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The successful re-invention of the Rocky franchise via the Creed films is fairly unprecedented in cinematic history: Creed III is

Sometime last week, everyone watching Loki agreed at about the same time that the Time Keepers are just a lie.…

With Invincible, Amazon Prime may have managed to produce a superhero story that is even more brutal than its live-action…

Concrete Cowboy, a new Idris Elba film about teenager who falls in love with the cowboy life, is the subject…

The Sound of Metal begins with an idea that may sound impossible to film: Heavy metal drummer Ruben begins to…

His House, by Remi Weekes, starring Wunmi Mosaku and Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù, is an immigration horror story where the characters are…

Lovecraft Country, subject of the latest Low Key podcast, blends many genres together, mostly successfully. We talk about its achievments…

A young Black filmmaker named Jay tries to go home again in Residue, the new debut film from Merawi Gerima. But…

Woke follows Keef Knight, played by Lamorne Morris, whose efforts to live a lighthearted life are undermined by police brutality.

1BR, which became the top film on Netflix recently, goes beyond the normal horror-movie takes on violence. We discuss in…

On Sunday, my wife and I spoke to our toddler about what happened to Chadwick Boseman, the actor who plays…

Project Power, like recent Netflix action hits, doesn't just feel like a movie: It feels like the setup for future…

The latest Low Key podcast covers Shirley, a film about the brilliant American Gothic author Shirley Jackson, played by Elisabeth…

Robert Pattinson told GQ recently that he wasn't working out hard for The Batman, which begs the question: Does Batman…

Our latest episode of the Low Key podcast covers the Beyonce visual album Black Is King and the importance of…

The Business of Drugs host Amaryllis Fox says she 'can't help wonder whether legalization and regulation is the only real…

Are The Old Guard more like the X-Men? Or a team where everyone is Blade? That's among our points of…

Do the Right Thing still feels sharply relevant after 31 years: Every group feels aggrieved, lashing out with both words

I live in Tennessee. Keith Dennie, one of my Low Key Podcast co-hosts, lives in Texas. And another, Tim Molloy,

The new Spike Lee joint Da 5 Bloods shows how generations of people are impacted by wars they never wanted…

The Justice League Snyder Cut will be released as an HBO Max exclusive sometime in 2021. In the latest Low…

Murder to Mercy shares the story of Cyntoia Brown, a woman sentenced to life in prison at 16 for killing…