APRIL 2, 2020 The real-life drama, “The Banker,” is Apple TV+’s first foray into motion picture production, and like most of the programming I’ve seen so far on the…
DECEMBER 3, 2018 The biggest bonfire currently raging among the nation’s film critics is over the qualities (or lack thereof) of the latest strong Oscar contender, “Green Book.” Don’t…
OCTOBER 24, 2018 Director George Tillman, Jr. has made a beauty of a film in “The Hate U Give.” There may be the word “hate” in the title,…
AUGUST 6, 2018 A number of critics of critics have compared Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” to Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning “Get Out,” a comparison that is not fair…
APRIL 25, 2018 If you had asked me early in the year what would be the most controversial movie of the spring, I would have hands down said “Chappaquiddick,”…
AUGUST 3, 2017 I have to admit that I wasn’t exactly looking forward to reviewing Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film “Detroit,” which opens nationwide tomorrow. Not that I thought…
AUGUST 3, 2017 The second-birthday celebration for Exact Change Today is over, and it’s time to get back to work. And happily, we begin Year #3 on a very…
MARCH 15, 2017 Over the past few months, several of the most acclaimed films out there have centered on race and the African-American experience in the United States. In…
FEBRUARY 15, 2017 I envy any moviegoer who sees writer James Baldwin on screen for the very first time. The esteemed writer had a presence when speaking before a…
DECEMBER 15, 2016 “Loving,” written and directed by Jeff Nichols, is that rare film filled with powerful strengths that does something that films rarely do — it downplays them.…
