Hank Thompson was a high-school baseball phenom who can't play anymore, but everything else is going okay. When his punk-rock neighbor asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters.
Read MoreFull of style and confidence, The Harder They Fall is a modernized Western, with a largely all Black cast, coasting on an impressive first half before giving into indulgences that diffuse the overall impact.
Read MoreRegina King’s debut feature, One Night in Miami…, brings a fictionalized conversation to life involving four Black icons - Malcolm X, Muhammed Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke - as they come together to reflect on their lives after Ali wins a championship prize fight in February 1964.
Read MoreBarry Jenkins’ beautiful and bittersweet If Beale Street Could Talk stands tall and proud as one of 2018’s finest films.
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