Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (George C. Wolfe, 2020) (first view) Wolfe – a highly-accomplished and renowned theatre director – brings his stage background to bear in helping fill each minor role with real life, not letting the film scapegoat anybody....
I love the movies and I love to love movies. But I’m one of those people who don’t think 2011 was anything close to a great year for movies. Not as good as 2004, 2007, or 2010. But, as in...
Sports movies are a dime a dozen, and in the currency of quality, originality, and artistry, are typically worth about that. As much as the tale of a scrappy band of misfits banding together to take down the athletic monarchy...
