Malcolm X

  • Movie News

Spike Lee: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

When Spike Lee arrived at New York University’s graduate film program in the early ’80s, he had never heard of…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Malcolm X v. Donald Trump; Silence of the Lambs Reunion; a Very Dicey Doctor

In today's Movie News Rundown: Clarice and Dr. Lecter hang out; a doc about another dicey doc; and we discuss Malcolm…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Regina King Breaks Through (Again) With One Night in Miami, Her Directorial Debut

When Regina King was growing up in Los Angeles, her family ate lots of vegetables. Friends who came to her…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Spike Lee to Hold Special Malcolm X Screening at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival

(Update: Nevermind. The Red Sea Film Festival has been delayed by fears of the coronavirus. Below is our story from…

4 years ago
  • Other

Keep on Keepin’ On: Mario Van Peebles on How His Father Brought Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song to Life

A trailblazer in radical 1970s cinema, Melvin van Peebles' home-grown experimental milestone gained a new audience at this year's TCM…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Reels On Wheels: Watch How Spike Lee’s Dolly Shots Glide Characters Through Their Frenzied Environments (Video)

The dolly shot: It's an eye-popping technique. The characters it frames seem to float through the scene, divorced from their…

7 years ago
  • Acting

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017: Maltin Modern Master Denzel Washington Reflects on His Career

Few names inspire as much respect as Denzel Washington's. Audiences know him from, well, countless stellar performances in virtually all…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2017

Penetrating Images: I Am Not Your Negro Remixes James Baldwin with America’s Tradition of On-Screen Racism

When Raoul Peck was eight, his family fled Haiti for the Congo to escape the tyranny of then-dictator François Duvalier.…

7 years ago