"Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom": A Lesson in Blues
With raw and unapologetic performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, stories about the hardships of Black musicians are weaved in with The Blues.

Anna Camp stars as a southern mom whose life gets all-shook-up when her fourth grader claims to be the reincarnation of the king of 'rock-n-roll.' Equal parts worried for her child, as well as how this behavior reflects upon her and disrupts the perfect family life she’s worked so hard to achieve, Prissy will have to search her heart to figure out if she can live with the king. GraceLand uses the music of Elvis Presley and a young person's sense of connection to him to explore self-identity, gender, and acceptance.
With raw and unapologetic performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, stories about the hardships of Black musicians are weaved in with The Blues.
I suppose you could argue that the story wasn’t what Director James Cameron was aiming for, it was the visuals. The spectacle of it all was the point, and it certainly shows.
It’s the most loving tribute to cinema and to Ingmar Bergman, set in world that feels so habitable that I felt like only re-watching this for eternity, because of how inviting it looks and feels.
Taylor Swift dazzles many fans with remixes of her country and pop singles in her Reputation Stadium concert tour, becoming a successful concert film.
This is a list of seven films that explore police brutality and systemic racism made by Black filmmakers. These are important movies to watch and to take in, as — through the power of cinema — they showcase what it feels like to be a Black person living in a country that is internally designed to be against you.
A review of the Ryan Polomski documentary featuring the story of Basketball star Raymond Lewis.