"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.

On the day Fatma returns from Europe, she learns that she has inherited something from her mother. Her mother had been defrauding her uncle for years, using the excuse that she had a disabled daughter. Her uncle had left his inheritance to his disabled niece. In order to claim the inheritance, Fatma must pretend to be disabled. For this purpose, lawyer Kemal will monitor Fatma for a while. However, this situation will lead to the beginning of a romance between Fatma and Kemal.
With raw and unapologetic performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, stories about the hardships of Black musicians are weaved in with The Blues.
The fun tricks used in the production design and lighting read extremely well on-screen but hardly fulfill their purpose of trying to inject glamour into a lack-luster story with nothing to say.
"Boston Strangler" pulls the curtain back on a well-documented historical moment involving significant contributions from women reporters.
Directed by George Miller, Thunderdome continues to follow the titular character through post-apocalyptic Australia.
The history of Hollywood is as ugly as it is beautiful. Most notably absent from Hollywood history are Black-produced films. “They’ve Gotta Have Us” explores the rise of Black cinema.
KIMI is the main character of this film and as much as I wish it was Angela Childs played by Zoe Kravitz, it isn't. KIMI is a smart device that works not unlike Amazon's Alexa and Google's Nest assisting in anything from home purchases to music playing all under the guise of only activating when in use.