Stories of American slavery have been told so many times and in so many ways that sometimes, unfortunately, they start to blend into each other—another tragedy in a long line of tragedies, another tale of nameless, faceless suffering. But The Underground Railroad, both in Colson Whitehead’s novel and its adaptation by Barry Jenkins, takes a…
“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” is a shimmering, seductive peek into the early days of the Bridgerton universe, a universe already known for its opulence, heady romance, and whispers of scandal lurking just beneath the silk-clad surface. But if you thought the original series was all style and no substance, you might be in for…
When discussing Battleship Potemkin, the iconic 1925 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, there’s no question about its cinematic legacy. It’s lauded as one of the most influential films of all time, a masterpiece of montage and visual storytelling. To watch it is to engage with a foundational piece of film history, the blueprint for…
The moment you press play on I Am Not Your Negro, it grips you. Not in a sensational, Hollywood-thriller kind of way, but in a deeper, soul-level fashion. You feel the weight of history, the sting of Baldwin’s words—carefully chosen, eloquently delivered by Samuel L. Jackson, and still reverberating today. And as a Christian, you’re…
12 Years a Slave is not a movie you just “watch” and walk away from unchanged. It’s one of those few films that sinks into you, deep, making its home somewhere uncomfortable, somewhere you’d rather not dwell but can’t seem to shake. When you start a movie like this, you’re not sitting down to enjoy…
When you sit down to watch Intolerance, D.W. Griffith’s 1916 silent epic, you’re immediately struck by its sheer scope. It’s not just one story; it’s four—spanning centuries, from ancient Babylon to Christ’s crucifixion to medieval France to early 20th-century America. This film is massive, both in terms of its ambition and its execution. The scale…
Watching Is That Black Enough for You?!? feels like sitting down with a friend who’s full of stories you’ve never heard but suddenly need to know. Elvis Mitchell, with his warm, rich baritone, pulls us back through time—not just to watch, but to experience what Black cinema meant in the ‘70s and why it still…
It’s not every day that a film like The Mother of All Lies comes along, a documentary that takes the idea of memory and history and holds it up to the light in such an intimate, almost unsettling way. Director Asmae El Moudir doesn’t spoon-feed her audience; she challenges us to wade through fragmented family…
The tension you feel watching The Goldman Case is palpable. It’s not a movie that offers easy answers or even a comforting narrative arc, but rather a slow, meticulous dive into the moral and political complexities of a famous trial. You sit there, gripped by every courtroom exchange, not because there are dramatic revelations or…
Walking into a film titled “Reagan,” you’re not just walking into any movie. You’re stepping into the larger-than-life shadow of a man who was more than just a president. Ronald Reagan was a figure who loomed large over the 20th century, a man who carried the weight of a nation on his shoulders, and whose…