Film

It’s a new year, and going forward I’ll be writing a bi-weekly column for MTV/Logo’s AfterElton about issues affecting gay men of color in pop culture for AfterElton. I’m trying to focus on as many colors as possible, so please message me with tips and suggestions: there’s a lot to cover out there! Since 2011 [...]

Thanks to The Black Box Office for reposting! UPDATE: Armond White responds to the response to his hosting gig. It is predictably caustic, riddled with inaccuracies, outrageous accusations, pseudo-Marxist rhetoric with vague hints of misogyny. ORIGINAL: Well, Armond White has done it again. I swore to myself after writing this post on White I would [...]

Confession: This year was the first I’d heard of the Alison Bechdel Test (or Bechdel Rule). As soon as I knew it, I admit: I was hooked. Suddenly I left every film calculating whether or not it passed, how quickly it passed, how well it passed, etc. It’s a fun game and industrial critique! Did [...]

Full review at SpliceToday Thousands of movies are released each year, yet I’m always surprised when two of them are similar. Usually I shouldn’t be, but two neo-Westerns about a teenage girl looking for or avenging their fathers is a little too coincidental. Why? Mainly because most films, independent or blockbuster, give us so few [...]

It’s the end of the year and there’s a lot of lists to sort through. Why do it yourself? Here’s a compilation of lists and top 10s for 2010 along with predictions for 2011 in the industries of web video, TV, social media and film. I will update this list as new lists come out. [...]

Tron: Legacy’s Flynns are ever-rare champions of the digital utopia of openness and diversity in the face of corporate and government control. Posted at SpliceToday. Comment there! Brainy blockbusters are rare. For every Inception there is a Sorcerer’s Apprentice. The most we hope for in our big-budget spectacles is some decent writing and a couple [...]

I’m currently writing the proposal for my dissertation, (very) tentatively titled: “Selling Independent New Media: Web Series and the Industry in a Time of Change.” (For those not in the academy, don’t ask what a proposal is: it’s a boring answer). As a graduate student, one of your constant anxieties is missing something: not knowing [...]

Every person who takes film even somewhat seriously must eventually come up with an opinion about Armond White. Most people end up with “hate,” of course. I’m not most people. I’m not predisposed to hate and usually try to find value in everything, even if I ultimately disagree. Before going to “hate” I try to [...]

So the reviews are out! And they are bad vitriolic. What went wrong? (UPDATE!: In the end, despite early pans, reviews for For Colored Girls are just as mixed as with all of Tyler Perry’s films. For an answer why, see my previous post on why critics can’t seem to make up their mind on [...]

Thanks to Racialicious and Women and Hollywood for reposting! The “black actress” stepped into the spotlight last year, as Nia Long called out Beyoncé Knowles and other singers for taking roles; Tyler Perry released yet another film starring newcomer Taraji P. Henson; and Precious gave its stars, especially Mo’Nique, a chance to shine. The November [...]