Kelly Williams, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker Written and Directed by Boots Riley Starring Lakeith...
Produced by Dyana Winkler, Tina Brown Written by Dyana Winkler Directed by Dyana Winkler, Tina Brown Featuring Phelicia Wright, Reggie Brown, Buddy Love ...
Hail, hail: black nerd icon Janelle Monáe’s new album of sound and vision, Dirty Computer, is out. It’s dope, and different. It’s the freest...
Produced by Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Directed by Jonathan Olshefski Featuring Christopher Rainey, Christine’a Rainey, P.J. Rainey, William Withers, Price, David Barnes, James Blakely, Isaiah...
“Is America’s ready for a superhero? How about if she is a black 15-year-girl?” That is the question that writer Kwanza Osajyefo (BLACK) poses...
Written by Kwanza Osajyefo Designed by Tim Smith 3 Art by Jamal Igle Cover by Khary Randolph Published by Black Mask Studios ISBN-13: 978-1628751864...
Can I dare say I’m a little bit excited about this Justice League movie? It’s coming out on my birthday weekend, so that’s good,...
Mark Waid is one of the good guys. With a career as both a writer and editor, the inimitable Mr. Waid not only writes...
Produced by Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Matthew Budman, Megan Ellison, Colin Wilson Written by Mark Boal Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Starring John Boyega, Will...
Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is the kind of album that, no matter how many times I listen to it, each time its greatness...
Well, here we are. The latest row about pop culture diversity continues with Iron Fist. It wasn’t enough that a vocal group of people...
Have you ever seen a movie that made you wanna shout, “Strangle that white bitch!” at the screen? I sure as hell didn’t, until...
Produced by Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Sean McKittrick Written and Directed by Jordan Peele Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley...
Produced by Rémi Grellety, Hébert Peck, Raoul Peck Written by James Baldwin, Raoul Peck Based on Remember This House by James Baldwin Directed by...
It’s been weeks now since Insecure (HBO) finished up its first season, and I still have its contents moving around in my mind. The...
I won’t lie. It’s been difficult to want to write about pop culture right now. Not after Donald Trump was elected president. That election...