Daniel Kaluuya Explains How Get Out Led Him Directly to Queen & Slim

Queen & Slim star Daniel Kaluuya leaned of the role because he met the film’s writer, Lena Waithe, at a screening for his breakout film...

What Is Watchmen Saying About Race in America?

HBO’s Watchmen touches on reparations, racist vigilantism, and the destruction, 100 years ago, of the African-American business mecca known as Black Wall Street. But what is the...

5 Mandalorian Easter Eggs That Call Back the Infamous Star Wars Holiday Special

The Mandalorian is proud of its roots—so much so that several Mandalorian Easter eggs reference The Star Wars Holiday Special, perhaps the most embarrassing moment...

13 Joker Easter Eggs and Inspirations: The King of Comedy is Just the Start

Joker is still going strong six weeks after its release. Todd Phillips’ drama borrows unapologetically from other movies, especially Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and King...

How Waves Director Trey Edward Shults ‘Cheated’ for His Film

Waves writer-director Trey Edward Shults says he employed a trick familiar to anyone who’s ever had to turn in a writing assignment that is too...

Read Queen & Slim Creators Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas’ Introduction to Their ‘Love Letter to Blackness’

Queen & Slim writer Lena Waithe and director Melina Matsoukas introduced the film at its worldwide premiere Thursday night at AFI Fest in Hollywood. The...

Tangerine Tops Rotten Tomatoes’ List of Modern Christmas Classics

Tangerine, Sean Baker’s 2015 film about transgender sex workers struggling through the holidays, tops Rotten Tomatoes’ brand-new list of modern Christmas movie classics. The list...

Robert De Niro on The Irishman’s Credibility: ‘I Wasn’t Getting Conned’

Robert De Niro says he welcomes disagreement about whether The Irishman is accurate, but wasn’t “conned” into believing the firsthand accounts of Frank “The Irishman”...

How Dave Chappelle Inspired a Wesley Snipes Scene in Dolemite Is My Name

Dave Chappelle, it turns out, was the inspiration for a memorable scene in Dolemite Is My Name in which Wesley Snipes’ character, D’Urville Martin, questions...

How Dolemite Is My Name Writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski Went From Roommates to Masters of the Biopic (Podcast)