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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Scratches the Surface of Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers

Even with fiery performances and strong direction, Shaka King’s film keeps the civil rights icon at a distance.

Chloé Zhao and Frances McDormand come together to tell a deceptively emotional story about living alone, but together.

There are systems in place that facilitated Britney Spears’ downfall to feed our morbid amusement. We need to own that.

If you can make it past the overwrought writing and unwavering pretentiousness, you will witness two of Hollywood’s most promising talents.

The pop icon has finally found a breakthrough role, just in a middling film.

Can the embattled actor stage a comeback? Should he even bother to try?

It’s almost unfair how much the Western drama puts on him, but the Hollywood legend proves why he’s worth it.

The first-time film director breathes new life into a group of Black legends.

Carey Mulligan commands this pitch-black comedic thriller about revenge, retribution, and rape culture.

Gal Gadot and Chris Pine’s potent chemistry swoop in to save a film perilously close to being a hot mess.

Director Darius Marder’s depiction of the Deaf community is nuanced, graceful, and dignified.

HBO’s supernatural series is an ambitious, audacious reclamation of Black genre fiction.