This Fictional Universe Is Getting Way Too Diverse

"The ‘Star Wars’ franchise is sticking up for actor Moses Ingram after she revealed she had received hundreds of racist messages and comments on social media." — CNN, 5/31/22 - - - I just found out that one of the main characters in a new take on a popular sci-fi/fantasy franchise will be portrayed by a person of color, and I am losing my mind. I can’t believe we are going to have to suffer through another reimagining of a classic franchise but with a cast that features a few more...

The cult of Black and white Cinematic Symbolism (Part 27)...

The cult of Black and white Cinematic Symbolism (Part 27)…How Louisiana’s "Dads On Duty" are dismissing myths of the absentee Black father, superstitions surrounding "triple sixes", debunking "The Batman", and what the movies "Swan Song", "A Journal for Jordan", and the 'Pixar' flick "Soul" ALL have in common."The white race is absolutely disagreeable to get along with in peace. No other people on the face of the earth have been able to get along with white people since white people have been...

'Black Narcissus' Blu-ray Review: The Criterion Collection

Blu-ray Review: Powell and Pressburger’s Black Narcissus on the Criterion Collection Black Narcissus, as with the remainder of Powell and Pressburger’s masterworks, is sound, hue, and shadow as holistic dramaturgy. By Joseph Jon Lanthier on July 18, 2010 Just as the stoic, skeletal holy man both defies and presides over the feverishly ecclesiastical business of the Palace of Mopu as an intransigent, blood-locked ghost, Black Narcissus impishly keeps watch over the Arch...

Mars Blackmon (person) by Billy - Everything2.com

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Mars Blackmon (person) See all of Mars Blackmon, no other writeups in this node. (person) by Billy Sun Apr 20 2003 at 18:44:06 Spike Lee character from Lee's 1986 film She's Gotta Have It, but more known for a series of Nike commercials with Michael Jordan in the late '80s and early '90s. In the movie, Blackmon is one of the three men battling for the attention of Nola Darling. Blackmon is a bike messenger from Brooklyn who talks...

Review: Green Book (2018)

Green Book is a 2018 American biographical drama that brings to life the racism and poverty of America in the 1960s through a narrative of friendship and adventure. The film, though surprisingly successful in the box office, was even more so on the awards circuit. It won three Oscars in 2019 for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor, in addition to numerous award nominations. Interestingly, the film won the 2019 AARP Award for Best Movie for Grownups. However, it f...

Black Film Archive

Black Film Archive BLACK FILM ARCHIVE Black Film Archive is a living register of Black films. In its current iteration, it showcases Black films made from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming. ABOUT BLACK FILM ARCHIVE Black Film Archive celebrates the rich,...

punchline aesthetics are culturally elite

I had been a small-time performance artist pretending to be a poet, but now, with an alarming fervor, I wanted to write great poems. I wanted my "work" to take on the United States of Bush, to shed its scare quotes, and I wanted, after I self-immolated on the Capitol steps or whatever [. . .] everybody everywhere to read my poems, shatter storefronts, etc. — Ben Lerner, Leaving the Atocha Station I am writing a play that is going to save the world. If it only saves three...

White Names

Skip to main content CultureWhy Are My Fellow Whites Still So Awful at Naming Children?Ensley? Kashton? Kairo? KAYCE?! Drew Magary on the terrible baby-naming epidemic of 2018. By Drew MagaryMay 17, 2018​Photo Illustration by Alicia Tatone You don’t need me to tell you that white people are feeling overly emboldened these days. It’s 2018 and the whites are out here being whiter than ever: watching Young Sheldon, calling the cops on black people for ordering cake pops, listening to Florida Geo...

Da 5 Bloods’ four aspect ratios, explained: the new Spike Lee movie’s cinematographer on shooting in different formats.

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Esoteric account of the three root races

Unspooled and the Racist Legacy of Gone With the Wind

Unspooled and the Racist Legacy of ‘Gone With the Wind’ I sometimes get obsessed with certain podcasts, and one of my recent favorites is "Unspooled," a podcast that, on each episode, examines a movie from the American Film Institute’s top 100 list and discusses whether or not it deserves to be there. I was shocked and saddened when the show got to "Gone with the Wind." While the podcast hosts differed on how racist the film was, both of them had plenty of praise for it and agreed it belonge...