The Joint is Jumpin' (1949)

The importance of trying new things and teamwork are two life lessons explored in this family-friendly sports film.

Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.

This film manages to be simultaneously topical and timeless. Without being preachy, it highlights society’s flawed relationship with tech; insights into the complex ideas of family struggle are expertly dispersed among a perfectly paced and balanced story.

I understood post-memory as passing down stories and images of one’s experiences that are not your own. For decades, rape has been depicted in cinema through a third-person perspective, leaving the viewer to observe rape; not to experience it. 

Jordan Peele's turn to horror with "Get Out" isn't as unexpected as it may seem. He primed his fans for a disturbing and nuanced exploration of racism with his work on "Keanu" and "Key & Peele."

A complex, realistic, and loving mother-daughter relationship is at the heart of this story about Black pageants and the fight for a better future.