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  • The 2023 Sundance Film Festival Explores Life in America

    The Sundance Film Festival showcased a wide variety of films that focused on rural communities, the ... [ Read More ]

    The 2023 Sundance Film Festival Explores Life in America
  • Knock at the Cabin

    (**) Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. For some reason veteran hor/thr director ... [ Read More ]

    Knock at the Cabin
  • Black Films Take Center Stage at 2023 Sundance Film Festival

    Black life was on full view at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Legendary figures were given their ... [ Read More ]

    Black Films Take Center Stage at  2023 Sundance Film Festival
  • Missing

    (***1/2) Sometimes when mom and dad are away, the kids will play. But what happens when mom ... [ Read More ]

    Missing
  • House Party

    (**1/2) Bringing the ‘90s back is hard work. So hard this new House Party reboot only ... [ Read More ]

    House Party
  • A Man Called Otto

    (**1/2) Can’t they all just get along? Apparently not, and the instigator is Otto Anderson (Tom ... [ Read More ]

    A Man Called Otto
  • Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Top Black Restaurants

    If you're looking for a place to go for dinner, drinks and a good time, these Black restaurants and ... [ Read More ]

    Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Top Black Restaurants
  • Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

    (**1/2) It’s an illusion. When actress Naomi Ackie stands with her back to the ... [ Read More ]

    Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
  • ­­­­­­­­10 BEST FILMS 2022 & BEST OF THE BEST

    Call it a comeback! In 2022 the movie industry roared back with high-quality films, stellar ... [ Read More ]

    ­­­­­­­­10 BEST FILMS 2022 & BEST OF THE BEST
  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    (****) It’s more than you can possibly imagine. A fantasy world so vivid and real it commands ... [ Read More ]

    Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Toast To The Holidays With Wines By Black Vintners

    This year you can express your appreciation for those you love with a bottle of vino or sparkling ... [ Read More ]

    Toast To The Holidays With Wines By Black Vintners
  • Emancipation

    (**) It’s a miscalculation. This film is built around a former slave seen in a horrific photo ... [ Read More ]

    Emancipation

The 2021 American Black Film Festival Celebrated Its 25th Anniversary

December 5, 2021 By: superuser

Twenty-five years and counting. The American Black Film Festival has grown from a small fest in Acapulco, Mexico to the world’s premier black showcase for African American/heritage films. Now residing in sunny Miami, Florida but living in the age of COVID, this year ABFF movies shined virtually on ABFFPLAY.COM. Films to remember… Doutor Gama (**1/2) – Brazil was the last country in […]

Halle Berry’s Bruised Premieres at 2021 American Black Film Festival

December 2, 2021 By: superuser

The American Black Film Festival  named actress-turned-director Halle Berry its official ABFF Ambassador in 2021. As the fest celebrated its 25th year, Berry proudly showcased her directorial debut Bruised. Normally the fest takes place in Miami, but this year ABFF’s Black films screened on their streaming service ABFFPLAY.com. Berry’s new film was one of the bright spots. Bruised (**1/2) – “I’m big and you’re little. And […]

Best of the Best Films at Miami Film Festival GEMS 2021

November 22, 2021 By: superuser

Every March the city of Miami comes alive when the Miami Film Festival premieres global and Ibero-American films. Every fall MFF GEMS selects the best films on the international film fests circuit and screens them at Little Havana’s historic MDC’s Tower Theater Miami. These gems shined in their own ways.   Belfast (***) Actor/writer/director Kenneth Branagh is more likely to adapt a Shakespearian […]

King Richard Wins a Miami Film Fest Audience Award!

November 15, 2021 By: superuser

King Richard has won the coveted Miami Film Festival GEMS 2021 Audience Award, and it’s no wonder. It’s a crowd-pleaser! The spirit of the prescient planner, dreamer and barker Richard Williams, the work ethic and faith of his wife Oracene “Brandy” Price coupled with the talent of Venus and Serena molded the Williams sisters into tennis icons. […]

The Harder They Fall

October 29, 2021 By: superuser

They’re roughriders. Badasses. Pistol packing outlaws blasting bullets.  The setup for this shoot ’em up started with the 2013 short film They Die by Dawn, the brainchild of Jeymes Samuel, aka “The Bullitts.” He’s a British singer-songwriter, producer and writer/director who is also the brother of the Grammy Award-winning musician Seal. In the past, Samuel would make […]

Last Night in Soho

October 25, 2021 By: superuser

“Last night I saw something in my dreams,” says the occasionally psychic and always naive fashion student Eloise. Did she have visions of ghosts or of disappointed moviegoers leaving the theater? The trailers and posters for Last Night in Soho may trick potential audiences into believing that this ode to Soho, London in the swinging ‘60s might […]

Journey Through the Florida Keys

October 15, 2021 By: superuser

If you love driving, year-round balmy weather, delish seafood and discovering historic sites, motoring through the Florida Keys is a vacation experience you will treasure.  This coral cay archipelago starts around 15 miles south of Miami and includes five major regions: Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, Big Pine and Lower Keys and Key West. The island chain, which […]

Films From Near and Far — 2021 New York Film Festival

October 13, 2021 By: Dwight Brown

Voices from around the world were heard at the 2021 New York Film Festival. Auteurs like Pedro Almodóvar and Jane Campion reemerged with their latest works. New directors broke rules and made their marks with controversial or nostalgic movies. These films are making their way to local theaters in coming months.  Bergman Island (**1/2) This winsome story […]

Black Actors Making Big Noise at 2021 New York Film Festival

October 11, 2021 By: superuser

It’s a new day. In 2021 the New York Film Festival was live and in-person and exhibited a wide array of international films that broke new ground, featured veteran Black actors at their best and blockbusters that will be in movie theaters and on streaming services later this year or early 2022. These are some […]

No Time to Die

October 8, 2021 By: superuser

It’s a farewell. An elongated sendoff James Bond fans will instinctively desire. And they should. As should any action film enthusiast who likes a dash of style mixed in with their adrenaline-rush martini. James Bond (Daniel Craig) has retired from the game and MI6. He is not happy when his buddy CIA agent Felix Leiter […]

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