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The White Girl
(1990)
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Radcliffe A. Joe
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Its flaws are minor when compared to its overall good intentions. The film delivers an anti-drug message that is often gripping, sometimes chilling.
Posted Dec 26, 2023
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Gandhi
(1982)
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Charles Higgins, Sr.
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[A] stirring tale of one of the most remarkable men to walk this earth... The Gandhi movie is large in so many ways.
Posted Dec 26, 2023
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Under the Cherry Moon
(1986)
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Herb Boyd
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Under the Cherry Moon is a great title -- but sadly, that's about all.
Posted Dec 26, 2023
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Mississippi Masala
(1991)
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Ernece B. Kelly
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Denzel Washington is the dramatic and romantic center.
Posted Dec 26, 2023
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Grand Canyon
(1991)
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Ernece B. Kelly
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Glover's portrayal of Simon, a tow truck operator in Los Angeles, is a consistently authentic one, studded with exceptional scenes.
Posted Dec 26, 2023
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White Men Can't Jump
(1992)
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Ernece B. Kelly
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This is a side of working class life that movies rarely look at. And this fresh point-of-view keeps White Men from sliding into unrealistic and potentially harmful generalities.
Posted Nov 27, 2023
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Chameleon Street
(1989)
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Ernece B. Kelly
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First-time director Wendell B. Harris, Jr. wrote the screen play and stars as Douglas Street, flawlessly making believable, in fact likable, a character whose real self is left concealed behind the various personas he assumes.
Posted Nov 27, 2023
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Coming to America
(1988)
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Herb Boyd
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What a pleasure it is to see such a glamorous array of black people on screen.
Posted Nov 27, 2023
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Juice
(1992)
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Ernece B. Kelly
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Juice is the most mature and provocative meditation on black street life to date. With Juice, Dickerson makes an impressive directorial debut.
Posted Nov 27, 2023
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Sign 'o' the Times
(1987)
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Norman Riley
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When doing what he does best -- perform -- Prince is as exciting as any T.V. or movie personality, but what makes Times as successful as it is are the other elements he surrounds himself with.
Posted Nov 27, 2023
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Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
(1987)
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Norman Riley
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As informative as it is entertaining.
Posted Nov 27, 2023
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
(1990)
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Ernece B. Kelly
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An exaggerated tone pervades, and it confuses.
Posted Nov 27, 2023
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The Color Purple
(1985)
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Herb Boyd
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For all the rave reviews and royal treatment The Color Purple is receiving, it is unfortunate that it depicts black men in such an odious and degrading manner.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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Yaaba
(1989)
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Marvin J. Bevans
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Yaaba is a small movie with a big heart.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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Looking for Langston
(1988)
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Marvin J. Bevans
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Don't go looking for Langston in this artsy-craftsy piece; you won't find him.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
(1988)
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Marvin J. Bevans
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If for no other reason, this documentary is worth seeing, if only to pay witness to one of the great music men in action in rare, close-up footage which focuses not only on Monk's fast foot tapping, but his idiosyncratic approach to piano playing.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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Betrayed
(1988)
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Fred Beauford
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Hollywood at its worst... [Betrayed contains] one of the most provocative, and ultimately, irresponsible scenes in modern motion picture history.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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Mississippi Burning
(1988)
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Noah W. Griffin
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By centering on a fictionalized account of the actual FBI involvement in solving the mystery surrounding the disappearance of three civil rights workers, the film bypasses the black role in the Mississippi Civil Rights struggle.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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The Players Club
(1998)
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Armond White
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[Ice Cube's] pop virtue is in making a salacious good time a serious good time.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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Bird
(1988)
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Herb Boyd
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Sure, the music is great, but it should have been placed in political and historical context. Bird did not wage the cultural revolution alone, nor did he fall from out of the sky.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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Clara's Heart
(1988)
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Herb Boyd
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Boredom is the thing you'll have to endure if you follow Clara's Heart to its almost teary conclusion.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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