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  12 Years a Slave Film Review by Kam Williams   Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) was a black man born free in upstate New York in 1808. A skilled carpenter and fiddler, he and his wife (Kelsey Scott) settled in Saratoga Springs...

OPENING FRIDAY “Fifty Shades Darker” Not reviewed Sequel to psychosexual thriller “Fifty Shades of Grey” has the eccentric Christian Grey trying to woo back Anastastia Steele. (R, 1:58) “John Wick: Chapter 2” “The Lego Batman Movie” “The Salesman...

On a star-studded night in the final week of February, a select group of elegant Black bodies will, once again, pepper the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, a space traditionally unwelcoming to their artistic expression and progress. For almost a century,...

JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer History, both recent and ancient, was made across Tuesday’s 89th annual Academy Awards nominations, where the retro musical “La La Land” reaped a record-tying 14 nominations and a wave of African-American films, led by the...

In early 2016, the cultural commentariat were worried about diversity in film;  as the year ends we’re worried about diversity — and safety — in the world. I think it’s safe to say this is not the kind of “progress” anyone was hoping for – and in fact...