“Introducing the all new 2020 David Byrne human being! A timeless classic is back in style, now sleeker and more accessible than ever before. The Byrne returns with its classic mobility, quirky observations, pretentious cultural knowledge and signature yodel. The…
Top 10 Films of 2020 (So Far)
At their best, movies can offer healing, enlightenment and means to escape. In a year as unrelentingly hellish as 2020, all of the above have been necessary motivators or, conversely, balms for our souls. Despite the isolated year so far…
Da 5 Bloods Review: The Tale of a War on Two Fronts
Watching a Spike Lee Joint is akin to being taught a history lesson. Each one of his films can be read into as a way for the viewer to learn a little something, whether that be about film history, music history, or…
Interview: Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails talk love and pain in The Last Black in San Francisco
When I was growing up, there was always an unspoken code between friends who were boys. There was a way we were supposed to act and an expectation that even the closest friendships would be casual and “chill”. Showing vulnerability…
BlacKkKlansman Movie Review: Spike Lee delivers a powerful film for our time
Little subtlety can be found in BlacKkKlansman as Spike Lee draws harrowing parallels between the past and the here and now. In the 1970s, an African American detective of the Colorado Springs police department infiltrated the Colorado chapter of the KKK, stopping multiple…
Spike Lee In Talks To Direct Sony Superhero Movie Nightwatch
Rumor has it that Hollywood might not only be learning from the box office success of films like Black Panther and A Wrinkle In Time, but running with it. The spark for the latest speculative flame is filmmaker Spike Lee,…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Chi-Raq’
Chi-Raq (mostly) successfully combines the over-the-top comedy style of the Greek play with the tragic, rhyming melodrama of a Shakespearean work. The two tones erratically dance around each other, sometimes finding themselves in a complementary step. Throughout the film, their clashing is…