Reel Classic | Angel Heart
Over thirty years ago, I sat down for an experience that transfixed me then and still haunts and resonates with me.
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Reel Classic | Daughters of the Dust
Twenty-five years ago, one of the most beautiful movies we’ve ever seen, Julie Dash’s indie classic, Daughters of the Dust was released. As this
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Reel Classics | Blade
Before Marvel Comics launched their modern Cinematic Universe, the film that showed the possibility and potential of the current superhero franchises, Blade, was
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Reel Classic | New Jack City
One of the most popular films from the “Class of 1991,” New Jack City turns 25. It’s time to take a lookback and
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The Odyssey of a Classic | Malcolm X
“It’s such a great story, a great American story, and it reflects our society in so many ways. Here’s a guy who
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Reel Classic | What’s Love Got To Do With It
Twenty years ago today, Angela Bassett gave a career performance as Tina Turner in the biopic based on her life, What’s Love Got
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Reel Classic | Black Shampoo
All month, we’ll celebrate musical moments in Black film. Our latest entry is the opening of the 1976 rarely-seen blaxploitation film, Black Shampoo.
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Reel Classic | Menace II Society
Twenty years ago this week, two unknown filmmakers, Allen and Albert Hughes released a small-budgeted film that on the surface seemed like it
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