(**1/2) Hard to imagine that in the late 1800s men of African descent played hockey in Canada. That’s a major surprise considering the demographics of today’s National Hockey League. But there’s a backstory, an evolution and lots of it is quite sobering. Director Hubert Davis (Oscar® nom Best Documentary, Short Subject for Hardwood) and producers VinayVirmani and […]
Joy Ride
(***1/2) They say girls just want to have fun. But these Asian women can really throw down. If you’re not into R-rated comedies, stay home. If you are, trust the demented tastes of writer/director Adele Lim (writer of Crazy Rich Asians), co-screenwriters Teresa Hsiao (Family Guy) and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (Family Guy) and producer Seth Rogan. If […]
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
(***) It doesn’t start with a big bang, but it ends with one. Coming off the heels of the phenomenally successful, $1.4B grossing Top Gun: Maverick, expectations for this Tom Cruise vehicle to ignite the summer box office are high. Will it make a billion dollars? Only audiences will decide. “The Entity,” an AI being, threatens […]
Black Actors Take Center Stage at 2023 Tribeca Film Festival
Black actors, in all kinds of films, in all kinds of roles, left their mark on the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. They starred in movies you can now see in theaters, on the Tribeca At Home app and various streaming services. Cold Copy (**) TV fans know the affable, clever and funny side of Tracee Ellis Ross. But if […]
Black Films Shine on 2023 Tribeca Film Festival
Diverse views of life on earth are showcased annually at the Tribeca Film Festival. Visions and voices from Black filmmakers are shared in their experiences, observations and art. The in-theater portion of the fest (June 7-18) is completed. Now the Tribeca At Home part of the festivities unfolds (June 19 – July 2). Download the Tribeca At Home […]
The Space Race Soars Above the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival
(***1/2) They’re heroes. Space race pioneers. Afronauts. Black folks who powered their way into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and made a path for others. NASA, a United States government agency, is responsible for science and technology related to air and space. It’s diverse now, but that wasn’t always the case. The integration of this […]
The Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive Documentary Blesses the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival
(***) “You think I’d lay down and die? Oh no, not I, I will survive…” The lyrics to the song “I Will Survive,” which won the only Grammy for Best Disco Recording in 1980, could also be words written on the first page of Gloria Gaynor’s diary. She’s lived that song. And there she was, after the premiere of her […]
Music Fans and Stars Align at Capital Jazz Fest 2023
It was heaven! Music fans made their annual pilgrimage to Columbia, Maryland for the Capital Jazz Festival to see top jazz, soul and R&B artists. They celebrated the fest’s 30th Year Anniversary and a good vibe permeated every performance. Friday night featured Fantasia and Joe performances. Saturday and Sunday brought more heavyweight acts, noon to nighttime. […]
Flamin’ Hot
(***1/2) If tenacity was a superpower Richard Montañez would be in the Justice League inspiring people, all over the land. His indomitable spirit is the heart of this thoroughly entertaining and very amusing biofilm. Montañez’s book, A Boy, A Burrito and A Cookie: from Janitor to Executive, is the source material for this compelling look at a guy who rose from a blue-collar worker in a Southern California Frito-Lay plant to vice […]
Grace Jones Lights Up the 2023 Blue Note Jazz Festival
She started off with a bang! The 2023 Blue Note Jazz Festival takes place all over New York City, May 31st to July 2nd. From the Blue Note’s iconic Greenwich Village jazz club (Ron Carter’s Foursight Quartet) to Summer Stage in Central Park (Buddy Guy), BRIC in Brooklyn (Anderson Paak, Robert Glasper) and Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom, […]
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