Movies

The first Black woman to win the U.S. documentary prize at Sundance is a master of her craft

The playwright’s feature film debut on Netflix is a sweet and sharp coming-of-middle-age story

Poor storytelling leaves viewers unable to digest what’s going on

A high-octane action flick leaves us convinced: A new action queen has been crowned

Aided by Maya Angelou’s ‘Phenomenal Woman,’ a mother prods her daughter toward something better

Spike Lee’s latest is a sprawling, ambitious, vital and fiery entry into the Vietnam War film canon

How martial arts flows throughout the work of the influential hip-hop group

Kung fu’s urban black audience was acknowledged by the casting of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Lee’s ‘Game of Death’

Curiously, Tracee Ellis Ross plays second fiddle in a movie about an aging pop diva

Before the Patriot Act, before Edward Snowden, this Will Smith movie was asking important questions