On #OscarsSoWhite, #NotYourMule and Inclusion

When I woke up this morning, I thought that I’d be able to just bask in the post Spotlight wins Best Picture glow. But with the foolery that has transpired since last night with regards to #OscarsSoWhite.

Final Oscar Predictions

Well the end is almost here. This Oscar season has felt like it would never end, partly because all the stuff that should be winning is not in fact winning. But that’s the nature of the beast. Here in this final round of Oscar predictions, I look into my crystal ball and see what will take home the bacon nee Oscar come Sunday.

On the Floor #32: The Life of Pablo, Oscars, and Mess

Life is hitting Spagettit left and right as you’ll hear in various points during this podcast. When we are not wrestling with our raggedy lives we take time to chat about Shadowhunters, Kaney’s new album The Life of Pablo, American Crime (yes, again) and tell you exactly why we might not be watching the Oscars.

Film Review: The Witch

It seems strange to start my review of The Witch with how I felt by the end, but it seems as good a place as any. In fact, letting you know that I felt shook to my core and completely unable to deal is probably the kind of reassurance one would need when considering whether

Film Review: Deadpool

At what point does being self-aware of a genre actually start to work against you? This was a question I pondered upon leaving my packed and pretty amped up screening of Deadpool. Surrounded by people who were raving about the film, I found myself in a weird place of feeling like I was giving the movie a bad grade, despite my immense like for the film.

A Conversation with Nate Parker

It’s always nice when someone exceeds your already high expectations. At the Pan African Film Festival, Nate Parker sat down with several guests and talked about his new film The Birth of a Nation. I was able to record the conversation via phone and it really is a wonderful exploration of history, blackness, as well

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